Does your cat eat what it kills?

[MrScorpio]

Or is it just a sadistic taker of life?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

1. When my cats catch mice,

they sometimes bring me their kill. Other times they leave it in a conspicuous place for me to find. They never eat them, because they know they'll be better fed when I reward their diligence. :-)

[Maddy McCall]

2. My cats bring me tribute.

Dead field mice on the door mat. Squish! I've learned to look before I step. :D

[mykpart]

3. My cat is too dumb to kill anything.

Sometimes she will play with a moth or a lizard until it doesn't move any more, but I don't think she knows it's dead. And she just walks away. As far as eating something she killed, I would have to skin it & cook it and cut it up into bite-sized pieces before she would eat it!

[Heidi]

4. Sadly, yes,

if I can't get to the "prey" quickly enough to catch and release it, Ginger will eat a bird or mouse and leave the unsavory parts on the doorstep. :(

[liberaltrucker]

5. Yep, Jade eats all those dastardly morsels

of Meow Mix. Actually, a mouse could tap-dance on her head,
and she'd just knock it away:rofl:

[Heidi]

6. I love your cat's name!

Have you ever posted a photo of her? :hi:

(Ginger used to be a total pacifist, but then he figured out that he can scale the bird feeder for "easy-pickins." :cry: )

[liberaltrucker]

7. I'll upload one to Photobucket

As they say....stand by.

[liberaltrucker]

8. Jade in all her (lazy) glory

:hi:

[Heidi]

10. Jade's a beauty!

Is she as soft as she looks?

The Wiley and Excellent Boy Cat Named Ginger says, "YOWZA!" (Don't worry. He's neutered. ;) )

[liberaltrucker]

18. Not to worry

Jade's "fixed". Yep, her fur is very soft. Never had hairballs(thank goodness):)
Beautiful tom. Siamese?

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. That's a really pretty kitty

Looks rather like Lucy, but with a more detailed paint job.

[liberaltrucker]

19. Believe me, she isn't shy about...

Saying, in a kitty way, "Look how cute I am":)

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. Beware this homicidal, diabolical feline!

Yup, she devours her prey — unless I get to it first, in which case I wrap it in paper towels and solemnly, ceremoniously toss it in the garbage bin.

'Course, she always brings 'em to me first, with great glee. "Lookit what I did!" And I give her luvvins for it. Far be it from me to pee on her instincts.

[Heidi]

11. You're a good human companion, my friend.

We praise Ginger, too, just as we'd thank anyone who brings us a gift. She's just lovely! :hug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. Y'think maybe TW&ECNG

might wanna hang out with Lucy sometime? Neither of 'em are into bumpin' furries anymore, so maybe they could have a sleepover and watch "The Mouse that Roared."

:hi:

[Heidi]

17. In the interest of full disclosure

Ginger would like for you to know that he's "involved" in an online relationship with ETAwful's cat, Althea. However, this isn't a "committed" relationship, and Ginger would be honored to have Lucy over for a sleepover and rare deli roast-beast snack. :hug:

[SeattleGirl]

12. Mine just like to play with the critters.

I've had mice AND birds in my house. Presents from my fur babies.

[Oeditpus Rex]

14. Lucy's brought in birds four or five times

A couple of 'em were still airworthy. Such fun! :eyes:

Oh — and one time a big moth.

But it's usually meeces.

[SeattleGirl]

16. It's mostly meeces with my kitty creatures

But they've brought in two birds. Fortunately, they did not kill them.

[Oeditpus Rex]

20. I'm never sure what to do with the birds

if they're still alive. :shrug:

What I have done is take 'em outside (wearing gloves, o' course*) and lay them on the ground beneath their tree in hopes their buds will come and help 'em. But then, I wonder if that just doesn't prolong their suffering.



*Me, not the bird.

[Common Sense Party]

21. You can't eat time.

That's all my cat kills. He's a pussy.

