Most exotic animals seen on the pet trade

TinoPup said:
I think they stick to it (as far as I know), but it's not difficult to become a USDA facility :(
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It is not difficult at all. I could become one right now, if I wanted to. I don’t believe it is legal to own them in the United States without a USDA license, so they couldn’t sell it to a wealthy pet owner.
 
EsserWarrior said:
It is not difficult at all. I could become one right now, if I wanted to. I don’t believe it is legal to own them in the United States without a USDA license, so they couldn’t sell it to a wealthy pet owner.
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Afaik they are legal to keep as pets federally. It’s only illegal to sell them across state lines as pets bc of the ESA.
 
EsserWarrior said:
It is not difficult at all. I could become one right now, if I wanted to. I don’t believe it is legal to own them in the United States without a USDA license, so they couldn’t sell it to a wealthy pet owner.
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Leglisation stated in State Laws: Private Possession of Exotic Animals | Born Free USA shows that you can't keep a giant anteater privately in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Ohio and possibly Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Connecticut, especially if the anteater is interpreted as a 'potentially dangerous animal'.

You would need various forms of authorisation to keep one in most other other states.
 
Dassie rat said:
Ohio
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Nope. The linkI posted begs to differ.

And NJ's law is difficult to interpret since many animals, let alone giant anteaters, are neither listed as "Exotic Species and Nongame species requiring a permit for possession" ( https://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/xotic_permreq.pdf ), "Exempted Species" ( https://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/xotic_exemptspp.pdf ), "Potentially dangerous" and "Endangered" according to the state (end of page 6 and page 8 respectively https://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/permregs.pdf )

Always take BFF with a grain of salt even if they are attacking something you wouldn't care to defend.

OH - Exotic - Chapter 935. Dangerous Wild Animals and Restricted Snakes | Animal Legal & Historical Center
 
Craziest one I have ever saw (that has not already been mentioned) would be a sloth (species was not specified) while not the craziest thing I have seen all the other more outlandish things (Honey Badger, Anteater, Mid sized cats, Zebra, etc) A sloth I feel would still be a pretty bad pet as I feel their lifestyle is pretty hard to recreate in captivity since most people do not have giant tropical trees in their house or yard and even if you say had a tree in your yard, how would you feed the sloth? It would be high up in the trees and never come down except the rare occasion to go to the bathroom and the since these kinds of things seem to happen mostly in the U.S and Europe the tree itself probably could not be digestible for the sloth.
 
ParathePineapple said:
Craziest one I have ever saw (that has not already been mentioned) would be a sloth (species was not specified) while not the craziest thing I have seen all the other more outlandish things (Honey Badger, Anteater, Mid sized cats, Zebra, etc) A sloth I feel would still be a pretty bad pet as I feel their lifestyle is pretty hard to recreate in captivity since most people do not have giant tropical trees in their house or yard and even if you say had a tree in your yard, how would you feed the sloth? It would be high up in the trees and never come down except the rare occasion to go to the bathroom and the since these kinds of things seem to happen mostly in the U.S and Europe the tree itself probably could not be digestible for the sloth.
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Sloths are actually pretty common in the exotic trade, which is why you didn't see them mentioned. Also the majority of zoo sloths aren't kept in trees due to the exact difficulty you stated of actually routinely feeding and checking on the sloth. Though the sloths in the trade are all two-toed sloths, which are more frugivorus rather than folivorus and as such it wouldn't particularly matter if the sloth couldn't eat the leaves.
 
ParathePineapple said:
A sloth I feel would still be a pretty bad pet as I feel their lifestyle is pretty hard to recreate in captivity since most people do not have giant tropical trees in their house or yard and even if you say had a tree in your yard, how would you feed the sloth?
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A pet sloth is not much different from a pet pinioned parrot. Get a simple structure in your living room and a bowl.
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PossumRoach said:
Nope. The linkI posted begs to differ.

And NJ's law is difficult to interpret since many animals, let alone giant anteaters, are neither listed as "Exotic Species and Nongame species requiring a permit for possession" ( https://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/xotic_permreq.pdf ), "Exempted Species" ( https://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/xotic_exemptspp.pdf ), "Potentially dangerous" and "Endangered" according to the state (end of page 6 and page 8 respectively https://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/permregs.pdf )

Always take BFF with a grain of salt even if they are attacking something you wouldn't care to defend.

OH - Exotic - Chapter 935. Dangerous Wild Animals and Restricted Snakes | Animal Legal & Historical Center
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I used to answer animal questions on AllExperts. Several people asked about keeping exotic pets. BFF seems to reflect the basic details of each state and it is important to note that the giant anteater is not mentioned in any of the state regulations. It is possible that some states will consider it to be dangerous, whereas others will not. Various states do require information about where the animals would be obtained, how they would be kept and if they would be used for educational or commercial purposes.

In the UK, the giant anteater is listed as a dangerous animal: Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976
 
Bengal Tiger said:
I think the weirdest one I am aware of is probably going to have to be a tamandua
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Tamanduas are surprisingly common as well. I’d like to have one myself one day. They’re great ambassador animals!

Don't expect to see me owning Giant Anteaters any time soon, though! I’d feel bad if one decided it didn’t like a child in the audience. :rolleyes:
 
PossumRoach said:
Basically this. I had a friend who compared them to poison dart frogs since their care is just giving them the right moisture and space and little to no contact. A really non-rewarding animal to keep as a pet in my opinion.
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I think 8’ x 4’ x 8’ is the minimum for them. That’s a fairly large enclosure! They also require 80-90% humidity, which is super challenging to maintain in a lot of places. So they really are glorified dart frogs LOL.
 
Thanks, Chlidonias.

There is always a problem doing a search using the common name shared by more than one species.
 
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