WHY OTTERS AREN'T PETS
WHY OTTERS AREN'T PETS Every single day I receive questions like: “Where can I buy an otter?” or "Do you breed otters so I can have one as a pet?" I can go on for hours about telling you the reasons why otters aren't pets. I'll try to give an explanation up here that will be make things clear. This list will never be completed, because of the many reasons why. FAMILY ANIMALS Otters are animals that live in family groups. It's totally sad to keep an otter that’s raised by other otters without some of their own species. LOTS OF WATER Asian small clawed otters are semi-aquatic, which means they spend a lot of time in the water, but they also come onto land. That's not only for fun, for the health of their body's and because they have a very fast metabolism and need to drink a lot during the day, but also for hunt! Otters are predatory animals. That means that the...