Oh, boy. We have a hell of a case of biting off more than you can chew today. Can you imagine saving a bunch of kittens, feeling pretty good about yourself, done your noble deed for the day, then you come to the halting realization that you now have wild ass bobcat kittens in your home? Well, that’s just what happened to this San Antonio family.
Three people were injured after two bobcat kittens were mistaken for domestic kittens.
Animal Care Services said a family living off Eisenhower road near Salado Creek discovered the felines at a back alleyway. The homeowner decided to bring them inside her home.
“She tried to feed them some kitten milk and during the process of doing that, three people were bitten,” said ACS spokesperson Lisa Norwood. “Bitten on the hand. Not bad bites but bites nonetheless. They’re seeking medical attention right now.”
Yeah, wild cats don’t play around.
Real talk – my own domestic kitten bit me. We live in Tennessee and raise savage barn cats to protect the ranch from mice and other varmints. But, the big mama at the house had some kittens this year and we’re pretty sure they’re at least part bobcat. Anyway, one of the little shits bit into my finger a couple of weeks ago thinking I was food. I can say that science is right when it comes to cat teeth – they are undoubtedly built to tear flesh from bone, and so, they hurt like a BITCH when they sink into your fingers.
So, I too have at least somewhat fallen prey to cat teeth. That said, I would hope I’d be able to tell the difference between bobcats and house cats. I mean, these people are lucky that mama bobcat wasn’t around to see ’em toting her babies into the house or else they may be missing some eyes and ears today. We see bobcats every once in a while here outside Nashville, and they are some real brutes.
Norwood said the family decided to look online and noticed the kittens were bobcats.
“Once they started taking a look at the kittens, seeing how big they were, how robust they were, how their tails were bobbed,” said Norwood. “I think they started doing a little bit more research and educating themselves and thinking: ‘You know what, these don’t look like your standard house cat. Maybe we should call somebody.’ Thankfully, they did.”
Yeah, how does that realization go? “Well, shit – looks like we got a litter of bobcats in the house now. What do we do?” Like, that thing just took a chunk of your finger out. What are you going to do with them? Raise them as your own? Just turn ’em loose back into the night? At that point, you’re in a real jam. You have just brought something that could cause serious bodily harm into your house. Good job.
Again, I shouldn’t poke too much fun at these people – it was a nice thing to do and I might have done the same thing. It’s just funny to me and maybe that says more about my twisted sense of humor than anything else.
If you see animals in trouble, Wildlife Rescue says you should not e-mail them. It has a 24-hour rescue hotline you can call at 830.336.2725.
Wait – are people actually SENDING E-MAILS to Wildlife Rescue?!?! WHO DOES THAT?
“There’s an alligator on my front porch. I better e-mail Wildlife Rescue about this.”
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