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Message #1

From: "crittergal1"For more info or to email directly                                         

To: <BOBCATS-LYNX@yahoogroups.com>                
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 9:51 PM
Subject: [BOBCATS-LYNX] Re: Lynx

Ok, here's my story!  I hesitated to go into details only because I
didn't want to have to relive the guilt and sadness it brings me.
We decided to look into purchasing either a bobcat or lynx kitten.  We
already have a cougar we got ten years ago as a kitten of 4 weeks.  He
turned out awsome and he has never had to go to the vet.  He is also
very friendly to us and has never shown aggression (other then food
issues).  So taking on a Lynx should have been a repeat more or less. I
researched and researched lynx and breeders.  I found a breeder who is
located in the same state as I and seemed to have knowledge on them as
well.  His web pages seemed informative.  I was intrigued with what he
called the "Yukon" lynx he described.  After many emails back and
forth, we decided to go and visit him.  He has a very large house and
surround area.  As he started showing us his cats and pens, I was
getting more and more disgusted.  The cats were in small housing.  Most
shared thier living spaces.  The pens were about 6'x 10'.  The fencing
was cheap with large enough holes that the cats could and DID reach
through and fight with each other.  They were in rows.  Also, he told
us how several have gotten loose over the years and have never been
seen again.  (This was evident from the live traps he had in his
garage)  As a matter of fact, one cat escaped while we were there, but
was confined in this walkway between cages.  He was able to heard it
back into it's pen with a shovel.  NONE of his cats are friendly.  When
I asked about this, he said he likes it that way because they tend to
breed easier.  I was a bit taken back because he said that lynx and
bobcats are so easliy trained to be lap kitties.  He had several
different cats there.  He also went on to show us more cats, some of
which looked sick.  He explained that 'it was normal for them to get
sick in the winter, and that he just gives them anitbiotics and it
normally goes away'!!!  THIS did not sound right to us!  NONE were fat
and sassy either.  The pens were not clean, with many having old feces
laying around.  He showed us some that he said were rescues and offered
them for sale.  He showed us some that were blind, ears missing, and
lame.  He told us about how the USDA was alway arguing with him and
told us about how they were trying to get him to give his Servals and
Caracles shelter from the sun and weather.  He said how insane that was
because they are desert cats and are use to hot weather!!!  Yes, he is
right.... how insane HIS theory is!!!  I don't now how the USDA passes
this place for many reasons!  Needless to say, I was NOT impressed. 
But, I wanted a lynx kitten bad enough, thinking once we got a kitten
it would be fine under OUR conditions.  He also went on to explain to
us that he sells this 'whole prey' food, and strongly suggested we keep
our cat on it.  He also suggested these other vitamins he sells as
well.  My husband and I disgust whether or not to leave a deposit and
did so, again thinking we could do it. We told him then and there what
litter we wanted a kitten from, and that we wanted the kitten as young
and safely as possible so we could bottle feed it ourself.  (We have
extensive bottle feeding experience) So we left him a deposit.  Many
email exchanged before the litters were due.  These emails contained SO
MANY lies...... I could go on and on about the lies these emails
contained but this would turn into  a much longer tail of events.  He
did in one email tell me that kittens were born on so and so date and I
could pick them up on a certain day.  Well I sent him an email asking
is so and so date/time was ok.  He then wrote back and said they were
not born yet, although I still have the email he sent saying they were
in fact born.  He then said that there others before me who paid and
they come first (even though he already told me a date to come pick one
up).....  oh this is going to be a book if I don't shorten this up so I
will try........Longer story short, I was told then that the pair I
wanted a kitten from never produced ANY KITTENS.  I was shocked and
disappointed as I had requested a kitten from this pair as he said they
were his best ones.  He had turned into a real jerk.  I knew of so many
lies he had already told me and I requewsted my deposit money back.  He
never responded, so I again asked for it back.  His wife finally
answered me and seemed very appologetic for HIS behaviour and said she
would make things right. She said she would GIVE me 50lbs of
their 'whole prey' food.  Well when we were finally give another date
to come and pick up a kitten it was his wife who greeted us.  She is
very nice. We were led out to this small office type trailer that
housed many kittens that were stuffed into plastic dog crates.  One
crate med/size had 7 kittens in it.  There must have been about 20
kittens that day.  All roughly the same age.  I asked her if the pair
of Lynx had kittens that I wanted one from and she said YES!!!  I was
furious!  She then proceeded to bring them out of a kennel!  I told her
Peter had told me they never produced any and she said  "yes, I know,
he is just trying to get more money out of them".  I was shaking I was
so mad.  She said she would sell me one, but they were too young to let
go and I would have to take it at my own risk.  They were 3 weeks old. 
She told me over and over they were too young, and it would be too
risky.  I could have waited to go there for another couple of weeks if
Peter would have been truthful with me, but he was just a pathological
liar as I had already found out before that!  He don't KNOW the truth
