Humm... I came across this very interesting idea...





Would be way cool if they can actually be trained and stuff...



Anyone know/heard of this???



You can see the pics here.

http://www.birdnature.com/nov1901/hyena2.html

"A few days after our first arrival in Khartoum we purchased two young hyenas for a price equal to twenty five cents in American money. The animals were about the size of a half-grown terrier, clothed in a very soft, fine woolly fur of dark gray hue and they were very spiteful, notwithstanding they had enjoyed human society for some time. We put them in a stable and I visited them daily. At first they were addicted to vicious biting, but repeated sound blows overawed their resistance, and three months after the day of purchase I could play with them as I would with a dog, without having to fear any mischief on their part. Their affection for me increased every day and they were overjoyed when I visited them. When they were more than half grown they signified their pleasure in a very strange manner. As soon as I entered the room they rushed at me with a joyous howl, put their fore paws on my shoulder and sniffed my face.

"Later on I led them by a single string through the streets of Cairo, to the horror of all good citizens.

"They were so affectionate that they often paid me a call without being invited and it made a surprising as well as uncanny impression on strangers to see us at the tea table. Each of us had a hyena at his side and the animal sat on his haunches as quietly and sensibly as a well behaved dog who pleads for a few scraps at the table. The hyena did that also, and their gentle request consisted of a low but very hoarse cry. They expressed their gratitude either by the same sounds and actions they used in greeting me as above described, or by sniffing my hands.

"They were passionately fond of sugar, but also had a great liking for bread, especially if it was soaked in tea. Their usual food was Pariah dogs, which we shot for the purpose. My pets were on good terms with each other. If one were absent for any considerable length of time there was great Joy when the two met again; in short, they proved to me quite conclusively that even hyenas are capable of warm attachment."

� JOHN AINSLIE.

The Cool Guy,

Friends of mine here in Dubai have had a hyena as a pet a while ago, and they swear they never had a better pet.

They used to run the local zoo, so had all sorts of animals as pets in their house.

At one time they took a baby lioness into their house, as its mother rejected it. We called it Mona, and I used to go to their house several times a week, and Mona and me became the best of friends. She used to love to suck on my thumb. I remember her teeth were as sharp as needles, but she never hurt me.

Eventually she became too big to keep in their house, so they put her in a seperate room outside. By this time I have not seen her for a few months, as I was out of the country.

When I came back, I asked to see her. They were not sure if she would remember me. And apparently only Horst was able to go into the room with her.

Anyway, being young, brave and not much brains, I decided to go see her.

As soon as I went into the room, she crawled backwards until she could not go any further. Then she launched herself at me. She put her paws on my shoulders, and proceeded to lick my face!

We have 5 cheetahs as pets in our house right now. Two of which we raised since they were very tiny babies. They are absolutely fantastic.

Saeed - would you post a photo of your cheetahs? Incredible creatures, many thanks - KMule

Saeed,
Perhaps I am mistaken, but it seems to me that I recall reading that hyenas smell really bad and very strongly. Am I in error about this? I know that fox stink nearly as much as skunk. Whenever we walk through the local "wilderness center" at the local park, it is easy to tell if the foxes have been by recently. Perhaps the Russian scientists that have bred a line of domesticated foxes into dogs bathe theirs regularly. It might help a hyena as well. It certainly helps me!

John Knowles used to have a pet Hyena and a pet warthog. They used to play together and roll around having a good time, just like dogs. One day he went to town and left his Chief Factotum in charge. His fellow decided to go to the local village for some beer and was gone a week without feeding either. When John got back the hyena was lying on the carpet in front of his tent, gnawing on the leg bone of a Warthog.

I would love one as a work dog ahh hyena. Big bodied, crushing bite....would be a great attack..animal

Oldsarge,



My friend did mention that the hyena did not smell bad at all. I presume they get their bad smell from eating rotten meat?

Good God Saeed...whats that beast your feeding them?.It looks like.....oh I just put my glasses on

They still love to eat that same meal

They are not as easy to handle now they have grown up. A while back I was playing football with them - a new ball lasts no more than a day!

And while wrestling with one of them on the ground, I got hooked by one his dew claws. I was bare foot, and the bloody thing went all the way to the bone on my big toe, just below the nail!

I screamed like mad, and the poor thing just stopped all his play and looked at me. The look on his face said "what the hell is wrong with you?"

Saeed,
My friend, I'm wondering the same thing

Saeed,
Well, that would make sense. If you fed them fresh meat or dog kibble or Purina Hyena Chow and gave them a weekly bath, they ought to be just like a really big dog. Don't those things get up to around 100 kilos?

