Comment on Puenktchen ohne Punkte by Kiara-Vestigium
Haha I understand, wow then I wouldn't like to run into her on a dark night although she is very beautiful. Are they quite tame there if they've been in circuses? Or vicious?
Cougars are very hard to tame - now don't ask me why because I have absolutely no clue. It's just a fact. They usually don't attack humans, though, except you come too close or when they feel threatened e.g. when they have cubs. So as long as you keep your distance in the wild they're fine with it. I recently read that your survival chances after meeting a cougar are about 70% because they are relatively small compared to you or other bigger cats and don't attack that easily. And if they do you should (apparently - I never tried this out myself ^^) fight back with a stick or something like that. Try to hit it on its head. I have no idea if that piece of information I read was correct but it sounded reasonable.
Back to the tame/vicious part. I guess you can tame any animal if you raise them from cubhood on and get them used to your present or even attached to you. But of course a little risk always remains. I mean they are cats of prey after all.
Hope I didn't bore you and it was at least a little interesting.
Back to the tame/vicious part. I guess you can tame any animal if you raise them from cubhood on and get them used to your present or even attached to you. But of course a little risk always remains. I mean they are cats of prey after all.
Hope I didn't bore you and it was at least a little interesting.
No that Wasn't boring at all. I adore learning new facts especially about animals. That's really Interesting. I never knew that. 70% sounds good survival chances, what is it for other big cats? Ok when walking in cougar country I'll take a stick. Yeah that's true, like Elsa in Born Free, or the lion cub from Harrods. So what's this cougar like? She's beautiful. 
Same here
Hmm ... as far as I remember you stand the lowest chance when encountering a tiger. The book basically said: When it sees you your only hope lies in help from others. Great.
Lions were the next in line, something like 30%. I would have to re-read it again though to see what you should do. Generally it said that if you saw a wild animal and still had the chance to get yourself away from the danger you should do that but usually slowly without arousing any suspicion.
She's pretty shy. Like when you feed her she will only come in when you are out of sight. And she is easily pissed off
The cats have a fast day each week. And usually when they come in in the evening there's food ready for them. Not on the fast day though. So one time on a day like that we decided to give each cat a raw egg, so they would come in and have at least some taste on their tongue. Eggs are like a piece of chocolate for them. So when Pünktchen came in and discovered that there was no beat but just "an egg" waiting for her she came straight to the bars and hissed furiously at us. And you don't have to speak cat to know what that meant She didn't eat the egg out of protest for another 15min either.
But she loves her brother Anton. They always cuddle together in the winter or lie in the sun together.
So yea, she's a cougar with character.
Hmm ... as far as I remember you stand the lowest chance when encountering a tiger. The book basically said: When it sees you your only hope lies in help from others. Great.
Lions were the next in line, something like 30%. I would have to re-read it again though to see what you should do. Generally it said that if you saw a wild animal and still had the chance to get yourself away from the danger you should do that but usually slowly without arousing any suspicion.
She's pretty shy. Like when you feed her she will only come in when you are out of sight. And she is easily pissed off
The cats have a fast day each week. And usually when they come in in the evening there's food ready for them. Not on the fast day though. So one time on a day like that we decided to give each cat a raw egg, so they would come in and have at least some taste on their tongue. Eggs are like a piece of chocolate for them. So when Pünktchen came in and discovered that there was no beat but just "an egg" waiting for her she came straight to the bars and hissed furiously at us. And you don't have to speak cat to know what that meant She didn't eat the egg out of protest for another 15min either.But she loves her brother Anton. They always cuddle together in the winter or lie in the sun together.
So yea, she's a cougar with character.
Wow lions are very dangerous then. I know they don't live near each other but theoretically if a tiger fought a lion who would win. Maybe the tiger has more strength or is bigger?
Aww. Where did she come from, like some are from the circus. Haha that's really funny, she has a lot of attitude. Sounds like you can't fool her Awww that Is really sweet
Aww. Where did she come from, like some are from the circus. Haha that's really funny, she has a lot of attitude. Sounds like you can't fool her
Awww that Is really sweet I have no idea ... I guess it would depend on the size of the lion and tiger though. like if you had a siberian tiger and a normal sized african lion I think the tiger would win. There used to be a show on TV about these things. like ice bears vs tiger and such. of course all was computer animated and only based on facts but it was very interesting.
No, you can't fool her. She is a pretty smart girl.
A criminal held the siblings in a 8m2 small apartment until they were found by the police and passed on to the Shelter. Her brother shows signs of arthritis when he moves. We suppose it's because of the lack of exercise in his early years. They were two years old when the police found them. We think that they were treated badly by the criminal and that's why Pünktchen und Anton are so shy.
No, you can't fool her. She is a pretty smart girl.
A criminal held the siblings in a 8m2 small apartment until they were found by the police and passed on to the Shelter. Her brother shows signs of arthritis when he moves. We suppose it's because of the lack of exercise in his early years. They were two years old when the police found them. We think that they were treated badly by the criminal and that's why Pünktchen und Anton are so shy.
Yeah I think you're right. That's what Dad always said but I wasn't sure. Oh yeah I think I remember one of those programme, but it might have been t-Rex versus triceratops. Yes it was a great programme.
Haha Good for her.
That's awful! Where did they get two pumas! Poor animals at least they're safe now. Oh no that's awful I really hate people like that!!!
Haha Good for her.
That's awful! Where did they get two pumas! Poor animals at least they're safe now. Oh no that's awful I really hate people like that!!!
True, they had that on their schedule, too.
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I have no idea where he got them but I highly doubt he bought them legally.
So true. I don't understand why people can be that cruel.
And yes, she got a new safe home now. Even if it's not as good as the wild (though the shelter might be even safer then the wild. Given all the hunters ...)
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I have no idea where he got them but I highly doubt he bought them legally.
So true. I don't understand why people can be that cruel.
And yes, she got a new safe home now. Even if it's not as good as the wild (though the shelter might be even safer then the wild. Given all the hunters ...)