Do cats catch rats
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Our cat, Dave, is an outdoor neutered tom. He has always brought home birds, mice, shrews etc.
Yesterday we found a large rat dead on the front lawn.
Is it possible this could be the work of Dave?
Any thoughts, comments would be appreciated.
Our cat, Dave, is an outdoor neutered tom. He has always brought home birds, mice, shrews etc.
Yesterday we found a large rat dead on the front lawn.
Is it possible this could be the work of Dave?
Any thoughts, comments would be appreciated.
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That's what I thought.
What's the largest animal/object your cat has brought home?
All the rodents looked like they had just suffered broken necks - no nasty innards or bite marks - so maybe just one big pounce and its good night Roland
A very fat wood pigeon.
He seems perfectly fine at the moment.
Did your moggie manage to get it through the cat flap?
No, just dumped it on the doormat and stayed with it until we'd seen it. He seemed rather proud of himself.
Many years ago, my beautiful.but voracious, long since departed Oscar, attempted to bring in a family size joint of beef! I wondered what the commotion was at the flap only to find silly puss trying to drag it through....and it was still hot...wonder which of my neighbours missed their dinner that day?:D
My two caught a rat in my greenhouse, thankfully I didn't have to deal with a live one.
One is the mouser/hunter and her brother is the thief. Topsy hunts and catches and Tim steals them from her and brings them to me for a treat. I promptly divert them with a treat and then throw the wretched thing over the fence into the woodland (if dead) or have the job of putting the poor thing out of its misery if its still suffering.
Ohh lordy, I'm so glad someone else has had one of their cats do this too. Like you, we never did find out who's luscious Sunday Roast Nico had brought hiome. He ate like a king that week though! Bless him.
To date, two of my cats have brought home. Rabbits, Rats, countless Mice/Voles/Shrews. Birds in abundance, and last week Turbo brought home a Stoat.
That's funny.
Not dragging in, but seeing off. My old cat, Tom (I named him when I was 5, original eh) was a tom and he would see off anything on his territory.
I once saw him chase a fox all the way down the garden and through the back fence. Boy, did he strut his stuff then! He was also great at getting rid of moles.
As a typical tom-cat he was quite fearless. He had a kennel in the garden, used to disappear into the woods weeks at a time when the wenches were in season and he would fight his corner despite having very few teeth.
One of the things that totally melted my heart, though, was when I found him alseep on top of his kennel during a snowy winter. He had been sniffling for ages and I hadn't worked out why until then. When I lifted the lid I discovered a mother and baby hedgehogs (5 I think) all curled up in his kennel, toasty warm in the sheepskin rug!
I guess cats don't catch hedgehogs.
Much appreciated.
My cat looks at hedehogs with the sort of look you or I might give to a bacon sandwich behind an electric fence.
My cat has managed to pinch a big fat steak (raw) from somewhere..felt mean taking it away from her:(
She`s never managed a joint of beef though..:D
Ha! I see your pigeon and raise you one cat flap.
I've had a fully grown one brought in that way.
My cat caught and killed a grass snake once... not a large one but it was impressive none the less
She's a proper hunter, rats, shrews, mice, birds etc are all commonplace!