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- mikesbaker, on 11/09/2007, -1/+29Alex: You're getting a lion?
Dante: Yeah.
Alex: Why?
Dante: To protect my *****.
Alex: Never heard of a dog?
Dante: Dude, you can get past a dog. Nobody ***** with a lion. - SilentJay74, on 11/09/2007, -12/+37***** that I want a Liger. (Mostly for it's skills and powers.)
- RoroCo, on 11/08/2007, -0/+12Thanks, but I will stick with my dogs. They may not be exotic, but I but need to buy meal pigs or change diapers with roo poo.
- signal15, on 11/08/2007, -2/+12A Savannah is a cross between a Serval and an Bengal. They are much better pets. With a Serval, you will need to put metal conduit on every lamp cord in the house, and put plexi on your walls 4 feet up to prevent scratching.
A Chausie is another interesting cat that has wild roots. With any of these, expect them to be naughty cats all the time. I had two F2 Bengals, and they were great when I was around, but destroyed the house when I was gone every day. A Chausie or Savannah will likely be more than a handful compared to the Bengals.
I have a rug made out of a Zebra. :) - jayhawk88, on 11/09/2007, -0/+10Alligator Snapping Turtle?? ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE???
Why in the world would anyone want to own one of these as a pet? Do some people just really hate having toes? There isn't a nastier creature ever created. You'd be taking your digits into our own hands (so to speak) every time you got within 10 feet of it. Might as well just paste a picture of one to hang on the wall and buy a bunch of goldfish to flush down the toilet every week. - spaceninja, on 11/07/2007, -0/+9I think I will stick to my stupid house cat. Least all he does is knock things over on the coffee table he likes to sleep on.
- empeethree, on 11/08/2007, -1/+10i will stick with my wiener dog, spork.
- centran, on 11/07/2007, -1/+10Greeeeeeaaaat!
Now I want a Wallaby. Screw you Digg. I can't afford a wallaby but now I have to have one. Screw you Digg or rather Mattman9876 for posting this. - MajorPaine, on 11/08/2007, -0/+7Sadly, 89992 is correct -- buying these (or many other exotic types) for pets from pet stores and similar sources only feeds the industry that is based around them. The wrong type of seller or store will actually sell wild-caught animals (complete with parasites and a host of other issues) without warning you.
The other issue with exotics is truly understanding what is involved in caring for them safely (safely for you and for them) -- large cats can be especially problematic. Many suppliers do a poor job of advising/warning on this, and many buyers do not do enough research.
Additionally many people are not aware of how hard (and expensive) it can be to procure vet care for these animals. You may be stuck dealing
My wife and I have several exotics -- ranging from the Snapping turtles mentioned in the article to Macaws and large tortoises. All of ours are rescue animals that we have adopted or paid "re-homing" fees for.
We are where these animals wind up after people have bought them, and discovered they are too large, expensive or difficult to care for. Some of the animals we have taken in never really belong as pets (particularly the snappers and a 12 foot Burmese Python we had for quite some time before he died of old age).
Please think carefully before buying something like this, and if you really decide to pursue owning an exotic animal, do your research (on both the animal, and the seller). Some make truly wonderful pets, but others will never really be tame, and may make you (and the animal) miserable. - yojiffyskippy, on 11/08/2007, -0/+7Animals are even more awesome if they are left in the wild instead of caged up as pets.
- Crosshare, on 11/08/2007, -0/+7That's an awesome name for a wiener dog.
- nerdherder, on 11/08/2007, -2/+8Snapping turtles are tasty with ketchup.
- 1derfulWally, on 11/08/2007, -0/+5Best quote of the article:
"...and lives approximately 35 years in captivity. Really? Who is really willing or responsible enough to care for a pet for 35 years? Christ, my parents kicked me out of the house at 18…that’s half the time." - ChzPlz, on 11/08/2007, -0/+5I like turtles.
- teCh0010, on 11/08/2007, -0/+5A Tiger is very expensive to maintain. TOM, the Bengal tiger mascot of the University of Memphis eats $6000 in raw meat a year. The booster organization pays $22,000 a year towards his care and private individuals make up the rest. If they also had to pay for the donated services like vet care and transportation for veterinarian specialists it would probably cost $40000 per year to properly care for a Bengal tiger.
Luckily basic vet care for a big cat can be found in Memphis, but this isn't true in some areas of the country. If you need a specialist here you have to pay to transport them from Auburn or LSU. - browwiw, on 11/08/2007, -0/+4Probably some creepy German with a website.
- isaactwito, on 11/08/2007, -0/+4Zebras kill more zookeepers than any other animal in America.
- RoroCo, on 11/08/2007, -0/+4*but I don't need to buy...
Didn't catch the error before the edit time limit - wolfboy2883, on 11/08/2007, -0/+4Oh, and for those of you wannabe reptile owners, it is no easy task. I've had several reptiles as pets throughout my childhood. Mostly turtles, a snake, and a few lizards. Turtles are fascinating creatures, but they ***** all over the place. I had a few box turtles, and we kept them in the garden - where they might as well be wild anyways. No point. The only one I kept that was petlike is the injured one I nursed back to help (before I released it in my local nature center. Don't worry, it is a native species of turtle to my home town). Snakes are cool, but also not that fun. Mine was a garter snake I caught myself. I still catch snakes every few months around here - mostly garters and the occasional black rat snake: but they're fun for a minute then set them free. They don't live long in captivity, and they're needed in the wild to keep the rodent populations under control. God put snakes in the forest for a reason - let them do their job. And lizards are just like snakes - cool, but don't live long in captivity. They need their freedom. And they ***** all over the place, so you have to clean the cage all the time. Trust me, you're better off leaving them in the wild, especially if you don't know what you're doing when it comes to caring for reptiles.
