All About Exotic Pets

That may be one question that often comes to your mind every time you see somebody who owns exotic pets, or when you’re thinking of having an exotic pet at home.

Well, if you listened to some animal rights groups, you’d think keeping exotic pets is cruel, dangerous, and even bordering on treason! But however, every animal has species-specific behavior patterns, including exotic pets. These exotic pet behaviors can be learned and understood by the owners of such animals in captivity, especially since they are very similar to the behaviors of a domestic pet.

These behaviors are not greatly different from domesticated animals. For example, the pattern of naturally occurring behaviors in wolves and domestic dogs is virtually identical. A poorly socialized domestic dog with a careless or uninformed owner can be far more “dangerous” than a serval or a Caracalla.

Knowing those facts, are you still thinking that exotic pets are dangerous? Well, for me, if we define “dangerous” as having the potential to cause injury to a human being, then I’d say they’re not. Every animal or pet can be dangerous, and so does human.

Whether a dog, a person, or an exotic pet eventually injures someone depends on an uncertain balance of genetics, temperament, environment, and the unique circumstances they find themselves in.

Truth be told that one study showed that the risk of injury to exotic cat owners was less than the risk of injury due to a domestic dog bite. See, exotic pets are not dangerous! There many thousands of examples of exotic pets living healthy and happily with Americans nationwide.