Critters you have tamed!

[Sprinklerman]

My wife , well I tried to tame her .

 

[Alien]

I was chopping some chicken frames for the dogs on a stump a couple of days ago and a Kookaburra landed right beside the machete as it came down. Frightened the poo out of me but he wasn't phased much. Just flew to a tree beside me and watched hoping to get some chicken.

 

[kenmac]

Keeping or trying to keep wild game around here will get you in serious trouble.. State law says, that all wildlife in the state belongs to the state.. I know a few that have had to pay serious fines for keeping coons
A wild animal is just that.. You may think you have it tamed, and the next thing it attacks you or someone else
I see a few baby coons at times, and think , wow ! it would be cool to have 1 as a pet, but it just ain't worth the liability for me

 

[murphy1244]

Keeping or trying to keep wild game around here will get you in serious trouble.. State law says, that all wildlife in the state belongs to the state.. I know a few that have had to pay serious fines for keeping coons
A wild animal is just that.. You may think you have it tamed, and the next thing it attacks you or someone else
I see a few baby coons at times, and think , wow ! it would be cool to have 1 as a per, but it just ain't worth the liability for me

My coon was bought from a pet store. 3rd generation tame I was told. We did have to register every year with the game agent.

 

[kenmac]

My coon was bought from a pet store. 3rd generation tame I was told. We did have to register every year with the game agent.

Wow ! never heard of that.. Wouldn't happen here.. I only wish we could buy 1 like that
what about shots ,and such, like rabies ?? You wouldn't even get a vet here to give 1 a rabies shot

 

[PILOON]

I have a friend who lives near a pond that has suck families come to his door daily for lunch. They first came for dropped seed from their bird feeder. Now they eat out of your hands.
He also had a moose spend the winter in his back yard and you could walk up to within 10 ft of it as long as you talked quietly to it.
The moose trimmed all his tree under brush clean over the winter.

 

[2ndhalf]

Keeping or trying to keep wild game around here will get you in serious trouble.. State law says, that all wildlife in the state belongs to the state.. I know a few that have had to pay serious fines for keeping coons
A wild animal is just that.. You may think you have it tamed, and the next thing it attacks you or someone else
I see a few baby coons at times, and think , wow ! it would be cool to have 1 as a pet, but it just ain't worth the liability for me

Anyone who has or has had coons knows this. You can get permits for them but I didn't. My dad knew it.. I never penned my coon. he slept in the loft of our shed. He never had any reason to leave... but he could have any time he wanted.

 

[Bull Of The Woods]

My dad had a young groundhog when he was a kid, not sure how long he had it. Then when I was a kid my dad found a very young gray squirrel, gave it milk with an eye dropper. We had it till he was probably about half grown, he would climb the curtains and run along the top curtain rod. Then if you can believe it..... one day he FELL off the curtain rod and hit his head on the edge of a table. He acted really odd after that, not nearly as active and then he died the next day.

 

[murphy1244]

Wow ! never heard of that.. Wouldn't happen here.. I only wish we could buy 1 like that
what about shots ,and such, like rabies ?? You wouldn't even get a vet here to give 1 a rabies shot

He seen the vet once a year for shots and had his own room in the house ate dog food or eggs and used a kitty litter box. Never let him out when not home. The things he got himself into. When it got quiet I looked for him cause somewhere some damage was done.

 

[polo1665]

I remember feeding the squirrels when I was a young kid. Dad had them tame enough to come and take food from your hand, usually bread crust. They would sit next to you and eat. You could pet the top of their head, but you better not try and pick one up. They got tame enough that they would climb up your pant leg and check your pants pocket for food.