if it slapped him in the face.  We chose another kitten and took it
home with the food they  gave us, and the special vitamins they SOLD
us.  They gave us vague direction on the vitamins because as they
say:  'we feed in large quanities, so just give them a pinch or so'. 
She did well on the milk.  She seemed happy and content, but was not
gaining much weight.  I had to guess at the amount of vitamins and
such, but I added it daily.  When it came time to wean her onto solids,
she refused to eat their 'whole prey' food.  Because she wasn't gaining
much weight, I was getting worried. She refused to even taste this
crap.  It looked like a bunch of chopped up feathers with fat added to
it and smelled worse!  She would eat chicken and turkey, but I knew she
needed more.  I finally decided to force a taste down her thinking if
she got a taste of it she would like it.  NOT... !  the very next day
she had bloody diareaha and I had to take her to vet.   That was when I
decided to never feed that too her again.  We continued feeding her
turkey and chicken but she was too young to eat the bones yet.  I
continued giving her these so called vitamins but she just didn't seem
to grow very much and was always thin.  She acted fine though, playing
constantly with our cat and us.  She was so loving too.  One day we can
in and she was limping bad.  We took her to vet and they x-rayed her
and said nothing was broke. The vets told us she needed calcium and to
feed her a good quality CANNED CAT FOOD! This goes against what ALL
exotic cat breeders say.  But we tried it.  She wouldn't eat it.  She
SLOWLY got better, but was never good with her hind leg. We took her to
another exotic vet in OR.  He told us he would not even see us if we
didn't agree to put her on Zoopreme.  (canned cat food)  That she
needed more calcium in her diet.  We agreed.  He checked her out and
said to keep her on the Zoopreme. She always had a limp.  She was now
about 4 months old.  Then we came in another day and she was squatted
down on floor in extreme pain.  She wouldn't let us touch her even.  We
took her back to this vet.  She had been on Zoopreme about 2-3 weeks by
this time and was skinny because she refused to eat anything, before
she started eating this zoopreme.  The doc insisted she wouldn't starve
and not to feed her anything but.  But now, she was in bad shape.  I
was afraid she broke her leg.  They did x-ray and she did in fact break
it in 3 diffent places, requiring surgery.  The doc explained her bones
were so thin it was a difficult surgery.  The next day when we picked
her up, she was out of it still.  All the way home she was having
siezures.  I called vet and he said to double up on the calcium
supplemets we had been giving her.  The next morning she was completely
out of it.  I called vet, took her in, and they gave her valuim to stop
the siezing and again sent us home with her....... She died on the way
home.  I can't tell you how bad I feel even now.  And still now I can't
stop the tears as this is all bringing it back to me.  She died in my
arms. She had touched our heart in her short time with us like I can't
even explain.  I just held her and cried and cried begging her to come
back to me in that parking lot.  I couldn't beleive it.  I had trusted
this so called breeder when he said 'give her these vitamins/food and
she will do great'.  I trusted him when he said he knew it all.....
m/l..I do take a lot of the blame.  I should have given her more
calcium on my own.  I should have given her Zoopreem from the start?  
I should have called this vitamin company to get exact dosages.  I
should have given her calcium... I know this now.  It's too late.  I DO
take partial blame for this.  After her failing to follow this breeders
suggestions, I thought we could do as we did with our cougar.  All the
above was wrong.  And now my Cookie is gone.  I don't know where Cookie
came from exactly.  I do know that another breeder has told me that she
sold a brother and sister to this Peter years ago, and told him it was
brother and sister and to not breed them.  At that time, it was suppose
to be Peters first lynx. I don't know if this could be a result of this
breeding? Peter has done nothing but lie to me.  From day one.  I also
know that with the authorities came here to question me, they had
interviewed 5 other victims of his.  Out of those 5 who bought kittens
from him only one was still alive.  Thats only 5 out of the 50-75 he
claims to have each year.  He claims to be a non-profit org?  HA......
if you multiply $1750-$2000 for each 50-75 kittens he sells, hmmmmm
since when did it cost $120,000+? 
I could go on and on and on....... but he is being investigated and
looks like many charges will be filed any day if they have't been
already.  He is now claiming that he has to sell his 'business of
cats'  Just beware..... there are good breeders and then there is
Peters out there.  I now have my deposit on a reptuable breeder who the
detective himself suggested.  She knows first hand about his Peter as
well, and has spoken with many victims of his as well.  I will miss
Cookie for the rest of my life.  I will never forget the little pprrr
and wrinkkled lips she would give us each time we came home.  She had
the run of the house, and gave us so much enjoyment the short time she
was here.  I feel horrible for being the cause of her death.  I have
learned, but at what expense?  This new breeder has a proven 30 year
recipie for success.  She knows what it takes to raise a big healthy
happy kitty, and I will put my whole trust in her.  You asked what
happened, now you know.... sorry it took so long to explain it.
                   Christine

                                                                                                                                                              
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