How to Feed a Canadian Lynx

The Canadian lynx, a wild cat that can grow to around 40 to 60 lbs., lives in the wild on a diet primarily consisting of snowshoe rabbits. Keeping a Canadian lynx is permitted in many areas and can require a special permit. Feeding a lynx at home will require a lot of meat, fish, poultry and supplemented with standard cat kibble.

Things You'll Need

  • Raw poultry (with bones)
  • Raw beef
  • Raw or canned fish (salmon/tuna)
  • Vitamin supplements (contact local veterinarian)
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Instructions

    • 1

      Keep your pet lynx in an outdoor enclosure at night and feed in the mornings and evening. Adult lynx can require between 1 and 4 lbs. of raw meat a day.

    • 2

      Cut up pieces of beef scraps, including bones and place in its enclosure.

    • 3

      Mixing raw turkey, chicken or other poultry with cat kibble is a good way to round off its diet, ensuring a wide spectrum of vitamins in the diet.

    • 4

      Raise and harvest rabbits in a separate enclosure if you wish to give your lynx a more natural diet. Raising rabbits for the purposes of food should be done out of sight of the lynx to avoid the destruction of their enclosure.

    • 5

      Contact a local veterinarian to better advise you on the specific needs of your lynx, as well as to monitor its health as it's generally not accustomed to domestication.