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Post by roly on Jul 18, 2020 22:02:03 GMT -5
If they ate the prey, there would be nothing to bring home.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jul 18, 2020 22:03:29 GMT -5
Making an offering to their overlord?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2020 22:03:48 GMT -5
They're trying to impress you.
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Post by rickyguitar on Jul 18, 2020 22:07:06 GMT -5
Showing off, sharing...showing off, cats ya know.
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Post by roly on Jul 18, 2020 22:25:29 GMT -5
I find cats in general to be aloof. With that in mind, why would they give a schitt about bringing home a trophy ?
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Post by gato on Jul 19, 2020 5:41:56 GMT -5
Years ago, I had a cat that was allowed to roam outside. There was a short covered entry way to my front door. Not infrequently, I would open that door in the early morning and find the concrete and stucco walls splashed with blood, my cat looking like .... well ... the cat who ate the canary. Only it was probably at least a pigeon that he flung around there, bouncing it off the walls. I always accepted that he was just sharing the bounty from the mean streets of his 'hood.
Now, my cats are strictly indoor. And each morning I find a stuffed toy mouse on my bed, along with a persistent feline paw-tapping my on face: "time to get up Dad ... look what I brought you, breakfast in bed."
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Post by rok-a-bill-e on Jul 19, 2020 11:49:34 GMT -5
To annoy you, of course. That look of disgust on your face when you find a mangled corpse by the back door is all the reward that they need.
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Post by roly on Jul 19, 2020 13:06:21 GMT -5
"To annoy you, of course. That look of disgust on your face when you find a mangled corpse by the back door is all the reward that they need."
That makes sense to me.
Don't get me wrong, I really like cats and dogs.
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Post by NoSoapRadio on Jul 19, 2020 13:11:56 GMT -5
"To annoy you, of course. Yes. My wife's cat (I refuse to acknowledge ownership) leaves her grisly offerings precisely where she knows I will be stepping when I come outside. She does it just to piss me off.
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Post by Taildragger on Jul 19, 2020 13:31:26 GMT -5
The cat restaurants are only open for curbside, which means they're bringing home take-out like everybody else.
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Post by sirWheat on Jul 19, 2020 13:36:11 GMT -5
My cat loves chipmunks. He generally eats 'em, starting with the head, and often times leaves me the hind-quarters. I give him credit for contributing.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2020 14:20:10 GMT -5
Giggling at how much their human servants are going to freak out when they discover their “gift”.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Jul 19, 2020 18:24:41 GMT -5
I think cats are generally insane, but being confined to the inside of your home it serves as entertainment.
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Post by Seldom Seen on Jul 20, 2020 13:52:48 GMT -5
It’s not always clear to me what message our cat is trying to send because he doesn’t always kill the “gifts”. There has been more than one mad dash to capture a mouse turned loose at the cat door.
However, the cake was taken a few years ago when we purchased new living room furniture and discovered, while removing the old furniture, that a rat was living behind the sofa. From the size of the mess this had been going on for a few weeks. A strategically placed trail cam confirmed our suspicion so I removed the cat food and water from the kitchen floor and waited. About a week later the emaciated rat turned up in the bathtub presumably searching for water. I yelled like a warrior after I killed that little SOB!
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Post by swampyankee on Jul 21, 2020 11:00:12 GMT -5
They are saying, "Ok, so I still have this instinct to hunt prey, but with the advent of Purina Cat Chow, I really have no idea to do with it, so you can have it."
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Post by slacker 🐨 on Jul 21, 2020 12:35:17 GMT -5
My cat is indoor, so she brings us socks and underwear as her trophy catches. When the kids were younger, it was beanie babies...
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