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09 Aug 2007, 11:03 am
I have a little bit of a problem with this is from the "foster child" (neighbors cat that thinks he lives here).
He's brought me mice, moles, birds, rabbits, and a very pi$$ed off chipmunk so far.
He's so happy about it, he wags his tail back and forth, struts around me and meows after he's dropped my present at my feet. Most of the time they are still alive, so I tell him what a good boy he is, then sneak the "prey" around back later when he's not looking and release it. 
It's sad some days when he brings me ones that he's killed...but it's his nature, and like Stellian said it's their way of showing they care.
I remember being sick last fall with this awful cold that drug on for almost a month or longer...I think he brought me something just about every day...maybe in his own cat ways he though I wasn't eating enough or needed more food to get better. 
Koldune
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09 Aug 2007, 11:08 am
I might call my reaction more "annoyed" than anything else, mostly because my two cats tend to drag their prey into the house before they kill and eat it. One of them, an otherwise well-adapted former feral, has a fondness for small rabbits. When the cat breaks ithe rabbit's neck to kill it, the rabbit makes a sound like a child's squeaky toy. Imagine being woken up by that at 3 a.m. 
The other cat, a neurotic, likes bats.
09 Aug 2007, 11:14 am
The other cat, a neurotic, likes bats.
Have they ever brought you half-dead or injured animals?
Koldune
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09 Aug 2007, 11:25 am
The other cat, a neurotic, likes bats.
Have they ever brought you half-dead or injured animals?
Yes, both of them, usually birds. One "bat" incident was when a bat got into the house. The cat kept swatting at it, knocking it around on the floor after it accidentally killed it. That half-witted feline probably wondered why it didn't want to play any more. By the time the cat gave up, pieces of bat wing were all over the place. My wife joked about the cat playing "batketball."
09 Aug 2007, 11:26 am
09 Aug 2007, 11:26 am
The other cat, a neurotic, likes bats.
Have they ever brought you half-dead or injured animals?
Yes, both of them, usually birds. One "bat" incident was when a bat got into the house. The cat kept swatting at it, knocking it around on the floor after it accidentally killed it. That half-witted feline probably wondered why it didn't want to play any more. By the time the cat gave up, pieces of bat wing were all over the place. My wife joked about the cat playing "batketball."
Awwww....they're trying to teach you to hunt.
09 Aug 2007, 11:30 am
Koldune
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09 Aug 2007, 11:32 am
The other cat, a neurotic, likes bats.
Have they ever brought you half-dead or injured animals?
Yes, both of them, usually birds. One "bat" incident was when a bat got into the house. The cat kept swatting at it, knocking it around on the floor after it accidentally killed it. That half-witted feline probably wondered why it didn't want to play any more. By the time the cat gave up, pieces of bat wing were all over the place. My wife joked about the cat playing "batketball."
Awwww....they're trying to teach you to hunt.
You're probably right. When my daughter, now three, was just learning to crawl, both cats would drag living or only slightly injured prey into the house, set it down in front of her, and look at her expectedly. We figured they saw her as some kind of funny-shaped, but ret*d kitten.
09 Aug 2007, 11:47 am
The other cat, a neurotic, likes bats.
Have they ever brought you half-dead or injured animals?
Yes, both of them, usually birds. One "bat" incident was when a bat got into the house. The cat kept swatting at it, knocking it around on the floor after it accidentally killed it. That half-witted feline probably wondered why it didn't want to play any more. By the time the cat gave up, pieces of bat wing were all over the place. My wife joked about the cat playing "batketball."
Awwww....they're trying to teach you to hunt.
You're probably right. When my daughter, now three, was just learning to crawl, both cats would drag living or only slightly injured prey into the house, set it down in front of her, and look at her expectedly. We figured they saw her as some kind of funny-shaped, but ret*d kitten.
Yep, probably.
11 Aug 2007, 4:52 am
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