Chania is an accomplished huntress. Here are the remains of her kill, a leveret/young hare. Not a drop of blood to be seen. She brought it in through the cat flap...no mean feat. Whilst irked by her behaviour, I'm impressed by her skill. I saw The Hare the day before in the lane. We both froze...before he lopped back into the shrubbery. He's a magnificent specimen. Not surprisingly...l haven’t seen him since ;-(. Broadsheet illustrates scale.
Chania is 14, an enthusiastic and an effective huntress. The leveret's head (young hare), I suspect, Chania ate indoors. She’s an effective 'killing machine' and leaves no trace or mess of her activity. No Joan, the one I saw a few days ago was the adult male hare, a splendid and noble beast. This one was of his litter, decapitated by Chania. Whilst Chania is 14 years old, she shows no signs of diminishing her hunting activities etc. Nature will takes its course.
@s4sayer My niece has three cats living at her house three of which are hunters. Fortunately they bring there catches to her house. They killed on of the beautiful male cardinals. It made me said but cats will be cats and I know my two would be happy to take out a few birds if she was not an indoor cat. But don't let any bats in the house because she will do them in. (She is a batter nor a birder LOL)
My mother loved cats, she was chosen by three cats to provide their food and other needs. They would often bring her gifts as payment, mice, birds and young rabbits.
@gamelee
What a fascinating balance for your mother from her thankful and thoughtful feline friends. I think more and more that relatively speaking, we know far less about animal behaviour than animals know/realise about humans.
August 22nd, 2020
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Chania is 14, an enthusiastic and an effective huntress. The leveret's head (young hare), I suspect, Chania ate indoors. She’s an effective 'killing machine' and leaves no trace or mess of her activity. No Joan, the one I saw a few days ago was the adult male hare, a splendid and noble beast. This one was of his litter, decapitated by Chania. Whilst Chania is 14 years old, she shows no signs of diminishing her hunting activities etc. Nature will takes its course.
What a fascinating balance for your mother from her thankful and thoughtful feline friends. I think more and more that relatively speaking, we know far less about animal behaviour than animals know/realise about humans.