05-20-2014, 04:17 AM
Birds? nope, never been killed by my two cats, not that they don't chatter when a bird stares them back. Rodents? one kills, yes. One only watches...never killed a thing. But she makes me laugh every day and that's worth millions! How do I know about no bird killings? If you know cats, you know they always bring their capture home, into the house, alive or dead.
My little black cat was a gopher killer back in Oregon. One winter, we had a pile of snow covering the pasture fields. Snow cover was not unusual in winter (2-3 feet for weeks). One day, it rained on the snow and froze so that the surface of the deep snow had such a thick top layer of ice, the cats and dogs could walk on top without falling through. At the same time, the gophers, actively cutting out new holes under the snow cover, dug tunnels up through the ice. My cat couldn't kill gophers fast enough that day...they were all over the top of the snow and they were unable to tunnel through the ice before being pounced on. My deck was laden with dead gophers when I got home from work. Had to feed my cat special food that night.
Obie, you're my friend and I will never forget you coming to my house to help me with my solar water heating setup. But, my friend, my cats are very well fed. In fact, a woman who studied cat behavior for all her life told me to feed my cats well, not the generic food, and they will be the best hunters. So who do you believe. I believe the cat woman.
There's good folk on here. We all just have our own personal views. Blessings to you all!
He who hoots with owls at night cannot soar with the eagles in the morning.
My little black cat was a gopher killer back in Oregon. One winter, we had a pile of snow covering the pasture fields. Snow cover was not unusual in winter (2-3 feet for weeks). One day, it rained on the snow and froze so that the surface of the deep snow had such a thick top layer of ice, the cats and dogs could walk on top without falling through. At the same time, the gophers, actively cutting out new holes under the snow cover, dug tunnels up through the ice. My cat couldn't kill gophers fast enough that day...they were all over the top of the snow and they were unable to tunnel through the ice before being pounced on. My deck was laden with dead gophers when I got home from work. Had to feed my cat special food that night.
Obie, you're my friend and I will never forget you coming to my house to help me with my solar water heating setup. But, my friend, my cats are very well fed. In fact, a woman who studied cat behavior for all her life told me to feed my cats well, not the generic food, and they will be the best hunters. So who do you believe. I believe the cat woman.
There's good folk on here. We all just have our own personal views. Blessings to you all!
He who hoots with owls at night cannot soar with the eagles in the morning.
He who hoots with owls at night cannot soar with the eagles in the morning.