Found these guys up against our house in south Texas. Regular house cats or black labs?
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Last: 7 mo ago by Cromagnum
Doesn't look like a house cat to me, I am guessing bobcat... Good luck
Bobcat kittens. Mom would not have stuck them there. She would hide them in brush etc. Mom probably got shot, trapped or poisoned.
We found a single in a brush pile that I moved. Still had his eyes closed. Left him there but mom never came back. Took him to a wildlife rehab center.
Got a pic somewhere.
We found a single in a brush pile that I moved. Still had his eyes closed. Left him there but mom never came back. Took him to a wildlife rehab center.
Got a pic somewhere.
They're cute... now.
Call a rehabber. They should be able to assist.
I held a 55 lb monster before (similar situation - although different - was hand-raised, and was declawed). It was a big kitten.
I held a 55 lb monster before (similar situation - although different - was hand-raised, and was declawed). It was a big kitten.
I know a lot about a little, and a little about a lot.
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Raise them as your own babies. You got em young so can love away over a million years of nature.
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My best friend growing up lived in Norias out in the middle of the King Ranch. His mom had a pet bobcat. I say his mom because it was no one else's pet, it tolerated everyone else. My buddy and I would trap a guinea and let it go in their yard just to watch his bobcat run it down. That thing was awesome. It would run up behind their dogs and scare the crap out of them and then run up a tree and lick it's paw while it looked down upon them losing their minds.
You had to be careful though when we'd play outside that sucker would come out of nowhere and take you down, it was scary as hell. Never really scratched anyone seriously or bit anyone, I guess it somehow new some boundaries. You'd swear you were dead when it jumped on you though.
You should keep them.
You had to be careful though when we'd play outside that sucker would come out of nowhere and take you down, it was scary as hell. Never really scratched anyone seriously or bit anyone, I guess it somehow new some boundaries. You'd swear you were dead when it jumped on you though.
You should keep them.
or make a hat
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They were right behind the coonskin hat popularity wise back in the day.ValleyRatAg said:
or make a hat
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Everybody on the Outdoor Board knows those are yellow labs.
Found the picture of the one we rescued.
Eyes were still closed.
Eyes were still closed.
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Yep and the poisonous kind too.Jackrabbit Ag said:
Everybody on the Outdoor Board knows those are yellow labs.
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They are on the small side so may have to find you some more but here's an idea to start with.
That is definitely someone on this board.
That is definitely someone on this board.
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Typical OB. Took few post to get to the "kill em".
To be fair, my first response was equally as irresponsible.
Well…. So much for being anonymous
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Next time close your mouth. You look like you are waiting on a flying dick sandwich.
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Nah. I think everyone knows we are all funnin.
That's funny right there! So you are really Bill Tyler right?
You got a Hawkins too don't you?
You got a Hawkins too don't you?
Well, I do have a ***** on my headChampion of Fireball said:
Next time close your mouth. You look like you are waiting on a flying dick sandwich.
Years ago when I used to work in an Emergency Room, a family brought in their young child with his face cut up bad. When I asked the family what happened, they told me that they had a pet bobcat that they had raised since it was a kitten. They told me that they never imagined that it might attack their child.
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My neighbor has one they raised from a kitten. You walk into the office and the big ass bobcat strolls out. It's wild!Tx95Ag said:
They're cute... now.
Guaranteed that guy has fried up some hardheads in a skillet over a campfire flame.Champion of Fireball said:
They are on the small side so may have to find you some more but here's an idea to start with.
That is definitely someone on this board.
My best man's son was playing with his uncles Border Collie on their ranch when he was 12 years old. He had played with the dog many times before….. but something happened that day as the dog bit him in the face badly and he almost lost his eye and had to have multiple reconstructive surgeries. He was scarred pretty badly.
At the end of the day it's an animal.
At the end of the day it's an animal.
I got this far without looking to see who posted it... then I didn't have to look. Hope ya'll are well amigo.ValleyRatAg said:
My best friend growing up lived in Norias
Give her a day to get them moved. You might be surprised to see them gone tomorrow. I hope so.
They may have strayed.
They may have strayed.
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dcbowers said:
Years ago when I used to work in an Emergency Room, a family brought in their young child with his face cut up bad. When I asked the family what happened, they told me that they had a pet bobcat that they had raised since it was a kitten. They told me that they never imagined that it might attack their child.
ER stories are the best!!!
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I agree, chances are mama will come back for them.
My dad caught a bobcat kitten when he was a kid. They raised it and it was semi-domesticated but also semi wild. It would hang around and be approachable but apparently also pretty true to form wild cat. He said it did put the mean neighborhood junkyard dog in its place one day, and the dog avoided their house after that, but the cat eventually went wild as if grew up and wandered off into nature again.
We had a neighbor who tore down a shed and found two kits under it.
They decided my mom would be the best caretaker of them - so we inherited them.
We bottle fed them and raised them inside until they were big enough to be outside with our dogs.
The dogs would play with them and as they got older the play got rougher but nobody got hurt. I have some pictures of them and some of the dogs sitting on the picnic table and a dog getting slapped on the nose.
They never were comfortable being handled like house cats, but didn't mind being around people and being petted every now and then.
At about a year, the kits would wander off for a few hours. After a couple of months, one of them didn't come back, but we would see it out on the ranch.
During the next year, the other one would roam, but come back every few days.
At about two years, it never came back to the house.
We assume they both naturally returned to their wild state.
We have always had a decent bobcat population on the ranch and see them fairly regularly.
They decided my mom would be the best caretaker of them - so we inherited them.
We bottle fed them and raised them inside until they were big enough to be outside with our dogs.
The dogs would play with them and as they got older the play got rougher but nobody got hurt. I have some pictures of them and some of the dogs sitting on the picnic table and a dog getting slapped on the nose.
They never were comfortable being handled like house cats, but didn't mind being around people and being petted every now and then.
At about a year, the kits would wander off for a few hours. After a couple of months, one of them didn't come back, but we would see it out on the ranch.
During the next year, the other one would roam, but come back every few days.
At about two years, it never came back to the house.
We assume they both naturally returned to their wild state.
We have always had a decent bobcat population on the ranch and see them fairly regularly.
That's clearly a jaguarundi. C'mon, guys. This is an easy one.
I am afraid you are mistaken but not uncommon. Those of us in the know can tell right off those are light phase black panthers.LostTexasBoy said:
That's clearly a jaguarundi. C'mon, guys. This is an easy one.
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