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Bonzi! - is still the little dare devil and 'Yahoos' in your hands. She was my first Prairie Dog.
Maxie - is
the sweetest dog you could ever meet and also 'Yahoos' in your hands. She is the cutest little girl prairie dog you could
ever see.
Skeeter - is a very large male prairie dog that came to live with me a few months ago. He is slowly getting used to being
around me and a new home. I do not have any photos yet of him.
Sassy and
Zipper are two girls that are no longer with me. Zipper had odontema and Sassy had lymphoma.
PRAIRIE DOGS ARE EXOTIC PETS, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT EXOTIC PETS ARE NOT DOGS OR CATS - THEY REQUIRE SPECIAL
CARE. EXOTICS DO NOT ADAPT TO YOUR LIFESTYLE, YOU MUST ADAPT TO THEIRS!!
My dogs are fed timothy hay free choice as a
their staple diet. They get daily treats in the form of unshelled almonds, grapes, carrots, a low-sugar cereal or very
rarely...prepackaged treats made for rabbits.
PDs require a high fiber / low protein diet to maintain a healthy body.
Alfalfa is too high in protein.
DO NOT FEED your prairie dog straight alfalfa, dog food, cat food or any
other high protein diet! More information on how to properly feed your prairie dog is available thru my links page.
| Zipper and Bonzi!, sand-diving together |
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| Bonzi! in a contemplative mood. |
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| Sassy posing |
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Sassy was a very large female
with cage nose. As noted, she was put to sleep in March of 2006 when she had inoperable lymphoma.
| RUN! Sassy, RUN!! |
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| Maxie, the only time she sits still. |
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| The bowl is under the water bottle to catch drips. |
The PDs live on my screened in porch
in the summer in two very large cages joined together with a PVC tube. One cage is 10ft X 3ft X 3ft and has
an extra top shelf for them to run on, and the other is 5FT X 2 1/2ft X 3ft with four levels. They have a fan on one
section of the cage, cool places to relax and a large ferret wheel to keep their girlish figures. In the
winter if the temperatures drop below 50 degrees, I bring them inside to throw hay everywhere.
Of course, the cages for inside are considerably smaller
then the mansion outside and they hate me for cooping them up. (I don't really expect them to realize that I am saving
them from freezing their cute little butts off)
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| Sassafras, taking a breather and eating a snack. |
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| Zipper & Bonzi! eating with their mouths wide open |
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| A very relaxed Bonzi! |
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| TALK TO THE BUTT!! |
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| Sassy and Bonzi! observing Mother Nature. |
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| Sassy in front, Bonzi behind her. |
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| Maxie, relaxing in my hands |
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