I'm sure it wouldn't hurt her but I throw them out in the yard when I find them and let the neighborhood crows or possums get them. She doesn't seem to resent that too much - we always give her a treat when we find them. The family cat I grew up with was indoor/outdoor and ate a lot of wildlife- but being a part-time outdoor cat she never had a box and we never saw the end result. Litter boxes were a revelation to me!
Sisko came from a feral colony when he was a few months old. A damn good cat, he had a few tendancies like this "sideways advancing behavior" he did when he wanted someone to chase him that I've never seen in other cats. As far as the mice, we'd occasionally find a tail. It was a hobby shop with lots of paper product those mice might've chewed on, so he really earned his keep.
So, last week I rescued a mamma cat and four kittens from the bushes behind my apartment building. Tough catching them since they were feral. The last kitten I found under the electrical box that feeds our building. I took her in for the night and spent about three hours rubbing her and feeding her... even got her to purr. Took her to the animal shelter the next morning to be with the rest of her family where they will be neutered/spayed, shots given and put up for adoption (the mamma cat will probably go into the shelter's Barn Cat program since she's feral). I'm even thinking of adopting the one I housed overnight when she's big enough if I can. Edited for typo.
I just need to say to all who post in this thread what a bright spot it is in my life. I simply adore cats but have been without one for a few years now, I still stroke any cat I see though. This thread really makes me smile, so thank you everyone.
We interrupted a kitty committee meeting on the porch last night. All 3 were in pursuit of a single mouse. We didn’t stay up long enough to find out if they caught it; they didn’t seem to have any clue about cooperative hunting. It would be funny if it escaped.
Back in '93, we moved into the house and had to buy a stove and 'fridge really quick & cheap, so we bought from a used appliance store. When the brought the stove in, my wife said she saw a mouse under it. We looked all over and couldn't find it. Well, at oh-dark-stupid, we heard the cats making funny chittering noises, the same as when they watch birds out the window. I went down and snapped the kichen light on. There were both cats, one on a chair and the other on the table --- watching the flipping mouse eat out of the cat-food bowel. We caught the rodent about two hours later, with no help from the cats, and took it to the open field across the street to let it go free.
I sprained my ankle and hit hurts a lot moving around from place to place. At around the same time, my cat turned grumpy and we're not sure why. Does he know what I'm going through and it's affecting him emotionally?
It could be that... A lot of cats are more emphatic than we realize. They do know when another cat isn't feeling well, and us as well.
Does anyone else have a cat that is scared of bugs? My indoor only cat just cries very loudly when she sees a bug and keeps meowing until I get it.