'heyena'

carl (152.163.34.109) -

My friend has a heyena and he needs to know what to feed it

Comment #1 Katie (68.88.196.215) -

Why did he get if in the first place if he doesn't know what to feed it?!

Comment #2 AliceFirecracker from UK (Contact Member) -

Hi Carl

I work for a TV production company based in the UK.

We're looking to make a programme about people who live with hyena. I was wondering if you could tell me a little more about your friend and their hyena?

Many thanks,

Alice

Comment #3 becky from llandudno. north wales (Contact Member) -

im not sure what they eat. tell your friend i think they eat meat as they scavange from lions and othe large predators in the wild.

ye so anyway ye meat i think lol.

hey and how cools that they want ya mate on tv.

Comment #4 Shaun (68.77.8.147) -

Actually, Hyena's hunt and scavenge and often the lions scavange from the hyena, or so ive heard. anyway they usally eat zebra and that stuff. since they do scavenge, you may want to go to your local butcher and try to work something out where you can get the scraps. hyena's like the bone marrow

Comment #5 yo momma (24.205.52.111) -

i forgot to tell you that im goin to turn you freaks all in to sum animal conservationist thing so you all get arrested for having animals that arent supposed to be pets

Comment #6 nothin :} (70.144.50.189) -

Well..it isn't against the country law to own a hyena as a pet but it all depnds on the laws your state has.

Comment #7 mother nature (80.6.65.245) -

all exotic pets should be left alone in the wild

Comment #8 Tory (71.201.241.26) -

Most zoos give hyenas horse meat with knuckles as a weekly treat to encourage strong jaw growth, along with some vitamin supplements that your friend should look into. Just look it up.

Comment #9 Fat Jakkal (168.103.165.6) -

Hyena's eat approximately 7lbs of raw meat per day. they hunt Zebra and Wildebeest. so i'd say beef or horse would be good and they do eat bones it help with their jaws.

Comment #10 Mark (196.14.186.18) -

These animals are scavangers so road kill will do perfectly

Comment #11 Tathata (98.181.2.7) - Sat Jan 2 16:30:24 2010

"Lay off it already"

@all the idiots that think exotic animals are safer in the wild: Shut your mouth and go watch mickey mouse. You are a seriously disabled moron if you think wild animals are safer in the habitats that we humans are progressively destroying and which habitats have already been polluted by our useless and worthless chemical products, waste and other byproducts of industrialization. I guess you idiots don't know that the NILE RIVER, yea the one in Egypt, has suffered a loss of OVER 60% of its crocodiles (one of, if not THE oldest species in the world) AND the rest of the ecosystem has been equally ravaged! Wanna know what was found to be the cause of death of all the bodies turning up along the Nile banks? I'm sure you don't but I'll tell you: BPA (a plastic byproduct), various stain removers and fire retardant chemicals and various insecticides including, wait for it......DDT! Yes, even though we outlawed the use of DDT as far back as the 40's I believe, it is STILL PRESENT in the environment today (these chemicals almost NEVER break down in the environment by natural means)...ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FREAKING WORLD! If you don't believe me do some G**damn research before you open your ignorant mouth and spew forth the worthlessness that is apparently your personal opinion, however uninformed. And no, that is not the only of such occurrences, look into the mutations in the Everglades, the dying coral reefs, the GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH which can be seen from space!!!! AND the DEAD ZONE< which is hundreds of square miles of barren oceanscape 100% devoid of life, and any idea where this is located? The Gulf of Mexico! The of the United States. The southbound flow of our nation's toxicity: the mouth of the Mississippi River. I do just so happen to live near the Mississippi in Louisiana and it's no bull! Learn about the world you live in before you speak for multiple species of animal, it's their home too and we have effectively destroyed it. At this rate if no one owns and breeds wild animals, there WILL BE NONE IN THE VERY VERY VERY NEAR FUTURE!!!!!!!! I forgive you though, you are only IGNORANT

Comment #12 josh (67.48.239.96) - Tue Jan 19 12:38:04 2010

"hyenas"

I live in the u.s, does anybody know how I can get a hyena?

