If you are reading this
you might be either an Exotic pet owner or
planning on having one.
Well, I would say, Congratulations! It has been
said that people that
can handle the feeling of being with an exotic animal
is likely not to be a
mediocre in all aspects of their life. Experts said that
they intend to be
different in their choices but is often leading to successful
outcomes.
Their Food as their names suggests
“exotic” feeding them is no different. Since at this
era, there are wide
array of these extraordinary species, it is safe to say that the choices for
exotic pet foods are also many. Several factors may play on selecting the food
includes; the size of your pet, its own preference and on what kind of food you
can deal working on.
Some of these foods are
not too friendly if your sensitive. To mention a few, rats, locusts,
superworms, grasshoppers etc. You must also know that these foods comes in
either dead or alive version. There will be times that you need to store the
dead rats for future feeding and having that delivery man deliver to your door
your live crickets(LOL).
The difference
As we might assume that
there is in general a group of animals called “exotic pets”, there is a huge
difference on care for example on a Snake and an Iguana. We can compare such to
taking care of a Dog and a Rabbit.
Please do me a favor before you bring home any type of pet, please do your assignment. Do your research. Know everything about it, such as its nature, behaviour, the dangers and tips on caring such an animal.
Choosing the Food
It is not sufficient
that we only pick the food that what we feel our pet will like. We need to make
sure that you will get this type of food easily and you will get regular stocks,
so you won’t have to go to the mountains to get them. Also think about yourself
if you are able to handle this type of food.
Frozen Exotic food
The most common ones on
this category are frozen dead rodents(it comes in different size and ages) and
is mostly used to feeding snakes. This is the most logical and ethical way to
feed them because it is safe and it is not time consuming than breeding live
rats to feed your pet.
You may also encounter
frozen chicks(one day old chicken), rabbits, gerbils, small lizards or even
guinea pigs.
You might also think
that these type of foods are only of the snake. Well you are wrong. Large
Lizards, Tarantula and some species of Centipede are feeding on these foods as
well.
Live food
Live foods for Pets are
mostly live insects that can be bought on tubs or bags that differ in sizes. If
frozen goods are mostly for snakes, Livefoods caters to a broader types of
exotic pet.
This type of food helps
its eater in various ways. For example pets like tarantula and praying mantis
might require this type of food because the movement of the prey is needed to
trigger the predator instinct. While reptiles like lizards require insects for
dietary purposes.
Commercially available
Live Foods are feeder cockroaches, fruit flies, live rats, mealworms,
superworms, and different varieties of Cockroach.
Giving your Pet
Supplementary Vitamins
To make sure the your
beloved Amazing Creature is getting all the nutrients from your food as much as
humans they also needs supplementary Vitamins and Minerals. There are some
kinds that will fit your Pet’s eating style.
For an instance you can
do the “gut-load” where in you give the vitamins to the feeder so when your Pet
eats it, It will get the vitamins from it. You can also dust some dietary
supplements or alter the meat diet of your pet with berries or other fruits and
leafy vegetables.
While it is true that
some foods contains more fat and it might make your pet lazy and slow, it is
quite far that it will be overfed as long as you are giving a balanced diet.
A quick tip on Reptile
and amphibian owners, your pet should be fed daily. Keeping the livefood always
on the cage might be stressful for them as they are not always hungry. They
also want to rest or play just like us.
Snakes can only once
every week or 2 weeks because they need time to digest the food. But for others
that eat plants, you need to make sure that they are fresh.
Some invertebrates like
tarantulas eat once a week while mants will eat often or regularly depending on
its kind.
