Wouldn't it be neat to have Otters as pets

[LynneSin]

I was watching a nature show that had Otters in them and they are so fun and loveable. All I would have to do is put a pool in the backyard so they could swim. I think my cats would love them!







See here are the instructions on how to keep them as a pet
http://www.ehow.com/how_2121236_care-river-otter.html

[HopeHoops]

1. My favorite book in 4th grade (and a true story)...

http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=okee+the+otter&tag=googhydr-20&index=stripbooks&hvadid=5661251069&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=21318507192146077212&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&ref=pd_sl_1onee4zcq0_b

[woodsprite]

6. Mine too!

I was just telling my daughter about that book the other day. We were in buying videos from Blockbuster. They were having a 'going out of business' sale. I found "Ring of Bright Water" in the family movie section - another story about otter/human interaction. Haven't had a chance to watch it yet, but need to have enough 'after homework - before bed' time with my son to fit it in. I was hoping it would be a lot like Okee the Otter.

[HopeHoops]

7. Getting another copy is in my "round tuit" department. I think my mom threw mine out.

I lost a lot of stuff when I moved in with my dad.

[geardaddy]

2. River or sea?

or both?

[arcane1]

3. I would never leave the house n/t

[La Lioness Priyanka]

8. your cat would be so mad at you. nt

[arcane1]

9. Well, she's a "carpet otter" so surely that counts for something

[charlie and algernon]

4. wouldn't your snow leopard eat them?

[Denninmi]

5. I want a ferret. More or less the same thing.

I go to a Petco down the road at lunch to pick up bird seed some times, and they have ferrets for sale up near the register in a big plexiglass case. They look like they would be fun, albeit on the mischievous side. They have such a good time playing with each other and their toys, and then they just flop down and fall asleep.

[Archae]

10. Ferrets have two speeds.

Hyperactive destruction and coma.

[quakerboy]

12. Kinda

They are fun. They play hard when they are awake. And they sleep hard the rest of the time. You have to have a certain level of respect for any critter that can comfortably use its own arse as a pillow.

[blaze]

18. I had a ferret years ago and loved her!!!

I had a chow at the same time and they were hysterical to watch. The ferret, Midgelynn, would jump and snap at Freddie's mane... he would take a paw and flatten her and roll over on top of her. Midgelynn would wiggle out from underneath and run to the other end of the apartment. Fred would chase her down... she would jump and snap at his mane, he would flatten her.... they would go back and forth and back and forth. It was too funny!

She also had a fondness for ears.... or earwax or something. She'd get up on the top of the couch and come up behind you and start licking your ears.

And she ALWAYS went in the litter box!

They have a musky smell. If that smell doesn't bother you, then you might just enjoy taking care of a ferret!

[Arugula Latte]

11. Yes! I was just telling my mom that I want an otter.

After teh kitties, they're my favorite animals.

[trof]

13. I don't think I could afford the gas.

The de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter is a single-engined, high-wing, propeller-driven, STOL aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada. It was conceived to be capable of performing the same roles as the earlier and highly successful Beaver, but was overall a larger aircraft.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

16. I flew on a

de Havilland Heron from San Juan to Charlotte Amalie

[quakerboy]

14. I have heard that they are responsible

for more zookeeper injuries than any other animal. Due to looking all sweet and harmless and cuddly, and setting unsuspecting zookeepers at their ease, as opposed to handling, say, a cobra which is not so sweet and harmless and cuddly in appearance.

I don't know that its true, but that's what I heard.

[WillParkinson]

15. But you'd be breaking up a happy family!

[sakabatou]

25. Still a better love story than Twilight.

[dimbear]

17. Not to be a buzzkill, but you shouldn't otter.

Southern wisdom.

[Bake]

19. Geez, yu've already got a penguin and a snow leopard!

Are you starting a zoo or what???



Bake

[siligut]

20. Doesn't she have some polar bear cubs too?

Yes, I think "or what???"

[LynneSin]

21. I'm hoping if I have a nice petty zoo more DUers would visit me

[bitchkitty]

22. Neat for you, maybe.

Not for the animal. Wild animals are happiest in the wild. It's cruel to keep them as pets, unless it's in a shelter that strives to give them as natural a habitat as possible.

[Taverner]

23. I suppose you could if you owned an ocean...

[DFW]

24. I would love an otter as a pet, but could never have one

I have seen them in the wild, and they are such freedom-loving animals who revel in their
freedom to swim anywhere, run anywhere, the very thought of being responsible for putting
one in captivity would gnaw away any joy I might have at "owning" one.