What to do with baby bobcats ? - Page 2

Brother Bob · 03-13-2008, 07:01 PM

I'd definitely get them de-clawed if you're thinking of keeping them. You're looking at some serious liability issues if they get out and start killing other peoples pets.

jeffsenpai · 03-13-2008, 07:02 PM

Keeping them should be OK - The mix between bobcat and domestic, The Pixie Bob, is a popular breed of cat in some areas. The animals are still young enough it sounds to be socialized. Although just releasing them would be fine to, let nature do its thing.

billy · 03-13-2008, 07:31 PM

id keep em!
they would be cool cats.

squirrelbaster · 03-13-2008, 07:53 PM

well i accualy thoght you were kidding when you said half breed. i say dont kill them, becouse if you wife is anything like the wemon in my life they will never forgive you for killing there potentional cute pet...

billy · 03-13-2008, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by squirrelbaster

well i accualy thoght you were kidding when you said half breed. i say dont kill them, becouse if you wife is anything like the wemon in my life they will never forgive you for killing there potentional cute pet...

ooh...
i didnt think about that.
you would be a heartless lil kitty murderer!
yikes!

Mooseman684 · 03-13-2008, 08:00 PM

If it was legal, I would definitely keep them and domesticate them...They would be awesome Mousers, and really cool Cats !!!
How about a picture of the Kittens ???
Rich

Deersniper · 03-13-2008, 09:59 PM

I raised two snow leopards once for a zoo until they wanted me for dinner one night. If their instinct starts getting out of hand try giving them to a zoo or animal sanctuary. Don't de-claw them. It would be like taking away your guns during a crisis. Trim the nails only. Keep them away from kids.

sell33 · 03-13-2008, 10:50 PM

Keep em! i don't go much for regular housecats but one like that might be interesting lol

7mmremmag1995 · 03-13-2008, 10:58 PM

if they got bobcat in it it should haul @$$ with neighborhood pets. i'd keep it

AKHunter · 03-14-2008, 12:13 AM

If it were me, I would try to raise them. If things started going sideways, then I would look for a sanctuary or the like to give them to.

rdale501 · 03-14-2008, 12:29 AM

This may get a little lenghy, but hear me out. A number of years ago I brought home a baby racoon. It was real small, eyes not open yet. My wife treated it just like one of the kids, up at all hours feeding and such. We saved it and since we lived out in the country, it was free to come and go as it pleased. When it was about 6 mo. old it started to get very possesive, and woul growl and hiss at strangers. One night my teenage daughter brought a friend home at about 10 at night. The coon bit her friend on the leg. Now what? Good thing we were good friends with her parents. Of courst we wanted to do the right thing, so I called the state animal vet. and he said we had to make sure the animal did not have rabies. Ok, no studies have been conducted on rabies in coons as to how fast the disease travels through the system. He said it is different with each animal. I couldn't just take it off somewhere else to live not knowing if it had rabies or not, and I couldn't even just shoot it. So we had to cage it and watch it for 60 days. That made the coon a real monster. Anyway everthing turned out ok and we moved it to a high country lake. This was a real eye opener for me. No more wild animals. The state said the parents of the girl bitten could have made it real miserable for us. So you might want to think real hard before raising any wild animals. Good luck.

OkieHenry · 03-14-2008, 01:02 AM

Well no more babby kitties, I just went out to check on them and found the cage door wide open, there gone. I was going to keep them, my dad always said things happen for a reason so i gess it just wasn't ment to be.
I've seen there mom and dad, one is a big black and yellow cat that comes up to eat the dog food before the are polar bear (great pyramies) gobbles it down, it looks to be a half breed and the other cat has a den in the pond bank about a 1/8 of a mile from my house it's full blood bobcat, I've seen it on early morning deer hunts headed to it's den, so I know I get to see the kittens again but this way I don't have the headach they probably would have caused. I don't mind the bobcats and the foxes, it's the coyotes and the squirrels that drive me up the wall. Barking squirrels while hunting, and barking coyotes, keep the dogs barking witch in turn keeps me up. I gess I need to take up coyote hunting.
Thanks everyone for your input.

irish murphy · 03-14-2008, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Midas

I consider them the same as feral housecats, terminate them.