[Robeson]

22. My cats are indoor cats, so they kill the food I pour for them in a bowl..

...and they kill it good...;-)

[ashling]

23. I am ashamed to say

that my kitty displays mice to me in her mouth while they are still alive ... and then runs off to the taxidermist with her prey.

[raptor_rider]

24. Only the birds

my one will eat. She will bring it inside and go into my garden tub and munch down while the others sit around and watch. We call it the arena. Now mice is another story. They will bring them in and play with them till the death and leave it somewhere where we will find it. Such a treat to find. :puke:

[annonymous]

25. Bigboy eats rats and leaves rat parts all over the patio.

Sometimes we find 2 or 3 dead rats out there. We live in the city and we encourage Bigboy's hunting by rewarding him with catnip. Our other cat Mamacat has almost no hunting instints whatsoever.

[ScreamingMeemie]

26. My cat only kills dustbunnies.

:hi:

[HuskerDU]

27. Our lil Murton killed a bird and ate it! Literally only feathers

remained. After that, we made him a permanent indoor cat.

[El Fuego]

28. Unfortunately she pukes it back up.

Lizard guts on the carpet!
Yuk :puke:

[LaurenG]

29. mostly yes

they love to eat crickets, they only toy with other bugs and a mouse once. They don't kill them, just the crickets.

[ccjlld]

30. He doesn't eat his quarry

Most of the time he doesn't even manage to kill it.

I think that he's made friends with some mice in the yard. Last summer I saw him playing with something in the backyard. Went out to investigate and he had a mouse. I felt sorry for the mouse, so I grabbed Tucker, but the mouse wouldn't move. I picked up a stick and herded the mouse toward the fence. He finally hopped through one of the links in the fence so I put the cat down. Next thing I knew the mouse had hopped right back through the fence and Tucker was on him again. I watched them for awhile and every once in a while, Tucker would bat the mouse but he never did run off.

He also had a fight with a rather large preying mantis one day. Every time he would try to sniff it, it would do little karate chops on his nose with those sharp little pincers. Tucker would bat him and then they would start all over again.

[Dukkha]

31. they only catch centipedes

and just bash them around. They're little two inch critters that live in my basement. They show no interest in my pet Giant Haitian Ceptipede. It's so poisonous they would die from a bite from that big monster.

[Gormy Cuss]

32. There 's no love from the neighbor's cat

I don't get intact 'presents' at the door but he does leave the less delectable parts in my flower beds. I've learned that when I find a detached mouse tail there will be little feet and a snout nearby.

[LaurenG]

34. fertilizer, good kitty huh eww nt

[Gormy Cuss]

35. Yes, the first time I found parts

Ewww! was all I could say for about five minutes.:D

At least I don't worry about mice in the crawl space with the neighborhood hunter on the job.

[Canadian Socialist]

33. My mum & dad's cat used to

As he got older, his breath could stun a cow. My brother always said that it was caused by 10% tarter and 90% mouse bits.:rofl:

[japple]

36. I came home one day and found a cardinal's head on my doormat.

The rest of the poor bird had been consumed by Tiny the Terrible, hunter extraordinaire. He ate bunnies, voles, flying squirrels (a whole colony, one at a time) birds, chipmunks, mice, and anything else he could find. Oscar used to bring home his prey and Tiny would eat it. One Mother's Day, Tiny dragged home a rabbit that was almost as big as himself. :(

[Texasgal]

37. uh oh....

:popcorn:

[realisticphish]

38. Depends

often, my cats will eat only the head, or only the body, take your pick.

And if they leave something as a gift, and we don't take it, they'll usually chow down

[Mz Pip]

39. Scully will eat the birds

and leave me a little pile of feathers to clean up. She won't eat the rats. She just leaves them for me under the dining room table or next to my shoes in the bedroom. Sweet little thing.





Mz Pip
:dem:

[deadparrot]

40. No...she drops it at our doorstep and walks away.

Sometimes said creature isn't quite dead yet, which makes for some interesting moments in our household.

[matcom]

41. WOOOOHOOOO

my car doesn't eat what it inadvertently kills either. such a waste. such a waste.

:popcorn: