Really. T got Eos while working at her preschool. She used to reward the kids for being good with being able to pet it.
Then we got Id after T couldn't spend so much time with Eos.
Id passed away a little while ago. Yaya and Keetah's first funeral....
Wow!
Sorry about the funeral, though. :-(
What are they like, as pets? Where do you keep them, what are their temperments?
They're nocturnal, which was a big draw for T as she's a night owl.
They're also very social - they bond to their companions, which is why we got Id. For a long time, T carried Eos next to her skin, in a little pouch. Eos was potty trained; she'd come out of the pouch and go potty on a piece of paper.
Anyone who gets one as a pet should get it directly from a breeder, as they've been known to bond to objects in their cages....
Also, they're kinda smelly.
Cute as the dickens, though.
I always thought that a Tasmanian devil would be pretty cool.
That or a moose - I love moose.
Linkat wrote:That or a moose - I love moose.
Only if it were chocolate....
I really, really want an owl
In addition to being cute, they could be useful for typing my responses to some of the more outre posters.
Green Witch wrote:I really, really want an owl
"I rejoice that there are owls. Let them do the idiotic and maniacal hooting for men. It is a sound admirably suited to swamps and twilight woods which no day illustrates, suggesting a vast and undeveloped nature which men have not recognized. They represent the stark twilight and unsatisfied thoughts which all have." --Thoreau
Owls are rad.
Acinonyx jubatus....cheetah.
DrewDad wrote:Fetchez le marmoset!
Fetchez le thermostat more like.
Definately the taz - would go well with my collection of other black pets.
A breeding pair of minks. Coats and shawls for everyone at A2K!
A per spotted hyena. This is just the kind of pet useful to greet Jehova's Witnesses et al.
coolest pet?
Martian microbe.
Sad news, Eos passed away two days ago. This was not unexpected, as they often pass away soon after their mates.
Linkat wrote:Definately the taz - would go well with my collection of other black pets.
ummm. no. Just trust me on this you do
not want a tassie devil as a pet
They eat whole animals, hide skin offal bones everything (prefering old road kill) except the bottom jaw and the noise is just incredible. Also they have a killer virus which causes huge tumours on their face and body.
Quote:A mysterious cancer is killing Australia's Tasmanian devils, whose spine-chilling screeches, dark colour and reputed bad temper prompted early settlers to give them their chilling name.
The world's largest carnivorous marsupial, devils are the size of a stocky small dog with jaws as strong as a crocodile, which allow it to eat up to half its body weight in 30 minutes. An adult can weigh up to 12 kg.
devil tumour
