Diary of a White Tigress

Humorous look at growing up as a white tiger in the United States. Showing the true facts, without the Animal Rights propaganda.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• white
• tiger
• pet
• humor
• fun
• exotic
• rexano
• big
• cat

[Americanpye66]

Interesting that you fail to mention how these animals are actually created by man forcing related animals to breed...i.e., mother to son, father to daughter or brother to sister.

ALL white tigers are cross eyed....why do you think they're the chosen animal for magic shows and certain forms of entertainment? The do not see correctly and also suffer numerous health problems.

These animals should not exist...and should DEFINITELY not be pets...as this one in the video appears to be.

[REXANOEXOTICS]

Americanpye66, r u talking form personal experience, or repeating somebody's idiotic propaganda? What experience if any do you have with tigers? I know many white tigers who are not cross eyed, and they make very fine pets for the right person.

If I had it my way, idiots posting on YouTube should be banned, not pet tigers.

[suffolk2325]

She is adorable. What is her name?

Very nice video...It cracks me up to read ' my mom forgot to add coconut flavor bubble bath lotion.'

Glad to read that she wasn't taken away from her owner. I was thinking 'oh no, they took her away:-('.

[REXANOEXOTICS]

her name is Pepper, because she is white and gray like salt and pepper. She is an old lady, still with us, but many other owners are not this lucky and had to give up they beloved pets when exotic animal bans happened.:(

[PeteWentzLover1011]

Search 'lion naples' on here. Click on the first video and read the comments. I commented that people need to stop bashing Naples zoo because they're a good zoo and one of the ones that do not breed or buy white tigers. A zookeeper from Naples zoo replied to my post verifying that it's looked down upon in the zoo community to breed and buy white tigers and a lot of inbreeding has to occur to get one. I wouldn't be saying this if I only had info from a single biased source.

[REXANOEXOTICS]

Major publicly funded zoos have space limitations (under 500 tigers total in whole USA) on how many big animals they can keep. So they choose politically correct, orange tigers over white tigers, simple as that. But even with 500 individuals, the inbreeding potential over time is great. Captive private sector has thousands tigers, less chance of inbreeding.

If private tigers were so inbred and bad, they wouldn't live to the ripe age of 20, double of the wild tiger lifespan.

[StrawberryMooses]

why are the whites of the eyes redish looking? i'm not asking like it's bad. i've seen it in alot of white tigers and i'm just curious what makes it look like that.

[gabehDUH]

@REXANOEXOTICS Depending on who you believe and what 'facts' and 'statistics' you follow it can be argued enough white tigers have been bred that their is now enough genetic variation that inbreeding or at least severe inbreeding is not necessary. But isn't owning one still creating propaganda and encouraging irresponsible breeders who would inbreed? Also you own a golden tabby? How can you defend that considering all golden tabby's are descendants of the same inbred, cross specied white tiger?

[hlforumhl]

are there other organizations that promote responsible ownership of exotics?

[timbalionguy]

@lemurdue If more people owned tigers, their future would more secure. All big cats are in serious trouble in the wild, mainly due to human encroachment. Human encroachment is basically unstoppable. Captivity is their only long-term hope for survival. As far as 'exotic' goes, all that means is 'not indigenous to the area'. 'Wild' only means something to humnas. Animals don't know (or care) what 'wild' is. Cats are the most adaptible of all animals and do very well in captivity.

[deeannac]

Also a quick search on the internet shows credible sources stating that white tigers are PRONE to having crossed eyes (not ALL) and that stasbismus is associated to white tigers of mixed siberian/bengal ancestry and there has been only ONE white pure bengal tiger named "Rewati" that has been reported to be cross eyed. So if we use this argument for justification of why white tigers should not be bred it should also be applied to the albino gene in every species...

[deeannac]

@deeannac I tried to post the link for reference but it wouldn't talk it, search "white tiger optic wiring" and some really good information comes up besides slanted AR propaganda. Crossed eyes or Strabismus is directly linked to the white gene and is not a separate consequence of inbreeding. Siamese cats and albinos of every species which have been studied all exhibit the same visual pathway abnormality found in white tigers.

[deeannac]

@lemurdue The trait of white tigers having crossed eyes is a natural phenomenon to compensate for less optic nerve crossing than is normal. Optic Chiasm in cats: In Siamese cats with certain genotypes of the albino gene, this wiring is disrupted, with less of the nerve-crossing than is normal. To compensate for lack of crossing in their brains, they cross their eyes (strabismus). This is also seen in albino tigers.

[lemurdue]

@kendol10

Awww, insecure because teddybear1456 told the truth? You obviously don't have respect or knowledge about these animals if you are seeking to own them as "pets." Some pets by the way if you're forced to keep them in cages all the time because they're dangerous for your other pets, family and neighbors.

[lemurdue]

@REXANOEXOTICS

So, you can't actually prove Americanpye66 wrong. That explains why all your group does is throw out name calling or accuse animal welfare groups of being "extremists." I guess you're desperate though, since you're losing the battle on this issue. ;)

[kendol10]

@teddybear1456 ; umm kay you can stop being stupid you must be a idiot to think people can't take care of exotic animals your pissing me right the fuck off i have a very high respect for animals ecspecially white tigers. and people should be aloud to take care of them, it dosent matter where they live i think as long as there healthy and treated nicely and loved they are fine okaay, so stop being a dumbass if you dont like the thought of this video why the fuck did you watch it ?