Sloths For Sale
Sloths are mammals that are native to the tropical regions of Central and South America. A distinguishing characteristic of the sloth is their long claws that they use to cling to tree branches and to reach leaves. These claws, however, are so long (3 or 4 inches in length) that the sloths find it difficult to walk on the ground. As a result, they spend most of their time in trees. There are two categories of sloths, two-toed sloths and three-toed sloths. The two types are similar, but the three-toed sloth has a mouth that is shaped in a permanent smile and they can turn their heads nearly 9- degrees. Today, sloths are roughly the size of a medium-sized dog…about 25 inched and 18 pounds, but there is fossil evidence that sloths in ancient times were much larger, about the size of an elephant!
CAPTIVE BRED HAND RAISED TWO TOED SLOTH
- Name: Rick
- Posted: 11/05/2024
- Phone: 754-214-6448
- Email: Email Seller
- Location: Florida
CAPTIVE BRED HAND RAISED TWO TOED SLOTH- The baby sloth in the photo is super sweet in perfect health and fully weaned. The photos were just taken on November 3rd and are of the exact baby offered for placement. It would make a great Amba...
6 banded dillo sloth porcupine paca capybara
- Name: Gary Rosenblum
- Posted: 11/03/2024
- Phone: 2397745031
- Email: Email Seller
- Location: Florida
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Kinkajou! Incredibly sweet boy!
- Name: Panhandle Exotics
- Posted: 10/27/2024
- Phone: 8505424410
- Location: Florida
- Website: www.PanhandleExotics.com
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Kinkajou, boy! Can't believe this incredibly sweet guy is still here! This handfed (now weaned onto softened food) Kinkajou is in store and available now! He is ridiculously sweet and will make some lucky family an incredible pet! Price & info @...
Sugar Glider SALE! Financing & transport available!
- Name: Panhandle Exotics
- Posted: 10/27/2024
- Phone: 8505424410
- Location: Florida
- Website: www.PanhandleExotics.com
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Sugar Glider Sale, ends Sunday at close! Shop now and save big! Sugar Gliders currently in store and on sale: * High white Mosaic, w/cow ears, female! * High white Mosaic, w/cow ears, male! * Leucistic, males! * Leucistic, female! * Mosaic,...
Juliana Mini Pigs! Financing & transport available!
- Name: Panhandle Exotics
- Posted: 10/20/2024
- Phone: 8505424410
- Location: Florida
- Website: www.PanhandleExotics.com
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Juliana Mini-Pigs! If you're looking for a smaller pig that will be under 100 lbs, now is your chance! We have three adorable brothers in store and looking for homes! These guys are sale priced due to a lack of space and won't be here long, get yo...
Chinchillas! Several colors!
- Name: Panhandle Exotics
- Posted: 10/20/2024
- Phone: 8505424410
- Location: Florida
- Website: www.PanhandleExotics.com
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Female gray & female black! Price & info @ https://www.panhandleexotics.com/shopmammals.htm... If purchasing online, use the promo code "SUMMERSALE" for an extra 10% OFF!!! Financing available! Take your pet and supplies home today with zero down...
Kinkajou boy!
- Name: Panhandle Exotics
- Posted: 10/13/2024
- Phone: 8505424410
- Location: Florida
- Website: www.PanhandleExotics.com
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This guy just doesn't know how to take a bad Pic! Twice as sweet as he is adorable, and on sale until close tomorrow! Price and info on this adorable Kinkajou @ https://www.panhandleexotics.com/shopmammals.htm... Financing available! Take your pe...
Skunks! Financing & transport available!
- Name: Panhandle Exotics
- Posted: 10/13/2024
- Phone: 8505424410
- Location: Florida
- Website: www.PanhandleExotics.com
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Skunks! We have some adorable baby Skunks in store and on sale now! These guys are seasonal, so this is the last for 2024, get yours today! Currently available: * Black & White, female! * Black & White, male! * Champagne, male! * Champagne, fem...
Hedgehogs! Financing & shipping available!
- Name: Panhandle Exotics
- Posted: 10/13/2024
- Phone: 8505424410
- Location: Florida
- Website: www.PanhandleExotics.com
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Baby Hedgehogs, in store now! Only a few of these guys available, get yours today! If purchasing online, use the promo code "SUMMERSALE" for an extra 10% OFF!!! Shop online @ https://www.panhandleexotics.com/shopmammals.htm... Financing availab...
Ferret Sale!
- Name: Panhandle Exotics
- Posted: 10/13/2024
- Phone: 8505424410
- Location: Florida
- Website: www.PanhandleExotics.com
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Ferret Sale! Going on now! Ends 10/13/24. Get yours today! * Non-Marshalls! * Fixed! * De-scented! * 1st vaccination! Price & info @ https://www.panhandleexotics.com/shopmammals.htm... If purchasing online, use the promo code "SUMMERSALE" fo...
