8. A month in your custody, or three months of visits. Do ONE

Warning. A MONTH AGAINST THREE MONTHS IS THE OBVIOUS COMPARISON AND THE WRONG ONE. 8(a) is a third of the elapsed time and far more than three times the responsibility: a living animal in your care, records kept throughout, and (unless you are its long-term owner) another responsible party approved by your counselor to take it at the end. That home has to exist BEFORE you take the animal on. 8(b) has nothing to rehome, but it needs a zoo, aquarium, nature centre, rescue or classroom that will have you back WEEKLY FOR THREE MONTHS, which is twelve or thirteen visits. Ask them before you choose the route, not after.