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Originally Posted by henrya Quote
My last cat was a complete house cat - but that did not stop him from catching small mammals that came his way. One shrew he killed while it was under the matting in 'his' room. My mother and I kept on telling him that there was nothing at the spot he kept sniffing - but when we lifted the mat to show him, there was the now very flat shrew! Later on, I was sitting reading one evening and the cat was sitting in one of his usual places, on the end of the banisters at the top of the stairs, where he used to listen to the mice running around under the floorboards. I heard a loud thump, and he ran downstairs to show me the Bank Vole that he had caught. It was stone dead, so I think he must have landed on it with all four feet! So he know what to do, despite never having hunted outside.
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Yes, I think some of them will retain their hunting instincts whatever we do to try and repress them. I once had a cat who used to go out. She'd disappear off and return later pulling huge, full grown
Rabbits through the cat flap. (Why do they always bring them home?) I'd often get back home to find blood and guts - and the scut - left in my porch!
'Nasty little catses'!!!