Exotic in Michigan - hoobly.com (2024)

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What exotic animals can you own in Michigan? ›

There are a few states in the U.S. that will allow fennec foxes without any special permitting or licensing. These states include Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.

In Which States Can I Have a Pet Otter? There are fifteen states that allow you to own a pet otter with no permit. They include California, Florida, Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Tennessee.

To keep a coyote as a pet in Michigan, you must have a permit to hold game in captivity and the coyote must be from a USDA breeder. The permit to hold game in captivity, which is required for a pet coyote in Michigan, can be found here.

While it is technically legal to keep a raccoon as a pet in Michigan with a permit to hold game in captivity when the Raccoon is purchased from a permitted USDA breeder, there are no USDA raccoon breeders in Michigan. It is illegal to keep raccoons from the wild as pets in Michigan.

The wolf/dog hybrid act (passed summer of 2000) prohibits ownership of wolf/dog hybrids in Michigan. There is an exception provided for people who legally owned such animals prior to the passing of the act, if they adhere to “grandfather clause” requirements of the act.

There are no laws banning owning a pet serval - In Alabama , North Carolina, South Carolina, Nevada , Wisconsin , Texas , Kentucky and Delaware. No permit is required in Louisana, Illinois, Washington, Tennessee, West Virginia, Michigan, Indiana , Kansas.

You may be able to own a pet opossum in Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Virginia with a permit.

Hedgehogs

By far the easiest exotic animal to care for, hedgehogs are ideal for someone who wants a pet but who doesn't have a significant amount of time or resources to devote to their care and attention. Hedgehogs require a simple terrestrial enclosure big enough for them to run around and play in.

What is the rarest exotic pet? ›

This includes: Any member of the cat family (family Felidae), and smaller African cats (excluding commonly accepted domesticated house cats, and any cats which are illegal in the State of Michigan, such as lions, tigers, cougars, bobcats, cheetahs, leopards, jaguars, and panthers.)

Legal Status of Owls in Michigan

Michigan, illegal own most species owls pets. The only exception is for individuals who hold a valid permit from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

Technically, you can keep a raven as a pet, however, legally you cannot have a raven as a pet in the United States without a necessary permit. This is because these birds are often native and migrate to certain US areas so native breeds of raven are illegal to own.

After seeing so many alligators, the question of their legality as a pet had to be answered. Believe it or not, the state of Michigan is more than okay with you owning a pet alligator. There is a list of exotic animals that are not permitted within the mitten state but somehow Alligator is not.

There are also states that have no law about caracal ownership. Alabama, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, and Wisconsin do not make it explicitly illegal to own a pet caracal. In addition, South Carolina, Idaho, and Iowa all will allow a person to own a pet caracal as long as they have the proper permit.