I own red eared slider turtles, while not exactly exotic it’s funny that the three things they are known for by owners are things normal folks would not expect.

  1. Turtles are escape artists. Because they need so much water to swim in and need basking areas, you’ll generally want to fill your tank up as high as you can, and then have a basking platform up there. They will use those and filters to try to escape. They may succeed. There are a ton of questions/guides online to address this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHbV5nsDCb8&ab_channel=TheTurtleGirl
  2. They are destructive. You will want to have a filter for them, and they will attack the filter with the fury of a bored creature attacking the thing making a noise. Many filters will fall to their wrath. If you google it you’ll find ton of stories of turtles destroying filters/water heaters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnD3cKuFOa0&ab_channel=HMoore
  3. They smell. How can such a small creature smell so powerfully? Magic.

Any other pet owners have secrets about their type of pet?

  • @HelixDab2@lemm.ee
    14•11 months ago

    They are playful and adventurous kittens that smell bad all the time (and will smell even worse if you try to bathe them too often), will actively try to kill themselves eating things they shouldn’t and getting into places they can’t get out of, and will shit in corners of your house rather than anything else you might set up for them to you. Unlike kittens, they bite hard when they’re playing. They’ll also pass out and sleep so hard that you’ll think they’re dead.

    My wife has had a lot of ferrets, more than 20 for sure. Our home can absolutely not be made ferret-proof, which is probably the biggest reason that she hasn’t been pushing to get more.