Sourcing breeders

[purpleskyes]

hey guys i was wondering if anyone could help me i am trying to source breeders of kinkajous within the united kingdom and i know i culd use brokers but personally i would rather just go through a breeder no middle man. So if anyone knows of any i done searchs on the net and this has turned up nothing please pm me with the details thank you

[BarryScott]

Perhaps: momaanthony@yahoo.com

Demanding pets which live for quite some time. I'm not one for saying "are you sure you're ready" etc but they need a lot of stimulation all day long for their lives.

Good luck.

[purpleskyes]

thank you for the email address barry, yes i can understand your concern as they can live for 20 years some are known to live even longer in capivity. I have researched them extensively lifespan, diet, behaviour everything. i am only 20 years old so i am sure i will be able to look after them for 20 years. I was hoping for more repiles then just one maybe everyone is just as lost as i am more it comes to finding breeders which is a shame.

[glidergirl]

There's not many of them around. I love them, i think they're amazing, I have a friend with a pair which she lets me 'play' with occasionally (when we find the time!), and they're just so powerful, the tail is just pure thick muscle! Gorgeous!!!!!

[purpleskyes]

aww gildergirl i am so jealous, you actually get to see them in the flesh do you know where your friend got hers from? oo do you have pictures of them? They have to be my favourite animal of all time.

[Nerys]

they sure are lovely..

i delivered the hand reared female we had on our books not so long ago...

arrived to collect her, and she was brought out in a large pouch.. i opened the top to see this amazing pair of eyes staring back at me! within moments she was snuggled into my top enjoying having her ears rubbed

took her to her new daddy, and even though it was night time by then, within a few moments she was curled up on our laps, again enjoying a tickle.. she woke up enough to start playing like a kitten, laid on her back all 4 feet in the air.. her reaching out to pull your hands down to play with.. tail and feet everywhere!

we got a text about 30 mins after leaving, saying she was sat on her new dads shoulder, eating pears.. lol..

will ask him for some pics if he gets a chance, i should have taken some myself, but was too busy playing with her to remember!

as you know mel, we do have kink breeders on our client lists, some of them will only sell via us i am afraid... tho at the moment, it makes no difference as we only have adult pairs available

you'd still have to look at transport costs on top, if you buy from mainland uk. i'm not sure what paperwork you need to bring kinks into ireland, but i know rory will know.

have you managed to sort out your spacing issues? i know you were worried about the size of enclosure we said you would need

good luck finding one btw, they are cracking little critters.. next time one comes up it might not make it to the list!

N

[BarryScott]

Originally Posted by searchingforkink

thank you for the email address barry, yes i can understand your concern as they can live for 20 years some are known to live even longer in capivity. I have researched them extensively lifespan, diet, behaviour everything. i am only 20 years old so i am sure i will be able to look after them for 20 years. I was hoping for more repiles then just one maybe everyone is just as lost as i am more it comes to finding breeders which is a shame.

They have only recently gaining both legality and popularity (that Hilton girl has a lot to answer for), so breeders are few and far between.

I understand your desire to go direct to breeders, but it's not a bad idea to talk to a knowedgable broker for rarer animals. They will be easier to source from countries like Belgium and Holland - a good broker can put you in touch, act as a translator, look after any legal issues regarding import and help with habitat and day-to-day questions, and all for probably less than 15%.

If you find a UK keeper/breeder they may only be first generation offspring.

Good luck. If you're anywhere near London when you get them drop me a PM, I'd love to see them.

[TSKA Rory Matier]

This is true.

There just simply are not many Kinkajous breeders in the UK, l know three are on my books, but they have waiting lists also and are never in short supply of clients.

As Nerys has said, we only have a breeding pair on board at present but have been assured of two youngsters this year.

R

[glidergirl]

I'll make some enquiries with my friend for you searchingforkink, in fact, I'll pm you with her details.

[purpleskyes]

hey everyone thanks for your comments, yea nerys i moved into my new house which is massvise with a big back garden so i am giving myself about 6 months til a year to research everything about them to death find a breeder, get a nice enclosure and stuff built. I also wanna do somethings first like go on holiday, learn to drive start my animal management course as i want to become a zoo keeper and this is the first step on the path to that so should be a nice busy year ahead of me