Should exotic pets be owned?

[byke95]

Going on from the centipede...

I think pets are great. There have been several species that, over the past few hundred years, we as humans have bread to be more than just animals. Domestic dogs, cats, rats, pigs etc. They reflect us as humans, possible a bit to much but they make good companions.

What I'm not so keen on the more exotic pets, I always cringe when:

I see a bird in a cage, the symbolism is just to much.

A chinchilla in a pet shop (with a sign saying 'lives in the rain forest, likes to jump from tree to tree')

A reptile in a tank being reduced to eating defrosted prey or, at best, having to make no effort in order to hunt it's food despite it's brilliant evolution. Again, a sad reflection on us as humans.

I do understand the attraction of such animals, they are brilliant and highly evolved species, but if you like them (like me), why reduce them to an existence unfitting of their skills?

In other words, do you own 'exotic' pets and what made you deceide on such a pet? Maybe you breed them and use them for an income? Do you even think this is an issue, maybe any human has the right to own whatever he/she wants?

[killa]

Humans kick ass and we are so clever I think it entitles us to anything.

A sweeping statement but the general view on the human race and unstoppable destruction we carry out every day, TBH who gives a toss, my lizard was born over here in a bloody incubator, he doesn’t know what the desert is, he doesn’t know what a bird of prey is (lucky him) and quite frankly with the attention he gets from me he is going to live longer at my House than his cousins in OZ and wherever they hang out.

No one needs a pet, unless you call guide dogs pets, I just think they are tools.

You are the most self aware animal on the planet, unfortunately because of this some of us are afraid of everything and our conscience battles with everything we see, what’s right, what’s wrong and why do we do that…..
IMO we are just doing what we always have done, try to find a way to control something, everything on and off of this planet humans want to control, think about that for a second………..anything, water, fire, cars, planes, the weather.
If we achieve control of it we are happy.
Keeping a pet is quite weird especially an exotic but as well as the human control element there, it can also be good for your mental state which in this day an age is screwed by a whole range of dick eds about you who try and control you.

I’m going to get my lizard to eat the head of grass hopper later and film it.
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Q. Should exotic pets be owned?
A. No. They should be pwned.


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[craigie b]

I can understand and appreciate why people keep domesticated animals. Cats and dogs are excellent as companions and they do become family members. I do think keeping exotic pets is kind of cruel since they are born into captivity merely for others amusement and I cannot see how a tarantula could ever become a friggin' family member.

However it is a free country and some people just like to have freaky fucking things around them

[xlizx]

I dunno much about chinchillas, but I would not turn down the chance of having a pet tiger, that would be so cool.

[byke95]

[RobB]

Tigers...... A question on QI a few months back, was "Which continent contains the largest number of tigers?".

I've asked a lot of my friends this since, and EVERYONE says Africa, then Asia. Sad answer is America. There are more tigers in captivity, as "domestic" pets in America, than there are in the rest of the world combined. There's something stupid like 5,000 of them in one southern state alone (pet tigers are more popular in the south, they are a status symbol).

This depresses me a lot. The only thing that cheers me even slightly, is the thought of a lot of Americans being eventually mauled to death.

[Walloper]

I kept an African Python for 4 years from 12" long to 4' long
burglar deterrent extrordinair.
Great pets.
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[colin1]

i dont think keeping a lizard in an aquarium is any worse than keeping a cat but never letting it outside.
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[McGee]

Chinchillas are awesome
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[colin1]

you'd be surprised how many people have 'house cats'

i think its better that cats have freedom, but 2 of my cats were run over so the house brigade that i was cruel to let them out when i live near a road and they might have a point.

exotic pets in aquariums may be a bit cramped but they dont have predators, they get free food and even theb possibility of sex if they have company.

in the wild, a lot of animals dont live very long because something eats them

i think its worse though for animals that would roam quite a lot in their natural habitat though so i dont approve of zoos,
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[R6jonny]

[stinkwheel]

[Flip]

I have kept lizards and a snake. They are a f*cking nightmare to keep properly. Reading books and having the right equipment isn't always enough.

[colin1]

[veeeffarr]

[carlnicholson...]

I bought a cat, and the day after when driving my bus, i watched one go under a car wheel.

It's head was imbedded into the tarmac, and was kicking like fuck in a futile fight against death. It took about 10 minutes for it to give up.

It was the most horrible way for any creature to die, so I don't think I am cruel for keeping my cat indoors. I have let her out, but she runs straight back in. She get's loads of attention, and is seemingly very happy.

Better happy inside then potentially squashed outside IMO.
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