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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(Kuisse0002) wrote:

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.

She's a cat, and that's what cats do. Nature isn't always pretty.

Priscilla

In article ,
(Kuisse0002) wrote:

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.

She's a cat, and that's what cats do. Nature isn't always pretty.

Priscilla

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.

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.

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
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"One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other
than human." (Loren Eisely)

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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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itter (MacCandace) wrote:

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.

I'll bet you don't prowl around on roof tops too much. They probably
huddle down somewhere, not feeling well, and then die in place -- on the
aforementioned rooftops, on cornices, under overhangs, in the same kind
of places they'd nest.

Priscilla

I'll bet you don't prowl around on roof tops too much. They probably
huddle down somewhere, not feeling well, and then die in place -- on the
aforementioned rooftops, on cornices, under overhangs, in the same kind
of places they'd nest.

Priscilla

Hmmm, well, I suppose there are some up there but a lot of birds nest in trees
so they oughtta drop outta them if they die in them. Actually, here in AZ,
we're up on our roof fairly often as the a/c, the evaporative cooler, and the
furnace are up there (common here for some reason) and we've never seen any.
I've seen a couple of dead ones in my yard that appeared to die of natural
causes. One day, a few minutes after I came home from work, there was a dead
flicker in my driveway. He hadn't been there when I came home. My neighbor
said she had heard him singing up in the tree earlier that day and he was right
under "his" tree so I guess he probably was fortunate enough to just drop dead
suddenly. We should all be so lucky.

I see your point, Priscilla, but the sheer quantity of birds would seem to
indicate there should be more dead ones laying around. IMHO, anyway.



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)

I'll bet you don't prowl around on roof tops too much. They probably
huddle down somewhere, not feeling well, and then die in place -- on the
aforementioned rooftops, on cornices, under overhangs, in the same kind
of places they'd nest.

Priscilla

Hmmm, well, I suppose there are some up there but a lot of birds nest in trees
so they oughtta drop outta them if they die in them. Actually, here in AZ,
we're up on our roof fairly often as the a/c, the evaporative cooler, and the
furnace are up there (common here for some reason) and we've never seen any.
I've seen a couple of dead ones in my yard that appeared to die of natural
causes. One day, a few minutes after I came home from work, there was a dead
flicker in my driveway. He hadn't been there when I came home. My neighbor
said she had heard him singing up in the tree earlier that day and he was right
under "his" tree so I guess he probably was fortunate enough to just drop dead
suddenly. We should all be so lucky.

I see your point, Priscilla, but the sheer quantity of birds would seem to
indicate there should be more dead ones laying around. IMHO, anyway.



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)