The Pros and Cons of buying a Donkey

byhookorbycrook

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

Donkeys are social creatures . They bray a lot if they are alone , which is why the donkey sanctuary boards them out as pairs
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That's a good point. OP, if you're going to keep one donkey, you might as well get a second. They form extremely strong pair-bonds, like horses do. They can become a bit inseparable.

Like horses, they do not limit themselves to their kind. They can befriend a cow, or a sheep, just as easily. But company is very important. Donkeys are very gregarious.

As byhookorbycrook says, make sure you have access to a farrier. It might be hard to get a farrier just to pare your monkey's hooves — farriers are in short supply — so you could ask around a local yard, and have their farrier pop-by when he's doing their horses.

Otherwise, they're low maintenance. Just a few wormings per year, depending on which animals they're sharing a field with.

Strumms

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I love donkeys.

To anyone reading this, if you have any money at all to spare, give it to the Donkey Sanctuary. Donkeys have particularly urgent foot-care needs, because they originate from hardened climates where their feet are naturally worn by their environment, but can over-grow on Irish soil.. The Irish Donkey Sanctuary go all around the country, tending to donkeys' feet.

To the OP, if you have half an acre of grass and the time and temperament for a donkey, you will be richly rewarded.

They are fantastic creatures. Very intelligent. Biblically modest, none of the haughty arrogance of horses. It should come as no surprise that Jesus Christ rode into Jerusalem on the back of the same animal that carried his pregnant mother into Bethlehem. Everybody's life is enriched by having a donkey in it. Nobody in human history has regretted befriending a donkey.

Quite

Gregor Samsa

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

It might be hard to get a farrier just to pare your monkey's hooves — farriers are in short supply

I’d say monkey farriers particularly so.

pgj2015

There is a field near me with 2 horses and 1 donkey. any time I pass, the donkey is always on his own. the 2 horses are always together. kind of feel sad for the poor donkey.

Capt'n Midnight

Pros
Any good donkey will know the way home from the pub at the end of the night.
Way better auto navigation than a Tesla


Cons
https://imgur.com/gallery/Rjld6

Sharpyshoot

Either achieve coitus or get coitus.

begbysback

pgj2015 wrote: »

There is a field near me with 2 horses and 1 donkey. any time I pass, the donkey is always on his own. the 2 horses are always together. kind of feel sad for the poor donkey.

Could be that he’s being an ass

Sharpyshoot

begbysback wrote: »

Could be that he’s being an ass

You have obsession with ass.

silliussoddius

Pro - you have a donkey
Con - you have a donkey

Strumms

You can use it to transport tired monkeys, in style.

Canis Lupus

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

People refer to 3 legged donkeys as a “wonky”, but actually 3 legs is the most efficient and stable arrangement of legs, as per tripods and 3 legged stools. So be sure to get a 3 legged one if you have uneven ground and you don’t want it to wobble.

I think you'll find work health and safety don't think 3 legs is sufficient. Minimum is 5.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Canis Lupus wrote: »

I think you'll find work health and safety don't think 3 legs is sufficient. Minimum is 5.

How about he buys a werewolf then?

fryup

there is no NCT for donkeys, well not that i know of

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

fryup wrote: »

there is no NCT for donkeys, well not that i know of

Nutrituional Carrot Take?

gogo

Pro: You’ll get to correct everyone when they call it a dunkey instead of a donkey ... thus leading to vast airs of superiority

BENDYBINN

Cheap transportation



Donkey ****t everywhere...

fryup

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Can you help me out with a Pros and Cons list for buying a donkey. What I have o far:

Cons

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I'll need to buy a bigger bed

this springs to mind :P

biko

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

Donkeys are social creatures . They bray a lot if they are alone

Ah, that is how Bray got its name...

the_pen_turner

BENDYBINN wrote: »

Cheap transportation



Donkey ****t everywhere...

donkeys generally ***t in a couple of places and not everywhere. they are fairly clean animals

Capt'n Midnight

fryup wrote: »

there is no NCT for donkeys, well not that i know of

Technically it's the NDT.

If you were to have sex with the donkey the offspring would be a mule.

Strumms

moslo

the_pen_turner wrote: »

donkeys generally ***t in a couple of places and not everywhere. they are fairly clean animals

Same with pigs and they have an even worse press re cleanliness.

The One Doctor

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Can you help me out with a Pros and Cons list for buying a donkey. What I have o far:

Pros

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I'll have a donkey
The Tax Credits

Cons

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I'll need to buy a bigger bed

Honestly, you'd be better off with a girlfriend.

Capt'n Midnight

Can you get them on eBray ?

SEPT 23 1989

The dental bills are outrageous

And when they decide to go for the gold tooth option

It’s mortgage time

Boom_Bap

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

The dental bills are outrageous

And when they decide to go for the gold tooth option

It’s mortgage time

We are a platinum grillz family



Imagine Mr. Donkey rocking them bad boys

New Home

Wait until they decide to get married to a dragon.

Stihl waters

If you do get a donkey they need a dry shed to get in and out of as they need, they feel the cold a lot more than horses so a rug from November to may as they have very dry skin that's not great at throwing off the water, they need company like us all so get 2 if possible, and remember they can live up to 30 years so be prepared to be in it for the long haul

Tony EH

Pro - You now have a donkey

Con - You now have a donkey