Unusual Pet

[DRAFTSTUD]

Here is not your ordinary Pet. Kinda neat. John

http://www.wimp.com/porcupinepuppy/

 

[trevore]

Different for sure.

 

[Horn Seeker]

LMAO...thats pretty cute!

We had a big porky in a cage for about a year...not sure why? (I was a kid)... we'd feed him...he was talker...we'd occassionally use him to break dogs.....

 

[elk_hunter]

I don't know much about those critters, but did it have any quills? If it did, I'd be worried that little bastard would throw quills. That's crazy right there, having one of those as a pet.

 

[Goldtip]

Yeah, that was pretty darn funny, he did behave a lot like a little riled up puppy that wanted to play.

 

[WFGinNM]

Now my wife wants one.

--Bill

 

[Horn Seeker]

The best thing elk_hunter is that they dont "throw" quills. They will hit you with their tail or if you were to try and "bite" one you would impale yourself on the quills...

Pretty amazing that bobcats, cougars and fishers can get them suckers turned over and kilt and eaten without getting too many quills... I'll bet their first attempts are a little prickly though!

 

[Pickle]

When we went to the San Diego Zoo a person was walking one of the African porcupines around on a leash. He was a big SOB and was as friendly as a Lab. It was just one of those things you don't see everyday.

 

[elk_hunter]

Thanks, HS! Good to know - I always thought they threw quills but now I know the real story.

 

[Mudranger1]

and knowing is half the battle

 

[elk_hunter]

G I Jooooooooooooooe!

 

[Randy11]

G I Jooooooooooooooe!

Bwahahaha.

One of the ranches I hunt is covered with porcupines. Damned things walk within a couple feet of you all the time and never seem to care about you. I`ve been tempted to try to sneak a pet in every now and then. They sure are interesting little guys to watch while waiting for the deer to feed out.

 

[elk_hunter]

They look like cool little bastards; I've only ever seen one in real life and I was a ways away.

 

[Horn Seeker]

Try it Randy.... then post pics!! ;0)

They are cool... until a pack of 5 or 6 hounds finds one and tears it to bits and they come out of the woods looking like Santi Claws....