My newphew's cats are well fed and don't kill anything they catch. In the past week they have brought in gifts of a blackbird which was released in the bedroom and a mouse, released in the open plan living room. Apparently catching them was much more difficult for my nephew than it seems to have been for the cats.
@Kili apparently well fed cats kill more because they have energy and don’t just stop when they have eaten their fill. Fiance wants cats for work to help reduce rodent population and was advised to keep them well fed and to get females, preferably black.
I don’t like the idea myself but at least it’s quicker than death by poison.
debs64 our cat doesn't eat them, just tosses the bodies around the garden in play. Where she gets the energy from I don't know as she must spend 16 hours a day sleeping much of this resting in the Greenhouse especially with the weather we've been having. If only I could train her to see slugs and snails as just a slower version of a mouse.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
Our vet told me the huntress brings back live meece so we can learn to hunt. We are becoming adept at cornering, catching and releasing but the fat cat is still clueless. His idea of Big Game is a spider but he's great with snakes, as long as it's really a hosepipe.
The chooks are very good with snails and slugs.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
It's a real pleasure to see a variety of aquilegia in my garden. After years of pulling out plants with downy mildew, this year's crop seem to be mainly resistant. I hope it wasn't just the weather.
I thought this was meant to be the ", reason to be cheerful' thread,it's all about murderous cats,! The female ones we had were the killers. Signs outside pubs in the paper made me laugh going to attempt to post them
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debs64 our cat doesn't eat them, just tosses the bodies around the garden in play. Where she gets the energy from I don't know as she must spend 16 hours a day sleeping much of this resting in the Greenhouse especially with the weather we've been having. If only I could train her to see slugs and snails as just a slower version of a mouse.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'
The chooks are very good with snails and slugs.
Anyway,I bet in a few week's time we'll be praying for rain