POLL: Skunks and Crocs As Pets — Wild or Just Plain Weird?

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In recent weeks, we've featured stories about some very unusual roommates: skunks, hedgehogs and even crocodiles as pets! They're not your typical house animals — and, as we learned from people who own them, they have their own specific rewards and challenges. We've also heard your comments on Facebook: One user wrote about our hedgehog story, "Please don't encourage people to keep any more wild animals from their natural habitat. Shame on you!" And, we want to know what YOU think: Should people keep exotic pets? Or should these animals only live at the zoo?

Take our poll and leave your thoughts below! Click here to become a fan of PEOPLEPets.com on Facebook.

Is it okay to keep any animal as a pet?

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2cats1dog Harrisburg, PA

Oct

2009

2:15pm

I really think it depends on the situation and the training of the individual caretaker. If a baby is abandoned or an animal is hurt and a person who is trained to care for that particular kind of animal nurtures it until its capable of living in its natural habitat (such as the wombat mum), then I see no problem. Or if the animal can never survive in its natural habitat, that is a different situation as well.

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