All of the animal action in this film was actually done through props. There were hardly any live animals in the film.

The rodent crawling underneath the hole in the kitchen was a fake. Production provided documentation for the fake rodent.

In the scene where the actor at the beach catches a fish on his rod, the fish was fake. This also goes for the scene where the actors at the shoreline spear a fish (the fish was fake). Additionally, in the scene where the actress opens up a newspaper to a wrapped fish, the fish was also fake. Production provided documentation for all the fake fish in these scenes.

The fish in the aquarium in the background at the convenience store were caught on film in their natural habitat. 

Due to late notification American Humane Association did not monitor some of the fish action.