Wow, so libs ARE good for something after all! (sheds new light on the phrase "useful idiots")
and they can even digest a certain amount of bone.
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They can digest a LOT of bone. I had an older cat who wasn’t a very big cat, at all. Her litter grew up, and she decided my children were her babies. She brought back a rabbit larger than herself. When I tried to put the “meal gift” outside several times, she decided to show me what we were supposed to do with it. She removed the head and feet, and began to eat the thing from the neck down like spaghetti. I couldn’t believe she could eat like that, and it almost seemed like she was a snake with removable hinge jaws. But she consumed every inch of that rabbit!
She would bring in food geared for the size and abilities of her kittens when she had them. Teeny baby mice damaged so they couldn’t get away, graduating to packrats as the kittens gained experience and bigger appetites..some completely uninjured to teach them to catch their food.
This cat wasn’t a domesticated housecat. She was a wild house cat who took a liking to my family, and the safety of our house. I gave her only water as she preferred to hunt, and wouldn’t eat cat food. Therefore I never had the added expenses of cat ownership except for one occasion. She became pregnant and couldn’t deliver the kittens on her own. I took her to the vet who gave me all the medicines needed to help her along.
She stayed with us for several years until she mysteriously and quietly disappeared..just as she came to us. She was the best cat I ever owned, and I am not fond of cats at all. But I deeply respected her, and she loved me. She loved to curl up on my lap as I sat beside the wood stove. Otherwise, she wasn’t affectionate. She showed her appreciation by trying to teach my children how to hunt, as she did her own.