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Originally posted by CaramonLS@Oct 22 2005, 11:15 AM
It was really strange actually... my one cat I have wouldn't actually eat mice, but he would mercilessly beat them (play with them) until they were dead.
Of course, then my other cat would then not only kill/eat the mice, but spread the baby mouse fetuses all over the lawn.
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Well, if you keep your domestic cats well fed, they just use their primal instincts to kill for pleasure. Lions do this too in the wild. They will kill without eating in some circumstances. I'd like to get a cat but I feel badly about not allowing it to exercise it's native instincts. It'd be nice to have a mouse every now and then for it to go through the motions because a lot of cats become restless/bored/depressed when they just live the sedentry domestic lifestyle of canned food and sleeping with no companions or challenges.
Other times, cats will kill mice and birds and rabbits, etc. and then bring them to your doorstep, middle of the kitchen, foot of the bed, etc. as a sign of affection.