What has your cat brought you home??

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bree Aug 2019 12:25pm, 17 Aug 2019 5,833 posts	0 bree Yesterday we had a bird's wing. No sign of the rest of it. Just one wing, quite large, probably a pigeon.
Sushi. May 2020 1:19pm, 17 May 2020 23,073 posts	0 Sushi. My friend has 2 very enthusiastic hunters. They’re just over a year old. Everything from mice to rabbits and robins to blackbirds. Any suggestions other than bells (they know them off) that she can stop them.
Sushi. May 2020 1:20pm, 17 May 2020 23,074 posts	0 Sushi. Knaw not know
Schnecke Jun 2020 1:33pm, 21 Jun 2020 7,587 posts	0 Schnecke My cat Rosy, now about 14 I think, is not really much of a hunter, birds are quite safe with her as I've often seen her sit under the hedge with fledglings hopping about and she's not in the bit interested. Mice (and shrews) though - that's a different matter. At this time of year she's bringing them in almost daily - large ones, very small ones (babies), medium sized ones. With or without head attached, sometimes alive but more often not. She often does a particular thing with them, however, and I was wondering if anyone else had noticed the same behaviour in their cat - she will often leave the corpses either near or in her food bowl, the other day she brought a freshly killed one in, played with it for a couple of minutes, then plonked it in her food bowl and proceeded to eat the whole thing (apart from that stomachy bit they always leave - found one of those on the floor by her bowl this morning as well.) Does anyone else's cat do this?
Serendippily Jun 2020 1:37pm, 21 Jun 2020 18,164 posts	0 Serendippily Putting it in her bowl is very tidy. I trod on one dumped in the middle of the lounge carpet last week. Our killer shreds anything with feathers in the hallway where possible as the draughts means hours of fun playing with the feathers
rf_fozzy Jun 2020 2:07pm, 21 Jun 2020 10,378 posts	0 rf_fozzy We once had a cat that brought back manky roast potatoes from the bins at the back of the local pub.
Fragile Do Not Bend Jun 2020 9:31pm, 21 Jun 2020 6,223 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend Oreo likes to eat his kills under the kitchen table as he knows he will get chased out if he is caught eating it in the house. At this time of year though, he eats anything he catches outside. Going by the feathers on the lawn, I think he’s had a couple of baby goldfinches recently
LouiseRuns 🌹🇬🇧 🇪🇺 Jun 2020 8:21pm, 28 Jun 2020 97 posts	0 LouiseRuns 🌹🇬🇧 🇪🇺 Echo never goes out on her own, so she doesn't bring little gifts back in, but she does like to hunt moths and flies in the house.
Minnie Mad Aug 2020 6:47am, 22 Aug 2020 2,306 posts	0 Minnie Mad The bad puddy kitten, Stripey, was making a right row in the night, just found half a rabbit under the kitchen table! 🤮🤮 Now he's fast asleep at the end of my bed looking very full and pleased with himself and he didn't even attempt to ask me to feed him which he usually does when I get up!!
SusiesueH Aug 2020 8:13am, 22 Aug 2020 439 posts	0 SusiesueH Oh no! 🤢