prairie dogs as pets

[dakotasnake]

im thinken on raisen pd's for sale as pets, has anyone got any advise ,knowledge or comment on that subject. i know very little about them other than i use to shot them in western s dak. i do have the room and the emty buildings i could use. thank you

 

[Wifezilla]

I know they can carry the plague. They are considered a pest/vermin in certain states. You should start by checking your local laws.

 

[Katy]

I saw on a TV show once that they were big as pets in Japan. Around here tho they're just pests.

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

I'm pretty sure they can no longer be sold in the US because they can carry Monkey Pox. It would best to research that first.

 

[dacjohns]

Monkey pox
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/monkeypox/


Prairie dogs are subject to fleas and fleas can carry bubonic plague.

Plague
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/qa.htm

I personally would not have a prairie dog as a pet. Wild in my yard but not in my house but then very careful when going around the burrows because of the chance of fleas.

 

[lorieMN]

I saw them for sale a few years ago in Bismark ND..cute,but I wouldnt want them or to raise them,if they got loose they would raise hell with the crop fields around here..and I would be responsible for it..

 

[spook]

Check with animal laws. Often you need permits to have wild animals as pets.
Not only that, they can be aggressive to- like any territorial animal they can bite, be road kill, owls, hawks and certainly need frequent flea control- if you think dogs or cats are bad! Also, wouldn't you need a very large pile of dirt to keep these guys in. At the Maine wildlife Center, they have wood chucks in a cement based and floored dirt pile to prevent escape.

 

[tazcat70]

I wanted one when I was a kid. I was about 12 when I went to Prairie Dog Town in Oakley Kansas, and I fell in love with them.

 

[WalkingWolf]

And to think I wasted all that ammo when younger shooting them when I could have been selling them.

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

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