BITE YOU!!! It is Cute as the Dickens! Wish I had one? Reminds me of my pet mink! I miss my BAD BOYS!! And they were Grey too, just like your Beautiful Mongoose. Not proud of how they ended up, though. You live & learn... You Hawaiians are sooo Lucky! The ONLY mongoose we can have on the mainland is the less attractive Cusimanse.
I also had a pet mongoose named Kiwi in Kaneohe Hawaii. One of my cats killed its whole family when it was a baby. I got rid of the cat an raised the mongoose w/7 kittens. My next door neighbor ended up stealing it cause it was tame.. Yet it did eat his fighting chickens.
@Punnabi I agree with you that most of plastics are not digested. However, it's not the main reason why they shouldn't be eaten. Toxic compounds inside them is. By the way, cellulose is also not digested, but you can get poisoned by eating certain paper (almost pure cellulose), but never poisoned by eating fruits and vegetables (which consist of cellulose by >50% by dry mass).
Don't let your pets eat ANY plastics the source of which you don't know.
Only medical plastics are certified for safety. Styrofoam, in particular, is considered TOXIC, because it breaks down to toxic products (styrol) in time and/or upon heating. That's why every amount of industrial polystyrol always contains some toxic styrol inside. And, by no means, breath in styrofoam (or any other plastic) smoke!
@Punnabi. 1. Plastic foams are produced from various kinds of polymers, not only polystyrene. Some of them are toxic. The exact composition depends on the manufacturer. 2. I presume, your major at Harvard was not chemistry, since you didn't mention that any chemical synthesis has by-products (several % by mass), which are often toxic, even if the main product is inert. 3. Being inert doesn't mean not being toxic (e.g. heavy metals). 4. Toxic catalysts are often present in plastics.
just sayin, I dont think Harvey the wonder-vet spent all ten years studying mongoose digestive systems, of styrofoam's properties to kill. So don't cite it as your source, it's fucking pretentious.
Please do not let animals play with Styrofoam. If they swallow the foam it will permanently stick inside their stomach and intestines which may will lead to infections, cancer, painful death and it can also get into the liver and kidneys. Styrofoam is a form of plastic and as we all know plastic cannot be decomposed.
@Punniabi That was stupid. Plastics Decompose. Plastics dont go to the specified organs. You need to stop thinking you have any expertise, or know "what we all know." Cause ya dont.
@xxmehd1xx You are stupid, of course you can decompose plastic but mongoose do not have the proper chemicals in their body necessary to decompose the plastic. Styrofoam is comprised of extruded polystyrene foam which when heated will stick, you can do this test yourself. This is how they make styrofoam slabs, they heat them and shape them into boards or what have you.
When an animal or human for that matter ingests styrofoam the bodys heat will cause it to stick to organs.
Did it ever bite you?
banana047 1 week ago
@banana047 oh yeah he sure did
MH2topspot 1 week ago
Kipling was right about Mongooses being eaten alive by curiosity.
dharmaseed 6 months ago
they look like they could tear a house up!
IsraeliteMessenger 10 months ago
BITE YOU!!! It is Cute as the Dickens! Wish I had one? Reminds me of my pet mink! I miss my BAD BOYS!! And they were Grey too, just like your Beautiful Mongoose. Not proud of how they ended up, though. You live & learn... You Hawaiians are sooo Lucky! The ONLY mongoose we can have on the mainland is the less attractive Cusimanse.
oxyaena 10 months ago
I also had a pet mongoose named Kiwi in Kaneohe Hawaii. One of my cats killed its whole family when it was a baby. I got rid of the cat an raised the mongoose w/7 kittens. My next door neighbor ended up stealing it cause it was tame.. Yet it did eat his fighting chickens.
dual48s2000 1 year ago
Where did you catch it? I WANT ONE so badly.
TheRadicalpeace 1 year ago
where did u buy it
selproductionssel 1 year ago
@Punnabi I agree with you that most of plastics are not digested. However, it's not the main reason why they shouldn't be eaten. Toxic compounds inside them is. By the way, cellulose is also not digested, but you can get poisoned by eating certain paper (almost pure cellulose), but never poisoned by eating fruits and vegetables (which consist of cellulose by >50% by dry mass).
a1coho1 1 year ago
Don't let your pets eat ANY plastics the source of which you don't know.
Only medical plastics are certified for safety. Styrofoam, in particular, is considered TOXIC, because it breaks down to toxic products (styrol) in time and/or upon heating. That's why every amount of industrial polystyrol always contains some toxic styrol inside. And, by no means, breath in styrofoam (or any other plastic) smoke!
a1coho1 1 year ago
@Punnabi. 1. Plastic foams are produced from various kinds of polymers, not only polystyrene. Some of them are toxic. The exact composition depends on the manufacturer. 2. I presume, your major at Harvard was not chemistry, since you didn't mention that any chemical synthesis has by-products (several % by mass), which are often toxic, even if the main product is inert. 3. Being inert doesn't mean not being toxic (e.g. heavy metals). 4. Toxic catalysts are often present in plastics.
a1coho1 1 year ago
just sayin, I dont think Harvey the wonder-vet spent all ten years studying mongoose digestive systems, of styrofoam's properties to kill. So don't cite it as your source, it's fucking pretentious.
xxmehd1xx 1 year ago
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SanniDog 1 year ago
Please do not let animals play with Styrofoam. If they swallow the foam it will permanently stick inside their stomach and intestines which may will lead to infections, cancer, painful death and it can also get into the liver and kidneys. Styrofoam is a form of plastic and as we all know plastic cannot be decomposed.
Punniabi 2 years ago
@Punniabi This is just wrong. As "well all know", plastics certainly do decompose. Different ones just take different amounts of time.
bobbytimberlake 1 year ago
@Punniabi That was stupid. Plastics Decompose. Plastics dont go to the specified organs. You need to stop thinking you have any expertise, or know "what we all know." Cause ya dont.
xxmehd1xx 1 year ago
@xxmehd1xx You are stupid, of course you can decompose plastic but mongoose do not have the proper chemicals in their body necessary to decompose the plastic. Styrofoam is comprised of extruded polystyrene foam which when heated will stick, you can do this test yourself. This is how they make styrofoam slabs, they heat them and shape them into boards or what have you.
When an animal or human for that matter ingests styrofoam the bodys heat will cause it to stick to organs.
Punniabi 1 year ago
@Punniabi your harvard education and you calling me stupid cancelled each other out in maturity
xxmehd1xx 1 year ago
@xxmehd1xx alright shut the fuck up you are obviously feeling stupid fuckin arab
Punniabi 1 year ago
maybe not all of it will stick but enough will stick to cause complications.
Source: 10 years of study at Harvard University.
Punniabi 1 year ago
2 bad, unless you live in hawaii or caribbean,otherwise you ll have 2 settle 4 long nosed cusimanse!
zodiolestes 2 years ago
Cute pet man, What breed is it?
adamolverson 2 years ago
It's a mongoose, dude. x3 lol
pinkfurryhat 2 years ago