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In reply to the discussion: Anyone ever have, or know of anyone who did have, a Big Cat as a pet? Not a hybrid, [View all]Mr.Bill
(24,031 posts)39. Back in the 70s, I knew a guy who owned a tire shop.
His "security" was a mountain lion who was kept in a cage where everyone could see him while the store was open, then turned loose after closing. He never got robbed.
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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
Is that your animal companion? Good picture, don't know how you got him to pose. nt
raccoon
Oct 2012
#7
Not true. We took in a deformed cottontail (turned out to be a hermaphrodite).
HopeHoops
Oct 2012
#9
Hell, he scratched me all to shit. I saw a shrink, held out one arm and said "amateur"...
HopeHoops
Oct 2012
#14
We were married on a 13th. People kept saying "It will never last - bad luck" - 25 years now.
HopeHoops
Oct 2012
#17
You are a god to me! We thought of rabbit raisers as magicians in wildlife rehab.
nolabear
Oct 2012
#25
Okay...yes I knew people who had wild cats. It is a terrible thing to do to a big cat.
nolabear
Oct 2012
#27