Prairie Dog

cml54 · Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:31 am Post subject: Prairie Dog

Does anyone have a Prairie Dog for a pet? I do. I live in Connecticut. USA How I came to own her, is a quite a story.

Sasha MacNeille · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:20 am Post subject:

Hmm...a prairie dog. That's one strange pet. Did you catch it by yourself or buy it? What's the story?

Douglas Barr · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:31 am Post subject:

@cml:

Wow! Shocked

That's quite a pet you have there! Please share your experiences with your prairie dog friend. How did you two meet? Give us the juicy details! Very Happy

Jennifer Trenton · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:11 pm Post subject:

a prairie dog! i smell an adventure story here. Very Happy

i'd really like to hear it.

Gina Cavendish · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:54 pm Post subject:

prairie dogs look like a cross between a hamster and a beaver. are they wild animals? don't really know much about them.

Edith Pope · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:56 am Post subject:

hi! isn't it weird to have a prarie dog? Shocked

or don't you get scared to have one? it looks like a squirrel to me...

Carlito Lucas · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:52 pm Post subject:

cml, maybe you can share a story or two about you and your pet. We'd all like to hear it.

Sofia Blackbern · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:16 pm Post subject:

yeah, tell us any anecdote cml! i never heard of anyone who had a prairie dog for a pet before. it's about time we heard a story from an actual owner! Very Happy

Jennifer Trenton · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:16 am Post subject:

i really got curious about prairie dogs and i saw this tidbit about them:

"These large squirrels emerge from their burrows in daylight to forage and feed on grasses, roots, and seeds. They communicate with loud cries. A warning cry, for example, will send a town's denizens hustling to their holes at the approach of a badger, coyote, or other predator. A second, "all-clear" call alerts the community when the danger has passed."

isn't that cool?

Harvey Simmons · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:46 pm Post subject:

That's very cool indeed, Jen. I hope cml54 shares a story or 2 of his adventures with his prairie dog...

Michelle Pilver · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:15 am Post subject:

hmm.. prairie dogs sound a bit like meerkats! don't meerkats live in burrows, too? are these species related? hey, i'm curious!

Douglas Barr · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:35 am Post subject:

So, it seems cml54 and his/her prairie dog are MIA at the moment... Confused