Yep,same thoughts here man,They are feral are they not????Unless they are totally native shoot them.

Brad Y · 03-14-2008, 02:49 AM

Here any cat out in the bush is feral. Domestic house cats are kept in peoples properties. Feral cats can carry all sorts of diseases, plus we have alot of native marsupials like bilbys and hopping mice. I know some are down to their hundreds in the wild so every little feral that is taken out of existence here helps. When it comes to native things, im not interested in shooting them for the hell of it. Rabbits, foxes, goats, cats and pigs are in my areas and if one crosses my path, then yes I will shoot it.

fullMetalJack · 03-14-2008, 03:49 AM

well having a wolf/husk mix for 3 years , id like to say if you take them in, you have a task at hand. even though they seem like pets at times, they wild instincts take control most of the time. it may be alot different with cats but my suggestion to you is to call your wardy.

gcsod45 · 03-16-2008, 04:08 AM

Do what makes your wife happy. If you don't you won't have to worry about cats. At least not while living in the DOG HOUSE

Rattle'em up · 03-22-2008, 08:41 AM

Please post pics of the little critters.

.22hustler · 03-22-2008, 08:59 AM

If they are feral cats, and by the sounds of it they are, get rid of them. We used to shoot all feral cats found in the field.They do a job on songbirds, and the last time I read up on them, they were the #1 predator of cottontails.

frozentorso · 03-28-2008, 05:58 PM

Fatten 'em up and I'll send you a BBQ recipe.

Hey, Billy! Was that a Zappa reference?

EviL · 03-28-2008, 08:25 PM

sell them to your local Chinese food chain

03-13-2008, 07:31 PM	#23
billy spiritual counselor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a secret lab on the shores of lake titicaca Posts: 12,001 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 146	id keep em! they would be cool cats. __________________ just leave britney ALONE! she's going thru a hard time snivel sniff....WAH

03-13-2008, 08:00 PM	#26
Mooseman684 Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Alaska Wilderness Posts: 9,645 Images: 2	If it was legal, I would definitely keep them and domesticate them...They would be awesome Mousers, and really cool Cats !!! How about a picture of the Kittens ??? Rich __________________ You know you might be facing your doom,when all you get is a click when you're expecting a BOOM!

03-13-2008, 09:59 PM	#27
Deersniper Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,669	Bobcats I raised two snow leopards once for a zoo until they wanted me for dinner one night. If their instinct starts getting out of hand try giving them to a zoo or animal sanctuary. Don't de-claw them. It would be like taking away your guns during a crisis. Trim the nails only. Keep them away from kids.

03-13-2008, 10:58 PM	#29
7mmremmag1995 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,270 Images: 1 Blog Entries: 1	if they got bobcat in it it should haul @$$ with neighborhood pets. i'd keep it __________________ Just LeDoux it

03-14-2008, 03:49 AM	#35
fullMetalJack Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 119	well having a wolf/husk mix for 3 years , id like to say if you take them in, you have a task at hand. even though they seem like pets at times, they wild instincts take control most of the time. it may be alot different with cats but my suggestion to you is to call your wardy. __________________ -What we do in life echoes in eternity...

03-13-2008, 07:01 PM	#21
Brother Bob The Mayor Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Olive Branch, MS. Posts: 2,671 Blog Entries: 3	I'd definitely get them de-clawed if you're thinking of keeping them. You're looking at some serious liability issues if they get out and start killing other peoples pets.

03-13-2008, 07:02 PM	#22
jeffsenpai Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Central California Posts: 122	Keeping them should be OK - The mix between bobcat and domestic, The Pixie Bob, is a popular breed of cat in some areas. The animals are still young enough it sounds to be socialized. Although just releasing them would be fine to, let nature do its thing.

03-13-2008, 07:53 PM	#24
squirrelbaster Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,237	well i accualy thoght you were kidding when you said half breed. i say dont kill them, becouse if you wife is anything like the wemon in my life they will never forgive you for killing there potentional cute pet...

