Since my brother, sister and me got to choose whichever pet we want, I figured it’s best to ask first, we can choose 3. We had a cat few years ago and figured that they are not best for house, we have a nice doggo in village but it works since he’s always in yard and has plenty of space to run around, it’s different from living in outskirts of a city, but even here we have huge forest so it wouldn’t be a problem walking him, besides, he’s nice and the cat was a total dick for some reason.
Now, we all decided that we will be having 3 of these, but we can’t decide which are the best.
Also, one more thing, since our cousins in village have ostriches, yes, they have 2 huge grown ass ostriches in their yard, we want to take something similar for our own and would this nice bird be a good choice?
Disclaimer for some of these: Wild animals shouldn’t really be pets. In some cases they end up that way because they can’t be reintroduced to the wild, but should only be taken care of by somebody experienced. That goes for most of these animals frankly, none of them are something I would say somebody should buy on a whim.
As an example of that fennec fox are absolutely adorable, but wild animals. They are very social, so either you would need to be home all the time or get two. They’re also nocturnal and SUPER active. Not easy to feed too, you would need a steady supply of insects and eggs, among other things.
Bats are very social, and would probably require you to have multiple bats They can do okay in captivity, but aren’t something I would just recommend the average person get.
Crows are frankly too smart for it, they aren’t going to be happy in captivity. From what I understand, they develop a lot of mental issues in captivity unless they are very specially cared for.
Axolotl are cute. They can be raised domestically and work okay as pets. They are also endangered and probably should not be kept as a pet by an inexperienced owner.
Capybara can be domesticated fairly well and get along with people, but need a lot of space.
Reptiles are fairly easy to take care of if you do some research and know what you are doing, I used to rescue and keep snakes. Still, you would want to make sure you are getting their habitat/temperature control right. I would probably go with any of the lizards/amphibeans.
capybaras are not pets, they are comrades in class struggle
Bats aren’t great because they’re social creatures. If you let your bat interact with wild bats, it can give you bad diseases.
Fennecs don’t stink like other foxes, but they’re still nocturnal. I can’t imagine what their 2 AM zoomies are like.
I would not fuck with a Cassowary.
None. None of them went through domesticating
Small lizards and so on don’t need domesticating, since they are being usually held in terrariums. Fennec can be domesticated, it’s not very easy though. Capybaras did went through domestication both historically and currently, just it was dependent on region and pigs are vastly better choice for livestock when compared.
Fennecs can be barely tamed.
You cannot domesticate something. Domestication requires hundreds of years of selective breeding and conditioning.
Small lizards and so on don’t need domesticating, since they are being usually held in terrariums.
If so,they’re not really pets, more like captive toys.
Fennec can be domesticated, it’s not very easy
Not true, Fennecs can be somewhat tamed. Domestication is an long and ugly process that takes hundreds and hundreds of generations to be successful.
Capybaras did went through domestication both historically and currently
Also not true. Capybaras never went through domestication. It’s just that they’re very docile
Axlotl i think, some people do have them, iirc it needs some special conditions but except that it’s like every similar creature.
No idea about frogs, lizards depending on species i guess. Capybaras are raised both as pets and livestock. Some people do have Fennecs as pets. Bats most likely no, or at least i never heard about them. Ravens yes, but since it’s a big bird you would need to treat it more like hawk than like small parrot.
These are all wild animals, leave them in the wild. No one should own these animals except research institutions, rehabilitation centers, and reputable zoos.
Also this better be satire. That last picture is not an ostrich, that is a Cassowary and that thing will literally just straight up murder you. It can gut a human so fast you’d be dead before you even realized what is going on. They are aggressive, dangerous, and extremely unpredictable wild animals.
The only animal on this list that would be a good pet is the Axolotl, but they are very misunderstood and if you don’t do the research and spend A LOT of money, it will suffer and have a horrible miserable life.
I’m against having wild animals as pets, since they are not domesticated. But if you really have to choose one, I’d say the capybara because they’re the closest to domesticated out of all of those. Some cultures even keep and breed them for meat. But you’ll have to keep in mind that they hate cramped spaces and rely a lot on lakes or other large bodies of water to regulate their temperature.
All others are a big no as pets, specially the first three. You can befriend some in the wild maybe, but unless you’re rescuing them and they’re unable to live in the wild, it’d be needless cruelty to keep them. I guess frogs are too inert to care, but you’re still going to have to keep it trapped otherwise they’ll either die or flee very quickly.
It’s a bad idea, get something domesticated like a goat or chicken.
Edit: that’s not an ostrich btw, but from my experience with actual ostriches in farms, they are incredibly aggressive and territorial. I’m not sure how the smaller relative behaves, but I wouldn’t keep any of those near children or other smaller animals.
None. Let’s not contribute to animal trafficking please.
Crows.
They are highly intelligent and are basically temperate zone parrots in learning ability.
