Unusual Pets

Mammals

Potbellied Pig

• Affectionate & intelligent & can learn to open fridges, pantries, cupboards
• Can get aggressive with kids who have food
• Potty train (litter box or outside)
• Give a sleeping box or a tent
• Pig proof your house
• Require a lot of exercise

Sugar Glider

• Part of the opossum family
• Nocturnal
• Need a enclosure which they can climb
• Keep it in a pouch wrapped around your neck to get it used to you
• Eat cooked meats & eggs, raw nuts, & fresh veggies
• Not good in a household with small kids

Reptiles

Alligators

• Are not good pets
• Can attack at any moment
• Alligators can grow up to 13 feet long
• Baby alligators will eat small fish and rodents
• Adult alligators will eat chickens and bunnies
• Can keep legally with a permit

Bearded Dragon

• Get up to 2 feet long
• Live up to 10 years old
• Dirurnal
• Eat insect and vegetables
• Gentle
• Get along with kids

Fish

Ranchu Goldfish

• Can train to do tricks
• Friendly
• Need a decent sized tank
• Get up to 5 inches
• For a treat it will eat mandarin oranges, live food, worms, & shrimp
• Need sinking pellets

Piranha

• Need to get 3 or more
• Not the best pet for kids
• Need space to swim
• Need clean, warm water
• Like to eat insect, live fish, worms
• Messy eater

Insects

Stick Insect

• Need tall enclosures
• Clean tank weekly
• Hang to molt
• Great first pets
• Need the correct leaf or else they will die

Hissing Cockroach

• Popular
• Fun
• Strong exoskeleton & get up to 3"
• Need a tight lid
• Good climbers
• Put Vaseline on the top 2" of the glass
• Need hiding places
• Eat fruits & veggies & dog food

Unusual Pet Owners

Presidents

• Jefferson- Mocking bird
• John Adams- was gifted an alligator by Marquis de Lafayette
• William Henry Harrison- Billy Goat
• James Buchanan- Had a herd of elephants and two big bald eagles

Presidents cont.

• Rutherford Hayes- Pedigreed jersey cows, a goat & a mocking bird
• Theodore Roosevelt- snakes, a badger, a lion, a hyena, a zebra, five bears & a rat
• Woodrow Wilson- herd of sheep
• Calvin Coolidge- a bobcat, a wallaby & a pygmy hippo, and a bear

Friends

• Lilly -- Squirrel (rescued), a goat, 2 Chickens, Duck ,Bearded Dragon
• Shelly - bearded dragon, chickens, and pigs
• Ms. Cate- 2 Sugar Gliders
• Anders- 2 rats

My Project Book

Summary

Sources

• thedodo.com
• petmd.com
• presidentialpetmuseum.com
• pethelpful.com
• firsttankguide.net

Sources cont.

• thespruce.com
• animalplanet.com
• blog.wildfloridairboats.com
• wordsiseek.com

Acknowledgments

• Shelly - for the dog cage
• Uncle Don -for the alligator

Any Questions