Posted on 07/07/2009 10:27:39 AM PDT by nickcarraway
When the Cox family of Novato unpacked from a weekend coast trip, they were initially humored by what looked like a small kitten that had sneaked in through a front door they had propped open as they brought bags inside.
"My son J.D. said, 'Look, a kitten came in the house,'" said Kim Cox, recalling the events that occurred about noon Sunday. "We all thought it was a kitten, and he was wandering around the living room. But then it freaked out and hid underneath the couch."
The Coxes, a self-described "dog family," then called friend Sue Hunt, who is more of a cat person.
"I got over there, and we tried to get it out with some brooms," recalled Hunt, who lives a couple miles away.
"At first we could kind of move him, but then he really dug in. It was a strong little thing."
Then it began to growl, and quite loudly. "For its size, it was pretty loud," Hunt said. She then went in for a closer look and saw that this kitten had spots - like a bobcat.
"It turned out it was a bobcat," Cox said. "First I thought this thing was cute, then I got a little scared. What if its mother was around looking for it?" The Cox family lives on Butterfield Drive, which abuts Mount Burdell. Apparently the baby bobcat - which looked like a 4-month-old kitten - meandered down off the mountain and into the Cox home.
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No pics. Darn.
Until they tear your face off..........
Right....
If obtained young enough, nothing that neutering and de-pawing can’t solve. ;p
BIG KITTEH. Pretty cat, but, uh, yeah, not in my house thanks. I’ve got two thoroughly domesticated Maine Coons and that’s more than enough. I don’t want to deal with a piddy that big when he decides that his Meow Mix isn’t enough and he needs some fresh meat in his diet!
}:-)4
The moral of this story is not to leave the door open or unwanted things will wander in.
We’ve had a variety of things walk, fly, hop, crawl and slither in but never a bobcat. I still laugh when thinking of the time toddler junior screamed bloody murder when a giant bullfrog hopped in, lol.
I assume you meant de-clawing. Regardless, the only way a wildcat is coming into my house is if it’s stuffed.
Yes.
:)
I didn’t realize that Bobcats were that large. I’ve seen them, but only at some distance. That’s definitely big enough to kill a human. Yikes.
Depends, I’d guess. The ones I’ve seen in the wild weren’t that big - very lean. They also look at you like you owe them money. (I was in a deer stand)
or your friend that tries to pet it.
We just had an event here in Wisconsin where a women living up north was down in her basement, supposedly alone in the house, and thought she heard footsteps on the ground floor. She went near the basements stairs and looked up to see a bear staring down at her. The bear took off through the screen door and vanished. But officials say that since the bear figured out how to get into the house, he will have to be found and destroyed.
Yes, my experience with animals is that you can take the cat out of the wild, but you cant take the wild out of the cat.
Then you have fools that have no problem with a 12’ python living with a 2 year old child.
I have a Maine Coon also that strayed in my yard as a starving kitten, he is about as friendly as a cat can be and thank God for that, my other two cats, which are half his size, agree.
My husband has found 2 little toads in our house, one yesterday and one last week. We do not leave doors open becasue we have indoor cats so can not figure out how they got in.
On second thought, maybe it’s the same toad; he liked it here so much he came back. Doubtful though as the cats were the only ones who really enjoyed the little visitors, lol they almost played them to death. Ever tried to de-fur a toad? They have sort of a slimey sticky coating that got covered with fur from the cats.
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