Eating flies - Can they hurt my kitty?

In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.health+behav",
itty (Sherry ) artfully composed this message
within on 17
Jul 2004:

Funny thing, though, my DH is a beekeeper, and they won't even
look at a honey bee if it strays up close to the house. They
either just know, or know from experience to leave them alone


I wonder, too! Shamrock will eat any bug he catches, but one day
there was something in here that must have seemed like a bee to
him because he cautiously touched it then backed off and made me
have to kill it. I don't know what it was, but it wasn't a bee or
any kind of wasp I've ever seen before.

--
Cheryl

In the spring I occasionally have hornets or wasps (?) in the house.
Tiger always points them out to me but makes no effort to catch them.
They are usually almost dead anyway so they are easy to dispose of.


---MIKE---

In the spring I occasionally have hornets or wasps (?) in the house.
Tiger always points them out to me but makes no effort to catch them.
They are usually almost dead anyway so they are easy to dispose of.


---MIKE---

From: itty (Sherry )

Same here. I worm them yearly, although I'm not sure which insects, if any
besides fleas, cause worms. They regularly eat grasshoppers, june bugs, etc.
Gross. Funny thing, though, my DH is a beekeeper, and they won't even look at
a
honey bee if it strays up close to the house. They either just know, or know
from experience to leave them alone

My cats eat bugs too. They love spiders. Lucky you, Sherry, having a hubby
that's a beekeeper. Bet you get to enjoy some good honey!

Lauren
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From: itty (Sherry )

Same here. I worm them yearly, although I'm not sure which insects, if any
besides fleas, cause worms. They regularly eat grasshoppers, june bugs, etc.
Gross. Funny thing, though, my DH is a beekeeper, and they won't even look at
a
honey bee if it strays up close to the house. They either just know, or know
from experience to leave them alone

My cats eat bugs too. They love spiders. Lucky you, Sherry, having a hubby
that's a beekeeper. Bet you get to enjoy some good honey!

Lauren
________
See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe
Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html
http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html
Declawing Info: http://www.wholecatjournal.com/articles/claws.htm

One of my passed-away cats used to eat every insect he could find: crickets,
flies, roaches (I didn't mind those, except for the roaches, and that was
mostly becuse the crunching noise drove me nuts).

He even tried to eat a stinkbug once...he spat that out real quick, and never
tired to eat another.

One of my passed-away cats used to eat every insect he could find: crickets,
flies, roaches (I didn't mind those, except for the roaches, and that was
mostly becuse the crunching noise drove me nuts).

He even tried to eat a stinkbug once...he spat that out real quick, and never
tired to eat another.

My cats eat bugs too. They love spiders. Lucky you, Sherry, having a hubby
that's a beekeeper. Bet you get to enjoy some good honey!

Lauren

Oh, yes. They're really fascinating, sophisticated little critters. I don't
handle them but DH does all the time. They're really pretty docile too.

Sherry

My cats eat bugs too. They love spiders. Lucky you, Sherry, having a hubby
that's a beekeeper. Bet you get to enjoy some good honey!

Lauren

Oh, yes. They're really fascinating, sophisticated little critters. I don't
handle them but DH does all the time. They're really pretty docile too.

Sherry