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Feral Cats diet
My two ungrateful 18 month old cats were born feral and rescued, they are now domesticated. I have only had them a matter of weeks, but they are lovely cats most of the time anyway.
They were being fed chicken at breakfast, I was having some so they got a few bits each. He guzzled his bit, she walked past hers.
I started lecturing her (!?) about her mum having to go and catch her own food - rabbits and chicken etc. Then I thought - do feral cats steal, kill and eat chickens.?
And why do we have lamb and beef cat food - they probably don't eat that in the wild. I realise that a sheep/cow fills a lot of sachets of Whiskas.
In the end my little Princess left the chicken for her brother, who growled at her when she walked past him. I thought that my brother and I used to fight all the time - we were angels compared to my two darlings.
They were being fed chicken at breakfast, I was having some so they got a few bits each. He guzzled his bit, she walked past hers.
I started lecturing her (!?) about her mum having to go and catch her own food - rabbits and chicken etc. Then I thought - do feral cats steal, kill and eat chickens.?
And why do we have lamb and beef cat food - they probably don't eat that in the wild. I realise that a sheep/cow fills a lot of sachets of Whiskas.
In the end my little Princess left the chicken for her brother, who growled at her when she walked past him. I thought that my brother and I used to fight all the time - we were angels compared to my two darlings.
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Not many cats will kill a full grown chicken!
More likely to be things like sparrows, blackbirds etc. but I don't think blackbird or robin flavoured cat food would go down very well!
Same applies to mouse or rat flavoured cat food!!
What gets me are these very high priced tiny tins of 'premium' dog and cat food - it costs less to buy the actual meat (or fish) off the human counter!
I have just had a cat move in (always said I would never have a cat in town), I have a giant dog that has never lived with a cat in his life (11 years). The cat is eating out of his bowl (thought cats are not supposed to eat dog food?) and when it has a mad half hour it bats the ball of paper under his nose (deliberately)! It has certainly livened up my house!!!
More likely to be things like sparrows, blackbirds etc. but I don't think blackbird or robin flavoured cat food would go down very well!
Same applies to mouse or rat flavoured cat food!!
What gets me are these very high priced tiny tins of 'premium' dog and cat food - it costs less to buy the actual meat (or fish) off the human counter!
I have just had a cat move in (always said I would never have a cat in town), I have a giant dog that has never lived with a cat in his life (11 years). The cat is eating out of his bowl (thought cats are not supposed to eat dog food?) and when it has a mad half hour it bats the ball of paper under his nose (deliberately)! It has certainly livened up my house!!!
At least your dog seems to know its place in the world - slave to the cat.
I nice old lady that I know told me that when her children were young they had two medium sized dogs and attempted to introduce a tiny kitten to the household.
She sat with the kitten on her knee and her husband brought the two bounding hounds through to meet it. The tiny ball of fluff let out one loud hiss, the dogs bolted back to their basket. The cat had taken over the household and ruled the place from then on. The dogs could probably have swallowed it whole - but weren't brave enough to try.
In the 1970s we had a cat that would only eat Chum. He terrified all the dogs in the street and chased the GSD guard dog from down the road. His name was Shaka - a Zulu warrrior.
Cats are really odd animals!
I nice old lady that I know told me that when her children were young they had two medium sized dogs and attempted to introduce a tiny kitten to the household.
She sat with the kitten on her knee and her husband brought the two bounding hounds through to meet it. The tiny ball of fluff let out one loud hiss, the dogs bolted back to their basket. The cat had taken over the household and ruled the place from then on. The dogs could probably have swallowed it whole - but weren't brave enough to try.
In the 1970s we had a cat that would only eat Chum. He terrified all the dogs in the street and chased the GSD guard dog from down the road. His name was Shaka - a Zulu warrrior.
Cats are really odd animals!
awwwww, thank you for the giggles :-)
our little cat, who is getting on a bit, waits at the top of the stairs for our stoopid dawg who gets terribly exited when he sees her... goes bounding up the stairs and comes back down with.... claws!! in his nose lol......
Of course.... he goes back for more...... and you can almost see the cat with folded arms planning her next stage of attack....
Darling animals :-) xxx
our little cat, who is getting on a bit, waits at the top of the stairs for our stoopid dawg who gets terribly exited when he sees her... goes bounding up the stairs and comes back down with.... claws!! in his nose lol......
Of course.... he goes back for more...... and you can almost see the cat with folded arms planning her next stage of attack....
Darling animals :-) xxx
All these brave cats - mine's been a complete wimp until this weekend. There is another cat that comes in the garden sometimes and instead of chasing it out of his territory Sam comes running back in the house and hides behind me! He's like a little kid peaking out from behind his mother's skirts!
Anyway this weekend the other cat actually came through the back door in to the kitchen and Sam suddenly got brave and chased it out the door and up the garden yowling all the way. He then sauntered back down to me with a new swagger in his step and jumped on my shoulder meowing as if to say "look at me mum - aren't I brave!".
Such strange beasts.
Anyway this weekend the other cat actually came through the back door in to the kitchen and Sam suddenly got brave and chased it out the door and up the garden yowling all the way. He then sauntered back down to me with a new swagger in his step and jumped on my shoulder meowing as if to say "look at me mum - aren't I brave!".
Such strange beasts.
I have always been a dog lover, and always wanted a dog. I always considered cats to be evil and manipulative and trouble makers. They are all those things.
But they are also fun to live with. My last cat was 10+ when I got him. These two are 18 months and I am learning the hard way that the fact that they are litter mates means nothing. They are playing, I think, but they hiss and spit and growl at each other. They run up and down the stairs like a herd of elephants.
They are strange - but they have us well trained.
Good that Sam chased out the intruder, if he hadn't there might have been an ongoing problem. He will be toddling around with his new found confident swagger for days.
But they are also fun to live with. My last cat was 10+ when I got him. These two are 18 months and I am learning the hard way that the fact that they are litter mates means nothing. They are playing, I think, but they hiss and spit and growl at each other. They run up and down the stairs like a herd of elephants.
They are strange - but they have us well trained.
Good that Sam chased out the intruder, if he hadn't there might have been an ongoing problem. He will be toddling around with his new found confident swagger for days.
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