err reckon the maybe to much for me anyway. Any info on the dillo would be great i will pm you my email.

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genets are a nice animal to work with it would be worth advertising what you want you have to be careful these days with silly prices that are about if theres a zoo nearby visit them tell them your intrested in a paticular animal im SURE THEY will help you out or give you a number of a private breeder without having to pay admin fees if you decide what you want pm i have lot of contacts il give you some numbers

Emerald,

Zoos have only recently come into our camp of pro keeping. But this is a political movement and not so much as a still supporting us action.

They are not particularily fond of 'selling animals' to the general private keeper.

They sometimes have a list of specialised keepers with which they prefer to deal with, for they in their eyes are classed as 'specialist' and 'professional'. But they have usually vetted the keepers they want their animals to go to.

Donations are usually the form of transaction from zoo to private keeper.

Our OP may have some luck here, but sadly this is not always the case, and my words to the OP would be.


Decide upon a group of animals that you may want to possibly own. IE: Rodents, Marsupials, Carnivores etc.

Research your chosen animal thoroughly.

Review your expenditure and see if you can actually afford the animal long term.


Sometimes it does actually pay credit to looking at the local animal departments of colleges and Uni's.

They too do not often sell, but sometimes they are looking for those who may be able to rehome for them.

But as said, l think your first step would be to truly identify what species it is that you are after.

R

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But almost impossible to find it seems.. we have been searching for them and been told finding one will be lucky indeed. The only example we have see would not really be suited to our setup.
Our "second choice" (though I am loathe to use the term) seems somewhat more achievable though. Sometimes it pays to be flexible I guess..

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Genets used to be really popular , but then they dropped from the limelight.

Now sadly only a few keepers actually have them, a few game parks keep them also.

Not far down the road from me now in an refuge, they have some elderly ones.

I saw one with Nerys yesterday and at 6-7 years of age, he is in extremely good form.

We will have photographs up on the website soon enough and then you can see what lovely animals they are.

R

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pendelhogg have worked with genets there a lovely animal to keep hope you can find some you wont be disapointed with them

I hope I can find one that is suitable one day too Emerald, it will probably be a waiting game, as with all things!

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Can this thread go back on track now please.

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