My pet goat.

you sincere? lol

if so u live in what?

You probably shouldn't get a goat. But that said, here's how it works.

Goats are herd animals. So unless you are able to be with the goat 24/7, you need at least two goats. They will either scream day and night or stop eating entirely if they are left alone.

Goats are also not house broken. So they are generally outside animals. Not something to keep in an apartment. If you have a large yard, and understanding neighbors, you might be able to do it. (Goats are probably illegal if your in an urban setting. So your neighbors have to agree with you getting goats or the police will come and take them away. - The goats, not your neigbhors.)

You can buy all their feed (hay, alfalfa pellets, grain, etc) at a pet store. But you will need a place to dispose or compost their droppings. (Community garden?)

Goats are picky eaters, despite what people claim. But they do have favorite foods. If it's pretty and you want it in your garden, they will destroy it. Rose bushes are their favorite all time food. Next would be whatever vegetable your neighbor is growing, and next is wild blackberries. Even though they are happy to destroy your garden, they may not want to touch the hay and grain that you buy them. They may also get bored with their food, and want you to buy them something different.

They will be eating your neighbors garden, because goats are natural born Houdinis. If they can get under, over, or through your fence, then they will. Especially if your neighbor has a tasty rose bush or apple tree. I've seen heavily pregnant does (female goats) break into holes that are just big enough for a chicken to walk through. They must be part snake, being able to unhinge all their bones to get through holes. (No science behind this, just what I have seen.)

Lastly, if you still crazy enough to get goats, pick a pair of small ones. Nigerian dwarfs of pigmies would work, since they are the smallest. Make sure to only get females or castrated males, since intact males smell like a high school locker room when they are mature.

I only have about 35 of these monsters, and can't imagine life without them. But they are not for everyone.

I like the square rectangular shape of the black part of their eyeballs (pupil?). It's pretty freaky.

One of those fainting ones..

this one is cute (:

I love goats

I live in a house but it has wooden floors. I've been wanting to get one but don't know what's right. I also read that its best.if I get them in pairs.!

LOL only 35! Yeah I want a pet goat but I want yo know I can take care of it. I wont be able to be with it 24/7 so I don't know if that will be a problem.

Haha
I don't know about that.Yes they're cool but I want one that will kick ass and not faint!

And here I was gonna say something funny... (Well, at least I thought it was funny) But I have to be serious now.

Yeah Dude. Get a Goat (Or two. Unless you want them screaming and starving to death out of protest).

It'll be cool.

You could make Cheese.

Copycat... Cute!

we've got a female pygmy goat that lives on the front porch. She doesn't seem to have Any control over her spencter and the shit just rolls out whenever it pleases. And she squats to pee whenever/wherever she feels like it.
She rams whatever cats or dogs come around. She likes to play and dance and I've never fed her. She just eats the leaves around the place and even though I put water out, I've never seen her drink it. She seems to get all the water she needs with the leaves. I'm hoping that she will eat all the leaves that have fallen from the trees.
I'm worried about her being too cold this winter and she won't go into a plastic cage that is there. So I'm putting a sweatshirt on her and have a dogs' sweater for when it gets colder. She sleeps on a lawn chair on the porch. I'm sure all the neighbors think it's a hoot to see her wandering around with no fence.
All in all, I'd rather have a dog, but my son outvotes me.

OH MY FUCKING GOD......

"My Pet Goat"

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Just ran into this thread, I have always wanted a goat as well. Thanks to the posters on this thread for the info!

I love all animals. I have a neighbor that keeps 15 goats, 5 dogs, 8 chickens, and a pair of geese. It can get real loud when she is late feeding her "farm". I think she is an animal hoarder. Sometime I feel like reporting her.

Hey pisces! Why are you "elusive"?

My parents had a pygmy goat...damn thing did nothing but climb on top of its dog house and watch traffic go by...

Last Edited by BRIEF on 02/10/2013 12:24 PM

Pinko commie!

lol

that's awesome! Dogs don't do that!

I want a fainting goat...

If you have some kind of back yard then get them, and if you get a goat get 2, they get lonely. They also don't mark their territory, so this means they just shit when they feel like it. They are better kept outdoors. Also check your local laws about having farm animals in your town, before getting them.
Good luck.

It depends, my parents goat was never lonely because the neighborhood kids would come over to feed and pet it...they are very gentle and safe around kids...

I refuse to feed the TROLL. No good ever comes from arguing with this TROLL. Have a nice day.

If you rat out your neighbors you are a Pinko Commie...

buy two goats so they can play with eachother and if they are both female goats you can milk them and make cheese and stuff, they make exelent milk for your serial also


Last Edited by Used Rubber on 02/10/2013 01:21 PM

I did not say that I will report my neighbor. I actually agree with you on people that rat on their neighbors! Every day I hear my neighbors pets cry for hours to be fed. I sometimes wish I could do something to help those poor, underfed animals, but I know it is none of my business.

I am "elusive", because smart fish know how to avoid getting caught in traps.

Leave dem goatz alone