MEET the brave couple that share their home with a playful two-year-old COUGAR. In 2016, Alexandr Dmitriev and his wife, Mariya, decided to adopt a young cougar called Messi and raise him as a house-pet in their small, studio apartment in Penza, Russia. Messi follows a strict grooming routine to ensure he doesn’t make too much of a mess around the house – he gets washed in the bath, has his nails trimmed, his teeth checked and he receives a special brush-down every day. The big cat eats twice a day with a diet consisting of turkey, beef, a bit of chicken breast and some bones. And with a growing social media following of 250,000 on Instagram and more than 2 million views on YouTube, Messi has become a local celebrity.
To follow Messi’s journey, visit:
https://www.instagram.com/l_am_puma/
https://www.youtube.com/c/Iampuma
Video Credits:
Videographer / director: Александр Крутенков
Producer: Danny Baggott, Ruby Coote
Editor: Sonia Estal
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I once shared a studio flat with a cougar. She was hot.
That little cat is in danger
Hey you guys can adopt a cougar that’s amazing my grandfather adopted a lion sadly he passed away in 2016 at the age of 25
Imagine u take it in the wrong context when your friend says my neighbour is a cougar and get all sort horny ideas?
Ребята, какие Вы молодцы! Какие Вы классные! Счастья Вам всем троим, здоровья и всех-всех благ!
Great now I can't loose my cat under the sofa instead I'll loose my sofa to the cat
Tenian que ser RUSOS
6:04
That’s literally how my dog acts when I’m eating or getting food from the kitchen. She just has to take some. I give her some anyway cause she’s fricking cute.
5:29
AN ALASKAN MALAMUTE!!
I LOVE MINE & SHE HAS THE SAME PERSONALITY LIKE THE COUGAR.
???
Wow his daily food only cost $10? That’s cheap, I thought it would be a lot more…
Hmmm I want a polar bear as a pet… where can I live with a polar bear inside my house?? lol
The guy here looks like Tyson Fury the boxer
This video proves that why Messi destroys all defenders in the feild
Give it time and the bowls of already dead meat wont be the only thing on that cats menu. It's a wild animal, let it be so.
he’s beautiful though
it’s like having s cat dog
A petting zoo?
Oh, that kind of "cougar". I thought of a different one.
actually its was born as a regular size cat , but they live nearby chernobyl
What kinda noise was that at 2:15 lmaoo
Messi!!!! Sweetie Messi!!
He have well behave!
He had that cougar trained like a dog!
Sit! Stop! Come!
so cuteeeeeeeee
This feels cruel towards Messi. There’s not enough room to run
This seems like a great idea.
That last line was beautiful. “How can you explain why you love someone?” They seem like a couple of romantics that fell in love with a cougar.
Tremendo pecho frio el Mesi. Dale like si Boquita el más grande
This is NOT OK!!!!! It doesn't matter how much you give it love! The puma will always be wild!!! And that they have teach it to sit.. In one or another this is cruelty!!! The are not mean to be pets!! So please stop have them as pets!! #savebigcats!!
sukk it
Messi? the football player? lol
I'm sure that Messi was like "please dont make me go out in this outfit, I look ridiculous"
I didn't know cougar was a type of goat.