Cougars, Any one got any experiance?
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your crazyPersonally, I have no experience owning any of the big cats(well, cougars are actually considered small cats, but anyways), but my step-dad's mom has a neighbor who has kept one as a pet in Oregon for the last 9 years or so. It is a spayed female. I've only had contact with it a couple times, but I have to say, it was awesome. It lives in a standard big cat enclosure(double barrier twelve foot fencing with top fencing over the inside fence) for security, but alot of the time it is a house pet. He walks it around the neighborhood with a chain, which has a large tire as an anchor in the middle of the chain(keeps it from trying to climb trees). It has always seemed real docile. Of course it is still a wild animal, and anything can happen.
CrystalizedHairs;1722765; said:
Does your mom live in Scotts Mills? I have a friend (more like "guy I went to high school with") that has kept a female cougar for about ten years. He plays with it all the time, but I did hear that it bit a guy pretty badly once...
He also has wolves, a falcon, and other exotics. If it is the same guy I believe the story about walking it in town, I ran into him with his falcon on his shoulder in the convenience store!
keeping big cats by individuals is neither smart nor safe, can you afford the food bill for a full grown cougar?
yes more to the point i can afford not to worry about the medical bills let alone the food, that is a minor compared to medical issues, blood work ext....
A cougar is not classed a big cat, rather its the biggest small wildcat, thou il agree they probably should be classed smallest big cat.
Cougars are a funny animal, when u look at wild cats in general, cougars are the easiest to condition and shape the personality as far as pets, they generally prove to be very affectionate and in the right hands very respectful of there owners. im goin to get sum real hands on experiance around big and small wildcats volantering full time at the safari park my uncle currently works at, starting jun. They are a big cat specialist and world respected so it should prove a very valuable experiance around some of the top people in that field.... then over next winter the plans will be drawn up for the enclosure for construction spring 2009, and be looking to import the cougar in 2010. I'm not stupid this isnt a 5min wim, its a big limitation on my fish keeping, ive been putting money away for a decade, researching, if im not up to the task i simply wont be permitted license to own it so lectures are pointless to a degree... We have members with dwarf caimen, monitor lizards ext... really this isnt at nutts.... a cougar proves a lot tamer and less of a hand full than a 4' caimen or 4.5' monitor any day of a week, specially when u take into account the average personality of dwarf caimen or big monitors compared to a captive breed, bottle raised cougar...
A cougar is not classed a big cat, rather its the biggest small wildcat, thou il agree they probably should be classed smallest big cat.
Cougars are a funny animal, when u look at wild cats in general, cougars are the easiest to condition and shape the personality as far as pets, they generally prove to be very affectionate and in the right hands very respectful of there owners. im goin to get sum real hands on experiance around big and small wildcats volantering full time at the safari park my uncle currently works at, starting jun. They are a big cat specialist and world respected so it should prove a very valuable experiance around some of the top people in that field.... then over next winter the plans will be drawn up for the enclosure for construction spring 2009, and be looking to import the cougar in 2010. I'm not stupid this isnt a 5min wim, its a big limitation on my fish keeping, ive been putting money away for a decade, researching, if im not up to the task i simply wont be permitted license to own it so lectures are pointless to a degree... We have members with dwarf caimen, monitor lizards ext... really this isnt at nutts.... a cougar proves a lot tamer and less of a hand full than a 4' caimen or 4.5' monitor any day of a week, specially when u take into account the average personality of dwarf caimen or big monitors compared to a captive breed, bottle raised cougar...
I have big cat experience. Cougars (like all big cats) are not for private keepers.
Over here there are a lot of legal hoops to jump in order to keep them (most states won't allow private owners at all). Imagine when it gets out and kills someone.... then you are responsible for a death legally. In the US, that's jail time.
Courgars need a lot of room to run, climb, hide and massive amounts of security. Not to mention food needs.
Just find another dream to follow.
Over here there are a lot of legal hoops to jump in order to keep them (most states won't allow private owners at all). Imagine when it gets out and kills someone.... then you are responsible for a death legally. In the US, that's jail time.
Courgars need a lot of room to run, climb, hide and massive amounts of security. Not to mention food needs.
Just find another dream to follow.
No, she, my step-grandma, lives in Beaverton, just outside Portland. It is the only "exotic" he owns as far as I know. He also only walks it in the immediate neighborhood, like a two block area(he doesn't want unneeded publicity). Amazingly, the neighborhood, is very welcoming of the big cat.Dan Feller;1723512; said:
Over where I live it's like a cougar farm I see mothers and their babies all the time. I think they are awesome and give them their space.