03-13-2008, 10:50 PM	#28
sell33 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,181	Keep em! i don't go much for regular housecats but one like that might be interesting lol

03-14-2008, 12:13 AM	#30
AKHunter Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Alaska Posts: 899	If it were me, I would try to raise them. If things started going sideways, then I would look for a sanctuary or the like to give them to.

03-14-2008, 12:29 AM	#31
rdale501 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: oregon Posts: 398	This may get a little lenghy, but hear me out. A number of years ago I brought home a baby racoon. It was real small, eyes not open yet. My wife treated it just like one of the kids, up at all hours feeding and such. We saved it and since we lived out in the country, it was free to come and go as it pleased. When it was about 6 mo. old it started to get very possesive, and woul growl and hiss at strangers. One night my teenage daughter brought a friend home at about 10 at night. The coon bit her friend on the leg. Now what? Good thing we were good friends with her parents. Of courst we wanted to do the right thing, so I called the state animal vet. and he said we had to make sure the animal did not have rabies. Ok, no studies have been conducted on rabies in coons as to how fast the disease travels through the system. He said it is different with each animal. I couldn't just take it off somewhere else to live not knowing if it had rabies or not, and I couldn't even just shoot it. So we had to cage it and watch it for 60 days. That made the coon a real monster. Anyway everthing turned out ok and we moved it to a high country lake. This was a real eye opener for me. No more wild animals. The state said the parents of the girl bitten could have made it real miserable for us. So you might want to think real hard before raising any wild animals. Good luck.

03-14-2008, 01:02 AM	#32
OkieHenry Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Tahlequah, Oklahoma Posts: 78	Well no more babby kitties, I just went out to check on them and found the cage door wide open, there gone. I was going to keep them, my dad always said things happen for a reason so i gess it just wasn't ment to be. I've seen there mom and dad, one is a big black and yellow cat that comes up to eat the dog food before the are polar bear (great pyramies) gobbles it down, it looks to be a half breed and the other cat has a den in the pond bank about a 1/8 of a mile from my house it's full blood bobcat, I've seen it on early morning deer hunts headed to it's den, so I know I get to see the kittens again but this way I don't have the headach they probably would have caused. I don't mind the bobcats and the foxes, it's the coyotes and the squirrels that drive me up the wall. Barking squirrels while hunting, and barking coyotes, keep the dogs barking witch in turn keeps me up. I gess I need to take up coyote hunting. Thanks everyone for your input.

03-14-2008, 02:49 AM	#34
Brad Y Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: West Australia Posts: 98	Here any cat out in the bush is feral. Domestic house cats are kept in peoples properties. Feral cats can carry all sorts of diseases, plus we have alot of native marsupials like bilbys and hopping mice. I know some are down to their hundreds in the wild so every little feral that is taken out of existence here helps. When it comes to native things, im not interested in shooting them for the hell of it. Rabbits, foxes, goats, cats and pigs are in my areas and if one crosses my path, then yes I will shoot it.

03-16-2008, 04:08 AM	#36
gcsod45 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Southeast Aridzona Posts: 48	Do what makes your wife happy. If you don't you won't have to worry about cats. At least not while living in the DOG HOUSE

03-22-2008, 08:41 AM	#37
Rattle'em up Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Austin,Texas Posts: 103	Please post pics of the little critters.

03-22-2008, 08:59 AM	#38
.22hustler Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York Posts: 896	If they are feral cats, and by the sounds of it they are, get rid of them. We used to shoot all feral cats found in the field.They do a job on songbirds, and the last time I read up on them, they were the #1 predator of cottontails.

03-28-2008, 05:58 PM	#39
frozentorso Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: North East Texas Posts: 592	Fatten 'em up and I'll send you a BBQ recipe. Hey, Billy! Was that a Zappa reference? __________________ "I'm your huckleberry. Thats just my game!"

03-28-2008, 08:25 PM	#40
EviL Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: In the Boonies Posts: 106	sell them to your local Chinese food chain