Comment #13 Raymond Berger (68.92.155.189) - Wed Feb 3 04:37:35 2010

"alright Tathata"

No, shut your mouth and you go watch Captain Kangaroo. First off you spell it "yeah". Now- what sources do you site for your %60 of Nile Crocodiles have suffered a recent loss. . . or was it a century long loss that is slowly being curtailed through environmental measures? As far as "one of, if not the oldest species on earth where you referring to Nile Crocodiles or Crocodiles in general? There is significant evidence to suggest that the Nautilus is substantially older. If you're talking about the Nile being the oldest crocodile there is certainly a theory that the Orinoco Crocodile of Venezuela and Columbia holds the oldest DNA in the family and the Nile splintered off after the continents separated (ColumbiaUniversity, 2003). As for DDT, it was outlawed in 1972 in the U.S. I have found no studies to support your BPA theory but in May of last year a study was released that BPA was found in alarming levels in human urine in the U.S. in particular because you drink more out of plastic bottles and environmentally are exposed to it much more than non-developed countries such as those found in Africa. hmm. DDT's soil half life is 22 days- 30 yrs. (again, do your research!) Although the U.S. certainly is a leading contributer to pollution worldwide, you are not the leader in carbon emission, China is. Taiwan takes the lead in toxic pollution with India, Pakistan and Indonesia in the running. Yes the world is bad but bringing exotic pets to people's homes to "save them" is ridiculous. Brown (spotted) hyenas are the largest group of hyenas in the African bush with over 7, 500 in Tanzania and at least 3, 000 in Kruger National Park. They are like your N. American coyotes that seem to adapt rather well to the native environment with the encroaching man. The massive hunting of Nile Crocs in the 50's and 60's has been stopped and a huge resurgence has resulted in a population of 500, 000 in Africa now. You my friend are uninformed and need to quit acting like a child and travel to another country sometime. Check us out in Africa and we'll show you the facts. Raymond Berger, Makhado, SA.

Comment #14 Mackeral (98.246.17.18) - Wed Feb 3 12:22:07 2010

"exotic pets"

"all exotic pets should be left alone in the wild"

Personal opinion. How is that any different than when a PETA member says dogs and cats should be allowed to die out so they are no longer our "slaves"? If its cruel for someone to keep an exotic pet, no matter how well they care for it, then it should be cruel to breed and keep dogs as pets, and we should let domestic ones fade away so they only exist in their wild and free state, the wolf. Or maybe we should let them roam the streets as ferals like in India.

Don't you think dogs would be "happier" if they didn't have to be confined to houses, kennels, fences and leashes?

Also, most wild animals die before they are even a year old, mostly by being eaten alive or suffering from disease and injury. The wild isn't a magical happy fun place like in a Disney movie. Animals that people keep as exotic pets are normally bred in captivity. They cannot go back to the wild anymore than your average pet horse can join the feral (yes, the wild horses in the U.S. are FERAL domestic animals) horse herds.

If someone has the means to care for an animal properly, they should be able to do. I also doubt the OP's friend has a hyena and only posted it to get a rise out of Animal Rights hippies. I cannot imagine someone spending thousands of dollars on something they don't even know how to feed. :p

Good thing these people weren't around in the past though. Or else we wouldn't have dogs, horses, cattle, sheep, goats, chicken, pigs, rabbits, etc. Nor would we be allowed to keep "wild animals" such as gerbils, hamsters, tropical fish, hermit crabs, parakeets, lovebirds, corn snakes etc. as pets.

Comment #15 aaron (138.162.8.58) - Wed Feb 24 15:29:49 2010

"tathata your dumb "

go ahead complain some more about stuff you dont know about we need entertainment. and by the way hyenas are known to be pretty chill not like wolves who constantly compeat with each other.they actully do pretty good as pets and im pretty shur no body will try and get in a house with one but you can look that up if you want.

Comment #16 alicee (82.8.248.28) - Sun Mar 7 17:56:43 2010

"rrrrr tathata is rite"

omg you are so dumb dont you get it?? we are killing them, we are destroying their homes and then by taking them into our homes, giving them a new home!! plus protecting them more from illnessess, predators and disease. we are saving them when we keep them as exotic animals. and if u still think its wrong, look at the average domestic labrador!! we are its home now!! and once upon a timee that would of been a wolf out in the wild, raging and fighting, and now its adapted to our life style!! i bet ya it would die within 3 days if u released it back into the wild, so its doing no harm bringing it in to our homes. and they hav been scientificly proven to hav a longer life expectency in captavity than they wud hav in the wild. so for all those ppl out there who think it is good providing a wild animal wiv safety, good for you. for all of you who dont, all.

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