Nabacha before she was transported  pictured on the left before she left her secure home. Below on the right she desperately clings to all she has left for her security, a jacket is the only familiar thing she has now to make her feel comforted. Burying her face in it during the entire trip she was so terrified she broke the weld on the carrier and did damage to her face pushing on the transport cage to free herself. After the cage was uncovered she clung even harder to the familiar jacket. It is sad when these animals are uprooted from everything they know, they do not understand what is happening or why, they  fear everything around them. 

 But Nabacha has done well since she arrived, her face now healed, along with her heart. She is the sweetest cougar, comes running and calling and purring up a storm when she see's you. Wants her ears scratched her chin and neck, and pet me is a must for her.

Nabacha came to us in mid September 2004 she was about 3 years old and has spent her life in one place. Now she needed a new home along with Precious both cougars have grown up side by side and new only one home, now they along with 6 others had to be moved. I agreed to take Nabacha and Precious and found homes for 5 others. Today all have new homes,and both Nabacha and Precious have adjusted well in their new home, you might even say they are a bit spoiled now.

First one to come running for attention is Nabacha, above she is reaching up and waiting for a kiss and pet me. She is willing to lick your hand raw and gently place her mouth around it, then keep on licking and purring as loud as she can. Spoiled rotten now, and we're proud of it.

When a animal knows only one home and is uprooted it is a very traumatic experience for them, Nabacha was terrified in the transport carrier and during her trip clung in desperation to a jacket that was hung in the carrier. This was security for her the only thing she had left from her home. Nabacha and Precious had only one thing from their former home, it was their den boxes. Once the den boxes were unloaded and attached securely to the cage, the carriers were unloaded. One at a time they were set free into their new home. Only half the cage was finished so they would have to learn to exist in the same territory until the other side could be finished.

Nabacha was the second to be unloaded, once the carrier door opened she went out into the new cage. In a very short time she found something familiar, her den box. She made her way into it, after all it was where she spent her time before, a little bit of home might help the transition to a new place. It was sad to see the damage she had done to herself out of fear. But she has come a long way since she arrived here in Aug. of 2004

Within a few days Nabacha started to calm and accept her new home, her face was starting to heal and so was the pain in her heart from being taken from her home. She has adjusted very well, today she comes running the minute she see's you wanting to be petted and scratched, she was letting us pet her and scratch her under the chin within 2 days of being unloaded into her new home, she knew we were not going to harm her. Below Nabacha enjoys being petted and she made short work of the new big ball flying after it as fast as she could. Needless to say the ball did not last long but she had fun while it did.

To this day she can't get enough attention, always comes running when she see's you. She has bonded well with my husband and every time she hers his voice she calls him. The girls cage is his first stop when he comes home from work, he has to go talk to them play with them and get them purring. This all from the man who was not happy when I told him I was taking in the cougars.  We do not regret giving Nabacha and Precious a new home to live out their life in peace and security, we do regret not being able to help the others, we can not afford the new cages or a large area for them to run and play a small natural habitat.

Since the arrival of Precious and Nabacha the last cougar left all alone on the mountain top has made her way to us and become even more spoiled than the other 2, if that is possible. Baby is our third here. The people who were taking her backed out and she was left all alone on a mountain top. She is here with us now too.

Below Nabacha checks out the new cage and platform, she approves. She has never had a high place to go to before. Her former owner had 16 x16 foot cages and all ground level, now she has 24 x 64 foot to run and play, with a high platform to watch the world around her. Below Nabacha see's a new toy, but Princess thinks different, she's here to tease not play.