Most exotic animals seen on the pet trade

Bengal Tiger said:
I found Madagascar ground geckos of various species on Josh's Frogs!!! I had no idea they were available in the pet trade. Heck, I don't think I've seen any in zoos.
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There's a lot of species, especially herptiles, that are available in the private trade that aren't around in zoos. I've personally seen three species in the pet trade (only one of which I also saw at a zoo--Plzen) and I know there are at least three more around to varying degrees of rarity.

~Thylo
 
Hyak_II said:
David (The guy who ran AZ Birds) got out of the game completely a few years ago. Honestly I’m surprised his website is still even up!

With new restrictions that were being imposed, the vast majority of US importers who were bringing in wild stock have stopped, since they’re no longer allowed to do a variety of things that helped the birds survive the transition to captivity (mainly being heavily treated with antibiotics), and they were losing too many birds to justify continuing doing it.

as far as I know they’re only two quarantine stations in the states are still dealing with wild caught stuff, and it’s on a very small level.
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I'm still seeing wild-caught weaver finches at pet stores for less than $20, you know they're wild because even zebra finches run $40-$60 now
 
birdsandbats said:
The people who put out request on that site don't seem to know what's a reasonable ask. :p They won't get one.
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To add, I seem to see a fair number of coatis on the site listed as "mountain coati" - but the animals in the picture seem to look very much identical to the ring-tailed species...
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birdsandbats said:
Yes, lots of private (and even a few public) holders think their South American Coatis are Mountain Coatis - that's a very common error.
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Not just south american, sometimes they're white-nosed. I get that at some point someone imported animals, called them the wrong thing, and buyers stuck with what they were told, but why have done of them bothered to realize they're wrong?! They're easy to tell apart.
 
I think "mountain coati" has just sort of become the pet trade name for regular coatis, annoyingly. Like how dormice are "micro squirrels" and marmosets are "finger monkeys".

~Thylo
 
Visited yesterday and can confirm they still have the Myna. The also have a Greater Vasa Parrot, a species rarely found in zoos.
 
LaughingDove said:
There was (I assume still is) a pet shop in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia which I visited a few times while I was living there. They had a normal pets section (well, normal-ish. They had baby crocodiles in there once) as well as an exotic animals section at the back which held things ranging from Asiatic Black Bears to Hyaenas to Gazelles.
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where? i want to see
 
Some Corsac foxes have been on a Dutch site that is commonly used to sell secondhand goods for quite some time. I also came across a pair of Australian water rats (Hydromys chrysogaster) and great white pelicans there.
 
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