Can I keep a (pygmy) goat in my apartment?

1. 2019-08-23 at 3:51 AM UTC

   #1
   username: African Astronaut
   Thinking about getting a goat. They get about as big as a large dog.
   
   
   
   Talk to me
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2. 2019-08-23 at 3:53 AM UTC

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   STER0S Space Nigga [the disappointingly unanticipated slab]
   👉👌
3. 2019-08-23 at 3:59 AM UTC

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   -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
   I read this as you want to keep a pygmy in your apartment.
4. 2019-08-23 at 4 AM UTC

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   gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
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5. 2019-08-23 at 4 AM UTC

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   username: African Astronaut

   Originally posted by -SpectraL I read this as you want to keep a pygmy in your apartment.

   
   Yes
6. 2019-08-23 at 4:03 AM UTC

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   -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
   No, like this pygmy..
   
   
7. 2019-08-23 at 4:04 AM UTC

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   username: African Astronaut

   Originally posted by -SpectraL No, like this pygmy..
   
   

   
   No, a pygmy goat.
8. 2019-08-23 at 4:18 AM UTC

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   gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
   In all seriousness, I would be pretty hesitant myself about adopting a goat as a pet in an apartment situation.
   
   I've never owned a goat myself, but I simply imagine they need (or, at least, would really prefer) to have a sizeable plot of land to frolic around in.
   
   Also, one thing I will warn you about regarding new pet ownership in general, and especially when it is a more obscure pet (not the traditional cat or dog scenario), you may also want to consider just how much noise they might potentially make.
   
   One night, over a decade ago, after some heavy drinking and a bit of MDMA usage with a few friends, one of them finds a duck and decides to bring it back to my place. The thing simply would not shut up all night, and it not only kept me up, but I also got some major complaints from my landlord the next morning (it was a basement suite).
9. 2019-08-23 at 4:30 AM UTC

   #9
   username: African Astronaut

   Originally posted by gadzooks In all seriousness, I would be pretty hesitant myself about adopting a goat as a pet in an apartment situation.
   
   I've never owned a goat myself, but I simply imagine they need (or, at least, would really prefer) to have a sizeable plot of land to frolic around in.
   
   Also, one thing I will warn you about regarding new pet ownership in general, and especially when it is a more obscure pet (not the traditional cat or dog scenario), you may also want to consider just how much noise they might potentially make.
   
   One night, over a decade ago, after some heavy drinking and a bit of MDMA usage with a few friends, one of them finds a duck and decides to bring it back to my place. The thing simply would not shut up all night, and it not only kept me up, but I also got some major complaints from my landlord the next morning (it was a basement suite).

   
   You are absolutely right.
10. 2019-08-23 at 5:17 AM UTC

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    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
    lol op is more responsible than fona
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11. 2019-08-23 at 7:33 AM UTC

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    Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Dark Matter [my scoffingly uncritical tinning]
    Y'all need to move to a farm, goddam
12. 2019-08-23 at 8:42 AM UTC

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    Japan-Is-Eternal Naturally Camouflaged
    The poop smell would stink up the entire building
13. 2019-08-23 at 9:13 AM UTC

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    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition

    Originally posted by Japan-Is-Eternal The poop smell would stink up the entire building

    
    male goats piss on their own heads to express dominance
14. 2019-08-23 at 11:13 AM UTC

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    vindicktive vinny Black Hole
    get a pygmy wife.
15. 2019-08-23 at 11:14 AM UTC

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    Technologist victim of incest
    Sure, why not, what could go wrong?
16. 2019-08-23 at 11:22 AM UTC

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    Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Dark Matter [my scoffingly uncritical tinning]

    Originally posted by aldra male goats piss on their own heads to express dominance

    
    Just like neets
17. 2019-08-23 at 6:14 PM UTC

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    vindicktive vinny Black Hole

    Originally posted by aldra male goats piss on their own heads to express dominance

    
    its to disseminate their odor / hormone.
18. 2019-08-23 at 10:14 PM UTC

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    STER0S Space Nigga [the disappointingly unanticipated slab]
    yo -- that goat seriously has a kodak-quality rear-end.
19. 2019-08-23 at 10:15 PM UTC

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    the man who put it in my hood Black Hole
    Plant kudzu everywhere they will have to keep the goat as an employee of the hotel
20. 2019-08-24 at 1:29 AM UTC

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    -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
    They're very environmentally friendly. You basically get a garbage disposal unit.