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Cat Forum / General Topics / April 2006Cat's jaws - how powerful?
I've got an 8 lb, 10 month old cat. She's extremely healthy & muscular, but even so, I'm wondering if it's possible for a cat to do this to a rabbit: http://community.webshots.com/photo/549163268/2700838220036186184BBmrcE Head gone, front legs gone. She would've had to chomp through an awful lot of bone. > I've got an 8 lb, 10 month old cat. She's extremely healthy & muscular, but > even so, I'm wondering if it's possible for a cat to do this to a rabbit: Sure! We used to have indoor/outdoor cats - they had a cat door - and they'd bring in all sorts of small animals, mice, chipmunks, rabbits, squirrels, and eat the whole damn lot, bones, fur, teeth, everything except sometimes they'd leave some guts lying on the floor. Lovely, it was.. Happily our two now are indoor jobs! > > I've got an 8 lb, 10 month old cat. She's extremely healthy & muscular, but > > even so, I'm wondering if it's possible for a cat to do this to a rabbit: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > except sometimes they'd leave some guts lying on the floor. Lovely, it > was.. Happily our two now are indoor jobs! Absolutely possible. Like the poster said, they'll eat just about everything, but they usually leave behind certain 'guts' because they contain bile, acids, urine or excrement....not good eatin, even for a cat. They'll use the rear part of their jaws (like a dog chewing on a rawhide) to break the bigger bones into smaller pieces. Kitties back teeth are quite sharp, and can produce quite a powerful bite for such a small animal. >> > I've got an 8 lb, 10 month old cat. She's extremely healthy & muscular, >> > but [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Kitties back teeth are quite sharp, and can produce quite a > powerful bite for such a small animal. I have a few marks on my arm which back up that last statement. Fortunately, she backs off when she remembers who's got the Friskies, the brush, the toys, and the hugs. > I've got an 8 lb, 10 month old cat. She's extremely healthy & muscular, > but even so, I'm wondering if it's possible for a cat to do this to a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Head gone, front legs gone. She would've had to chomp through an awful lot > of bone. I find decapitated rabbits all the time that my two cats have done in. Stone Some pic's http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/stoneman72/my_photos > I've got an 8 lb, 10 month old cat. She's extremely healthy & muscular, > but even so, I'm wondering if it's possible for a cat to do this to a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Head gone, front legs gone. She would've had to chomp through an awful lot > of bone. I think that's definitely possible for a cat to do, as everyone else has said, cats can and do chew on anything and they do have strong, sharp teeth. I was also thinking it could be a possibility that kitty brings home someone elses' leftovers from a kill. Maybe a rabbit that a fox, coyote, dog or something similar in your area could have gotten to and maybe left and the cat found it and brought it home? Seems cats LOVE to bring home the most disgusting of presents especially with YOU in mind ;) I'd say it's definitely possible for a cat to do that anyways! >> I've got an 8 lb, 10 month old cat. She's extremely healthy & muscular, >> but even so, I'm wondering if it's possible for a cat to do this to a [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > with YOU in mind ;) > I'd say it's definitely possible for a cat to do that anyways! I appreciate her gifts, although I have a pretty strong stomach. I think it comes from having my son vomit down my shirt when he was 3, and feeling ill. :) >>> I've got an 8 lb, 10 month old cat. She's extremely healthy & muscular, >>> but even so, I'm wondering if it's possible for a cat to do this to a [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > it comes from having my son vomit down my shirt when he was 3, and feeling > ill. :) Haha well, at least you appreciate her lovely gifts! I didn't appreciate the LIVE bird my parents' cat brought in... Me, terrified of birds, chasing a cat into the basement with what I thought was a dead bird, the only one home... Finding out the bird was still alive and screaming when this freaking out bird was trying to attack me ;) My middle son, when he was about 7 months old, puked on my younger brother when he was doing the airplane ride thing... My brother has one tough stomach, and I was wondering if my brother would a) throw the baby or b) bring up his own dinner Turned out he ran to the bathroom, got in the shower THEN puked. Kid got him good, right on the face ;) I can't handle vomit, blood and dead things :D >>> I've got an 8 lb, 10 month old cat. She's extremely healthy & muscular, >>> but even so, I'm wondering if it's possible for a cat to do this to a [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > it comes from having my son vomit down my shirt when he was 3, and feeling > ill. :) It's surprising how big a part of your life bodily fluids become when you have kids and pets. Stone Some pic's http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/stoneman72/my_photos |
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