Rescued Wild Cat Loves Playing With And Cuddling Fennel
T'challa's story is the kind that starts with a rescue and somehow ends with a fennel obsession. The young bobcat was found injured in a driveway, then taken in for care after people realized he needed help fast.
What happened next made him even more memorable. Instead of acting like a typical wild cat, T'challa became attached to fresh produce, especially fennel, and turned it into a toy, a comfort item, and apparently a bedtime buddy.
Now his unusual habit is winning over plenty of people, and the photos make the whole thing even better. Read on.
Considering his injuries, Russo realized that T'challa may not be able to return to the wild. It would be cruel to send him back there.
Since he came to them when he was a baby, he could not learn the survival skills needed to live in the wild. Instead, he developed the habits of domestic cats.
Though he looks like a wild bobcat, he is extremely goofy and playful.
Discussing T'challa's habits, Russo said, “He is incredibly silly and funny. Most bobcats have a very high prey drive and start lunging and darting toward movement and shaking their food before their eyes even open.”
He further added, “He didn’t develop those instincts the way a normal bobcat would. Still, he is not a house cat. He marks everything he owns, and he can be very defensive of his food, toys, and territory. I can’t overemphasize how inappropriate he would be as a house pet.”
That rescue quickly turned into a long-term care situation.
One fine day, Russo was carrying fresh produce for other animals when he passed by T'challa. All of a sudden, T'challa wanted what Russo was carrying.
“I handed him a fennel bulb, expecting that he would realize he didn’t want it after all, and I was surprised when he grabbed it, snuggled it, and brought it to bed with him,” Russo said.
Although T'challa does not eat vegetables, as he is a wild cat, he likes them as toys. He enjoys playing with them but has never tried to eat them.
He plays and cuddles with the fennel like any other cat would with a teddy bear or any other toy.
T'challa gets extremely excited when Russo brings him fennel.
“He cuddles with it, rubs against it, and brings it to his bed to sleep with it,” Russo shared.
“When he has multiple fennel bulbs at one time, he sometimes puts the extras into his toy cache to save for later.”
Only a wild bobcat like T'challa can make a toy out of a vegetable.
He cuddles with it, rubs against it, and brings it to his bed to sleep with it.
Some people saw the posts of T'challa playing with the fennel and his love for it, and they were extremely amused.
They made sure that he gets as much fennel as he likes, which makes T'challa even more excited.
Although T'challa is quite different from the other cats, being a wild bobcat, he certainly enjoys his time running and playing around at the rescue while still being a wild cat.
Plus, he gets a lot of fennel there too.
People could not get enough of the fennel photos.
And if you think Russo’s foster cat is cuddly, Loki freaks out over his own reflection with a balloon in the glass door.
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T'challa really committed to the bit.
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