Exotic companion animals that are not in danger of extinction

Do we accept octopus as a company animal?

Well yes, friends, we must accept it.Then in Animals and Pets Online we will tell you the reasons.

If you want a silent and intelligent pet , the rock octopus ( Octopus v ulgaris) is an original and formidable option.In addition, the cost of installing your habitat in our home will be gradual, since we must adopt our octopus in a reputed place that provides us with young and healthy specimens; In addition to aquariums, seawater and all appropriate accessories.As our friend grows we can expand his aquarium.

The rock octopus differs from the white octopus in two aspects: it becomes much more large, and its tentacles have a double row of suction cups.The white octopus has only one single row.

The octopus when adopting it must be young, but already visible and manageable.Octopuses, and other cephalopods in general, at birth they are minuscule, but they grow vertiginously.Their life expectancy in the wild rarely exceeds two years of age .In captivity they can live a little more, but not in excess.

For this reason octopus and squid in a short time go from measuring millimeters to showing very respectable sizes.This obviously means that they eat like Cossacks and we must provide them with the adequate intake of suitable food that your veterinarian will determine.

If you are wondering: What n Arices does an octopus at home ?, I will tell you that it is one of the most intelligent and also very colorful marine animals.It is a species of "Mortadelo Marino", capable of disguising itself with the same aspect of any seaweed or rock of its surroundings.

The contemplation of the octopus is relaxing and you can interact with it in a beautiful environment, since the aquarium should have rocks, corals, plants and places where the octopus can shelter or camouflage.

A game they like is to put a mussel inside a glass jar and offer it to our friend.The octopus will manage to unscrew the jar and zampase the mussel.This and other games you can make with your octopus.they consider the octopus as the most intelligent invertebrate .

However, there is a danger that I should strongly warn you: Never leave your octopus in the care of a Galician lord or lady.You could find yourself with a succulent disgust upon returning home!

The Iberian gin as a pet

The gineta is a traditional pet in North Africa .During the period of Muslim domination in the Iberian Peninsula, they introduced the gineta into our lands; although it is also said that the Romans introduced them previously.

The utility of the gintas was that it kept homes free of rodents, vibrators and snakes.It is a nursery ( Genetta Genetta) related to mongooses, and has an extraordinary climbing agility.Afterwards the gineta was displaced by the cat as a pet/animal, by later generations of peninsular inhabitants.

Perhaps the fact that the gine It is necessary to live in the countryside and it is impossible for it to adapt to an urban environment, unlike our cats, it is what gradually pushes the domestic ginets to become wild.

Today nowadays the Iberian Peninsula enjoys wild ginetas.However, there are also breeders of gintas.If you decide to adopt a gineta, you must guarantee that it does not come from nature , since then it would be very difficult for the animal I took you honey, besides being a torture for him lack of freedom.

Obviously you can only enjoy a gin if you live in the countryside, forget about having her wandering around the house, unless you wanted to see your furniture reduced to splinters and a being with a rough character looking at you furiously permanently.

The gin needs identical care that a country cat: A fixed place in your home that considers its lair and a cat in the door (a round hole) through which the gine can Enter and leave at your free will .

The gin likes to "look for life", as they say vulgarly.She has a great hunter instinct and precise live prey.It is an excellent climber that feeds on birds, while eliminating rodents from your country home.

If you provide a comfortable environment in which it does not feel prisoner, your gineta will act with you kindly and you can provide some kind of food that encourages her to return home daily and interact with you.

It is a very beautiful animal with an exceptional olive-colored fur with black spots and a very long tail.The Gyneta is somewhat smaller than a cat and rather more stylized.It has a somewhat coarse character, but it has lived with the man for millennia, as it happens with the ferret.The gine hunts during the night.

The rintel as a pet

Rintel, also called basariqui, ringtail, or miner's cat, ( Bassariscus Astutus) is a regular pet in central and southern USA and in all of Mexico.It belongs to the family of the Procyonidae , similar to the raccoons

It is a very beautiful animal, of affable character and that needs a very economic infrastructure to feel comfortable in your home: a wooden box with an exit hole, and that is located in a warm place in your home.Rintel needs to sleep completely in the dark; therefore, a cage is not a suitable place.It has nocturnal hunting habits.

