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Exotic Pets
These exotic pets require extra care and careful consideration of animal laws. Learn more about some of nature's most unique pets.
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Caring for a Serval Cat as an Exotic Pet
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How to Care for a Pet Costa Rican Zebra Tarantula
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2 Common Types of Wood Shavings That May Not Be Safe for Your Pet
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What Is Gut Loading and Why Is It Important to Do Before Feeding Pets?
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What Is an Exotic Pet?
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Should You Release an Unwanted Exotic Pet Into the Wild?
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Why Is My Male Pot Bellied Pig Leaving Wet Spots Behind?
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Make Sure to Know What Types of Wood Are Safe or Toxic for Your Degus
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How to Care for a Pet Snail
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Here's How to Keep Your Small Pet Safe in Cold Weather
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What Is Shell Evacuation in Hermit Crabs?
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Keeping and Caring for Pet Capuchin Monkeys
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How to Care for a Pet Tarantula
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Learn How to Make the BML Diet for Your Sugar Glider
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Are You Interested in Reptiles to Be Kept as Pets?
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Keeping and Caring for Skunks as Pets
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Do Southern Flying Squirrels Make Good Pets?
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Keeping and Caring for a Pet Russian Red Fox
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Keeping and Caring for Pet Goats
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Are You Ready to Own a Pet Wallaroo?
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Caring for Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches
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Problems With Keeping a Pet Monkey
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Do Wallabies Make Good Pets?
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Choosing a Balanced Diet for Your Hermit Crab
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How to Care for a Pet Fiddler Crab
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Armadillos Make Good Pets for the Right Owner
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How to Care for a Pet Chilean Rose Tarantula
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A Guide to Caring for Iguanas as Pets
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A Guide to Caring for Fire Belly Newts as Pets
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How to Tell If Your Hermit Crab Is Molting or Dead
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Why Heat and Light Are So Important for Your Pet Reptile
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Thinking of An Insect or Spider as a Pet?
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Will Hawks Eat Cats and Other Pets?
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What Does a Pet Raccoon Eat?
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What Should a Pet Fox Eat to Stay Healthy?
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Does Your Reptile Have Worms?
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How Much Do Snails Sleep? Not As Much As You Think.
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How to Set up a Home for Your Sugar Glider
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What is Dysecdysis in Reptiles and How is it Treated?
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How Long Do Pot Bellied Pigs Live?
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8 Photos That Prove Farm Animals Are the Cutest
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Figuring Out What to Feed Your Sugar Glider
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5 Common Sugar Glider Diseases
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Here's How to Set Up a Thermal Gradient for Your Pet Reptiles
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Make Sure Your Pet Water Dragon Stays Healthy With the Right Light
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Can Hermit Crabs Eat Fruit?
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These Are the Signs That Your Tarantula Is Molting
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What You Don’t Know About Goats, But Should
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Do You Have a Cage That is Ready for a Sugar Glider?
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Can You Mix Species When Setting up a Terrarium?
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The Molting Miracle: How Long It Takes for a Hermit Crab to Molt
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Preventing Incomplete Shedding Problems in Reptiles
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List of Exotic Pet Boarding Facilities
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Female Sugar Gliders Have Pouches; Males Don't
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Why Does Your Sugar Glider Self-Mutilate?
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Spaying and Neutering Pot Bellied Pigs
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Does Your Sugar Glider Have Ick?
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How Do You Safely Trim Iguana Nails?
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Treating Degu Tail Injuries
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Are Giant Land Snails Pets or Pests?