Just get a dog. Dogs are meant to be with humans: we've evolved side by side for thousands of years and it really shows. Cats aren't bad either: just don't get a wildcat. They need to be free. - wolfboy2883, on 11/08/2007, -2/+6Wild animals are only happy when they're free. You can't force them to go against their nature.
Besides, wild animals are better in the wild where they can take care of themselves. My dogs and I will go visit them in the wild lands, but they wouldn't survive in our world. Better for both parties if they stay free in the wild. - agent888, on 11/08/2007, -0/+4I was actually doing research on a Fennec Fox today....they look to make very interesting exotic pets. Very pretty too.
- yojiffyskippy, on 11/08/2007, -0/+4Was his owner's nickname Lefty or Righty?
- goldfishwish, on 11/07/2007, -0/+4i want an alligator snapping turtle. if it can swallow a duck whole i bet it could take out some of these annoying neighborhood children in a few bites.
- WhiskeyLemur, on 06/30/2009, -1/+5Having a zebra as a pet is just asking for trouble. There's a reason they haven't been used as riding animals - they're quite vicious, and don't domesticate well. It's a pity, really - they're immune to several diseases prevalent in Africa which are lethal to horses, so they'd be a real asset for travel inland, especially where there are no roads.
- browwiw, on 11/08/2007, -0/+4If we can get a man to do something as unnatural as sit in a cube under fluorescent lighting for 8 hours a day we can train a tiger to fetch our slippers.
- jellygraph, on 11/08/2007, -0/+3I'm burying this because I think a pet is for life and I certainly don't want any horrible people getting the wrong idea (I've met a quite a few, and it disgusts me)
- cleric85, on 11/07/2007, -0/+3Where are all the reptiles? Poison Dart Frogs and poisonous snakes?
- DriftAway, on 11/10/2007, -0/+3I read 'mouse' as 'moose' and I swear to god I was about to book a flight to New Hampshire.
- viniciusfontes, on 11/07/2007, -0/+3"A Savannah is a cross between a Serval and an Bengal."
*****. It's a porn star, and it's spelled Savanna.
/sarcasm - karel747, on 11/08/2007, -0/+3Buried. There is not a single monkey on that list.
- Bluemandrew, on 11/07/2007, -0/+3There's an exotic reptile store near me in NH. They sell gators and crocs. They also have a big ass snapping turtle you can pay them to feed a mouse to...
- TrickiWoo, on 11/08/2007, -0/+3Remember that you'll have to save up for the Costco size box of Depends too!
- darkened, on 11/07/2007, -0/+3I want my zorse. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorse
- SeriouslyButNo, on 11/07/2007, -0/+3I think the coolest of the wild cats is the Caracal. It looks like a mini mountain lion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracal - khyberkitsune, on 11/08/2007, -0/+3Fennecs are plenty trainable. Most get hyper because the loud cute noises you're making are annoying it's sensitive ears. In a quiet home, fennecs are very tame, almost cat-like.
I own two. They're adorable but a lil stinky. Both sleep beside me at night (sometimes on top of me) - masterdbugger, on 11/07/2007, -0/+3probably
- browwiw, on 11/08/2007, -0/+3Obviously not the wallaby. Poor indignant bastards were in diapers.
- brstilson, on 11/07/2007, -0/+3Yes.
- browwiw, on 11/08/2007, -0/+3Sub-genus 'sex kitten'
- browwiw, on 11/08/2007, -1/+4I've always wanted to see a pat fight between two Dachshunds. yes, yes I know that dog fighting is cruel and horrible, but you have to admit that's a hilarious mental image--especially when they rear up on their hind legs and topple over again and again.
- inactive, on 11/08/2007, -0/+3why would you admit that?
- browwiw, on 11/07/2007, -0/+3Yeah, I've read that more zookeepers die every year from zebra bites than lions and other carnivores.
- wolfboy2883, on 11/08/2007, -0/+3A wolf would drive you crazy. They're too wild for normal pets, and you have to be strong willed to own one. If you don't take the role of alpha wolf, they will. Give 'em an inch and they think they're a ruler.
- skabyss, on 11/08/2007, -2/+4Sorry, but I had to dig you down for mentioning that god-awful movie.
- jiveturkeyblues, on 11/08/2007, -0/+2animals as ***** status symbols
so gross - shannondoko, on 11/08/2007, -0/+2"Although their is a wide variety of exotic pets out there, most seem to require lots of space."
find the typo - Red_Eye, on 11/08/2007, -0/+2and you wonder why you cant get any p.... sorry that was just too easy. Where is a lolcat when I need it.
- s0nicfreak, on 11/08/2007, -0/+2Sadly, they are nearly extinct.
- Red_Eye, on 11/08/2007, -0/+2I had a chinchilla once too, I found it to be about as needy and emotionally unstable as brittney spears. At least the chin was cuter and softer...
- heliosys, on 11/08/2007, -0/+2When you have money, any pet is legal.
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