I have a 20 gallon horizontal, rectangular tank. What species should I keep? I'm in Massachusetts, and they should be freshwater. It's ideal that they don't need that frequent maintenance, they don't have to be fed frequently and they are okay to leave them for a week without human help for...
As the title suggests, what animal would you instantly have if it became legal in your state? (Perhaps one within reason and one crazy one like lions or elephants etc)
I live in Australia and it’s illegal for us to have tortoise as pets, so I’m always jealous when tortoise owner pages pop up...
Zoos and exotic pets are linked. I wonder how zoos can use this connection? Zoos could teach people positively, encouraging interest in responsible keeping exotic animals. Zoos could also teach not to keep pets irresponsibly, e.g.buy baby turtles which end up in zoos or suburban canals.
In Lyon...
Stopping pets becoming pests
Much like the pest plant accord, MPI is now developing a pest pet accord for high-risk species legally held as pets in New Zealand. This may lead to bans on breeding, selling or trading, but will not lead to MPI taking away existing pets (though I consider a...
Hopefully the title explains it: What is your biggest pet hate/peeve?
For those who do not know what a pet hate/pet peeve is, it is 'a minor annoyance that a person identifies as particularly annoying to them, to a greater degree than it may be to others'
Pet hate definition and meaning |...
What are the most exotic/strange/uncommon animals that you have seen on the pet trade within the last 40 years?
You could have seen these exotic/uncommon/strange animals either as pets or for sale as pets.
I have seen many civets, lorises and macaques for sale in South-East Asian markets...
Here is a link of a Russian Animal Supplier with some cheap prices on animals. You can even buy a marbled cat for 200,000 rubles or 2,000 pounds (estimated).
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I found it while reading an article about pet Luristan Newts which said mostly Ukranian...
For those of you who haven't heard of them...
Moonrat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
According to Wikipedia,
"In the United States of America, members of the family Erinaceidae are commonly kept as pets."
This is referring to keeping moonrats as pets, which really surprises me. And...
I have a female standard leopard gecko. I want to breed her. But first if someone could just answer these questions for me
•she has a bright orange tail and i wanted to buy a mack snow leopard gecko. Would these two be suitable for breeding?
•do i need any extra vivariums,heat lamps, heat...
A truly sad sight is a pet- or actor-chimpanzee who has to wear clothes!
I've blogged about one little pet chimp, owned by my aunt back in the 1950s. If you're interested, check out today's post, For Ladies Only.
Her photo is here:
Aunt Elsie with her chimp | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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The private possession of exotic big cats in the USA is a huge problem. Only 18 states ban the ownership of big cats from bobcats to tigers, these cats are often kept in substandard conditions, exploited and live miserable lives.
Watch this video and find out if it's legal to privately own a...