The Eco-Friendly, Multi-Purpose Pet - Alpaca - Exotic Pets
Alpaca are delightful, beautiful creatures. These herd animals are usually gentle and intelligent. Most breeders will work with cria (alpaca babies) to ensure they are tame before selling. Individual personalities will differ, however. Some will ... [... more]
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The Pet Guinea Pig - Exotic Pets
The guinea pig, also known as a cavy, is neither a pig nor does it come from Guinea. A guinea pig is a rodent of larger size native to the country of Peru in South America. Guinea pigs originated in the Andes mountain range and are considered to ... [... more]
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Chinchillas - Exotic Pets
People who work during the day make ideal owners for the chinchilla. The chinchilla sleeps during the day and is active dusk through dawn. Their activity level picks up at dusk - about the time one would typically arrive home from ... [... more]
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Exotic Pets - The Miniature Pot-Belly Pig - Exotic Pets
The miniature pot-bellied pig has been around for about 4 million years. Its heyday as an exotic pet in the United States was about 20 years ago. However, there are still some avid fans (and owners) of this incredible creature. The word miniature ... [... more]
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Genets - Exotic Pets
Genets are beautiful, unusual animals. They look almost like a cross between a wild cat, ferret, and raccoon. They are about the size of a small dog ranging from 2-12 pounds. (They are not, however, closely related to cats, raccoons, or ferrets.) ... [... more]
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Rats as Pets - Exotic Pets
When I told my friends that my oldest daughter purchased her first pet, a rat, no one seemed to think it was very cool. "Are you crazy?" was the typical response. When most people think of rats they envision gnarly, long-toothed, grey rats, the [... more]
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Marsupials - The Sugar Glider - Exotic Pets
The Sugar Glider is a small marsupial possum (not opossum - the sugar glider hails from Down Under) that can live up to 15 years as an exotic pet companion. The sugar glider is not related to the flying squirrel - although it is able to glide ... [... more]
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Primates as Exotic Pets - Exotic Pets
Many people are fascinated by primates. My site search statistics and emails often request information about primates like the capuchin or spider monkey as pets. I can write about animals and be somewhat unbiased most of the time -- that is not ... [... more]
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Pygmy Goats - Exotic Pets
Pygmy goats are one of the easiest and best animals to have and own. Goats are herd animals that do well with kids, dogs, and other animals. They are very curious and playful; climbing, jumping and investigating keeps them quite busy. Pygmy goats ... [... more]
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Rabbit Breeds - Exotic Pets
There are several different breeds of rabbits. Any breed can be kept as a pet - it's simply a matter of preferred characteristics. Some breeds are more outgoing; others are laidback and mild. Size can also vary greatly. The weights range from 2 ... [... more]
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Raccoons as Exotic Pets - Exotic Pets
Presidents in recent years have had more traditional house pets, but Calvin & Grace Coolidge filled the White House with exotic pets of all sorts. Rebecca the Raccoon was one such pet that has been immortalized in photographs with Grace Coolidge. ... [... more]
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Ring-tail Lemur - Love at first sight - Exotic Pets
Resist temptation ... resist temptation .... Usually I use that mantra in the bake shop, but this time it was when I came across a beautiful pair of Ring-Tailed Lemurs for sale. Of course a quick glance in my wallet might have dissuaded me much ... [... more]
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