How may exotic animal keepers in the UK.

[Incubuss]

Does anyone know approx' how many people in the UK keep exotic animals. Mainly reptiles, amphibs and arachnids. Also, does anyone have an idea how many of the above animals there are in captivity in the UK?

[joeyboy]

I don't know but I heard there's more being spent on exotics equipment(I presume pet shop sales of vivs, decor, livefood, maybe the animals themselves) now then dogs,cats,mice etc.

[negri21]

* In the UK there are 6.5 million companion dogs

* There are over 5 million companion reptiles

* The RSPCA rescue or rehomed on average 25,000 dogs a year

* RSPCA rescue or rehomed less than a 1000 reptiles on average

In 2004 the UK the cricket farms were producing on average 10,000,000 crickets a week. Ten Million Crickets! And no before anyone asks I didn’t PERSONALY count
them, I took the producers words for it!

In 2008 the same farms are now producing approximately 20,000,000 crickets a week which is a lot of crickets!

Presentation – The UK Reptile Trade - CaptiveBred Reptile Forums, Reptile Classified, Forum

[Incubuss]

Originally Posted by negri21

Presentation – The UK Reptile Trade - CaptiveBred Reptile Forums, Reptile Classified, Forum

thank you, just what I was looking for.