Sentences with phrase «species kept as pets»

The Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council's Habitattitude partnership with Fish & Wildlife Services raises awareness about the proper handling of potentially invasive species kept as pets.

The Roborovski dwarf hamster or robo dwarf hamster is the smallest hamster species kept as pets.

Syrians average about twice the size of other hamster species kept as pets.

First off, none of the bird species we keep as pets will do well on an all seed or all pellet diet.

Not exact matches

When two common North American species — the Eastern red - spotted newt, a showy animal often kept as a pet, and the rough - skinned newt, which ranges from British Columbia to the Mexican border — were exposed to the fungus in laboratory tests, 100 % of the animals died.

«Over 28,000 endangered lemurs illegally kept as pets in Madagascar may threaten conservation, survival of species.»

«We estimated that over 28 thousand lemurs are kept illegally as pets in Malagasy cities over the last three years alone,» said Reuter, who has recently been appointed to the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission's Primate Specialist Group.

Illegally keeping lemurs as pets may threaten conservation efforts, as well as the survival of the species.

Whitton also keeps all the larger birds out on java tree branches so customers can interact with them freely, while the smaller parrot species, such as conures and cockatiels, are kept in a petting bin up front.

Many medical problems in exotic animals are directly caused by an inappropriate diet, so it is fortunate that there are now species - specific diets available for most of the exotic animals kept as pets.

Unlike dogs and cats, which have many breeds but are all the same species, there are many different species of birds kept as pets, all with different dietary requirements.

They either learn to stop getting more cats that die under the wheels of cars or from animal attacks, or they finally learn how to be a responsible pet owner, respectful neighbor, and learn to keep their invasive species animal under confined supervision, as it should be.

Of these many species, only a very few are commonly kept as pets, so identifying them is normally a breeze.

For this reason, you will need a permit from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to keep one as a pet.

They originate from South America and there are eight species, but only one — the domestic cavy — is kept as a pet.

Nevertheless, Mead concludes, «there is no clear evidence of cats threatening to harm the overall population level of any particular species... Indeed, cats have been kept as pets for many years and hundreds of generations of birds breeding in suburban and rural areas have had to contend with their predatory intentions.»

There are a large number of amphibian species in the world and some of the species most commonly kept as pets include the South American horned frogs, tiger salamanders, waxy monkey tree frog and the African clawed frog.

The Syrian hamster remains the most popular choice of pet hamster due to its low cost, ease of care and the many different variations available, although the various species of dwarf hamster and chinese hamsters are also commonly kept as pets.

-- Massachusetts has amended its exotic animal laws to permit the keeping of certain species of reptiles as pets, according to Reptiles Magazine.

There are several species of hamsters being kept as pets today, and they all require a bit different care, so it's important to know the difference between the species to know which hamster is right for you.

The Kenneth A. Scott Charitable Trust is a private foundation focused on preventing cruelty to animals and promoting the humane treatment of animals, particularly companion animals such as dogs and cats, and other species of animals commonly kept as household pets.

Birds commonly kept as pets are no different than their wild relatives — they are the native species of other countries.

According to the 2015 - 2016 National Pet Owners Survey, conducted by the American Pet Products Association, there are more than 95 million freshwater fish — with common goldfish by far the most popular species — and 9 million saltwater fish kept as pets in the United States.

Hamsters are the most popular of small rodents kept as a pet with five species of hamsters commonly kept as pets.

Gerbils are the most popular of small rodents kept as a pet with five species of gerbils commonly kept as pets.

As a veterinarian who exclusively treats birds and exotic pets, Dr. Hess is passionate about making the lives of these unique pets better and enjoys the challenge of keeping up with the advances in medical care for all of these species.

The Nova Scotia SPCA strongly discourages the keeping of normally undomesticated species as pets, including hybrids, such as wolf / dog hybrids.

To keep all our patients as healthy as possible, we require pets that are boarding with us to have current rabies and distemper vaccinations, along with other species - specific vaccinations.

While she had mixed feelings (at best) about larger parrot species (like Amazons or African grey's, for example) kept as pets.

In addition to the more popular Campbell's hamster, three other species of dwarf hamsters are kept as pets in the United States and other countries — the Winter White, the Chinese and the Roborovski.

Why a Dog is a Man's Best Friend We, humans, are the only species known to keep other animals as pets.

It may be appropriate to restrict ownership of certain species not generally kept as pets to persons with the specific knowledge and facilities to properly maintain them, but sweeping bans can drive business underground, thwarting effective regulation and standards of care.

The size of the cage to set up for arriving birds depends on how many of the same species pets are coming in, as it is always best to keep young birds together for the first week or two.

Most amphibian species commonly kept as pets will accept a wide range of prey, including crickets, mealworms, fruit flies, roaches and even un-weaned mice.

Understanding the normal behavior of birds, as a group, as a species and individually, is an important part of selling or keeping any pet bird.

Although parakeets and cockatiels are the most popular parrot species sold as pets — most likely because they are small and fairly inexpensive — a variety of other smaller to mid-sized parrots are also commonly kept as pets, including the very popular conures.

In the Wild The best way to determine what else to feed a pet bird is to look at where the bird originally came from in the wild, since most avian species kept in captivity have not been «domesticated» for as long as our most popular furry pets.

It should be noted that the two most popular parrots kept as pets — parakeets (budgerigars) and cockatiels — do eat a lot of seeds in the wild, unlike most other parrot species, but the variety is much greater.

Unlike most commonly kept pets such as dogs, cats and rabbits, where there are many breeds within a single species, there are many species of caged birds.

Considering the fact that many wolf species in the U.S. are endangered, keeping these animals captive as pets just does not seem to make sense.

For example, the wild rabbits that live outside are an entirely different species than those we keep as pets.

Though exotic pet species — birds, rabbits, rodents, reptiles, ferrets, amphibians, pot - bellied pigs, marsupials and others — each have very specific requirements to keep them healthy, many of the guidelines for keeping cats and dogs safe during inclement weather apply to exotic pets as well.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today extended trade and import bans to four species of constricting snakes that can devastate native wildlife, but the agency dropped the boa constrictor from consideration because it is already so widely reared and kept as a pet.