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There’s a dove I’ve seen in my neighborhood that is pretty manky. He’s missing feathers and I often wonder how he manages to fly… I suspect a cat has had something to do with his appearance.
There’s a dove I’ve seen in my neighborhood that is pretty manky. He’s missing feathers and I often wonder how he manages to fly… I suspect a cat has had something to do with his appearance.
I don’t know why people keep trying to change the basic nature of the cat. Cats are predators — it is in their very nature to try to catch and eat smaller critters/vermin, such as mice, rats, squirrels, and birds. Predators are designed to help keep the populations of prey animals under control.
And if the bird is dumb enough to get caught by the cat, it deserves to be consumed. That way its poor survival skills are unlikely to be passed to future generations — survival of the fittest, dontcha know! And any cat that is incapable of catching prey deserves a life of either domestication or hunger.
So, you go, Twinkie!!
I agree with DCS; cats are predators, and the best you can do is accept that. On the bright side, we’ve had very few rodent problems in our house and yard for the past sixteen years, which happens to be the age of our cat, no small wonder. Now that Eliot is sixteen, he’s slowing down a lot, but he’s absolutely “earned his keep” here. (Of course, since he OWNS the house, yard, and us, he probably sees his hunting as “mildly amusing diversions”.)
Yes, yes… survival of the fittest… cats are hunters… (Twinkie would appreciate the vote of confidence for sure) And I do admit it’s nice to not have a gopher problem… but birds… hummingbirds…. sigh… I have to lament.
I love the name Eliot for a cat!