I have 2 cats, Daniel and Cuddles. They both catch mice, but Daniel kills anything that breathes. Daniel has short hair and a black dot on his nose while Cuddles has a white face and a lion's mane.
The other day, he caught a garden snake. At first I thought he was playing with a piece of rope. When I found out it was a snake, i flipped out. I hate when he kills anything but mice. So I went out there to save the poor snake, (cuz snakes are cool and i wanted it as a pet), and i found he had ripped the snake's belly wide open!!! I get so grossed out at blood and guts(its guts were hanging out), that i didn't want that snake for a pet anymore. So i left it to die.
So today, i get back from camping, and my cat has not only killed a shrew, but it left a dead starling on the front lawn. I was so angry with him. But he thinks he is so hot cuz "oh...lookie here--i killed a bird". I didn't appreciate his attitude.
So I go find a shoebox and put the bird in there and bury it near our house. I make a headstone out of a slab of flat rock that my dad has extra of and bury it. Then i pray that the bird's babies will be safe from predators and that the other parent will care for it.
So i just get done burying the bird, when i find the snake that my cat had wounded. Of course, the poor thing was dead, too. So, tomorrow i get to do another burial.
I'm proud that my cat can hunt so good, but he better hunt the right thing or else. Well...that's stupid to say cuz hes just a cat and i cant really punish him except grab him by the scruff of the neck and scold him.
I might as well run a animal cemetery in my backyard.
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I had a Calico cat that reminds me of Daniel. My cat's name was Boots and she was amazing...seriously, we didn't need to ever hire pest control because rodents couldn't be within 20 feet of her. The coolest thing was I could see her as she was eating mice, quite a sight to see.
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