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Nature & Animals What exotic pets have you owned?

Dogs, cats, rabbits, pigeon, chinchila.

Chickens for eggs.
 
I had an endangered species Tortoise for 10 years <Fedor23>
 
I had a Bengal cat. I guess that's kind of exotic. she was an amazing cat. Loved to go on a leash for walks. Loved water and playing in the sink and getting wet, her fur seemed to repel water. She seemed more like a wild animal than a typical housecat. One time she grabbed a turkey leg and would not let go and pulled at it while deeply growling at me when I tried to get it from her.
 
African gray parrot, tiger salamanders, asshole gecko (tokay), and a bunch of aquatic animals like crabs, crayfish, and fish.
I used to be really big into aquarium fish breeding. If it was new to the hobby, I'd buy them and see if I could breed them. My biggest accomplishment with pets is I used to breed Darwin clownfish.

I currently have some redtail splitfin goodeidae fish. They're from Mexico, and are endangered. Years so, hobbyist from Europe noticed the populations were declining, and took it among themselves to collect specimens, and breed them. They're not super rare in the hobby, but you're not going to walk into petsmart, or even your local mom-and-pop store, and find them for sale.
 
Please don’t ever own a rabbit, or any pet, if you think thats a good idea.
What? Lol. As people have been learning more about rabbits a lot of them have chosen to have free range house bunnies, or at the very least a dedicated room or x-pen set up for bunnies. They’re not meant for cages bruh.
 
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