Cutest pet ever!

[Betticus]

The Leaf Muntjac deer, about the size of a large cat.

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/critters/MuntjacDeer/MuntjacDeer.php

 

[sureibu]

"...they smell like newborn human babies. They are litter trained just like a kitten within the first day and there isn’t an odor to the litter. "

I must have one!! Oh Santa...

 

[EmpressFi]

Malin just said this..


"Imagine walking in to sign our rental agreement when we move...

'So.... what kind of animals do you have?'

'Ohhh just 4 cats.. *mumbles* and a deer...' "

 

[NALA CAYENNE]

Oh he's adorable...I need one

 

[snowy ciara]

They're way cute and sweet and have such delicate cute little hooves...

 

[myinnerslut]

aww!! so cute and cuddly looking

 

[danimouse]

The Leaf Muntjac deer, about the size of a large cat.

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/critters/MuntjacDeer/MuntjacDeer.php

We are totally getting one of those Daddy.

 

[Betticus]

We are totally getting one of those Daddy.

You'd have deer prints all over you.

 

[Marquis]

I think I would like to eat that.

 

[Essene]

I think I would like to eat that.

I bet you one US dollar that if you were faced with one of those cuddly wuddly little creatures looking up at you with their big brown eyes, that your sadistic heart would melt and you'd have to pet it and love it and take it home with you.

It looks rather fragile though. I'm afraid I'd break it. I'm good at breaking stuff.

 

[JMohegan]

Leaf muntjac deer live in dense forest habitats in Asia. They are solitary, and eat mostly fruit.

As for the global trade in exotic pets, in which the linked website is an active participant, I share the view of The New York Times:

"For selfish reasons alone, Americans should avoid keeping exotic pets. The dangers of sharp teeth and long claws are obvious, but so are the dangers of zoonotic diseases, which can be transmitted from animals to humans. Monkeypox affected only a few dozen people, but those who get salmonellosis from pet reptiles number in the tens of thousands. Macaque monkeys carry a form of herpes B that is very dangerous to humans. As monkeypox also demonstrated, it can be very hard to predict just what opportunities viruses will exploit to make the jump from animals to humans.

We should also oppose the ownership of wild animals as pets for another reason. It is bad for the animals, individually and as species. Almost no one is capable of giving exotic pets, no matter how small, the conditions they would enjoy in the wild. The death rate in the trafficking of wild animals, especially reptiles, is horrendous, and the plundering of wild populations for pets has decimated some species, especially tortoises. The boundary between domestication and wildness is not a soft one. It is, essentially, a biological absolute as well as a cultural one. Some kinds of animals have been tamed, one by one, but only a very few kinds have ever been domesticated, and those are the only ones that should be kept as pets."

 

[intothewoods]

If you scroll all the way down the bottom of the page, you find this:

Availability/Purchasing your Muntjac Deer:
The Muntjac deer today are not readily available as pets but with a little perseverance you can certainly find one. There are deer magazines and exotic pet magazines which advertise the Muntjac for sale. You can usually find them for sale on the internet by looking for exotic pets for sale or Muntjak deer for sale.

The price for a male is considerably less than a female. The male usually costs about $500 -$700. The females start around $700 and have gone as high as $1800 several years ago. They are becoming easier to obtain as more are being bred and the price is coming down.

Not quite readily available at a pet store, despite the implication in the earlier paragraphs.

 

[h_i_s]

Venison.
Yummmmm ...

 

[h_i_s]

I bet you one US dollar that if you were faced with one of those cuddly wuddly little creatures looking up at you with their big brown eyes, that your sadistic heart would melt and you'd have to pet it and love it and take it home with you.

It looks rather fragile though. I'm afraid I'd break it. I'm good at breaking stuff.

Like a cow?? They have pretty brown eyes too.

Yummmm ... steak.



Haven't had breakfast here yet.... Hungry.

 

[EmpressFi]

Showed the pictures to Malin..first words were.. "oooooooooooooo"..

then I explained they were about the same size as our kitties.... now he wants one

 

[Netzach]

No no NO

I always said "I want one as a pet" when I was at the Bronx Zoo face to face with tiny deerlet, but PEOPLE I wasn't serious.

Leave the exotic animals alone!' Potbelly pigs are a bad enough idea.

(I also want a malaysian Tapir, but I have a real estate issue -and I KNOW I do)

 

[EmpressFi]

yeah.. I agree.. I wouldnt have an "exotic" pet. Hell I feel bad when I go to the zoo and see their faces.. and wonder.. do they remember what it was like to soar.. or to run free... have they ever known anything different.. is there something inside them that tells them it's not the way it should be... I mean, I'm glad that we have zoos that are interested in closely matching diet and environment ... and that for some animals.. they wouldnt survive in the wild.. but it still makes me sad.. .

 

[Netzach]

yeah.. I agree.. I wouldnt have an "exotic" pet. Hell I feel bad when I go to the zoo and see their faces.. and wonder.. do they remember what it was like to soar.. or to run free... have they ever known anything different.. is there something inside them that tells them it's not the way it should be... I mean, I'm glad that we have zoos that are interested in closely matching diet and environment ... and that for some animals.. they wouldnt survive in the wild.. but it still makes me sad.. .

