Now 1st off i just want to make it perfectly clear that I am not trying to buy a Red Panda!

I know how endangered they are and presumably what specialist care they would need, so i dont want people getting on their high horses about how i shouldnt keep one etc. Just to make that clear!! lol

Red Pandas are pretty much my FAVOURITE Mammal, I love everything about them, and I just wondered if its actually possible to keep them? and if so is there anyone doing it? I'm not talking about public zoos, but private keepers, or private zoos (not sure exactly what the difference is but im sure some people on here have enough animals to be classed as one!!lol). Rory has opened my eyes alot to the crazy and expensive animals some keepers have (like Lions and Tigers etc) but i've never heard or read about Red Pandas being kept?

I'd also love to see anyones zoo photos of them if anyones taken any? There's a pair at Marwell that i watch for hours but i always forget my camera!

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Crested Geckos, Rhacodactylus ciliatus
Mossy chahoua Geckos, Rhacodactylus chahoua

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all i knwo if they are STUNNINg, and i adopted one (in a zoo) for half a year!!

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lol nice one. I love the way they walk so purposefully, like the larger bears do, but with their size it just looks cute!

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Whites Tree Frogs, Litorea caerulea (Australian and Blue)
Crested Geckos, Rhacodactylus ciliatus
Mossy chahoua Geckos, Rhacodactylus chahoua

Golden Retriever
4ft Tropical Community tank
2 tier mixed Koi pond

There is a pair held under DWA license in the UK but this is an exceptional circumstance. The captive population (including the non-zoo pair) are all members of a captive breeding programme and as such are unlikely to become established in the private sector for the time being.

In my opinion they do not make good exhibits as nine times out of ten the only view the public gets of them is a ball of fur way up in the fork of a tree. But they are a real treat when they are active.

I looooove red pandas! I remember when I was little my gran used save the PG Tips wildlife cards and my fave was the red panda The ones at Chester are sooooo cute!

Dunno anything about keepin them though, sorry....

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Thanks for that info! I hope that one day we can have enough success breeding them that their future is more stable. I know what you mean about them being up trees all the time! It was a treat last time i visited Marwell to see them both down of the ground jumping about!

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Whites Tree Frogs, Litorea caerulea (Australian and Blue)
Crested Geckos, Rhacodactylus ciliatus
Mossy chahoua Geckos, Rhacodactylus chahoua

Golden Retriever
4ft Tropical Community tank
2 tier mixed Koi pond

i have pic of one in off topic dublin zoo pics they are my fav as well

i think they would be quite easy to house, a large outdoor enclosure with a large tree to climb etc but with regards to getting one i think they would be hard to get hold of although tbh i know nothing about keeping them privatly or if they would be avalible maybe rory or nerys could help out there but i think sparsholts college have or were planning to have a pair? anyone know more on this?
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i read in our local paper yesterday that a pair had escaped from a wildlife park in southern scotland!

So everyone in that area keep your eyes peeled (unless they've been found!)

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They'll probably turn deep fried somewhere then