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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 11:39 AM
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Why can't I have a pet beaver?
Edited on Wed Jun-08-11 11:40 AM by LynneSin
Get your damn mind out of the gutter!

Having said that - aren't they adorable?

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0D8fgHH9smk/SnA_D3G4wNI/AAAAAAAAFyM/Qu3QzH7-Y6M/s320/beaver+pic1.jpg
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 11:47 AM
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1. I have found that they can cost a LOT of money
And they make very heavy demands on your time. Also, you have to keep them clean, or they tend to smell, uh, not so fresh.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 11:50 AM
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2. Yeah, I was going to reverse that in a copycat thread but it would have been removed.
Besides - I'm married - not a problem.

Cute pictures - but they get bigger and have HUGE teeth. The rodents, I mean.
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 12:00 PM
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3. Get a honey badger. I've heard they are badass. n/t
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Rosie1223 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 12:22 PM
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7. Hahaha I've heard that too!
:thumbsup:
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 03:07 PM
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15. Honey Badger don't care.
:)
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 12:01 PM
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4. You could kiss any wood furniture you had goodbye
They really are destructive little critters!
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 12:14 PM
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5. Well my cats already destroy furniture so not sure how this would differ
I'd just keep a supply of firewood out back and have a logtoy for the beaver's use.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 12:26 PM
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8. Cats scratch furniture. Beavers can cut through a 10-inch tree.
It will take a beaver two seconds to cut through a table leg.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 12:41 PM
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9. Yep. Do you remember when a beaver was destroying Cherry Blossom Trees
near the Tidal Basin a few years back. Much distress here about it. Nobody wanted to hurt the beaver really, but they did very much want them away from the trees..
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 01:06 PM
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11. Think about this - I could train my beaver and use it for cheap tree cutting service
Can't use my cat to make any money
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 03:32 PM
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16. True however...
getting the beaver to only cut certain trees, only the ones you want, might be a bit difficult:D
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eShirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 01:45 PM
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12. that is no joke!
this photo was taken near a family member's house (not by me, but I saw what is in the photo in person)

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/13194095

there are multiple beaver dens in the western part of that lake
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redwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 12:17 PM
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6. They are so cute!
Especially the babies! My furniture is pretty much destroyed by my kitties but I'm thinking I'd like to keep my woodwork intact.
A FB friend posts pictures of her hedgehogs, I would like one of those.
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Lucinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 12:59 PM
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10. Adorable. :)
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Dappleganger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 01:46 PM
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13. Hairy termites.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 01:59 PM
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14. I stumbled across a beaver while talking a walk on Belle Isle (an island park in the Detroit River).
.... earlier this week. It was very hostile.
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Denninmi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 03:08 AM
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19. We had one living at the end of our street years ago.
Out here in central Oakland County. My sister was in high school then (1970s). She would come home and say "I saw a beaver" then "I saw the beaver again" when she got off the bus. My dad kept telling her it had to be a muskrat, there weren't any beavers in this area, hadn't been for years.

Well, after about a month of this, we were all in the station wagon (it WAS the 70s!) going to the store one Saturday morning, and lo and behold a beaver waddled right across the road about 20 feet in front of us in slow motion. Dad had to eat crow that day.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 07:13 AM
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20. They're more common around here than I thought they were.
I was surprised to see one on Belle Isle, but one of the city workers told me they're regulars there.
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Old Troop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 04:20 PM
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17. Well, just make sure it's not one of the rabid ones from North Philly!
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 04:26 PM
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18. Some people say Beavers smell bad. I can't put my finger on it but...
...There's something about them.

I also hear beavers can come without fur...
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Xicano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 07:30 AM
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21. Kind of reminds me of the Caddyshack gopher
:)
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charlie and algernon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 07:34 AM
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22. I heard that Mel Gibson spends an entire movie with his hand inside a beaver
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meow2u3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 07:44 AM
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23. I don't want a dam beaver for a pet
First, they're wild animals and love to chew on wood. If they can't chew on the wood from a tree, they'll eventually chew down the frame of your house, and that will not be a pretty sight. I don't think homeowner's or renter's insurance will cover beaver damage.

Second, your cat or cats will likely think of the beaver as a tasty meal. Beavers are rodents and cats have a taste for rodent flesh. Kitty might think of beaver as a giant mouse.
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RedCloud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 09:47 AM
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24. "Wood" you settle for a beaver dam?
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 09:55 AM
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25. This is the front teeth of a beaver. In the world of Cats vs. Beavers
I wouldn't disregard the fighting power of a beaver. Some of these critters weigh as much or even moreso than your standard house cat.
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charlie and algernon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 12:51 PM
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26. those teeth are why your wood furnature wouldn't stand a chance
they need to gnaw to keep those massive teeth in check. Otherwise they keep growing and cause all kinds of problems for the beaver.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 01:49 PM
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28. I would just keep a pile of firewood handy
Hamsters are the same way with their teeth - if they don't chew on something their teeth will grow out of control.

So each day I'd bring in a fresh piece of wood for my pet beaver to chew on

:D
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Yavin4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 01:14 PM
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27. Why Do Beavers Have Jobs Building Dams?
No other animals have jobs.
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