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Courtney (1) from The South -

I live in west Texas and there are a bunch of prarie dogs around here. I wonder if anyone keeps them like pets. They seem like really cute little creatures. I'm sure they could be tamed like most animals.

Comment #1 Jeanette from AZ -

My sister recently moved to Texas, outside of Dallas, I wonder if she sees a lot of prairie dogs. They're not harmful if provoked are they? My niece is quite inquisitive and I hope she doesn't try and provoke one!!

Comment #2 Wiki from Pedia -

Until 2003, primarily black-tailed prairie dogs were collected from the wild for the exotic pet trade in Canada, the United States, Japan and Europe. They were removed from their underground burrows each spring, as young pups with a large vacuum device. They are difficult to breed in captivity, but it has been done on several occasions. Removing them from the wild was a far more common method of supplying the market demand.

They can be difficult pets to care for, requiring regular attention, and a very specific diet of grasses and hay. Each year they go into a period called rut, that can last for several months, in which their personalities can drastically change, often becoming defensive or even aggressive. Despite their needs prairie dogs are very social animals and come to almost seem like they treat humans as members of their colony, answering barks and chirps, and even coming when called by name.

In mid-2003, due to cross-contamination in a Chicago-area pet store from an unquarantined Gambian pouched rat imported from Africa, several prairie dogs in captivity acquired monkey pox, and subsequently a few humans were also infected. This led the CDC to institute an outright ban on the sale, trade, and transport of prairie dogs within the United States.[8] The disease was never introduced to any wild populations. The European Union also banned importation of prairie dogs in response.[9] While largely seen by exotic pet owners and vendors as unfair, the monkey pox scare was not the only zoonosis incident associated with prairie dogs. Prairie dogs are also very susceptible to bubonic plague, and several wild colonies have been wiped out by it.[citation needed] Also, in 2002, a large group of prairie dogs in captivity in Texas were found to have contracted tularemia.[10] Prairie dogs are not natural carriers of any of the three diseases, but the ban is believed to be in the best interests of protecting the public and there are no intentions of ever lifting it. The prairie dog ban is frequently cited by the CDC as a successful response to the threat of zoonosis.

Prairie dogs that were in captivity at the time of the ban in 2003 are allowed to be kept under a grandfather clause, but they may not be bought, traded, or sold and transport is only permitted to and from a veterinarian under proper quarantine procedures.


Comment #3 Jeanette from AZ -

Interesting article on prairie dogs. Thanks for the information. I can't believe they were being sucked out by a vacuum as little ones in their burroughs. So sad!!

Comment #4 QTPie from the rainforest -

I have a question though. While the Prairie dogs themselves don't really carry any diseases, there are a lot of diseases in the flea populations of many wild rodents and one has to wonder if coming into close contact with the wild ones wouldn't be a danger. Also, the Haunta Virus doesn't seem to affect rodents, but they are carriers. In New Mexico it was the deer mice, and the virus wiped out entire families until they figured out where it came from. Plus wild rodents do carry rabies.

Imported and wild caught animals are quarantined and tested so that isn't a concern so much if you get one from a pet store. But I would be worried about a small child being hurt by accident if she got too close to a wild colony.


Comment #5 Bizzy from Hamster Wheel -

Wow. I've lived in Texas for a little over a year and I have yet to see a prairie dog. But I don't live in West Texas.

Comment #6 Olga Stanton (76.176.28.12) -

Alice is a female 14 weeks old female full blood English bulldog puppy. She makes an excellent pet.She's housebroken, very lovable and loves to cuddle. I urgently need a home ready to give her all the love and care she can ever get. Must be an indoor home, no kennels. Email for more information and pictures.

Comment #7 cwemoy (63.176.159.181) -

Olga, do you mean Alice has no place to stay at the moment. The information about these kinds of dogs is interesting..it is amazing that they even feed on grass and hay. It seems to me then that whatever was initially meant for the wild should be left there. You cannot for example try domesticating a hare. In the first few days, it will behave but after a while wander into the wilderness in search of the relatives.

Comment #8 Billy Bob Joe (97.104.25.235) - Fri Oct 23 17:11:52 2009

"Prare Dugs"

Prare Dugs are beautiful creatures. They have naturally blondish hair and there is different variaties of Prare Dugs like the black tailed one. Irt is realie an awsum animol?I canot beleev that they are for sale. I werked realie hard on this message it was alot of hard werk for an 18-year old boy. Wel, I have gota go mi momm is caling me.Well, bye my peeps?

Comment #9 Shanaynay (98.17.79.254) - Tue Nov 17 16:41:34 2009

"I want one!"

Wow, very interesting pets! I'd like to get one. Does anyone know if they smell at all?

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