Critter Central

Here at PAWPRINT, we believe all pets deserve the best possible care. Essential to this is accurate, useful information. Unfortunately, quality information can be hard to find for many small and exotic pets. And, in some cases, just doesn't exist!

With this in mind, PAWPRINT has spent much of the last ten years researching and writing about the needs of these special critters. The results of this effort can be found right here, in our ever-growing on-line library of care articles and more for hedgehogs, sugar gliders, prairie dogs, and other small or exotic pets.

Insectivores

Hedgehogs: A variety of articles covering care, heath concerns, diet, color, and other topics

Marsupials

Sugar Gliders: Several articles covering care, socializing, the need for companionship, and natural history
Brushtail Phalangers: Housing, diet, other basic care topics, and natural history
Short Tailed Opossums: Housing, diet, socializing, natural history, and other topics

Rodents

Prairie Dogs: Housing, diet, socializing, natural history, and other topics
Patagonian Cavies: Housing, diet, and other general care information
Degus & Chinchillas: Housing, diet, natural history, and more for these two related animals
Rare Rodents: Care information for Richardson's ground squirrels, dormice, duprasi, jirds, and exotic mice

Procyonids

Coatimundis: Housing, diet, other basic care topics, and natural history

General Care Topics

Diet & Nutrition: A variety of articles to help you provide your pet the best possible diet
Choosing A Pet: Useful advice on making this important decision
Other Topics: Deciding to breed, environmental enrichment, and other topics of interest