“I handed him a fennel bulb, expecting that he would realize that he didn’t want it after all, and was surprised when he grabbed it and snuggled it and brought it to bed with him,” Russo said.
T’challa is a wild cat and therefore not exactly a vegetarian, but for some reason, he decided that the fennel was his new favorite toy. He never tried to eat it, and instead played with it and cuddled it as if it was the most fun thing in the world. Now, whenever Russo gives him some fennel, he’s always so excited to play with it, and while it may be a little weird, for T’challa, it just works.
“He cuddles with it and rubs against it and brings it to his bed to sleep with it,” Russo said. “When he has multiple fennel bulbs at one time, he sometimes puts the extras into his toy cache to save for later.”
Leave it to a wild cat to turn vegetables into a fun toy.
Recently, some people saw posts online about how much T’challa loves fennel and decided to make sure he had lots of it, and T’challa couldn’t have been more excited.
T’challa may be a little different than most bobcats, but he absolutely loves his life at the rescue. He’s got plenty of space to run, play and be a wild cat — and of course, lots and lots of fennel to play with.