My ever growing collection of animals:

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brokehalo7

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i havent posted for a long time, i do apologise.

i thought id already shared this, but it was on the live foods forum, thought id share my small menagerie with you all: (wich is mostly now kept at my uncles, due to the fact he has the appropriate space!!!)

Racoon dogs 1.4 with pups on the way!- kept at my uncles

Meerkats 2.4 + 1.2 ( only one of the males is mine tho) - at uncles

Gambian giant pouched rats 0.2 crawling about my bed as we speak

Turkish spiny mice (thousands! lol) about 15, there kept in an old avairy converted to keep them, along with 2 doormice and a harvest mouse)- at uncles

African pygmy hedgehog 1.1

African Grey 1 male, Elvis, who is probably, the most human-esque grey you have evr met, he actually has to be seated at the table to eat at tea time, or he squaks and wont stop till we let him join us :p

then, my uncle has:
7 ( i think) muntjac deer

3 or 4 ring tail lemurs, which he got from a private collection near bolton that closed.

2 red ruffed lemur- from same collection.

bennets wallibies ( if you go in his barn, at first there all hidden, you move and all 5 of them go ballistic.

Quiff and Smokey, the african porcupines- privatley sourced.

at last count 6 skunks!


and his prize and baby- Isis the serval!!- from ireland.


will get pics up ASAP am visiting him on thurs (fingers crossed)

last time i chatted to him, he was going to check the wallibies for joeys, and trying to secure a Pangolin from the isle of white!!

any questions ill try and get answered ASAP

Nathan

also, on another topic, went to chester last weds, and the indian rhinos (patna and ?) seemed to be getting on great.
 
I do apologise Kiang, it is not a pangolin, it is a tamandua, from amazon world, i believe it is Tamandua mexicana, I must mention he is not a collector per se, he worked at the small mammal collection at the university of michigan for 12 years, so he is well experianced!!!
 
Wow I want those animals!
 
What collection is this..? Do you have a link/website..?
 
Sorry I'm confused... In NZ these are some very rare animals which require some pretty serious permits to obtain...

Are the regs less stringent in UK..?

Why do you have these animals..? Are they rescues of somekind..? Are you a long time animal keeper..?
 
LMAO!

Here in S.Africa the situation is similar to in NZ.
You would have to have some sort of established rescue centre or all sorts of permits and be subject to unannounced checks from the NSPCA.

And then if you needed to move the animals for any reason... more permits!
 
Lukeness said:
And then if you needed to move the animals for any reason... more permits!
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I know Auckland Zoo wants to move one of its female Orangs to a zoo in Florida (can't remember which) and the permit process will take four years... FOUR YEARS..!

I'm guessing some of the studbook keepers wished they had studied law rather than zoology..!
 
DWAL, and thats it, all you need is this license renewed every year ( if the council rmembmer)

and i think now only the red ruffed lemurs are required to have the license.

everything else was taken off DWAL last year.
 
We have these animals, as my uncles worked with them for years, hes now retired (at a very early age!) and wants something to do, most of them are from people who cant look after them (meerkats, skunks) the racoon dogs we got from a private breeder the lemurs from a private collection, the wallabies, i dont know and everythink else hes accumilated along the way.

The Tamandua is full steam ahead (still on DWAL) so all we need now is the council inspection of the housing for it ( this is done by someone who has no idea what they are doing and probably hasnt seen an exotic animal in their life)
and itl be there!!!
 
I'm just amazed at what you can buy and keep in this country. Pygmy anteaters as well as tamanduas, caecilians, raccoon dogs, sugar gliders, armadillos etc etc. Not especially rare animals, but some of these are uncommon in zoos in the UK and elsewhere
 
I suppose it depends on the local council and where you live if you want to keep exotics. Didn't know you could keep animals like this though. Does he keep them as "pets" or are they kind of like zoo are exhibited animals?
 
ashley-h said:
I suppose it depends on the local council and where you live if you want to keep exotics. Didn't know you could keep animals like this though. Does he keep them as "pets" or are they kind of like zoo are exhibited animals?
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they are all in outside or inside (he has numerous barns, living in kent) enclosures.

all are "tame" in the sense that he can feed them by hand and have interaction with them, but not outside of their enclosures.
 
brokehalo7 said:
The Tamandua is full steam ahead (still on DWAL) so all we need now is the council inspection of the housing for it ( this is done by someone who has no idea what they are doing and probably hasnt seen an exotic animal in their life)
and itl be there!!!
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WOW!!! With all due respect to you and your uncle, I'm amazed that Amazon World are letting a Tamandua go to a private collector - I guess that says a lot about your experience with exotics. I'd have thought that just about every zoo in the country would be fighting to get hold of that animal! They are gorgeous creatures, so I hope all goes well with it. Out of interest, do you know if it's an animal that was born at Amazon World, or have they decided to part with one of their older animals?
 
What zoos in the UK actually have Tamandua? Don't think I've ever seen them before.
 
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