Obviously you must live in the countryside , never on a floor, and just like the gin He likes to hunt his own prey: rodents, insects, or devour berries and wild fruits.He must not live confined in an apartment ever.

His character is much friendlier, more ductile and affectionate than that of the gine.It is more similar to the character of a country cat, who likes to camp at ease through the garden or farm, and when he wants it he would like us to scratch his head, belly, or give him some treat.that accepts loneliness well and does not require congenres.

Its size is somewhat smaller than that of a cat, and a main feature of this precious animal is that of its long ringed tail that combines black segments with others of a colorful yellowish-brown color.Precisely this peculiar tail is what gives it its name in the USA: ringtail (ringed tail).It has beautiful purp eyes ura adapted to the night vision , which give her little face a very sweet and mischievous expression at the same time.

The color of her silky fur is yellow-gray on the back and flanks that helps you to camouflage between the rocks.From the throat to the hindquarters your abdominal hair is shorter and whitish gray.

This animal is an ancestral pet in that area, for which it also receives the name of: miner's cat, since the old and dilapidated miners' cabins were easily tamed and kept rodent free during the period called: Gold Rush .

Rintel is an emblematic animal of the state of Arizona.Its half-life in freedom is 7 years, but as a pet they live longer.

Bennet Wallaby as a pet

Bennet Wallaby is an animal very similar to kangaroo , but smaller in size.Males measure up to 70 cm.head at the beginning of the tail, adding almost the same measure of a strong cylindrical tail that helps them to move.The males weigh up to 22 kg.The females are smaller, 14 kg, and are not aggressive.

There are other species of wallaby, but some are threatened.The Macropus rufogriseus , no.

Wallaby trees are herbivorous.They need a garden with grass and trees for proper breeding as a pet.Albinism is common in this species.The usual color of Wallaby is a brown-olive tone on the spine and flanks.Its throat is reddish, and the chest and belly are medium gray.

They are strong animals, but must be thoroughly controlled by from the veterinarian , since they can get various diseases and be vaccinated as a prevention of others.

Their diet is vegetable.Hay, alfalfa and herb compon in 80% of their food.They can also eat: green vegetables dark, carrots, apples and sweet potatoes.There are special preparations for this species in pet shops.They like bread, but it should only be given as a reward, or to ingest medications.It is important that they consume water without chlorine and low in lime.

The garden where the wallaby inhabits must be fenced with a minimum of 1.60 cm high plastic mesh.The posts must be located outside to avoid blows.You can live up to 15 years.

The skunk as a pet

The skunk is a mefitido of size somewhat smaller than a cat and somewhat plump appearance produced by the disposition of its fur, which is dense and short on its head and neck; but that becomes longer as the rest of the body is traveled, being 3-4 cm.upon reaching the hindquarters.It has a tail that measures approximately half of the body.

The characteristic Skunk's best known is its ability to produce a fetid odor .To prevent the secretion of this substance it is essential to sterilize the animal, which will stop using it to mark territory or when the female enters heat If we do that, the skunk will expel its smell when it feels threatened, something it will not do if it is an imprinted animal, which trusts us.

Curiously, the civets of various animal species are used as an anchor base for many high-end perfumes in infinitesimal quantities.These substances last a long time, and noble essences such as citrus, floral, wood, etc., which are anchored at the base of the perfume and its aroma are added.persists for a long time.

There are various skunk species, but the one we usually find in hatcheries is the striped skunk ( Mephitis mephitis) , whose color is very dark brown, practically black, and with a strip of white fur that starts in the head.This strip bifurcates into V from the animal's cross.The skunk is omnivore , feeds on insects, rodents, reptiles, berries, fruits, honey and bees.

If it is decided to adopt a skunk, it must be ensured that it comes from a hatchery, and that it has not been extracted from nature.

When the skunk is young, it must be caressed and played with it so that it acquires carino They are very playful and they like that adults and children participate in the games.They love to feel part of the family, since they are very sociable animals.

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