Easy Exotic Pets To Care For

One of the cutest and most exotic of creatures on the list of exotic pets is the sugar glider.

Easy exotic pets to care for. Sugar gliders are marsupial and they start off their life in a pouch similar to a kangaroo. It is actually a distant relative of the guinea pig. They are also reluctant to bite which works out well for a pet owner. Hedgehogs require a simple terrestrial enclosure big enough for them to run around and play in.

Once again however the need for handling and interaction is much less than that of many other pets. By far the easiest exotic animal to care for hedgehogs are ideal for someone who wants a pet but who doesn t have a significant amount of time or resources to devote to their care and attention. They have become very popular lately and are small relatively easy pets to take care of. While it does take a syrian hamster longer to warm up to human handlers than guinea pigs they do eventually begin to crave such interaction.

Some of the exotics you include here are require levels of care equal to or even far less than certain common domestic pets a scorpion is vastly easier to tend than a dog and a hedgehog much easier to tend than any of my horses. The african mantis is actually not just one species but a number of closely related species of the genus sphodromantis that all appear similar and can be kept in identical ways so tend to be lumped together by retailers. Another excellent pet that is easy to care for is the syrian hamster. Corn snakes in particular are nonvenomous and naturally very docile.

Originally from australia indonesia and new guinea their primary habitat is a forest. While keeping venomous snakes as pets is not a smart decision nonvenomous snakes are quite easy to care for. However this also means that you don t have to tell your kid that the snake went to. They live for up to 20 years so you may need to make a long commitment.

The last exotic pet worthy of mention in this top ten list is the african mantis possibly the most wisely available and easily cared for species of praying mantis in the pet trade.