Keeping Exotic Pets

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If you’re new to exotic pets and are considering getting your very first snake, tarantula or what-have-you, or you have one or two pets but are looking to expand your knowledge and get more serious in the hobby then this is the place to be.

Whilst there are a huge number of different types of exotic pets, with t huge range of different requirements from the simple through to the species that are virtually impossible to keep there are a range of themes that run through the whole hobby of keeping exotic pets.

By getting a better feel of these principles such as the basics of setting up tanks, health-checking exotic pets to ensure your specimens remain fit and healthy and so on you will quickly find that you develop “transferable skills” that can let you move quite smoothly from keeping one type of exotic pet to another without too many difficulties.

In this section then you’ll find a range of “introductory” articles to get your juices flowing, build your knowledge and launch you successfully into the wonderful world of keeping exotic pets.

Latest General Exotic Pet Articles

• How To Identify A Trustworthy Exotic Pet Store

  photo credit: Furryscaly Despite the fact that keeping exotic pets is still quite an unusual hobby when compared to the number of people who won a dog or a cat there are still plenty of exotic pet shops around. Unfortunately being such a misun ... Read more...

• Overcoming Arguments About Keeping Exotic Pets

  photo credit: silversx80 Like it or not the world is pretty divided on exotic pets. Some people think they're the best thing since sliced bread while to other people the thought of having a snake or a tarantula in your bedroom seems like the weir ... Read more...

• The Inside Track On Adopting A Pet Reptile

  photo credit: GregTheBusker Many people adopt dogs and cats but have you ever thought about adopting an exotic pet like a reptile or an amphibian? In this article we're going to take a closer look at adoptions of exotic pets including why you mig ... Read more...

• Tips For Buying Exotic Pets From A Reptile Show

  photo credit: snakecollector Buying exotic pets from a pet shop gives you a degree of insurance in that if you have any problems at all you know exactly where to return to so you can either demand your money back or ask for advice. It's also e ... Read more...

• Risks When Handling Exotic Pets

    photo credit: KSDigital While many exotic pets can be handled safely both from your point of view and that of the animal itself I thought that it might be beneficial to provide you with a list of "warnings" or things to be aware of while handli ... Read more...

• How To Clean Out Your Exotic Pet

  photo credit: GHOSTSWORD One of the benefits of exotic pets are that the vast majority make very little mess on a weekly basis. Certainly terrapins (turtles to our American readers) can quickly make a mess of their water but for those of us keepi ... Read more...

• Reasons For Keeping Exotic Pets

  photo credit: Steven Beger Photography (Beger.com Productions) If you ask many exotic pet keepers why they look after an assortment of strange and unusual animals many will simply say "because I love them!" and in my heart I know I feel a similar ... Read more...

• 7 Ways To Save Money When Keeping Exotic Pets

  photo credit: frankenstoen Keeping exotic pets is a fascinating and addictive hobby though it can prove to be an expensive if you really start to immerse yourself. Typically exotic pet keepers start off with just one or two animals but when the b ... Read more...

• Lost Exotic Pet Help

  photo credit: idogcow Despite your best efforts to house and secure your exotic pet, if you have a lost exotic pet there are solutions available to you. The first step of course is that you should be ideally checking on your exotic pets on a d ... Read more...

• What Is A Herptile?

  photo credit: keepwaddling1 Many people in the exotic pet world refer to "herptiles" but if you're just taking your first tentative steps into the world of exotics, you may not be totally comfortable by what is meant by a herptile (often shortene ... Read more...