Sophia, 11, is wild about her pet lynx

The Sun (U.K.) ^ | July 4, 2012 | Jo Sayer

[Tagurit]

Jerry Clower, souped up wildcat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AX9QoFhEhI

[SeeSharp]

Unhappy Lynx

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“He’s very funny — he purrs exactly like a cat but obeys to our commands like a dog so we often call him CatDog.

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[HiTech RedNeck]

MEOW!

[Inyo-Mono]

The lynx is a wild animal with wild instincts. It may be okay now but this isn’t going to turn out well.

I agree, right up there with "pet" chimps and lions. We'll read about the coming attack here on FR someday.

[Slings and Arrows]

I've heard that lynx can and do bond to humans. Bobcats, though, are a definite no-no.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Bathing a cat is hard. Bathing a monster long haired cat is near impossible. I had one cat that would just go limp under the faucet water, though. It was easy to shampoo her.

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This morning, my wife told me the cat was filthy and we needed to give him a bath. I’m nursing at least a half dozen wounds from the bathing ordeal.

You're doing it wrong.

If done correctly you won't have any wounds.

OTOH, it will take you days to get all the fur off your tongue.

[HiTech RedNeck]

I’d hate to have to clean THAT litterbox!

Maybe they put it out to do its business.

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Angror?

[lurk]

The lynx is cute. It is also a wild animal.

This will likely not end well.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Well, why don’t they make a sponge or gadget that simulates cat tongue cleaning? It’s hard to blame the cat for not wanting to do it humans’ way, any more than humans would tolerate doing it cats’ way.

[jakerobins]

Don’t know if it’s good or bad to have as a housepet but on the plus side I imagine a boy might think twice before messing with her in a few years when a Cat that big gets in the way!

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[Stoat]

Unhappy Lynx 

 

Happy Lynx  ;-)

 

lynx-jet - YouTube

 

[mom.mom]

Is he allowed to run without a leash outside?

[PLMerite]

"A dangerous wild animal and an eleven year old. What could possibly go wrong?"

Something like this, only bigger.

[HiTech RedNeck]

You don’t know the meaning of fun until you try to give eyedrops to a big mean tom cat.

[Stoat]

I've heard that lynx can and do bond to humans.

 

Although I would never hold up Russian Law as being a reference standard that anything in particular should be based upon or judged by, there is this from the Sun article:

In Russia it is not illegal to keep a lynx as a pet. And it is not uncommon for the wildcats — who can weigh up to 30kg and hunt birds, fish and rabbits in the wild — to become house-trained.

I'm guessing that if it was commonplace for Lynx raised in homes to turn upon owners who had hand-raised them from a kitten (cub?), there might be at least a cultural taboo associated with them, if not a legal one....and that doesn't seem to be the case.

I would be interested to see statistics on per-capita owner-maulings from Lynx as opposed to pitbulls.

 

Thank you very much for pinging your list  :-)

[True Republican Patriot]

Amen! I have a 22lb Orange Stripped Female Tabby and she literally fills the Litterbox every two days! Two litter boxes are kept busy all the time. Can only imagine what they are doing!