Chinchilla, black female!
- Name: Panhandle Exotics
- Posted: 10/13/2024
- Phone: 8505424410
- Location: Florida
- Website: www.PanhandleExotics.com
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Price & info @ https://www.panhandleexotics.com/shopmammals.htm... If purchasing online, use the promo code "SUMMERSALE" for an extra 10% OFF!!! No permit needed for Florida or most states! Financing available! Take your pet and supplies home tod...
Savannahs! Financing & transport available!
- Name: Panhandle Exotics
- Posted: 10/13/2024
- Phone: 8505424410
- Location: Florida
- Website: www.PanhandleExotics.com
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We have a beautiful brother and sister looking for fur-ever homes! They are in store and ready now! * Vet checked! * Current on vaccinations & de-wormings! * Health certificate! * Health guarantee! * Generation, F-4! * No permit is needed! *...
Ferret Sale!
- Name: Panhandle Exotics
- Posted: 10/07/2024
- Phone: 8505424410
- Location: Florida
- Website: www.PanhandleExotics.com
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Ferret Sale extended! Going on now until Sunday @ close! * Non-Marshalls! * Fixed! * De-scented! * 1st vaccination! For price & information, https://www.panhandleexotics.com/shopmammals.htm... If purchasing online, use the promo code "SUMM...
Sugar Glider SALE! Financing & transport available!
- Name: Panhandle Exotics
- Posted: 10/07/2024
- Phone: 8505424410
- Location: Florida
- Website: www.PanhandleExotics.com
- Trusted Seller
Sugar Glider SALE! Going on now, ALL Sugar Gliders in store are on sale! Get yours today! Currently available: * "Lemur-tail" with several rings, male! * High white Mosaic, w/cow ears, female! * High white Mosaic, w/cow ears, male! * Leucist...
CAPTIVE BRED HAND RAISED TWO TOED SLOTH
- Name: Rick
- Posted: 10/07/2024
- Phone: 754-214-6448
- Email: Email Seller
- Location: Florida
CAPTIVE BRED HAND RAISED TWO TOED SLOTH- The baby sloth in the photo is super sweet in perfect health and fully weaned. The photos were just taken on October 5 and are of the exact baby offered for placement. It would make a great Ambassador for a...
Sloths
Sloths are found in the tall trees of the tropical rain forests and cloud forests of Central and South America. They spend the majority of their time in trees, even sleeping curled up in the crook of a tree. The only time they venture down from the trees is to relieve themselves or to swim. An enclosure for sloths in captivity should emphasis vertical space more than floor space, with ample trees and branches for climbing.
Sloth Diet
Although sloths have four-part stomachs to help them digest the tough leaves that make up the bulk of their diet, they are slow digesters. It can sometimes take up to one month for the animal to fully digest one meal. The leafy diet that the sloth eats is relatively low in nutritional value so the animal doesn't derive much energy from their food, which may be why the animal moves so slowly.
Sloth Enrichment
A sloths life revolves around eating and sleeping. In captivity, sloths will sleep 15 to 20 hours per day, which leaves little time for enrichment activities. In the wild, the animals sleep less. They are not very social animals and prefer solitude. Aside from climbing, the only activity they engage in is swimming, so sloths in captivity would benefit from pool time.
Breeding Sloths
Sloth courtship starts when a female screams a mating call to let any male in the area know that she is available for mating. Mating and birth both take place in the trees. Sloths give birth to just one baby at a time, after a gestational period of between six months and eleven months, depending on the species. The babies stay with their mother for up to four years and ride around clinging to their mother's belly for weeks after birth.
Sloths are split into 2 types, the two-toed and the three-toed sloth. The two-toed has 2 species which are called Linnaeus's two-toed sloth and the Hoffmann's two-toed sloth. The three-toed has 4 different species which are called the Brown-throated sloth, Pale-throated sloth, Pygmy three-toed sloth and the Maned sloth.
A sloth is a mammal that weighs from 7 to 19 pounds and found in the rainforest of Central and South America. Their length is from 18 to 34 inches. A sloth has long coarse hair and moves very slow. Due to their slow movement, they will have algae growing on their fur. The algae will tint their, grayish brown, coat green. They hang from tree branches by their long hooked claws. Some species are only active at night while others are active day or night. Sloths have a very slow metabolism and the lowest mammal body temperature. Because of this, they do not need to eat a lot. Their diet includes leaves, fruit, tree buds and young twigs. Also to help reserve energy, they will sleep about 18 hours a day. They will sleep hanging upside-down from a branch. Also the sloth has the lowest muscle to mass ratios of all mammals therefore they are unable to shiver to keep warm. The sloth will descend from the trees about once a week to defecate and urinate. They will dig a hole first and then will fill it back in when done. When on the ground the can be very clumsy but are great swimmers.
A sloth can live up to 30 years and only the two-toed sloths do well in captivity. The three-toed sloth does not.
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