Sloth Encounters Pet Shop

01/10/2023

Tucked in safe with mama

01/08/2023

Another home invasion with sloth Encounters Rockville Center, New York

01/03/2023

At sloth Encounters come on down

12/31/2022

To all of our friends and family, we wish you a happy and healthy new year! Welcome 2023! 🎉🍾

12/28/2022

Another successful home encounter today!

We are beyond grateful for the abundance of love and support this past week. Over 10 exotic animal have been sold. This is a friendly reminder that ALL exotics available for purchase at our sanctuary are legal, vetted, cared for, and given around the clock socialization.

Thorough background checks take place to ensure all our animals are going to good and responsible homes. In addition, we have set in place reoccurring visits to ensure our animals are being kept safe and in the best conditions at their new homes.

Along with our exotic animals for sale we have reptiles! Snakes, geckos, bearded dragons, and more!

We are now able to take appointments through our website at Slothencounters.com

Thank you again for the outpour of love and support! 🦥

12/28/2022

Sloth Encounters Pet Shop open 551 veterans Memorial Highway Hauppauge Ny . Exotic animals legal in NY state . Awesome

12/26/2022

Sloth Encounters on the road today santa passed

12/26/2022

Merry Christmas from all of us at Sloth Encounters Pet Shop! Big news coming up for the new year!!

12/24/2022

SLOTHMAS DAY 11:

What do sloths eat? Sloths munch on leaves, twigs and buds. Because the animals don't have incisors, they trim down leaves by smacking their firm lips together. A low metabolic rate means sloths can survive on relatively little food; it takes days for them to process what other animals can digest in a matter of hours.

12/22/2022

SLOTHMAS DAY 10:

10. SLOTHS ARE EXTREMELY VULNERABLE TO DEFORESTATION
Most sloths are listed as least concern on the IUCN redlist of threatened species. But threats in the form of some of the habitat loss and fragmentation and the illegal wildlife trade still exist. At present, some subpopulations, especially in Colombia and the Atlantic Forest in Brazil, are declining due to deforestation and degradation of their habitat.

These tree-dwelling mammals rely on the health of tropical rainforests for food, shelter and space. So, as trees get cut down, the rainforest may shrink along with its inhabitants, one of them being the slow yet steady sloth.
-WWF

12/21/2022

SLOTHMAS DAY 9:

9. THE LONGEST EVER RECORDED LIFESPAN FOR ANY SLOTH SPECIES IS 43 YEARS
The average lifespan of two-toed sloths is believed to be up to 20 years. However, it is difficult to accurately estimate the average lifespan among sloth species since there haven’t been many studies conducted in their natural environments. In captivity, the Hoffman's two-toed sloth, also known as 'Miss C', lived until the ripe age of 43 years, which is twice as long as other wild sloths of the same species.
-WWF

12/21/2022

Henry and cosmo

12/20/2022

SLOTHMAS DAY 8:

THE SLOTH’S FAMILY TREE INCLUDES ABSOLUTE GIANTS
The sloth’s extinct kin included elephant-sized giants who also specialised in feeding on tough, fibrous leaves. This proved to be an advantage (less competition) for both extinct and extant sloth species, as they were well adapted to different environments on the ground and even at sea.

Based on the fossil records and genetic studies, the three-toed sloth is related to giant ground sloths, including the elephant-sized Megatherium and pony-sized Megalonyx, which were found in Central and South America around 10,000 years ago. Another extinct genus of the ground sloth, Thalassocnus, specialised in eating seagrass on the western coastlines of South America.
-WWF

12/20/2022

Holiday sloth night

12/20/2022

Sloth Christmas

12/20/2022

Another sloth encounter on Long Island

12/19/2022

SLOTHMAS DAY 7:

7. SPEAKING OF ANCESTORS, THE SLOTH’S FAMILY TREE INCLUDES ABSOLUTE GIANTS
The sloth’s extinct kin included elephant-sized giants who also specialised in feeding on tough, fibrous leaves. This proved to be an advantage (less competition) for both extinct and extant sloth species, as they were well adapted to different environments on the ground and even at sea.

Based on the fossil records and genetic studies, the three-toed sloth is related to giant ground sloths, including the elephant-sized Megatherium and pony-sized Megalonyx, which were found in Central and South America around 10,000 years ago. Another extinct genus of the ground sloth, Thalassocnus, specialised in eating seagrass on the western coastlines of South America.
-WWF

12/19/2022

Visits with Santa!!!

12/18/2022

Happy Chanukah from our family to yours!

12/18/2022

DAY 6 OF SLOTHMAS:

6. THEIR SLOW-PACED LIFESTYLE HELPS THEM TO SURVIVE IN THE WILD
It’s true, sloths are incredibly slow-moving mammals, often hanging motionless on branches between feeding and sleeping, which can be up to 15 to 20 hours every day. But there’s a perfectly valid reason why - it’s a survival strategy that works. Sloths compensate for their low-energy, leaf-based diet by adopting a slow-paced lifestyle and expending as little energy as possible.

Also, the fact that sloths have been around for 65.5 million years—just before dinosaurs disappeared—shows that a slow-paced lifestyle can be a good survival strategy in the wild.
-WWF

12/18/2022

DAY 5 OF SLOTHMAS:

5. SLOTHS ARE SURPRISINGLY GOOD AT SWIMMING
Life can be difficult on the ground for sloths since their long clawed arms and shorter, weak hind legs make it impossible to stand on all fours. However, they are surprisingly strong swimmers. Sloth species living near mangroves or rivers sometimes drop into water bodies and swim large distances (in a short amount of time) when searching for potential mating partners or seeking new territory.

-WWF

12/18/2022

DAY 4 OF SLOTHMAS:

4. THEY ARE INCREDIBLY PICKY WHEN IT COMES TO POOPING
Sloths, like all living things, need to defecate, which usually happens once per week. Pooping while hanging upside down might seem like an easier option, but sloths are incredibly fussy when it comes to personal hygiene. In the wild, they are known to make a slow, arduous journey from the tree canopy to the bottom of the same tree in order to defecate or urinate on the forest floor.

-WWF

12/17/2022

12/17/2022

Santa sloth

12/17/2022

Sloth Encounters Christmas

12/16/2022

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