What have your cats brought you today?

[W12GT]

Since moving our cats have gone on a massive killing spree and seem to be trying to clear our little corner of the countryside of any small fauna. Huge number of birds varying wildly but including robins, woodpeckers, wood pigeons and even a crow!

Our eldest cat doesn't seem that bothered but our other two are unbelievable.

Today's offerings so far:-



Anyone else have killers in their midst?

Edited by W12GT on Sunday 12th July 13:14

[W12GT]

One of my neighbours told me their car had killed rabbits - I didn't think it would possible but obviously reading te replies its more common than I realised.

I am surprised that none of the cats have any signs of injury as I would have thought a rat would be able to put up quite a fight. My mrs thinks it looks too well groomed to be a wild rat and it worried one of the neighbours children may be missing their pet ratty lol

[W12GT]

HoHoHo said:

Our current cat brings in rabbits/mice etc. and I appreciate it's about now however Bruno who passed away a little while ago brought these in....



And



As well as fox cubs and various other wildlife.

I miss him

OMG that's a big rat! I can't believe the balls of some cats to take a bird of prey - that seems very wrong and I would be so upset if mine did that - although we have a couple of pairs of red kites around us and they would definitely sort the cats out if they tried it on!

Cats are probably the least domesticated animal we keep as pets - it is to be expected that they go out hunting.

It is quite difficult having to explain to my young daughter why there are dead animals outside. It has made her much more interested in wildlife and she gets really excited when she sees them roaming or flying around - she will often shake her head and say 'no cats'.

I can't believe the comments of the softies on here - certainly no willy dangling at all. Christ if I wanted to do that I have far better thins to brag about than the doormat presents we are left - it's all part of loving in the countryside - I'm am guessing the negative comments are from townies.

Edited by W12GT on Monday 20th July 23:42

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jmorgan said:

We have had our fair share of live uns.

We had a mouse living in the washing machine, or rather the frame internally. I would be working away on the lap top one room and hear the cat biscuits getting disturbed. One of ours does the, I lean over to look and no cat, look around and he is asleep behind me. Spooky. This went on for sometime and now I know I have a ghost.

One day, emptying the washing machine I notice some insulation just under the machine. Well cladding type stuff. Penny drops. Shine a torch underneath and there are cat biscuits. Tilt it up and rest on some books, get a mirror and a peek and yep, mousy scuttled somewhere and more biscuits fell down.

Righty ho. Disconnect machine, drain it from the front, drag it out and lay it on its back and mousy has made a nest in and from the sound deadening insulation. The cat biscuits are in a bowl by the machine, mousy does not even have to go far and there are cat biscuits and mouse eggs everywhere. The sound I would hear for a while was the takeaway.

Mouse was taken some distance away and let go and was the fattest mouse I have ever seen.

This reminds me of one of my previous posts when we were trying to track down a bad smell only to trace it to a dead mouse in the piano under the keys - the cats had obviously sneaked it in and it got away to somewhere quiet where it could die. The smell was seriously bad!