So anyone have a real reason why we take a poor creature who belongs in the wildlife as a rodent (squirrels, rabbits, coons, etc) and keep them locked up only to watch them suffer and die within a few weeks?
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2007-05-13 15:13:13 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Rodents
I meant untamed ones not like the cute fuzzy hamsters i mean like the big bunnies that just sit and are usually on sale at the swaps all over the US, wherever I travel. Every rabbit/squrriel/coon case I've heard says they died within 2 weeks.
Yeah, I guess my question would be "Why do people cage wild animals?".
2007-05-13 20:10:21 · update #1
Shouldn't your question be, "Why do people capture wild animals?"
I'm not sure how liking rodents has anything to do with capturing wild animals. Also, rabbits and raccoons aren't rodents.
Where do you live that you see people caging wild animals? Do you mean people who have rabbits, etc. as pets? I've also never heard of any of these creatures dying within a few weeks... wild or domesticated... just by being in a cage unless you don't feed them.
2007-05-13 16:15:00 · answer #1 · answered by Fin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have NEVER owned a rodent that dies within a few weeks. My rabbit died sooner than he should have but I really don't think he'd have benefitted out their in the wild - there are many wild rabbits in this area so no doubt he'd have caught Myxamatosis. My rats lived for a few years too.
I provide my guinea pigs with massive cages so I never have to worry about them suffering in a cage. They have ramps leading up to other levels so they have lots of fun.
Would you really rather that a DOMESTICATED rodent was released into the wild and died of a cat attack, a disease, a car or became prey to another animal? Or would you rather that they had a clean, big cage where they had plenty of toys, food and shelter and had injections (rabbits) to stop them catching fatal diseases?
2007-05-14 11:28:42 · answer #2 · answered by Trina 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the caging of wild rabbits, squirrels and raccoons is a sick practice. No animal should EVER be removed from the wild to be used as a pet. I'm pretty sure this is an illegal practice too.
Keeping domesticated rats, mice and rabbits is a different matter of course. These animals are born and bred in captivity and cannot survive in the wild. I think it is acceptable to have these animals as pets as long as they are kept in the correct conditions - as demonstrated by their much longer life expectancy. Wild mice for instance only usually last a season in the wild, just a few months. Domestic mice usually live for a couple of years.
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2007-05-15 17:36:41 · answer #3 · answered by Chalice 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well those are the same people who go out to shoot deer and ducks.
I know a lot of people who take these animals in because they were hit by cars of found abandoned. These animals are raised very well and most are released back into the wild.
People just like animals. There are now a lot of people who keep pet skunks even and if you ask me, those skunks would rather be pampered pets that out there in the wild trying to cross the free-way.
In any case, most of the wildlife I have seen are kept extremely healthy by people who really know what they are doing. I'd go out on a limb to even say they receive better attention and treatment than most regular cat and dog owners give to their pets.
Just want you to consider the other side to the story. Things are never that simple.
2007-05-13 22:26:58 · answer #4 · answered by aken 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You make it sound like people really go around buying rodents and throwing them in cages and starving them! I have 4 gerbils and no their life is not in living hell. They have a big mantion fresh fruits everyday and clean Kentwood water I think that my gerbils are living the life its better then the wild trying to make it across the street and being hit, its better then walking and getting attacked by a snake oh yeah and its better then tying to get food from a mouse trap and my gerbils have been alive for quite a while and i dont think that am making them suffer!
2007-05-14 00:26:14 · answer #5 · answered by Pookie! 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well why would someone like a dog or a cat or a lizard or any animal for that matter? If they are treated with respect and cared for and are kept clean there is nothing wrong with cageing or houseing an animal. My hamster will not die in a couple weeks....he will live his total life span of 3 years....
2007-05-14 08:04:53 · answer #6 · answered by jennaveevee25 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't do that, but people who do just don't understand the fragility of wild animals suddenly thrust into a captive environment.
2007-05-13 22:17:46 · answer #7 · answered by k_karial2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people are used to a cramped environment
2007-05-13 22:18:52 · answer #8 · answered by lucasone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people (NOT ME) are not comfortable with rodents around, in the house etc. they are fine with them in cages though.
2007-05-14 03:29:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who are these people, I don't know any one that has a rodent as a pet.
2007-05-13 22:23:50 · answer #10 · answered by leaving.florida 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