Posted on 08/07/2012 8:19:10 PM PDT by george76
Cast aside all fantasies of your house cat frolicking through flower-filled fields in the afternoon sun. When kitty scratches at the door begging to go outside, it's the killing hour.
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cats ate about 30 percent of their kills, brought home another 25 percent and left 49 percent of their prey to simply decay.
So what are cats killing?
Lizards, snakes and frogs (41 percent); chipmunks and vols (25 percent); insects and worms (20 percent) and, of course, birds (12 percent).
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My cat has earned herself a place on the survival homestead. We let her out on a leash sometimes if someone’s outside with her, there are too many coyotes around to leave her unsupervised. A few weeks ago she was out with me, and she went out of my sight for one second, just one, and came back with a rabbit in her mouth. She’d managed to kill it without breaking the skin.
It was pretty good roasted with potatoes.
Our cat killed mostly mice and rabbits.
When she got older, she would sometimes bring them in the house. I had to chase a rabbit all over my family room to get it out of the house. My wife found a mouse in a coat pocket in a closet.
She was a little calico who lived to almost 18 years.
We had a tortoise shell cat who had several litters of kittens before we fixed her. As the kittens got bigger, we would notice piles of feathers in our back yard. The cat was obviously eating out to supplement her regular meals.
The litter box.
People forget that ALL the terriers are ratters—even the great beauties among them. But they’re not as fun to watch in action as the cats. Dogs just do it. With cats, it’s an art.
(Love your tagline.)
You’re right about moles. I watched one of my cats follow a mole (poor thing, I really thought he was a goner) step-by-step, hip-sway to hip-sway. Cleo nudged him once or twice, then walked away rather disgustedly. I think cats believe moles are just too far beneath their skill-level.
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My sister had a dog that could run down birds.
My brother- in law’s Rhodesian Ridgeback did that.
He never killed them; he just seemed to do it for the sport. Catch and release I guess.
The dog did it with squirrels as well.
He pinned them with his paws like a cat rather than catching them in his mouth. I always thought that an odd thing for a dog to do.
Yep they are Born To Kill!
I have had many labs that would catch and eat birds.
You know sometimes the bird just asks for it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He_4QP1OHic&feature=related
They needed a study for this? Our cat would probably kill me if I didn’t fight back (he and my husband FIGHT - biting, hitting, etc. for play, but I have had to teach him I AM NOT game....)He has tried....I have the scars to prove it. (We got him as a feral kitten.)
Is that a Norfolk? My Westie used to give chase to anything in sight that wasn’t human. He even injured a cat once but not because he bit it, he chased it off a 2nd floor balcony and the cat jumped, landed on its feet and just kind of limped away. Poor kitty. But he has killed mice, squirrels, possums, always chases cats. But like some terrier breeds he will not chase down birds. He seems to like hangin’ with the sparrows and the starlings and the jays. And they like him around because they know he keeps the cats away. Will chase pigeons tho’. I notice now since he has turned 10 y.o. critters will come into our yard and he is happy to just hang and watch.
Is that a Norfolk? My Westie used to give chase to anything in sight that wasn’t human. He even injured a cat once but not because he bit it, he chased it off a 2nd floor balcony and the cat jumped, landed on its feet and just kind of limped away. Poor kitty. But he has killed mice, squirrels, possums, always chases cats. But like some terrier breeds he will not chase down birds. He seems to like hangin’ with the sparrows and the starlings and the jays. And they like him around because they know he keeps the cats away. Will chase pigeons tho’. I notice now since he has turned 10 y.o. critters will come into our yard and he is happy to just hang and watch.
Cool catcam in HD.
http://www.keysvoices.com/%E2%80%9Ckey-west-six-toed-cat-cam%E2%80%9D-offers-unique-purr-spective/
My current cat, Smokey, must have a non-aggresion pact with the household mouse. He doesn’t bother it. He has brought home a baby rabbit and a mole, to leave on our doorstep, ‘tho’. A former cat, since passed on to the great Animals’ Fiddlers’ Green, used to catch them and bring them still alive to us...at 3 AM in our bed!
Australian Terrier and if he wasn’t so cute I’d of killed him. I’m spoiled because our other dog is a German Shepard. So our family has an Einstein and a kid with ADHD.... the Shepard is smart as heck and the Aussie is a killing little thug, but so spunky and cute. It always needs to be at your feet touching you. very cool dog. The Shepard just kind of shrugs and I can just here her thinking, “ I could kill that , but I don’t FEEL like it.” hahahahaha
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