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Erka97

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Hi, I am new here but not new to roleplay. I started about ten years ago on warrior cat wiki sites, and then moved on as those eventually died out. These days I rp humans, mostly in the genres of sci-fi and romance. I've been recently looking for a new site to write on in order to find some long term partners, which led me to find this site through google.
Besides writing, I also attend school in order to be a doctor [I start medical school next fall] and enjoy reading and spending time with my many pets -mostly birds, my profile picture is a baby picture of my pet emu, Phoenix.
I don't really know what else to say, but I am eager to start talking with people on this site.
 
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Thanks. He really doesn't look like that anymore, and now he stands taller than me, but I still think he's cute. It's sort of like having a friendly horse, except he's a big bird.
I wish I had a big bird... or a friendly horse. Unfortunately, college campuses aren't exactly welcoming of either. ;;
That's SO epic though~ How did you come to have an emu? Not exactly the most common house pet.
 
I wish I had a big bird... or a friendly horse. Unfortunately, college campuses aren't exactly welcoming of either. ;;
That's SO epic though~ How did you come to have an emu? Not exactly the most common house pet.

And there's the reason I still live at home! They'd never tolerate all of my crazy animals!
I wanted to get a strange pet, so I did some online research and found emus. I then ordered some eggs online. The first time I had one of my three eggs hatch, but unfortunately he died as a baby. So last year I tried again and hatched out this lovely "little" bird. He hatched out right into my hands, and has been growing like a weed ever since. He's still very friendly though, enjoys being pet and fed apples just like a horse. It's too bad I can't ride him, though.
I have more eggs this year in the hopes of hatching him [or her, don't truthfully know] a mate. He's alright with the chickens and ducks now, but I think he'd be happier that way -and I'd love any excuse to have more of them.
It's just too bad it takes two months to incubate the eggs, and along the way you really have no good way of knowing if they're alive in there.
 
And there's the reason I still live at home! They'd never tolerate all of my crazy animals!
I wanted to get a strange pet, so I did some online research and found emus. I then ordered some eggs online. The first time I had one of my three eggs hatch, but unfortunately he died as a baby. So last year I tried again and hatched out this lovely "little" bird. He hatched out right into my hands, and has been growing like a weed ever since. He's still very friendly though, enjoys being pet and fed apples just like a horse. It's too bad I can't ride him, though.
I have more eggs this year in the hopes of hatching him [or her, don't truthfully know] a mate. He's alright with the chickens and ducks now, but I think he'd be happier that way -and I'd love any excuse to have more of them.
It's just too bad it takes two months to incubate the eggs, and along the way you really have no good way of knowing if they're alive in there.
Wow--did research and bought some eggs. *applause* I've seen people ride ostriches tho.
Lel you don't even know if its a boy or girl?! hahahahaa
NIIIIIICEEEEUUUU
 
Wow--did research and bought some eggs. *applause* I've seen people ride ostriches tho.
Lel you don't even know if its a boy or girl?! hahahahaa
NIIIIIICEEEEUUUU
Riding him would be bad for his legs. Not so bad now that he's older, but leg issues can kill the babies. Like a horse, they love to run and cannot live well without their legs working properly. That's what happened to my first emu.

It's actually really hard to tell with them. Either you get a DNA test or wait three years for them to mature, usually. Females get a pouch in their neck for making sounds like a bullfrog, while males do not. They make different sounds, and that's about it.
Mine is only a year old in May, but I'm planning on having his/her DNA tested. We're sort of hoping he's a boy, since they tend to be friendlier because male emu are the ones that hatch the eggs and raise the babies. The females, like males of other animals, do the most fighting.
 
Riding him would be bad for his legs. Not so bad now that he's older, but leg issues can kill the babies. Like a horse, they love to run and cannot live well without their legs working properly. That's what happened to my first emu.

It's actually really hard to tell with them. Either you get a DNA test or wait three years for them to mature, usually. Females get a pouch in their neck for making sounds like a bullfrog, while males do not. They make different sounds, and that's about it.
Mine is only a year old in May, but I'm planning on having his/her DNA tested. We're sort of hoping he's a boy, since they tend to be friendlier because male emu are the ones that hatch the eggs and raise the babies. The females, like males of other animals, do the most fighting.
those savage females.
 
those savage females.
Yeah, I guess if they don't like a male for whatever reason they'll just kick him to death.
All emus also have a tendency to stomp on smaller animals they don't think belong in their area.
 
