In college I knew a girl who took care of a lynx/domestic cat hybrid while their people went on vacation. The cat was all lynx on the outside (size and appearance) but all domestic on the inside. Bobcats will breed with domestic cats too. So if that happens the cat can look like a wild animal but actually be quite tame. It can be the other way too. A hybrid can LOOK like a domestic cat, but be totally wild on the inside. Breeding them on purpose is not a good idea. This is more likely to happen if you have an unspayed outdoor “country cat” and live somewhere like Northern Minnesota.
My vote is that this kitty is a bobcat due to its dark color. Lynx kitties are lighter.

I have a cat who is about 1/4 bobcat and 1/2 Persian. He’s about seven years old, and weighs about seventeen pounds – yes, I know there are housecats that weigh more, but this cat has NO fat on him anywhere, he’s as solid as a rock, and about 14 inches tall at the shoulder. (Now before anyone says anything about it – we didn’t breed him – he was given to us by someone else) That being said, he is one of the gentlest, most laid back cats I have ever had (and we have had a LOT of cats in my life.) He has never hurt anyone intentionally – he scratched up my arm pretty bad once because he wanted to play and didn’t realize how easy he could hurt me, but that was one time in seven years. Even with the bobcat diluted down like it is in him, he needs a special diet to keep him healthy. Without wild prey, his urine isn’t acidic enough and he gets urinary tract infections quite easily. Luckily, we have lots of rabbits and chimpunks around for him to catch (and he does, quite successfully), and we feed him urinary tract health cat food.

Personally, so long as the animal is obtained from a breeder and not hunted in the wild and stolen from the mother or the mother killed to obtain the kittens, I see no problem with owning a bobcat or lynx as a pet, so long as it’s legal where you live and you have the means and ability to care for it properly. However, having three at once? I call that “insane.”

Are all these animals owned by the same person? I’d be kinda scared that the lynx would eat the deer, myself…

i think the video with the deer is awful and ridiculous. what kind of yo-yo decides to own a wild animal and then is entertained by tossing a lighter at it?

and that woman who owns the lynx deserves to be eaten by them. the audacity of asking for donations so she can afford her expensive pets takes the cake. and nevermind the fact that her grammar is deplorable.

I’m jealous. I want to snuggle with giant kitty cats.

Buying from a breeder is not the same as capturing from the wild. You are not disturbing the ecosystem by depriving it of an inhabitant when you buy from a breeder. Lynx are endangered species, so breeding is arguably quite responsible as it ensures continuation of the species. I would prefer to see $3000 going to habitat preservation so that the wild lynx population has a chance, but that’s just me.

And asking for donations to support your exotic pet habit is just plain bogus. If you can’t afford it, don’t adopt it.

A lynx walks into a bar and orders a beer. The bartender, thinking that a lynx can’t be too smart, gives the lynx a beer and says “that’ll be ten dollars.” Later, the bartender says, “you know, not many lynx hang out in this bar.” The lynx replies, “no wonder, when you charge $10 for a beer!”

Look at the size of those paws! And the volume of that purrbox is perfect.

I don’t know if it’s a Lynx or a Bobcat, but I’m jealous of the owner. They’re both just the most beautiful types of cats ever!

Thanks again, Totalee Puppy, and you are most welcome! Have a great day- think of skeins of yarn in those pawsies-it makes me giggle!

This kitty cat and his companion animals-two and four legged are an unusual combination to be sure.
Oh, I don’t know, if I had a boy Bobcat I’m pretty sure I’d name him “Bob”. She has three of these beasties? Then she must know what she is up against, carewise- I wonder if she walks them outside on leashes…I went to her website but when I saw the ‘bounty of Bobcats’ I had to just leave- there are no words for this kind of ummm, peculiarity?-see no words…..I have know “Cat People” and “Cat Fanciers”, and even “Cat Breeders”, but this lady is a breed apart. Good luck to her, she is going to need it. Are there no City/Town ordinances against having..oh,never mind…..

Cute video, huge paws!

BUT, I thought it was kind of weird, too, that she was asking for donations on her site. It’s not as though she’s running a rehab facility – they’re her pets. She should have thought of the cost of raising THREE wild animals before she bought them. Heck, could I get some donations for my dogfood? Or for my kids college?

i dunno. that deer looks pretty well-cared for. what’s so great about life in the wild for a deer anyway? you gotta worry about getting hit by a car, eaten by a wolf, shot by a hunter, starving to death….next to that domestication doesn’t sound so bad- as long as you end up with responsible guardians.

now the lynx…well, that does seem to be playing with some fire.