Couple who bought sickly kitten from local zoo now live with 90lb puma

[jpak]

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/couple-who-bought-sickly-kitten-12219965

[Angry Dragon]

1. cats so pretty and soft

[mindem]

2. What a beautiful animal.

It must sound like a Harley when it purrs.

[Hoyt]

3. Magnificent. But if that cat is anything like my 19 pounder, I'd be running when his ears kind of

go back and he looks a little wild in the eyes. That's when someone is about to lose an arm. And I darn sure wouldn't try to bathe the beautiful big cat without some serious medication (for both of us). I've been through that with some much smaller cats.

[MFM008]

4. Your going to need

A bigger box.
Cardboard that is....
It's a cat thing....

[sdfernando]

5. These people better be very careful

sure it looks cute and all but a Puma is a wild animal and will act as such at some point. Maybe not on them but on someone else. I'd have to give it back to the zoo. The liability is too great.

[brush]

8. Yep. If they don't I have a feeling we'll hear about them and the cat again.

[John Fante]

6. Stunning creature. Truly awe-inspiring.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

7. not domesticated

I'd be investigating wildlife preserves to find kitty a new, more appropriate home.

[get the red out]

15. Agree!

I think the Puma is beautiful but have never really understood the desire some people have to try to make a pet out of a wild animal.

[nolabear]

17. Indeed. See my post below.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

9. It is not domesticated.

It's tamed from growing up with humans, but that does not make it as safe as a domesticated cat or dog -- and even they sometimes turn on people. (Without going into a debate about specific dog breeds, there is one out there that is famous for suddenly turning and killing or maiming nearby humans. And that is still a domesticated dog.)

I

[niyad]

10. what a beautiful being!! when you watch the video, you can see the love between them

all.

[dhill926]

11. looks none too happy in that last picture....

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. He's OK, his ears are up.

Like any other cat - when the ears are down and back the cat is annoyed or angry but when they're forward the cat is just alert or interested.

[Martin Eden]

12. Beautiful creatures!

All three of them.

[benld74]

13. very LARGE litter box needed

[nolabear]

16. Do NOT attempt this. In my wildlife rescue days we had a lovely one some fool tried to raise.

She was so lost. She had bonded with him and had no idea how to be wild and then when he realized he had a full grown mountain lion he asked the program to take her. She was sweet, badly nourished, lonely in a cage (it was long ago enough that the enclosure wasn't very stimulating though we tried constantly to give her things to do) and dangerous as hell. I still have a scar where she punched a hole through my hand when I made a stupid move and she could get to me through the enclosure. All she was doing was grabbing at her dinner but let me tell you, those claws are not decorative.

Poor baby. I can't imagine it ending well, no matter how much attention they're getting now or how cool they think it is.

Btw I have some sympathy for them wanting to get a kitten out of a bad situation.

[sakabatou]

18. Can't get to the site :(