Practical tips and guides for caring for dogs, cats, and exotic pets at home.
A complete hamster care guide: meet the 5 popular types (Syrian, Campbell, Winter White, Roborovski, Chinese), ideal cage size (600+ sq cm), a balanced diet, and the signs of a sick hamster that need an exotic vet.
A complete guide to keeping an African Pygmy Hedgehog in Indonesia: understand it as a solitary nocturnal insectivore, a minimum cage of 60x60 cm with safe substrate (AVOID cedar/pine), a high-protein cat kibble + insect diet, a temperature of 23-27°C, and common diseases (Wobbly Hedgehog Syndrome, Caparinia mites, dental, obesity).
Complete guide to keeping a green iguana: CITES Appendix II legality, strict arboreal herbivore nature, large custom enclosure minimum 2x1x2m, temperature gradient + humidity, mandatory 12% UV-B, 100% herbivore diet (80% dark leafy greens), MBD, kidney disease, and when you need an exotic vet.
Complete guide to keeping an aquatic turtle: popular species (Red-Eared Slider, Yellow-Bellied, Map Turtle), legality + invasive status, correct aquarium size (>100 gal for adult RES), filtration + basking dock + UV-B, omnivore diet, common problems (shell rot, MBD, vitamin A deficiency), and Salmonella zoonosis.
Complete guide to keeping a land tortoise: know the popular types (Sulcata, Indian Star, Russian, Hermann's, Aldabra), tell apart tortoise vs terrapin, outdoor/indoor enclosure needs, UVB lighting, an 80% high-fibre greens diet, and common problems like pyramiding and MBD.
A guide to keeping a guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) for new owners in Indonesia, what it is (a social herbivorous rodent from the Andes, adults 700-1200 g, living 5-7 years), its unique vitamin C requirement (they cannot synthesise it themselves like humans, needing 10-30 mg/kg/day from diet, deficiency causes scurvy), enclosure setup (minimum 0.75 m² per animal, solid floor not wire, hiding spots, multi-level OK), diet (timothy hay ad libitum + fresh high-vit-C vegetables + commercial vit-C-fortified pellets, avoid iceberg lettuce/alfalfa for adults), socialisation (highly social, better in same-sex pairs), signs of illness (dental malocclusion, respiratory infection, calcium urolithiasis, scurvy), when you need an exotic vet, plus an FAQ for new owners.
A complete sugar glider care guide: marsupials not rodents, must be kept in at least a pair, a 90 cm+ vertical cage, a formulated HPW/BML diet with a 2:1 Ca:P ratio, and the signs of Metabolic Bone Disease.
A guide to keeping ball pythons and king snakes for new owners in Indonesia, what these species are (ball python Python regius, docile and compact; king snake Lampropeltis, variable, corn-snake-style), basic husbandry (terrarium size + temperature gradient + is UVB needed? + substrate + hiding spots + water), diet (frozen-thawed rodent preferred over live, schedule by size), handling safety (avoid handling for 48 hours after feeding, never during shedding, avoid large pythons for solo owners), signs of illness (regurgitation + mouth rot + scale rot + mite parasites), when you need an exotic vet, plus an FAQ for new owners.
New rabbit owner? Learn the right diet mix (80% hay), proper housing, emergency signs of GI stasis, and when your rabbit needs an exotic vet in Jakarta.
Feathers dropping during a molt is normal, but not all feather loss is. Learn the signs of a normal molt, the signs of a problem molt (bald skin, feather plucking, bleeding pin feathers), and when your bird needs an exotic vet.
