Sad news about Petra, our Eurasian lynx

Her favourite type of enrichment though was undoubtedly scent enrichment.  Whatever the scent, Petra wasn’t fussy.  Spices, perfumes, scented oils, all of these were heaven for Petra and as soon as she discovered them, she would immediately start to rub her head and her cheeks all over them, rolling, dribbling, in absolute heaven, and a definite break from the usually very regal looking lady that we have all known her to be.  Petra was always well presented, keeping herself very prim and immaculate.  She even changed colour throughout the year form a deep terracotta colour in the summer to a frosty grey in the winter.  She really was a sight to see.

As she grew older, Petra would enjoy the quieter things in life, an evening asleep in her outside shelter, soaking up the sun in the summer evening light.  Eyes shut, body totally stretched out and relaxed.  For the last few years of her life, we had reason to believe that she was almost completely deaf, but this never bothered her. It just meant she could doze in her sun trap, totally undisturbed. Her loss of hearing never seemed to change her behaviour, she continued to be totally comfortable in her surroundings and with her keepers, behaving with the endless patience and grace that she had always shown us.

Source: thebigcatsanctuary.org