How do I breed wild otters into domesticated pets?

About how long will this take, I would like to start a pet otter selling business soon.How do I breed wild otters into domesticated pets?It would take much longer than your lifetime. As river otters are a native U.S. species, you would have to appropriate the necessary permits just to keep them, and you will no doubt be denied, considering your goals. River otters are a challenge to keep, and difficult to breed. I have worked at two zoos that kept otters, and at each after several years of keeping them, there was only one litter at each zoo. Otters are not going to become domesticated pets, at least not in our lifetimes, and by the way, breeding wild-caught native animals and selling them is ILLEGAL. Here, have a look at this:

http://data.iucn.org/dbtw-wpd/html/Otter鈥?/a>How do I breed wild otters into domesticated pets?The domestication of the siberian fox into a companion pet suggests that otters could be domesticated within a lifetime, though still a legal and logistical nightmare. Dmitri Belyaev was able to breed "tame" foxes in 10 generations.



Still wouldn't suggest it, tho. Just saying it's possible.

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How do I breed wild otters into domesticated pets?You would need about 2 hundred years at least, and a few million wild otters.



How experienced are you in keeping them? One otter is enough of a burden, let alone a few million. And look at the problems we have trying to find homes for cats and dogs, which are very well domesticated over many hundreds of years. Do you want to be responsible for subjecting otters to this as well?



Domestication is a difficult, complicated process. I do not see otters domesticating well: they eat fish, for one thing! It's hard to find enough fish to feed one otter, and pet food grade fish is from terrible suppliers which are doing great damage to wild fish stocks. If otters became popular pets, it could bring down wild fish numbers dramatically, destroy many marine habitats and eventually all the wild seals, whales etc which feed on fish will not be able to find enough to live.



Let the wild otters play in the stream in their families, hunting fish which is what they are designed to do. Ignore the vicious human desire to create a fat, slow otter eating smelly seafood from a plate.How do I breed wild otters into domesticated pets?
you can't. Your question answers itself... wild otters are just that.... wild. They can be dangerous animals and should not be kept as pets. Additionally, otters have very specific food and environmental needs that are exceedingly difficult to meet and maintain. For example, sea otters kept in captivity cost about $15,000 a year just to feed.



If you are wondering how long it takes to domesticate a species, well that depends on the species and the generation time of that species.

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