General Chat

He's certainly trying to eat them all. AL

Len of Chiltern - I'm not a vet - but I have to disagree on the foxes I'm afraid. My sister-in-law ended up with hundreds of pounds of vets bills when a fox got hold of her cat and it was touch and go for a long time - luckily he pulled through in the end - and he was a farm cat so pretty tough. My OH lived in a farming area and they kept the cats in when the foxes were around. Next door's cat nearly lost his tail from another fox attack - very gruesome - they go to sever the spine (yeuch, sorry about that, but that is what they do). So I wouldnt bet on the cat in a cat/fox disagreement I'm afraid, and with foxes getting increasingly urban it is only going to get worse. Try very hard to keep my girls inside on a night - and the ragdoll has to stay inside unless accompanied by a responsible adult - adorable, loving - but not the sharpest tool in the shed I'm afraid so he isnt allowed out on his own! Will be a big problem for rabbits and guinea pigs too of course - if animal lover's cat hasnt eaten them all.....

Well, Vlad the Impaler has just come in for the night and he's currently peddling on OH.

He's not a ragdoll, just a moggy. He does that lying on his back thing too. Stretched out with his body twisted and all four limbs sticking out! He looks so uncomfortable too. He's 9 years old, but pretty active for his age. He also presents us with lots of headless mice and voles, sometimes a bird (but not very often) and we once had a rat (I presume a water rat from the river?).

My cat is too old now (16) but at one time regularly brought in rabbits and an occasional rat. We have foxes in the area and I asked the vet if they were a danger to my cat. He said the average house cat was more than a match for a fox. Len

He's not a ragdoll is he? Ours - the latest addition to the household- seems to think he's a dog as well. He insisted on bringing a stick in from the garden and he drops it at your feet and chases it all round the house. He also pinches toys out of the childrens' room and hides them in the front room. The other two - a now grown up rescued kitten and her daughter - look at him with contempt - especially when he wags his tail (when he's happy not angry!) and lies on his back with all 4 paws in the air. He's given up on them now, just about, and plays with my mum's dog instead - chases her round and round the place for hours! He has only managed to catch flies and spiders so far. Truly horrible when the legs are sticking out of his mouth! OH thinks it's funny - I have to bravely run away at that point.

Mine used to go up the curtains when he was a kitten, but he's such a big lad now (not fat, just big) that he'd probably have the curtain rail down if he tried to climb the curtains. He also seems to think he's a dog. Walks around with a ball in his mouth and loves lying out one the grass in the rain. Then when he comes in he shakes himself like a dog! Don't think he's read the manual!

What' s worse - the hunting or the wall-of-death up your curtains and all over the wallpaper? Or - and I think this has my vote at the moment - the pouncing on your feet through the duvet at 3 o' clock in the morning and then sitting looking shocked and huffy when you are less than pleased about it!

any chance your cat could teach my cat to catch proper things instead of frogs and toads, I put the remains of three frogs out last week, I dont like frogs when their alive let alone dead.lol jean

Being an animal lover, I do find the habits of cats somewhat revolting at times, but I suppose it's only natural for them to hunt and kill. We caught one of the cats chasing a little field mouse in the garden once, managed to get the cat away and OH picked up the mouse to put it the other side of the fence. Mouse was so grateful it bit OH! (I didn't laugh much.)

Hard to appreciate some presents isnt it - goes to show it definitely isnt the thought that counts!

The worst place we caught him with with a dead rabbit, was in our bedroom, on the floor at the end of the bed. Again, the head was missing and there was blood all over the carpet. Not nice.

My (now sadly deceased) ginger tom used to bring rabbits into the house on an annoyingly regular basis - through a high top-opening window at that. He also used to bring in assorted birds, moles, voles, shrews etc. - He never killed anything - used to bring them in unharmed and let them go. Used to spend flipping hours scrabbling round underneath furniture trying to catch the wretched things to let them go. We eventually came to the conclusion that the silly creatures must be suicidal - he had a bell round his neck and glowed bright orange in sunlight - so should have been quite easy to spot on grass - but still the wildlife came in droves! I think he was trying to train us to hunt - here you go, catch that.... Miss him like mad though, despite it all. Helen

One of our five cats catches rabbits on a regular basis. :-( Another catches slow worms. :-( Another - mice, shrews and field voles. :-( Another - rats and mice. :-( The biggest cat - what does he catch? - Flies! :-S Seriously, Topsy has destroyed most of the local rabbit population until next year, something we're not proud of, though we love her to bits. On that note, night night. x

When i was young we had a lovely rabbit and she had 6 babies.They were gorgoues all hoping around and furry.We all went to visit my nan and when we came back we did a head count.Only 5 babies.We found the baby at the end of our garden dead without its ears.Then we see our cat bringing the ears up in next doors garden.It had bad effects on my brothers and sisters and me.So yes cats do go after rabbits.. Annie

Yeuck!! I thought the birds and mice my cat caught were bad enough!!

This thread confirms why I am a dog person!!! My lab cant kill a fly let alone a rabbit!!! Cazxxxx

He is a big cat. It's not the first time he's caught a rabbit either. OH saw him bring it into the garden, head and all, but obviously dead, so no point stopping him eating it. Cats do eat the whole thing - excluding entrails. The vet has confirmed this, when I queried it before. Apparently the rabbit fur acts as dental floss for cats and helps their teeth! Eugh.

I had a cat who thought it fair game to go after rabbits. He used to eat half of it then bring the rest indoors!!!! YUK!

Al, if it was headless, sounds like a fox had it, got disturbed and left it.