Not sure if she even catches them when outside as I've never found anything but I imagine she does sometimes as I see her watching birds with great interest the odd time

Is my cat unusual in that she never brings whatever she catches (if indeed anything) inside the house? Can't even remember her bringing them in as a kitten 10 years ago

no, some cats just don't do it. My boys are brothers and one does and one doesn't - the one that does likes the bring them in live around 4am. Its GREAT

My mums older female is on near deaths-door and she's still goes out and killls things. She tried to take on a raven the other day :O

I'll tell you at the end of the summer (as this time last year my cats were only a few weeks old) but so far all I've had is feathers, lolly pop sticks, worms, a pheasant tail (just the tail, am fairly certain they found just the tail and dragged it home ) and last week a slow worm (which was still alive, and I popped it over next doors fence in the hope it would escape)

One of my cats is too flipping laid back to catch/bring anything home, I do wonder about the other though, as its mostly her who has brought home the above.

There's a part of me that looks forward to their gifts. Not sure how I'd cope if it was still alive though

Yuk. Just had a headless, wingless bird brught in.im very jealous of your cat at the moment op!

She is the best cat ever so friendly and loving so her not bringing 'gifts' to us is a lovely bonus

My cat used to but he stopped doing it because I took his prize away from him. He's gotten a bit wiser

My Florence brought home her first present last week, a pigeon wing! She came walking in proud as punch went straight to the kitchen and put it in her bowl. As soon as I tried to get it, she grabbed it and ran outside with it and proceeded to have great fun flinging it about. Her sister, Marley, decided to join in the fun and tried to bring it in. I got it and put in the bin, only for 5 minutes later, Florence came trotting in with the other wing! I got that too and put it in the bin. Next to appear is a foot! Yuck! I dont think she killed the bird, just found half of it lying outside somewhere and decided to help herself. The joys of being owned by cats. Wouldnt change them for the world though.

No my cats don't bring anything in. I've had one cat 6 years and my other cat 4 years and they go out almost every day but have never brought anything in.

I have a local cat which brings me gifts, hmmm thanks for that He dosent attempt to bring them in just meows all proud with himself.

I woke up one morning to find a chewed up mouse and a lot of cat spew all over my patio, dealing with that first thing in the morning was nice. We had words.

I wish my cats would leave their "gifts" outside, they usually deposit them (mostly half-eaten) in the one room in my house that is carpeted.

what was Mr. Cat's reply?

if they bring mice in doesnt it mean they really like you?

sorry op to be the bearer of bad news

Omg my cat really hates me.

ha ha ha. maybe he has another family

No chance he is a grumpy little sod. No one else would have him.

Nah, Jess loves me. I can tell

My cat doesn't.

One of my boys does, the other is too lazy, he has barely left the house today

We had a mouse in the house so we got a cat, now there are no mice in the house except for an odd one she brings in from outside.

My cat use to bring in dead birds a couple of times. Most of her prey would end up on the patio though. Sometimes all that was left was the organs. No joke. It was pretty gross.

She getting old now and had no dead birds of mice turn up.

Reminds me years ago. She was trying to catch this seagull, or might have been a magpie, I think she actually had it in her mouth and one point, And about 5 birds of the same species started chasing the cat, they would even peck her when they got the chance. The bird got away in the end.

Got a special delivery at about 4am, poor baby field mouse, didn't want to go out to the big bin at that time so wrapped it in toilet roll and put it in the little bathroom bin. Went to move it to big bin this am, and open the little bin to find him sitting there having a wash! So set him free, poor mite.

I had a similar experience the other day when my cat brought in a little bird that was dead. I picked it up and put it outside in the wheelie bin - next morning, I went out with other stuff to the bin only to hear rustling and discover the little bird was very much alive. Poor little thing, I put it some distance away from my own house for fear my terror cat would just catch it and bring it back inside. I then found a tiny dead featherless bird on my lawn - Lucy was chucking it about - my mum, a devoted bird lover, feels that the bird in the bin was probably the mother and she has made me feel terrible for not 100% ensuring that it was actually dead before I discarded it. I think these terrified creatures just play dead as a defence mechanism.

I've had my female rescue cats for 2 years now and it's only this year that they are indulging their hunting instinct, mainly my little Lucy. My 8 year old male is just too lazy and slow to hunt. Millie brought in a frog last autumn but it was alive and I managed to rescue it. Little Lucy is mainly bringing in live creatures - which is fine when I'm at home because I know they're there and can hopefully get them out alive. The problem is that I work long hours and I don't know what she brings in when I'm not at home - what may be lurking under couches etc. I am very sqeamish, particularly with rodents - there was a dead baby rat in my fish pond the other day though I am not sure if the cats are to blame for that or not. I dread a rat being brought into the house!

The cat we used to have brought one dead bird home in 10 years, a robin. He dropped it on the doorstep and sat next to it like it was a gift

Our two cats are both nearly three years old. Last year that were absolute horrors and brought in mice and birds on an almost daily basis. They were usually alive and included several half-dead woodpigeons and a magpie who was very much alive. Getting the magpie out of Zebedee's clutches and letting it out of the house was quite a scarey experience. I'm not keen on chasing mice around the house either.

Catches reduced dramatically over the winter and over the last couple of months I've only seen a couple of birds and one mouse (all alive and seemingly unscathed). I'm hoping that they've lost interest this year. Of course it may just be that they've learnt that things that get brought indoors get taken away.

That's what I'm hoping for too - though it never deterred my late Tabitha. She must have thought my screams were happy screams because she persisted in bringing in all sorts of creatures, for many years, including 2 rats who, thankfully, were dead.