The Bronx and San Diego zoos are the luxury resort of animal captivity. I admit feeling worse for the lionesses who will never chase down another antelope. The barking deer seemed to be almost smugly happy that they get to die of barking deer old age.

 

[EmpressFi]

I get that way watching the great cats at the Philly zoo... watching them pace back and forth.. just makes me ache inside...

 

[Cheshire D]

Leaf muntjac deer live in dense forest habitats in Asia. They are solitary, and eat mostly fruit.

As for the global trade in exotic pets, in which the linked website is an active participant, I share the view of The New York Times:

"For selfish reasons alone, Americans should avoid keeping exotic pets. The dangers of sharp teeth and long claws are obvious, but so are the dangers of zoonotic diseases, which can be transmitted from animals to humans. Monkeypox affected only a few dozen people, but those who get salmonellosis from pet reptiles number in the tens of thousands. Macaque monkeys carry a form of herpes B that is very dangerous to humans. As monkeypox also demonstrated, it can be very hard to predict just what opportunities viruses will exploit to make the jump from animals to humans.

We should also oppose the ownership of wild animals as pets for another reason. It is bad for the animals, individually and as species. Almost no one is capable of giving exotic pets, no matter how small, the conditions they would enjoy in the wild. The death rate in the trafficking of wild animals, especially reptiles, is horrendous, and the plundering of wild populations for pets has decimated some species, especially tortoises. The boundary between domestication and wildness is not a soft one. It is, essentially, a biological absolute as well as a cultural one. Some kinds of animals have been tamed, one by one, but only a very few kinds have ever been domesticated, and those are the only ones that should be kept as pets."

Thank you. Yes, the little deer is cute. Please keep it in the wild.

yeah.. I agree.. I wouldnt have an "exotic" pet. Hell I feel bad when I go to the zoo and see their faces.. and wonder.. do they remember what it was like to soar.. or to run free... have they ever known anything different.. is there something inside them that tells them it's not the way it should be... I mean, I'm glad that we have zoos that are interested in closely matching diet and environment ... and that for some animals.. they wouldn't survive in the wild.. but it still makes me sad.. .

Most animals now kept in zoos are captive bred. (Granted, bred from animals that once might have been wild animals.) They've never known what it was like to "run free." That place they live in, that is their territory, as far as they're concerned. Every time a keeper goes into the animal habitat at Anytown USA Zoo, they have to constantly be aware that they are stepping into an animal's home, just as the late Mr Irwin had to be aware when stepping into a river in the middle of no where.

 

[EmpressFi]

Most animals now kept in zoos are captive bred. (Granted, bred from animals that once might have been wild animals.) They've never known what it was like to "run free." That place they live in, that is their territory, as far as they're concerned. Every time a keeper goes into the animal habitat at Anytown USA Zoo, they have to constantly be aware that they are stepping into an animal's home, just as the late Mr Irwin had to be aware when stepping into a river in the middle of no where.

I understand that.. and while I love looking at them and learning about them... my heart still aches for them.. that all they'll know of life is their enclosure..

 

[Cheshire D]

Reputable zoos make it so the animal doesn't get...welll...bored. They have animal enhancement, such as fish frozen in ice for a toy for bears, or they'll switch around what the enclosure looks like.

And as I said, that enclosure IS their territory and IS their life. You don't see a wild pride of lions or a pack of wolves going out beyond their marked lands, unless there's a need to. Their routine is pretty monotonous too, if you want to get down to it. Eat, sleep, sleep some more, defend their territory, mate, sleep. Actually compared to animals out in the wild, zoo animals have it positively heavenly. There's meals every day, don't have to worry about George in the next territory over trying to steal your girls, these strange two-leggers get rid of all the parasites and crap; if you get sick you have medical care...an animal in a zoo lives longer than an animal in the wild, and I don't think it's any less of a fuffilling life--it's just different.

 

[Netzach]

Reputable zoos make it so the animal doesn't get...welll...bored. They have animal enhancement, such as fish frozen in ice for a toy for bears, or they'll switch around what the enclosure looks like.

And as I said, that enclosure IS their territory and IS their life. You don't see a wild pride of lions or a pack of wolves going out beyond their marked lands, unless there's a need to. Their routine is pretty monotonous too, if you want to get down to it. Eat, sleep, sleep some more, defend their territory, mate, sleep. Actually compared to animals out in the wild, zoo animals have it positively heavenly. There's meals every day, don't have to worry about George in the next territory over trying to steal your girls, these strange two-leggers get rid of all the parasites and crap; if you get sick you have medical care...an animal in a zoo lives longer than an animal in the wild, and I don't think it's any less of a fuffilling life--it's just different.

I realize all this, I'm hard to get all galvanized and PETA stupid about anything.

I have seen some things that have bummed me out (the publicized story of the polar bear in the rehabbed central park zoo who was swimming so obsessively he needed behavioral interventions) gorillas in the Como Zoo here in what amounts to concrete primate jail. But clearly it's come a long way from the tower of london.

 

[Betticus]

The lil deerling would be perfectly happy here.

 

[PublicAffection]

I have a Great Dane Boxer mix. He would probably mistake the deer for a fluffy toy.

Personally, I'd like to have a pet skunk or raccoon. Not exotic pets, but definately taboo. The main problem with both is that there are not rabies vaccinations that have been approved for them.

But someday....