Predator cats..

Graces7

Spending part of each day in shock!

The cats love the new place. The two older ones used to be outdoor until the catnapping started, and now have freedom to come and go.... and the new boy who had not been outside until we got here but had been a pampered indoor cat has..... adapted... He was always keen if a fly or spider appeared but now!

In the first week,, lost count of the mice and pigmy voles who came in in his mouth and listen each time for that muffled mouth full cry...

The other two joined in; they leave them and or eat them on a mat on the floor at the bottom of the bed; grateful for that small mercy...

One day last week a mysterious furry thing, small football size with a red core.... I shuddered and disposed of it as I was on the way out of the house. Mystery solved next day when the back legs an d part body of a rabbit appeared....

The I heard munching in the night and knew they had no raw food out so on with the light.. and there with her teeth round the head of a baby rabbit was my sweet gentle girl.. OH MY !

I do not tell them off; they are after all self catering and every little helps... And all I want them to do is EAT OUTSIDE.

My neighbour was admiring my broad bean plants; lamented that whatever she plants gets eaten by rabbits... I smiled and advised a cat...she was impressed...and I found the rabbit hole too...

But not had this kind of predation since one cat years ago arrived with a huge headless hare...never knew who got the head,,

And yes. Getting ready to worm them all ....

Ms Doubtfire1

Lol...happened to me too when I first moved in.it will balance out soon enough...don't worry.

Graces7

Thankfully they seem to have learned not to bring prey in but to eat outside.. Only one wee mouse in the last week...

Love that they can be in and out; when I have been away and come in, they erupt around me along with the dog..

Even saw my big lad up a tree; for 12 year olds they are great.