Bringing Exotic Animals Right Into Your Own Living Room

Remember the years when you were young and you were desperate to convince your parents to buy you a dog? You kept making promises you knew you wouldn’t keep. You showed them books, telling them that raising a dog is no rocket science. You gave them a list of the most family-friendly dogs. You were quite the dog advocate; your speeches about the many ways in which a dog would make the family bond stronger were impressive, but eventually, useless. Your parents did not buy you a dog after all and you kept going on with your normal life – without a dog in it.

You’re a student at one of the top 20 online colleges – Western Governors University, that is and you have big plans of getting an online accounting degree. So, you’re kind of busy, aren’t you? Being a student definitely takes more of your precious time, yet you still think you could handle taking care of an animal in the meantime. However, now that you have less time for yourself, you know you’ll have even less time for an animal, so you pretty much gave up on the idea of buying a dog, at least for the time being. You just need too many hours to go with him for a walk and you are sure you would eventually end up neglecting him and his needs, so you better just buy an exotic animal which doesn’t need too much attention. There are many cute, cuddly or not-so-cuddly animals to choose from, depending on what you expect from them.

• If you’re the snuggling type, don’t even think of buying a chameleon. The chameleon is the kind of animal cool to look at, but not really cool to play with. Apart from the difficulty you have in taking care of him, especially because of his natural habitat which needs to be taken into consideration when buying his new ‘home’, the chameleon is an animal that easily gets stressed out. And I mean easily. A bit of noise is enough to make him go all red. If you’re not really the calmest person on earth, stay away from chameleons.

• Iguanas are becoming more and more popular among animal lovers. The idea of having an iguana in your living room doesn’t sound bad at all. However, don’t forget that just like in the case of the chameleon, we are talking here about a reptile which needs a cage able to be a small scale replica of their natural habitat. Also, iguanas get really big and they can be aggressive, attacking you with their teeth, tail or claws if you have an approach to them which they don’t like. It does take a bit of patience raising an iguana – you have to speak often to them, since they can learn their names and also be gentle when touching them or getting them out of their cage.

• Ferrets are just what you need, especially if you considered buying a dog in the past. These are social animals, which are very playful and cute and they would definitely make you smile whenever you need something to be happy about. The only negative thing about them is that they like to sleep a lot – more than 14 hours and they usually sleep during the day, but they can adapt themselves to their owner’s schedule. 

          I mean, look at this cutie. You can’t say no to him!

Fortunately, there are many animals you can bring to your living room, without having too many headaches. What’s important is to choose your animal well, to know what do you expect from him and see if he matches your expectations.