Keeping Exotic Pets

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 misunderstood hobby – which requires a considerable degree of specialist knowledge – [...]

  Leaf insects are beautiful and fascinating creatures which are almost as easy to care for as many of the popular stick insect species currently reared in captivity but with a number of added bonuses. Firstly they are truly impressive and fascinating creatures to observe because they really do truly resemble green leaves as adults. [...]

photo credit: stormwarning. Bearded dragons are extremely fascinating and remarkable pets that never fail to amaze. Like any animal, they require love, care and specific living arrangements to keep them happy and healthy. Reptile vivariums at Pets at Home should be your first essential purchase. A vivarium for a dragon should be a miniature eco [...]

photo credit: SMB(spidermanbryce)  Praying mantis are carnivourous insects that need a diet of live animals of a suitable size. Whilst praying mantis have been observed in the past catching and eating small birds, lizards and mammals almost their entire diet is typically made up of life insects so when it comes to praying mantis and [...]

photo credit: threefingeredlord Triops are “prehistoric” shrimps that can now be bought in the form of eggs and eaily raised in the home as an exotic pet. With just a few essential factors to success they are not only very cheap to buy and care for but can make a fascinating display in the home [...]

photo credit: LadyDragonflyCC – Fireworks & Zooming!!!! Even to this day there are a number of myths surrounding tarantulas and one of the most common of these is really just how dangerous they are. As someone who has kept tarantulas for over 15 years now I’ve heard it all from people asking whether my tarantulas [...]

photo credit: Paul Stainthorp One of the concerns when it comes to keeping exotic pets is all the specialist equipment that they require. Not only does the massive selection of exotic pet supplies currently available make selecting the ideal set-up complicated, but in addition buying so much equipment can get expensive and require time and [...]

photo credit: ash.randell While some species of tarantula grow far faster than others it is possible within reason to control just how quickly individual tarantulas grow in captivity. There are a number of reasons why it can be helpful to understand the concepts of making your tarantulas grow faster or slower. The first of these [...]

photo credit: Furryscaly Deadly scorpions are covered in most countries by licensing meaning that in general the species of scorpion commonly available in the pet trade are relatively safe. At worst their stings tend to be like that of a bee causing some short term swelling, redness, soreness and possible muscle cramps. However there is [...]

photo credit: kevinzim Imperial scorpions – also known as Emperor Scorpions – are one of the easiest species of scorpion to keep in captivity. They’re also large and showy specimens that can make very eye-catching displays when they are set up right and can even be quite sociable meaning it is generally possible to keep [...]