Recently a PV couple got hit with a demand for $1030 smackers for an exotic animal permit. Now my question is are Pot Bellied Pigs an "Exotic" animal?

Now take it from me, my definition of exotic is a heck of a lot stranger. Big monitor lizards not counting the Komodo Dragon (which you are utterly insane if you think you can keep one of those as a pet. Do not jerk MY chain, I know my reptiles.) which can reach 8 feet and sixty to eighty pounds with training can be litter box trained and act reasonably close to a dog when they know not to act like monitors. I would consider that exotic. I had one at five feet followed me around the house, crapped in a cat box, and loved (Actually went crazy for) live mice but would not turn down table scraps for nothing. This is a big lizard mind you.

There is an old lady who has a retired circus lion for a pet. That is exotic. But a PIG? think the city of Palos Verdes is grubbing for money?

Now if that was the case can I pay $1030 so I can keep an American Alligator? I want it more for intrusion suppression but what is the point of having a watch dog you can't pet? Just don't put anything you do not want to loose in its mouth and everything will be just fine! Big snakes are just plain BORING!


How about a pet ostrich? You can ride it to work like a horse! Better yet they eat anything!

Or how about this for shock value...




Llama llama ding dong!

oh boy where is Lex?

Are those Alpaca's?

Funny thing is most people would not know the difference. All they would say is "hey look, Llamas!"

Hmmmm....we've had pet wallabies, goannas, kookaburras, rainbow lorikeets, goats, pigs, horses, turkeys, guinea fowl, peacocks, cockatoos...

and were looking online yesterday at ferrets..

I have always wanted a camel...and llamas/alpacas are like mini me camels...we don't need stupid licenses to have them though...not here where I live, anyways.

They kind of look the same. But LLamas are used a lot to "guard" goats and sheep.

i learn something new every day on mingle

Q: What's the difference between alpacas and llamas?

A: Size and fiber quality. Llamas were primarily bred to be a beast
of burden, and alpacas were bred primarily as fiber producers. An
average alpaca standing 34"-36" at the withers, where llamas stand
42"-48" at the withers. An adult alpaca will generally produce 5-8os of
high quality exotic uniformly crimped fiber in a single fiber fleece,
each year.

In 1969 I was in Vietnam---We used to shoot those little pot belly pigs and have a BBQ. Didn't tast exotic. On the other hand , like the papers always said---we were drunk and stoned all the time!! Who else would BBQ one of those nice little -----PIGS!!??

Pbpigs are listed as both exotics and livestock. People stupidly don't look into their local laws before getting one and end up fined or dumping them at the nearest rescue if the pig is lucky. One friend has taken in over 300 pbpigs at her sanctuary. And that's how I have 3. Ruby and Mandrake were brought to me, but Rocky was dumped on the side of the road and ripped up by dogs.

shame a llama
shame a llama
ding dong!!

alpacas spit!

Only if you piss them off.

And llamas are only good as guard animals if they coyote or dog stands down to their attitude. Otherwise they have no real defensive weapons and you have a disemboweled llama. Get a donkey. They can kick ***.

Word is there were a lot of Emu, Ostrich, Llamas let loose in some states. A lot were bought and sold as a get rich on meat,eggs and yarn.
The market never really took off, and the 'ranchers' cut their losses and set the animals loose

Don't know about the llamas. I'm seeing price ranges on them for upwards of 10K.

But yes on the big birds. And the "cool" thing is to rope their legs out from under them. Nice real nice.

Yep, I don't doubt the price on that, which makes the yarn plenty pricey. You got to knit a lot of sweaters to make your money back on that.

there are wild ostriches in New Mexico on the White Sands missile range

and a lot of wild Persian Ibex and African Audad in New Mexico also. The Audad are actually over populating and starving out the deer in some places

South west Texas has wild camels (escaped from a army cavalry post in the 1800's)

I dunno, I had two skunks when I was a kid that didnt have their scent glands anymore. Not sure weather we were allowed or not.


Kinda like..