Exotic Pets Flashcards
What are two cons to owning an exotic pet?
- Animal care and management is not well understood
- some species can’t be bred and raised in captivity - wild caught
What is are 4 benefits to owning a captive-bred animal vs a wild caught?
- easy to handle
- healthy
- well fed
- free of parasites
What is the only pro to owning a wild-caught animal?
there is more variety in the type of animals
What are 4 cons to owning a wild-caught animal?
- decrease wild populations
- high mortality
- poorly handled
- problems adapting
- less friendly
- possibility of parasite contamination
What is the issue of release of unwanted exotic pets?
people often release unwanted pets into the environment
- they can disrupt the natural environemnt
- or can die in environemnt
What are some animals that are a problem when released into the wild?
- guppies
- red swordtail fish
- lionfish
- venmous spines
- sucker catfish
- cyclid
- omnivores
List two zoonosis diseases
- salmonella
- commonly found in reptile feces
- important to wash hands
- monkey pox
- prairie dogs transferred to humans
- prairie dogs infested by gambian rat
What are the three problems with fish collection techniques
- high mortality during shipping
- na-cyanide - stuns fish
- mishandling
- inadequate care
- habitat destruction
- possibility of zoonosis disease transmission
What reptile is the highest exported from the US?
red-eared slider turtles
Why are birds smuggled so often?
purchase for $15 im mexico and sell for $250-$10,000 in us
What is the Wild Bird Conservation Act? When was it passed?
- limit or prohibit US imports of exotic bird species covered by CITES
- sets standard for bird breeding facilities
- establishes the exotic bird conservation fund
est 1992
What is the US Lacy Act?
- It is unlawfor for any person to imort, export, transport or purchase and fish or wildlife in violation of any law, treaty or regulation of the exporter or the importer
