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In the discussion thread: Anyone ever have, or know of anyone who did have, a Big Cat as a pet? Not a hybrid, [View all]

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Wed Oct 3, 2012, 11:14 AM

Arkansas Granny (14,619 posts)

35. An acquaintance of mine had a bobcat at one time.

They had it de-fanged, de-clawed and had been told to never feed it raw meat. There were some other things they had been told to do or to never do, but I can't remember all the details.

Personally, I don't think wild animals should be kept as pets if it's possible to release them in the wild.

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39 replies	Author	Time	Post
Anyone ever have, or know of anyone who did have, a Big Cat as a pet? Not a hybrid, [View all]	raccoon	Oct 2012	OP
We had a DUer w/ a bobcat. Can't remember who it was, tho.	GreenPartyVoter	Oct 2012	#1
Growing up in small town Texas,	mythology	Oct 2012	#2
Nope.	Brigid	Oct 2012	#3
Does this one count?	HopeHoops	Oct 2012	#4
Is that your animal companion? Good picture, don't know how you got him to pose. nt	raccoon	Oct 2012	#7
He's 15 now. That was 3 years ago. I can pile anything I want on him.	HopeHoops	Oct 2012	#8
I.Love.Him.	Arugula Latte	Oct 2012	#20
It's not all that white anymore - his grooming habits have gone down hill.	HopeHoops	Oct 2012	#31
Oh no!	Arugula Latte	Oct 2012	#34
As long as he keeps purring, I figure "quality of life" is just fine.	HopeHoops	Oct 2012	#37
Not that I know of.	HappyMe	Oct 2012	#5
Not true. We took in a deformed cottontail (turned out to be a hermaphrodite).	HopeHoops	Oct 2012	#9
A rabbit is one thing,	HappyMe	Oct 2012	#13
Hell, he scratched me all to shit. I saw a shrink, held out one arm and said "amateur"...	HopeHoops	Oct 2012	#14
....	HappyMe	Oct 2012	#16
We were married on a 13th. People kept saying "It will never last - bad luck" - 25 years now.	HopeHoops	Oct 2012	#17
congrats!	Kali	Oct 2012	#26
Huh.	harmonicon	Oct 2012	#29
I do wildlife rehab and specialize in wild rabbits	Mojorabbit	Oct 2012	#22
You are a god to me! We thought of rabbit raisers as magicians in wildlife rehab.	nolabear	Oct 2012	#25
Thanks. LOL	Mojorabbit	Oct 2012	#38
Curiously, although devoid of natural instincts, he was extremely smart.	HopeHoops	Oct 2012	#32
I make it a policy not to keep pets that could/would eat or kill me.	davsand	Oct 2012	#6
What fun is life without an 8' alligator in the bathtub?	HopeHoops	Oct 2012	#10
Taking a bath becomes either bobbing for apples or a form of russian roulette.	davsand	Oct 2012	#11
I had an acquaintance years ago who had a mountain lion as a pet	NV Whino	Oct 2012	#12
I once worked with the terrible outcome of this bad idea. Wildlife rehab.	nolabear	Oct 2012	#15
Got to pet Black Panther cub	warrprayer	Oct 2012	#18
Heather Ryan	Doc_Technical	Oct 2012	#19
No cats, but I knew some people once who adopted a wolf pup.	mysuzuki2	Oct 2012	#21
They have cougars at the wildlife center I am affiliated with	Mojorabbit	Oct 2012	#23
Katherine Hepburn had a leopard...	NNadir	Oct 2012	#24
Okay...yes I knew people who had wild cats. It is a terrible thing to do to a big cat.	nolabear	Oct 2012	#27
That is really sad. Thanks for posting. nt	raccoon	Oct 2012	#33
Ted Turner was rumored to have some panthers or cougars	csziggy	Oct 2012	#28
No.	LWolf	Oct 2012	#30
An acquaintance of mine had a bobcat at one time.	Arkansas Granny	Oct 2012	#35
A high-school buddy of mine had a mountain lion for about three years....	lastlib	Oct 2012	#36
Back in the 70s, I knew a guy who owned a tire shop.	Mr.Bill	Oct 2012	#39

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