A Texas couple have opened up their home to two bobcats, who sleep in their bed and even use the toilet.

Melissa and Mick McAllister from Melissa, a small city 40 miles northeast of Dallas, got their first pet bobcat, Gypsy, in January.

Just two months later they adopted another, named Monaco.

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Melissa and Mick McAllister at home with one of their bobcats, Monaco, on September 23, 2018 in Melissa, 40 miles northeast of Dallas, Texas

Gypsy with Melissa, who says the couple have had a few broken bones in the hand, butthat cats have never hurt them out of anger

'They have very very strong jaws and sometimes they'll bite you just a little bit harder than what our tender arms are used to,' admits Melissa

'It was supposed to be just one,' Melissa says in a video for Barcroft Animals, an offshoot of Barcroft Media.

'But they're learning to get along really well and each month it gets a little bit better', she added.

Bobcats are elusive wildcats native to the forests, swamps and deserts of North America.

They are roughly twice the size of a domestic cat and have large paws, tufted ears and bobbed tails.

Mick McAllister in bed with one of his bobcats in Melissa, Texas. Bobcats are roughly twice the size of a domestic cat and have large paws, tufted ears and bobbed tails

Melissa holding one of her bobcats. Melissa says owning bobcats you know you will get scratches and bruises, but says it's worth it

'They have very very strong jaws and sometimes they'll bite you just a little bit harder than what our tender arms are used to,' admits Melissa.

The couple have had a few broken bones in the hand, but she says that cats have never hurt them out of anger, only out of playing too hard.

'Owning bobcats you know that you're going to have bruises and you know you're going to have scratches,' she says.

The couple, who have previously owned cats, dogs and lizards, wanted to get a bobcat because Mick had found one nestled in some hay as a child and taken it home believing it was a kitten

Bobcats live for between 20 and 30 years in captivity - but couple say they are 'very prepared' for the future

The cats prefer to pee in the toilet - or sometimes in the sink - because in their natural habit they do so in streams and ponds, being elusive hunters who prefer not to leave a scent

'They love hard and they play hard,' agrees Mick.

'We've always been the type of people that have never really taken the normal path so it was just a natural interest for us,' he adds.

The couple, who have previously owned cats, dogs and lizards, wanted to get a bobcat because Mick had found one nestled in some hay as a child.

The couple adopted bobcat Gypsy in January this year, and two months later added Monaco to the family

One of the McAllister's bobcats looking out of the window at their home in Melissa, near Dallas in Texas

Thinking it was a kitten, he took it home and said the two ended up being 'really close'.

'You have to really work for their respect but once you get it there's a really tight bond that you just can't get with any other kind of animal', says Melissa.

Mick takes care of the food-prep - feeding the cats once a day in the morning.

Melissa McAllister with her bobcat Gypsy eating at home - the cats have 'expensive taste', she says

Gypsy and Monaco get on better every day, according to Melissa. The couple's sofa seems to be in surprisingly good condition

They eat a fresh mix of chicken, steak, shrimp, salmon, pork and assorted animal organs - 'expensive taste', says Melissa.

Mick says in the Barcroft Animals video that he chooses the fattiest cuts of meat and puts a supplement on top, which includes pieces of bone marrow, feathers, fur and teeth - or everything that the cats would ingest in the wild.

The cats prefer to pee in the toilet - or sometimes in the sink - because in their natural habit they do so in streams and ponds, being elusive hunters who prefer not to leave a scent.

The couple say their house is in great condition, even the sofa.

Bobcats live for between 20 and 30 years in captivity - but couple say they are 'very prepared' for the future.

The bobcats eat a fresh mix of chicken, steak, shrimp, salmon, pork and assorted animal organs