Owww! A leafyou will have to keep it as its Lola's first gift to her mummy - at least it wont decay and get flies lol
She ripped it into several bits, and then Mummy was a good slave and tidied up.
Present from my cat.
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She ripped it into several bits, and then Mummy was a good slave and tidied up.
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Are cats really bringing you presents though? I've heard that term before and never really understood it. My old cat - Tom who got ran over years ago used to bring Mango peels and heads of fish which it caught from the neighbours pond. So was that my present? 
Are cats really bringing you presents though? I've heard that term before and never really understood it. My old cat - Tom who got ran over years ago used to bring Mango peels and heads of fish which it caught from the neighbours pond. So was that my present?
That's the general theory as to why cats bring you come of their hunts yes
Cause cats are pack creatures, you as their Human, are the head of the pack, so you have first refusal on a kill or as you are part of their pack then you should have some of the kill too.
Another is that as cats don't see you hunting then they are providing you with food cause you might be hungry...this one is a little lame if you ask me
It only annoys me when Snoopy does it and the poor creature is still alive, otherwise, as long as she eats it I'm not fussed - nature at work IMO
The only way you can help stop him from doing this is by keeping him in at night. It wont 100% stop him of course, but if you keep him in over night (from 10pm till when ever you get up in the morning) then he will only catch stuff in the day time and its much harder for cats to do this as 9/10 the hunted can see the hunter
Plus there are fox's and all sorts around at night, which will pose a real threat to your cat
Not always! I saw a neighbours cat terrorising a poor fox when I got up to use the bathroom one night. Was about 4 in the morning and the cat was sat poised, while the poor fox was cowering under a car for protection. After a little while the cat got bored and stalked off and the fox made a dash for the fields that are behind the houses on the other side of the road from my house.
Cats are waaaaaay more vicious than foxes when on the hunt.
One of our cats went missing for almost a week and came bak half dead with his leg stuck through his collar
Our other cats constantly rip the collars off
Now they just roam collar free
Always use collars with the extendable elastic, so they cannot hang themselves on ligatures.