What skills would you need to work at an exotic pet shop?

Posted by Pet Tunja in Pet StoresOct 14th, 2009 | 3 responses

luvely_lady_101 asked:


I am more than likely getting a job at an exotic pet shop with like snakes and cool stuff like that and i was wondering what kind of skills or something like that you should have to work at a place like that?
Also as some ppl said i have had many exotic pets and know a lot about them and thank you for any answers you have given me
I’m 15 and it’s a part time job



3 Responses to “What skills would you need to work at an exotic pet shop?”

  1. tearsandadragon says:
    10/15/2009 at 1:34 am

    knowing about exotic animals is always good. (im not being sarcastic)

  2. Tin waddling Penguin says:
    10/15/2009 at 1:04 pm

    You would need to know how to take care of pets, give the customers details about the pet. And you have to have a pet of your own(maybe)

  3. bluebonnetgranny says:
    10/18/2009 at 6:31 pm

    You would probably have to go to school for a couple of years & learn about the animals you are working with. Knowledge doesn’t come over night or instantly. It takes time to learn. If you were working with just one species a little knowledge goes a long ways but when you have to many specialized pets you need to know about all of them. What kind of help could you provide for each & every exotic pet that is in the shop. Right now you couldn’t help any one cause you don’t know yourself.

    Even if you bought a book on each of the animals to study the main things about each one it would still take you a long time to learn the things you need to know.

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