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Baldoni-XXV <baldoniXXV - 19 Jun 2007 16:58 GMT

My Tomcat Diego brought a mouse home for the first time this week.
That is the first time in his life, he is almost 2 years 6 months old.

My female cat catches all the mice and birds and brings them home. Is
it fair to say that females are known for catching the most prey ?

Diego is not the fastest cat around indeed he is pretty lethargic and
sometimes cries for me to open a gate that he is capable of jumping
over. It could be that he took the mouse off another cat.

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Upscale - 20 Jun 2007 00:40 GMT

"Baldoni-XXV @googlemail.com>" <baldoniXXV<nil> wrote in message

> Diego is not the fastest cat around indeed he is pretty lethargic and
> sometimes cries for me to open a gate that he is capable of jumping
> over. It could be that he took the mouse off another cat.

It sounds to me like Diego knows he has a cat slave at his beck an call. :)

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Yojimbo - 21 Jun 2007 03:47 GMT

I wasn't aware of this before it was mentioned in the cartoon Pearls Before
Swine (and then I looked it up to confirm) that lionesses do most of the
hunring in the pride/ pack. And I ran across this:
"Female cats are often better mousers than males. Cats of either gender that
are "fixed" are better mousers than those that are intact because they think
about hunting and not finding a mate. Of course, mousing ability depends a
lot more on the cat's personality than the sex of the cat. I have two female
cats and they are both completely clueless mousers."
Mine, a male, has never brought home a bird or mouse (should I feel
offended), though I have seen a bird corpse twice. He seems to get more out
joy of pouncing and swatting crickets.

> > Diego is not the fastest cat around indeed he is pretty lethargic and
> > sometimes cries for me to open a gate that he is capable of jumping
> > over. It could be that he took the mouse off another cat.
>
> It sounds to me like Diego knows he has a cat slave at his beck an call.
:)

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BaldoniXXV <baldoniXXV - 21 Jun 2007 10:10 GMT

Yojimbo presented the following explanation :

> I wasn't aware of this before it was mentioned in the cartoon Pearls Before
> Swine (and then I looked it up to confirm) that lionesses do most of the
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> offended), though I have seen a bird corpse twice. He seems to get more out
> joy of pouncing and swatting crickets.

The female cat I have "Lou Lou" is an excellent mouser, maybe because
she is very small. Her coloring (dark tortoishell) makes her look like
a little tiger but it is a great camouflage.

She has to sisters living in close proximity and they don't catch as
much as her.

The tom is very slow and is only a young cat. He is not even
interested in playing with a toy or a piece of string.

>>> Diego is not the fastest cat around indeed he is pretty lethargic and
>>> sometimes cries for me to open a gate that he is capable of jumping
>>> over. It could be that he took the mouse off another cat.
>>
>> It sounds to me like Diego knows he has a cat slave at his beck an call.
> :)

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Yojimbo - 23 Jun 2007 05:36 GMT

This morning, as I was heading out the door to bike to work, my grey tabby
Taboo comes trotting up. We slept together, ate, and I put him out just a
few minutes earlier. It's a fairly safe area of a town (in SE Manitoba) to
let him out. And he has a respectable respect for the sound of car engines.
Anyway, only out for a couple of minutes and he's trotting towards me with a
large mouse in his mouth. Close to me, he puts it down, his mouth still on
it. I prepare to accept the 'gift' in good grace until I see the ears - it's
a small rabbit, apparently unharmed. I tug his tail lightly, he lets go, and
after a few seconds the scared rabbit bolts in a circle. 'Boo gives chase
and I know he's just going to play with him (probably to death) so I scooped
him up and, fairly gently, back into the house. He was only following his
nature, however sadistic.
He may be doing other @#$& when I let him out (he's healthier and happier) -
I don't want to know. But this one gets away.

e cat I have "Lou Lou" is an excellent mouser, maybe because

> she is very small. Her coloring (dark tortoishell) makes her look like
> a little tiger but it is a great camouflage.
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