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  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
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    JustReadTheInstructions wrote: »
    Vikka_V wrote: »
    JustReadTheInstructions wrote: »
    Vikka_V wrote: »
    JustReadTheInstructions wrote: »
    Can you have bats as pets? Like domesticated ones?

    Please get a couple of baby bats and try to domesticate them, and document it!

    This conjures a hilarious and adorable image! I picture them sitting on your shoulder and then getting spooked and getting caught in your hair trying to fly away.

    Would they need little bat sunglasses if you tried to change their day/night cycle?

    ...wow, I'm taking this way too far

    I love the thought you've put into this. I'd definitely want to start with babies.

    Would they have to hang on me upside down though? Maybe if I had a little branch on a necklace. Not sure about the day/night schedule yet.

    Guess you'd have to wear a sweater or something for them to grip, while they hung...and be prepared for the looks...you know the random guy in town who walks around with the bird on his shoulder? That'll be you now, but slightly more eccentric!

    I hope one day to be some kind of *that* person.

    We have a patient that comes in with a parrot on his shoulder. It's my favorite work day of the year.
  • iMago
    iMago Posts: 8,714 Member
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    JustReadTheInstructions wrote: »
    mbaker566 wrote: »
    aw, i always wanted a fox bat. i feel like my lab mix and a fox bat are long lost cousins

    but after reading the poor domestication rates :(

    I would cuddle one of those giant fox bats to death

    xVDaQyW.gif
  • iMago
    iMago Posts: 8,714 Member
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    JustReadTheInstructions wrote: »
    MistressSara wrote: »
    JustReadTheInstructions wrote: »
    MistressSara wrote: »
    JustReadTheInstructions wrote: »
    Can you have bats as pets? Like domesticated ones?

    You can have my barn bats. They’re supposed to be great at getting rid of mosquitoes but they’re slacking

    ETA: not now, in summer

    What if I build a small barn as like a habitat?

    I believe there are actual bat houses you can put up to attract them. They really are important to the ... what’s the word? Ecosystem?

    I was hoping more for a cuddly pet. The things I just want to attract around my yard are birds of prey.

    you should just get a sugar glider
  • RomaineCalm
    RomaineCalm Posts: 3,972 Member
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    iMago wrote: »
    JustReadTheInstructions wrote: »
    MistressSara wrote: »
    JustReadTheInstructions wrote: »
    MistressSara wrote: »
    JustReadTheInstructions wrote: »
    Can you have bats as pets? Like domesticated ones?

    You can have my barn bats. They’re supposed to be great at getting rid of mosquitoes but they’re slacking

    ETA: not now, in summer

    What if I build a small barn as like a habitat?

    I believe there are actual bat houses you can put up to attract them. They really are important to the ... what’s the word? Ecosystem?

    I was hoping more for a cuddly pet. The things I just want to attract around my yard are birds of prey.

    you should just get a sugar glider

    THOSE ARE THE CUTEST.
  • iMago
    iMago Posts: 8,714 Member
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    RomaineCalm wrote: »
    iMago wrote: »
    JustReadTheInstructions wrote: »
    MistressSara wrote: »
    JustReadTheInstructions wrote: »
    MistressSara wrote: »
    JustReadTheInstructions wrote: »
    Can you have bats as pets? Like domesticated ones?

    You can have my barn bats. They’re supposed to be great at getting rid of mosquitoes but they’re slacking

    ETA: not now, in summer

    What if I build a small barn as like a habitat?

    I believe there are actual bat houses you can put up to attract them. They really are important to the ... what’s the word? Ecosystem?

    I was hoping more for a cuddly pet. The things I just want to attract around my yard are birds of prey.

    you should just get a sugar glider

    THOSE ARE THE CUTEST.

    they really are

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  • RomaineCalm
    RomaineCalm Posts: 3,972 Member
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  • slimgirljo15
    slimgirljo15 Posts: 269,452 Member
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    iMago wrote: »
    JustReadTheInstructions wrote: »
    mbaker566 wrote: »
    aw, i always wanted a fox bat. i feel like my lab mix and a fox bat are long lost cousins

    but after reading the poor domestication rates :(

    I would cuddle one of those giant fox bats to death

    xVDaQyW.gif

    You do realise that pink thing it's eating is human organ right? :noway:

  • iMago
    iMago Posts: 8,714 Member
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    slimgirljo15 wrote: »
    iMago wrote: »
    JustReadTheInstructions wrote: »
    mbaker566 wrote: »
    aw, i always wanted a fox bat. i feel like my lab mix and a fox bat are long lost cousins

    but after reading the poor domestication rates :(

    I would cuddle one of those giant fox bats to death

    xVDaQyW.gif

    You do realise that pink thing it's eating is human organ right? :noway:

    wat. it's just grapes according to youtube video.
  • Reckoner67
    Reckoner67 Posts: 3,344 Member
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    Grapes is bat-slang for spleens
  • slimgirljo15
    slimgirljo15 Posts: 269,452 Member
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    iMago wrote: »
    slimgirljo15 wrote: »
    iMago wrote: »
    JustReadTheInstructions wrote: »
    mbaker566 wrote: »
    aw, i always wanted a fox bat. i feel like my lab mix and a fox bat are long lost cousins

    but after reading the poor domestication rates :(

    I would cuddle one of those giant fox bats to death

    xVDaQyW.gif

    You do realise that pink thing it's eating is human organ right? :noway:

    wat. it's just grapes according to youtube video.

    I think it's eyeball maybe 😁
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
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    iMago wrote: »
    RunHardBeStrong wrote: »
    iMago wrote: »
    JustReadTheInstructions wrote: »
    Can you have bats as pets? Like domesticated ones?

    you *can* do anything i guess depending on how dedicated you are. like you could probably capture one if you really wanted.

    but then it's not really ever your bat either. its really like, nature's bat, you know

    What if you sneak one out of the zoo?

    i was actually curious and decided to google it. the first link says:

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    This is sad and reminds me of two occasions.

    When I was about 8, my brother and I caught some frogs and kept them in a bucket. We went around the house and collected dead flies from the window sills to feed them. Went to my dad's house for the weekend and was horrified to find them dead when I came home.

    And recently at work we kept a feral cat inside too long, "half domesticated" it, it was unfair and kinda cruel even tho we were trying to do a good thing.

  • como_agua1
    como_agua1 Posts: 210 Member
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    slimgirljo15 wrote: »
    iMago wrote: »
    slimgirljo15 wrote: »
    iMago wrote: »
    JustReadTheInstructions wrote: »
    mbaker566 wrote: »
    aw, i always wanted a fox bat. i feel like my lab mix and a fox bat are long lost cousins

    but after reading the poor domestication rates :(

    I would cuddle one of those giant fox bats to death

    xVDaQyW.gif

    You do realise that pink thing it's eating is human organ right? :noway:

    wat. it's just grapes according to youtube video.

    I think it's eyeball maybe 😁

    all the more charming
  • newmeadow
    newmeadow Posts: 1,295 Member
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    JustReadTheInstructions wrote: »
    Can you have bats as pets? Like domesticated ones?

    Chimney or belfrey bats are commonly accepted here.

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