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Peruvian Satin Guinea Pig
The Peruvian Satin guinea pig differs from other guinea pigs mainly in its coat, which grows toward the head and covers it, with a satin-like sheen. Its habits and diet are much like ordinary guinea pigs, but it is more delicate and prone to disease, so it is kept mainly as an ornamental pet.
White Crested Guinea Pig
The White Crested guinea pig, also called the white-crested Dutch pig or cavy, is gentle, alert, and lively like many guinea pigs, making it a great household pet. Its defining feature is an all-white body with a crest-like swirl of hair on the head.
Dark-eyed Self White Guinea Pig
The Dark-eyed Self White guinea pig, like all guinea pigs, is lively, gentle, and chubby, easily startled and prone to squeaking. It loves a dry, clean environment. Also known as the white black-eyed Dutch pig or cavy, it is a common and easy-to-care-for small pet.
Dark Lory
The Dark Lory (also called the Duyvenbode's Lory) is a distinctive lory with about 3 color morphs in dark brown with red, orange, or yellow on the head and chest. Gregarious and noisy, it is active but aggressive toward other lories and needs a diet rich in nectar, insects, and fruit.
Edwards’s Fig Parrot
Edwards's Fig Parrot (Psittaculirostris edwardsii) is a larger fig parrot whose sex can be told from plumage—males have red chest and belly, females blue-purple. It lives in humid lowland forests and feeds mainly on figs, nectar, insects, and fruit, and is easier to breed than smaller fig parrots but has high chick mortality.
Australian King Parrot
The Australian King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis) is the largest Australian long-tailed parrot and the largest of the king parrots, with 2 subspecies. Friendly and brightly colored, it is less talkative and rarely hand-raised, but is prone to parasite infection and needs regular deworming.
Dusk Parrot
The Dusk Parrot (Pionus fuscus) inhabits forests, coastal lowlands, and farmland across northern South America. Once rare in aviculture with very high mortality among wild imports, it remains uncommon in captivity, and deforestation and habitat loss have greatly reduced wild populations.
Flemish Giant
The Flemish Giant is the largest pet rabbit breed in existence today, originally from Belgium and later developed through breeding programs in the United States. Though a giant by rabbit standards, it is kept as a gentle family companion, but its large size and hearty appetite make it best suited to owners with plenty of space.
African Pygmy Hedgehog
The African Pygmy Hedgehog, also called the four-toed hedgehog, is small, with white or cream fur on the belly and face and white spines mixed with black or coffee; the face may have a darker mask-like color. As its name suggests, unlike related species it usually has only four toes on the feet, lacking a thumb.
Fox
In modern society, you should not be too surprised at whatever people keep as pets. Ordinary cats and dogs no longer satisfy some people, so they choose more niche animals—the fox among them. Foxes are canids, so they can also contract canine distemper.