Yeah, I guess if they don't like a male for whatever reason they'll just kick him to death.
All emus also have a tendency to stomp on smaller animals they don't think belong in their area.
woooooow i wanna be an emu! They're like, my idol~~ *o*

Dream Job has now been set to: EMU
 
woooooow i wanna be an emu! They're like, my idol~~ *o*

Dream Job has now been set to: EMU

It's a pretty cushy life if you're a pet;
Get to spend days running, playing, and being lazy under a heat lamp.
Get food and neck rubs from the humans for free.
Could probably kick to death just about any threat with toenails like knives.
 
Wow, I didn't expect to learn so much about raising emus today, but here I am. I imagine they need a fair amount of space given their size and love of running. The only birds I'm familiar with are lovebirds. My parents had a mating pair and their clutch when I was growing up. Unfortunately, when you also keep dogs with a high prey drive, things don't always end well. The babies all passed, either at the teeth of greyhounds or of illness, but the original pair lived a very long time. The female finally died around age 25 or so. We never got any other birds after that.

Of course, now that my parents have more land and a pond, my mom is trying to convince my dad to let her get ducks.
 
Wow, I didn't expect to learn so much about raising emus today, but here I am. I imagine they need a fair amount of space given their size and love of running. The only birds I'm familiar with are lovebirds. My parents had a mating pair and their clutch when I was growing up. Unfortunately, when you also keep dogs with a high prey drive, things don't always end well. The babies all passed, either at the teeth of greyhounds or of illness, but the original pair lived a very long time. The female finally died around age 25 or so. We never got any other birds after that.

Of course, now that my parents have more land and a pond, my mom is trying to convince my dad to let her get ducks.
They do need a good area to live in. Mine lives in a fairly large dog yard, since my dog is too old and feeble now at nearly 13 years old [he's an Akita] to use the yard. He has a shed to shelter in and spends the rest of his time running around, chasing my chickens and ducks. We also have three ponds of varying sizes, two pastures with cows, and a forest on our property. The ducks like those, especially when the wild geese are visiting, and I'd like to take emu swimming [they love water] in the big pond but I am unsure whether he'd be good or run away if I let him out of his fence. It's very like having a very large dog, only it's very hard to leash them. Besides that they run like crazy, jump, roll over, and throw themselves on the ground just for fun; looks like they're dancing.

Besides emu I also have chickens, ducks [just got five new ducklings as a birthday present from my family, since I've been wanting to get more to keep company with the two ducks I have; both males, brothers, who can never be separated], cows, cats, a dog, and a cockatiel. I did once try to breed him, but the mate I got for him was lazy and didn't sit on the eggs, and he only sat them halfway through... So none hatched even when I tried to artificially incubate. The female eventually died of illness, but Shadow is still healthy at ten years old this year.
I've also had geese, guineas, gerbils, rats, snakes, frogs, starlings, robins, red wing black birds, kestrels, and various others at different times of my life. Most of them were animals I found outside and rescued.
 
Emus are incredibly intelligent. They managed to outsmart the Australian Army back in the 30s!

That's quite the menagerie! I've considered getting into falconry, but I have no idea how I could do that. Once we have our own house, I hope to befriend some crows or magpies. Any corvid will do, really. They're such smart beasts. The only catch is that our dog is a herding pup and she goes NUTS for birds. I'm not sure how welcome any bird would feel in our yard with Reba out there.
 
Emus are incredibly intelligent. They managed to outsmart the Australian Army back in the 30s!

That's quite the menagerie! I've considered getting into falconry, but I have no idea how I could do that. Once we have our own house, I hope to befriend some crows or magpies. Any corvid will do, really. They're such smart beasts. The only catch is that our dog is a herding pup and she goes NUTS for birds. I'm not sure how welcome any bird would feel in our yard with Reba out there.

Not so much smart as crazy runners and very resilient. I once heard of one that was accidentally run over by a truck and it was pretty much fine. They're reasonably smart, though, considering the tiny brains they have.

I've thought about falconry, but it's too regulated for my tastes.
I'd love to get any kind of crow or corvid. They're pretty awesome creatures.
My dog used to chase down the birds when he was young, but now he just ignores them entirely. Phoenix [emu] always looks so disappointed to be ignored.
 
LOL, I've always wanted animals as friends... because humans kinda suck and are confusing... plus I'm an awkward human heehee ;3

Exactly. I too am an awkward human. Animal behavior is easier to understand.
Or, at least it is for me. My mother doesn't understand the birds though; she thinks they're unfriendly because most of them hate to be touched, but most birds prefer to be near humans they like, maybe perch on them and pick at the human's hair or something. I understand because I'm often the same with being near people but not being touched, but others don't seem to understand.
 
Phoenix seems to have quite the personality. If you ever feel so inclined, we have a thread just for sharing pet photos (and probably videos, though I don't know if I've seen any go up). Pets Of The Sanctum
 
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