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Did my cat just killed a bird?
I cannot believe it but I think my cat killed a bird. She sleeps 23 and a half
hours a day and spends the rest of the time eating and sitting like a spinx before sleeping again. This morning was as per normal but I noticed a sorta dead bird about two feet away from her favorite sleeping spot on the flower bed and bird feathers all over her sleeping spot. Could she have killed the bird? But she did not bring it up to me as an "offering" which birds usually do for their owners. I had to pick up the dead bird and put it in the trash. Yucks to think that I would cuddle her and nuzzle up to her face, etc. |
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Hi,
Be grateful it's not a live mouse. Kim brought me home alive baby mouse, yesterday . I put it in the garden shed and she did the same again today. It's in a cat carrier, uninjured as far as I can tell . If it survives tonight I'll take it to a wildlife rescue. Another cat could have killed the bird or she could have killed it herself. Its very sad but it happens . -- Alison "Kuisse0002" wrote in message ... I cannot believe it but I think my cat killed a bird. She sleeps 23 and a half hours a day and spends the rest of the time eating and sitting like a spinx before sleeping again. This morning was as per normal but I noticed a sorta dead bird about two feet away from her favorite sleeping spot on the flower bed and bird feathers all over her sleeping spot. Could she have killed the bird? But she did not bring it up to me as an "offering" which birds usually do for their owners. I had to pick up the dead bird and put it in the trash. Yucks to think that I would cuddle her and nuzzle up to her face, etc. |
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Hi,
Be grateful it's not a live mouse. Kim brought me home alive baby mouse, yesterday . I put it in the garden shed and she did the same again today. It's in a cat carrier, uninjured as far as I can tell . If it survives tonight I'll take it to a wildlife rescue. Another cat could have killed the bird or she could have killed it herself. Its very sad but it happens . -- Alison "Kuisse0002" wrote in message ... I cannot believe it but I think my cat killed a bird. She sleeps 23 and a half hours a day and spends the rest of the time eating and sitting like a spinx before sleeping again. This morning was as per normal but I noticed a sorta dead bird about two feet away from her favorite sleeping spot on the flower bed and bird feathers all over her sleeping spot. Could she have killed the bird? But she did not bring it up to me as an "offering" which birds usually do for their owners. I had to pick up the dead bird and put it in the trash. Yucks to think that I would cuddle her and nuzzle up to her face, etc. |
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On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 17:44:14 +0100, "Alison"
wrote: Hi, Be grateful it's not a live mouse. Kim brought me home alive baby mouse, yesterday . I put it in the garden shed and she did the same again today. It's in a cat carrier, uninjured as far as I can tell . If it survives tonight I'll take it to a wildlife rescue. Another cat could have killed the bird or she could have killed it herself. Its very sad but it happens . Or it could have died of an illness. Not too long ago I remember reading a news article telling people to report to the "authorities" if dead birds were found. I cannot remember the details (sorry), but it was regarding a virus moving west. |
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On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 17:44:14 +0100, "Alison"
wrote: Hi, Be grateful it's not a live mouse. Kim brought me home alive baby mouse, yesterday . I put it in the garden shed and she did the same again today. It's in a cat carrier, uninjured as far as I can tell . If it survives tonight I'll take it to a wildlife rescue. Another cat could have killed the bird or she could have killed it herself. Its very sad but it happens . Or it could have died of an illness. Not too long ago I remember reading a news article telling people to report to the "authorities" if dead birds were found. I cannot remember the details (sorry), but it was regarding a virus moving west. |
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Or it could have died of an illness. Not too long ago I remember
reading a news article telling people to report to the "authorities" if dead birds were found. I cannot remember the details (sorry), but it was regarding a virus moving west. Wet Nile Virus, pretty much over most of the U.S. now, including most western states. If the bird had feathers all around it, though, it sounds like it was killed. You can usually tell the difference between a bird that just dropped dead and a bird killed by a cat. Personally, I wonder why we don't see more dead birds laying around. There are zillions of birds and they only live a year or 2 naturally, so where are their bodies? In rural areas, I suppose predators get them but in big cities, etc., I don't know where they go. I seldom see a dead bird in my neighborhood but there a ton of living ones. I don't think cats generally eat an animal that has died of natural causes and we don't have any natural predators in our neighborhood. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) |
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Or it could have died of an illness. Not too long ago I remember
reading a news article telling people to report to the "authorities" if dead birds were found. I cannot remember the details (sorry), but it was regarding a virus moving west. Wet Nile Virus, pretty much over most of the U.S. now, including most western states. If the bird had feathers all around it, though, it sounds like it was killed. You can usually tell the difference between a bird that just dropped dead and a bird killed by a cat. Personally, I wonder why we don't see more dead birds laying around. There are zillions of birds and they only live a year or 2 naturally, so where are their bodies? In rural areas, I suppose predators get them but in big cities, etc., I don't know where they go. I seldom see a dead bird in my neighborhood but there a ton of living ones. I don't think cats generally eat an animal that has died of natural causes and we don't have any natural predators in our neighborhood. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) |
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In ,
MacCandace composed with style: I seldom see a dead bird in my neighborhood but there a ton of living ones. I don't think cats generally eat an animal that has died of natural causes and we don't have any natural predators in our neighborhood. Things that make you think. One time I was driving down the road and a duck fell out of the sky and landed on the road in front of me. I always wondered what happened to it and why it was flying if it was sick. Maybe a heart attack or something; I doubt it was shot [here, city] but you never know. |
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