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Black Velvet Chinchilla
The Black Velvet Chinchilla is a chinchilla with a very gentle, likable temperament and curiosity about everything. A highland animal, it is clean and rarely ill. Remarkably, it bathes itself in dust and can manage alone over a weekend without worry of loneliness.
Saibei Rabbit
The Saibei Rabbit is a man-made breed developed from a cross of the French ram rabbit and the Flemish Giant, mainly used for production as a fur-and-meat dual-purpose rabbit. Its main advantages are large size, fast growth, high fertility, strong disease resistance, low morbidity, tolerance of coarse feed, adaptability, a gentle temperament, and easy management.
Double-eyed Fig Parrot
The Double-eyed Fig Parrot is a tiny, charming parrot from Indonesia, New Guinea, and Papua New Guinea. Scarce in captivity and difficult to breed, it needs careful husbandry and is sensitive to cold, stress, and vitamin K deficiency.
Standard Chinchilla Rabbit
The Standard Chinchilla Rabbit is an artificial breed named for its fur, which closely resembles the South American chinchilla. Gentle, affectionate, and recognizable, it makes a good pet rabbit, though some websites wrongly use chinchilla (rodent) photos in its place.
Gray Chestnut Rabbit
The Gray Chestnut Rabbit was originally bred for high-quality fur but is now also kept as a pet. An artificial breed with a coat close to that of a wild rabbit—unusual among fur breeds—it was developed in France by breeder M.J. Dybowski, first shown in 1913, and is today a rare breed on the brink of extinction.
Asian Paradise-Flycatcher
The Asian Paradise-Flycatcher is a beautiful forest and plains bird with many aliases, best known for the male's two exceptionally long central tail feathers. It eats large numbers of pests and is an important beneficial bird that requires strict protection.
Ram Rabbit
The Ram Rabbit is a large, lop-eared meat rabbit originally from North Africa, known for its ram-like head and gentle, slow temperament. Mainly raised on farms, it has low fertility, so special attention to nutrition during pregnancy is essential.
Belgian Rabbit
The Belgian Rabbit, also known as the Giant Gray Rabbit or Flemish Giant, is a famous meat rabbit breed originally from Belgium. With its large build, yellowish-brown coat, and high meat yield, it is mostly raised on farms in rural areas rather than kept as a pet.
Palomino Rabbit
The Palomino Rabbit is a large rabbit breed developed in Washington State, originally for meat but kept as a pet for its beautiful coat. Lazy and gentle, it has a strong appetite and needs a spacious cage, a ball-point water bottle, a chew stone, and unlimited hay.
Orange-winged Parrot
The Orange-winged Parrot (Amazona amazonica) has 2 subspecies and lives in forests, swamps, and open areas across northern South America. Common and affordable, it is a good choice for beginners, though wild birds and captive birds differ noticeably in appearance and temperament.