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.
I think Florida has fools that do that. There would not be any snake living in my house for any longer than it would take me to blow it to hell.
I’ve tried to de-furr a payment...
My Maine Coon is the biggest baby you ever saw. I can do anything to him. If I end up annoying him he just spreads his paw to about 3 inches and pats me on the cheek. I usually alter my plan about then.
Do you have a gas fireplace? When we turn off the pilot light in the summertime, all kinds of creepy-crawlies come in through the vent.
Big dogs can easily kill humans too, but many people keep them in their homes.
Yes, I actually keep two very big dogs in my home. But, I would never keep two wolves in my home, and neither should anyone else. Just saying.
We have domesticated cats and dogs, but it took tens of thousands of years to get them, for a reason.
My grandparents had a big black and white Maine Coon. Her name was Panda. She was huge and she ruled the house. My grandmother loved that cat. My grandfather loved her too, he just tried to hide it.
When she had to be put to sleep my grandfather made her a beautiful wooden box and buried her under the gardenias where she had always liked to take a nap.
:)
No, no gas fireplaces. The toads are really small about 2 1/2 inches.
I suspect the lazy bones sprawled all over my bed and the couch have become a bit too domesticated.
Many, MANY years ago, my at-the-time boyfriend took me to visit some friends of his grandparents. The elderly couple told of taking in a baby raccoon and raising it as if it were family with the rest of their pets, and how sweet it was. One day, while the woman was washing dishes as usual, it ran across the kitchen and attacked her and severely tore up her lower legs. It then smashed through the back door screen and ran out of their lives forever.
No, it wasn’t rabid. She foolishly never went for the shots, but she didn’t get rabies either.
I like wild animals, but they get to stay outside.
I know how you feel. When mine were younger, they used to froth at the mouth from barking when the doorbell rang, striking fear into the hearts of the would be visitor.
Now, they give me a look that says, "Are you going to get that, or what?" They've gone soft in retirement.
Probably a good policy.
“If obtained young enough, nothing that neutering and de-pawing can’t solve. ;p”
De-PAWING? Damn, that’s cruel. Isn’t that what muslims do to thieving bobkitties? ;)
This is in the heart of Liberal Dummacrap nut country, just up the road from "Satan's School for Girls" (San Damiano Academy) Where they teach kids to despise their parents, and love wild animals. Not really Novato, but the unincorporated low rent district of Maroon county.
That’s a Jag, not a bobcat. Bobcats don’t even get half that big.
Two of cats when babies went right under a closed bedroom door to come into the kitchen to be with me.
Where there is a will there is a way. ;)
You sure? We had a pair of half-wolf dogs in the 80s that were as gentile and loving as could be, although they were quite large and strong. (and always hungry)
Yep, and then the world will turn upside down like it did when the chimp attacked the lady a few months ago. Bobcats are wild animals, and vicious! Best left in the woods.
I think it's the "and always hungry" part that gives me great pause.
They were the ofspring of a friend’s husky bitch that got raped by a grey wolf that dropped in for a social call. Huskies are also always hungry.
true
Granted, dogs are safer than wolves, and domesticated cats are safer than wild ones, but all are potentially deadly if the relative sizes are close enough. Small dogs generally only kill babies.
Granted, dogs are safer than wolves, and domesticated cats are safer than wild ones, but all are potentially deadly if the relative sizes are close enough. Small dogs generally only kill babies.
You took the time to get all the hair off the toads?
We couldn’t get it all off. I was afraid the fur may have messed up their sticky coating and their ability to get oxygen. Toads are cutaneous respirators. They breathe through their skin. My husband says they disappeared from where he put them ouside, so either they got back into the wildlife or a predator got them.
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