Now cheetahs are just plain adorable, even when they out grow the kitten stage. As I recall Genghis Khan and the various Mogul emperors of India used to use them for coursing along with sakir falcons. Ever given that any thought?

No sir I have not.

We don't have anything we can hunt with them in our country, so we just keep them as an extension to our family.

Our little daughter Hessa, who just turned 18 month, loves them. I take her with me to see them, and she loves to pat them on the head.

When we ask her what does the cheetah do; she says "purrr purrr purrr".

When we ask her what does the croc do, she opens her mouth wide to show us her teeth!

The cheetahs are absolutely beautiful. You can see their intelligence in their eyes. My 5 year old son saw the pic and asked if he could have a cheetah for a pet. For some reason I think the Army wouldnt understand a chhetah for a pet in base housing. They are a little wierd that way.

Pit bulls make me nervous, can't imagine fisi roaming around my house. I am afraid I would wake up from a nap with him nawing on MY leg bone!

On my first trip to Africa, I went to my PH's house. His son had picked me up at the airport and I was somewhat in awe of thee zillion folks, mud huts, mopeds and ever present red dust of Ouagadougou.



We got to the house, a modest place, surrounded by a wall but guarded by a tall, skinny fellow with a hooked staff. We parked the Toyota in the courtyard and began to unload my stuff. On my first trip inside, I didn't look around much, just putting my stuff just inside the door.



On the second trip, when I put down my guncase, I was nuzzeled on the leg by what I thought was a dog... DANG!!!



I about wet my pants when I turned around and a grown hyena was 6" from me and to make it worse, he was grinning with teeth about a foot long.. or so it seems. I said my first cuss word in Africa...



It seems that a hyena will bare its teeth in submission, kind of rolling his head to the side and crouching like a dog will sometimes do, but even being told that after I cleaned my shorts, I'd have sworn that the sucker was just showing me that he could bite my leg off anytime he wanted. Those canine teeth must be four to five inches long... scared the heck out of me. Later I declined an invitation to have him jump up on the couch and play with me..



Seems the folks had had the animal for two years without a problem... unless you count the orbi they can't find???

The lioness and the cheetah are just tasting the meat to see if it is mature (no double meaning intended! ) enough or tasty enough yet.

I read somewhere that cheetah are the only cats that can truly tamed. The others stay wild and can not be truly trusted especially as they age.

I wouldn't want fisi in my house. One day one bite and an appendage (or face) would be history.

Love your cheetahs. If only you had some kangaroos to exercise them with.

I'd like to see that! A cheetah after a large male red boomer, I wonder how he's handle it?

jsut to further knock this off track..

any heard of ligers and tiglons? The liger is HUGE, a cross with a make lion and female tiger.. 12feet long, before tail, twice the mass of an african male lion, and "freindly"

nearly ALL of these are in the hands of "collectors" as teh zoo's don't want the hybrids...

speaking of hybrids, these are sometimes (50%) fertile... and make MONSTERS....


can one imagine tan death, 4 meters long, 400 kilos, silient as death, and with ONE 470 slug in his shoulder?

an imature male



jeffe

That thing is HUGE!!! I am glad they dont occur naturally. That would be the top of the mound in dangerous game if you ask me. Amazing.

The Liger definatly sounds like it could be on the top of the food chain... A feline T.rex.!

Erik D.

We have had several wild animals as house guests over the years. Here are a few photos:

Stanley our house boy is feeding Nakita in the lodge.

Nakita likes her milk in the morning so I share my cereal with her, then she nudges the door to my room open to get me up in the morning:


She has perfect camo for the spotted bed spread too. Scares the crap out of me from time to time!


This little bush pig is more entertaining then anything so far!

JJ, is the bush pig a new addition?

Is Nikita still around?

If I recall, you guys had a warthog too? Seems to me it was in Saeed's video from 2000.

Canuck

Wow! Would that be a male or female liger in the photo? Do the males grow a mane????

I bet Socrates would love one of these...

This was a take off, standing broad jump, from the top of a very slick toliet.

God created us, but I think he created cats in His image, not us. He just needed us to open thier food cans.

Just watching Tom Lowe's video vs. Hyenas.

African lions are simply incredible.WOW!!!.
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PS
Jumpster made this jump, just to knock my hair care products off the shower railing...

Incredible pics, they all are. That Liger is HUGE, looks like nothing but muscle, and thats a IMMATURE male. Imagine how big a mature male is.