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!
Two-Toed Sloth Male
- Price: $10,000.00
- Name: CJG EXOTICS
- Posted: 12/02/2024
- Email: Email Seller
- Location: Pennsylvania
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We have a young captive bred male Two Toed Sloth available now. He is currently 1.5 yrs old, born and raised at our facility He has been used extensively in our educational programs, he allows petting and handling by keepers. He would make an excelle...
Pocket Pets!
- Name: Panhandle Exotics
- Posted: 12/01/2024
- Phone: 8505424410
- Location: Florida
- Website: www.PanhandleExotics.com
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Pocket Pets! We have some adorable, new pocket-sized pets in store and ready now! Just put out: * Brazilian Short Tail Possums! On sale now through this weekend! * Winter White Hamsters! * White Tail Pygmy Squirrels! (African Dormice) Sale pri...
African Crested Porcupine
- Name: Panhandle Exotics
- Posted: 12/01/2024
- Phone: 8505424410
- Location: Florida
- Website: www.PanhandleExotics.com
- Trusted Seller
African Crested Porcupine 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!...
New Guinea Singing Dog, the rarest breed in the world!
- Name: Panhandle Exotics
- Posted: 12/01/2024
- Phone: 8505424410
- Location: Florida
- Website: www.PanhandleExotics.com
- Trusted Seller
New Guinea Singing Dogs, the RAREST BREED IN THE WORLD! One male, one female, born on 9/25/24, that will be available for pickup at 5 - 6 weeks old. This nearly extinct breed of wild dog is virtually gone in the wild, and we are one of the few peop...
Chinchillas!
- Name: Panhandle Exotics
- Posted: 12/01/2024
- Phone: 8505424410
- Location: Florida
- Website: www.PanhandleExotics.com
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New Chinchillas! * Beige, female! * Mosaic, female! For price and information, visit https://www.panhandleexotics.com/shopmammals.htm#!/Chinchillas/p/527326385 Financing available! Take your pet and supplies home today with zero down! For i...
Juliana Mini Pigs! Financing & transport available!
- Name: Panhandle Exotics
- Posted: 12/01/2024
- Phone: 8505424410
- Location: Florida
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Juliana Pigs! We have Juliana Pigs, from our personal breeders in store and ready now! FOR ANY QUESTIONS, COME BY THE STORE, OR CALL US AT 850-542-4410 Price & info @ https://www.panhandleexotics.com/shopmammals.htm... No permit needed! If che...
Bengal!
- Name: Panhandle Exotics
- Posted: 12/01/2024
- Phone: 8505424410
- Location: Florida
- Website: http://www.PanhandleExotics.com
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FOR ANY QUESTIONS, COME BY THE STORE, OR CALL US AT 850-542-4410 Price & info @ https://www.panhandleexotics.com/shopmammals.htm... No permit needed! If checking out online, use the promo code "SUMMERSALE" for 10% off! Financing available! Take...
Sugar Glider SALE! Financing & transport available!
- Name: Panhandle Exotics
- Posted: 12/01/2024
- Phone: 8505424410
- Location: Florida
- Website: www.PanhandleExotics.com
- Trusted Seller
Sugar Glider Sale! We have new Sugar Gliders, in store and ready now! Most are also on sale! For pics, prices and information, visit www.SugarGliderSuperStore.com Currently available, * White Face Blonde, males! * White Face Blonde, females!...
Skunks, LAST TWO! On sale now!
- Name: Panhandle Exotics
- Posted: 12/01/2024
- Phone: 8505424410
- Location: Florida
- Website: www.PanhandleExotics.com
- Trusted Seller
These are the last for this year. These are "teenagers" born this year, about 5 - 6 months old. They are the last skunks available until next spring. They are young enough to still be a pet, but will take more work and patience since they are gett...
Pygmy Squirrels / African Dormice! @ Black Friday prices!
- Name: Panhandle Exotics
- Posted: 12/01/2024
- Phone: 8505424410
- Location: Florida
- Website: www.PanhandleExotics.com
- Trusted Seller
Pygmy Squirrels, early Black Friiday Sale, going on now! (African Dormice) New babies in store! We have decided to do an early Black Friday Sale on them, that is going on now! Get yours today and save big! White tails, now sold as pairs. Pr...
Raccoons, Squirrels, Fox, Skunks, Coatis & more!
- Name: Panhandle Exotics
- Posted: 12/01/2024
- Phone: 8505424410
- Location: Florida
- Website: http://www.PanhandleExotics.com
- Trusted Seller
We have been getting a LOT of calls and messages regarding species that are only available seasonally. This means in the spring or summer, and once gone, that's it until the following year. Many will sellout long before they are ever in store. The...
Hedgehogs! Financing & shipping available!
- Name: Panhandle Exotics
- Posted: 12/01/2024
- Phone: 8505424410
- Location: Florida
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We have four adorable Hedgehog, males in store and ready now! These will most likely be the last Hedgehogs available until next year so don't wait or they will be gone! Price & info @ https://www.panhandleexotics.com/shopmammals.htm... Pics were t...
Chinchillas! Several colors!
- Name: Panhandle Exotics
- Posted: 11/24/2024
- 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...
Sugar Glider SALE! Financing & transport available!
- Name: Panhandle Exotics
- Posted: 11/24/2024
- Phone: 8505424410
- Location: Florida
- Website: www.PanhandleExotics.com
- Trusted Seller
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,...
CAPTIVE BRED HAND RAISED TWO TOED SLOTH
- Name: Rick
- Posted: 11/22/2024
- 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 21 and are of the exact baby offered for placement. It w...
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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