Poll of the Day > My cat is a serial killer and I'm not sure how to accept that

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I love him a lot. He's probably my best friend but I don't know how to reconcile that he's a monster.

What/who has he killed

A friend of mine has a little graveyard for all the animals her cat has killed and I'm just like... keep your cat inside?

Gaawa_chan posted...

A friend of mine has a little graveyard for all the animals her cat has killed and I'm just like... keep your cat inside?

That's actually cute. I'd be proud that the cat has good hunting skills outside just as cats should.

Gaawa_chan posted...

A friend of mine has a little graveyard for all the animals her cat has killed and I'm just like... keep your cat inside?

If the cat has no animals to kill it will probably kill the humans.

You just have to play with your cat(s) more. It's easier if you have more than one cat and they get along because then they can play with each other.

Cats are predators it's in their nature to hunt and kill. Every cat has this in them, some just don't get as many opportunities to kill stuff.

that's just cats.

My uncle would let his cat out during the day when he lived in the country. It would hunt and kill field mice, then put them in a pile on his porch. By the end of the day, there would usually be 8-10 dead field mice sitting in a pile.

My house used to be next to a field, which got developed several years ago. All the field mice fled into people's houses. Our cats caught a few, but they gave them to us alive, so we put them further out of town.

In just the 48 contiguous United States, scientists estimate that domestic cats kill between one to four billion birds each year, plus an additional 6 to 22 billion small mammals and hundreds of millions of reptiles and amphibians.

Dikitain posted...

My uncle would let his cat out during the day when he lived in the country. It would hunt and kill field mice, then put them in a pile on his porch. By the end of the day, there would usually be 8-10 dead field mice sitting in a pile.

Seems like they do this for approval.

captpackrat posted...

In just the 48 contiguous United States, scientists estimate that domestic cats kill between one to four billion birds each year, plus an additional 6 to 22 billion small mammals and hundreds of millions of reptiles and amphibians.

What about the other two states?

Revelation34 posted...

What about the other two states?

Hawaii and Alaska

wwinterj25 posted...

Seems like they do this for approval.

Naw, they do it for the kdr, best in the world

wwinterj25 posted...

Seems like they do this for approval.

Sure, although I can't say my uncle liked having to dispose of all those dead mice every day. But the kitty did get a treat every night.

Muscles posted...

Naw, they do it for the kdr, best in the world

This too, cats hunt for entertainment if they don't need to for food.

Yeah, that's the story of my resident felines. I found a dead bird at the bottom of the porch stairs just this morning, a pile of bird feathers in the barn yesterday.

And TC was never heard from again

Muscles posted...

Naw, they do it for the kdr, best in the world

Humans.

One of my cats started catching snakes alive and bringing them to us to show off. It was at that point that I removed the door that let her come in and out as she pleased.

Rasmoh posted...

One of my cats started catching snakes alive and bringing them to us to show off. It was at that point that I removed the door that let her come in and out as she pleased.

Any snake a cat can catch isn't dangerous.

Revelation34 posted...

Any snake a cat can catch isn't dangerous.

There are no numbers above zero that represent an acceptable amount of snakes in my house.

Rasmoh posted...

One of my cats started catching snakes alive and bringing them to us to show off. It was at that point that I removed the door that let her come in and out as she pleased.

My cat would lose interest in her prey as soon as she brought it inside the house. She'd drop it on the kitchen floor and it'd scuttle under the fridge, then she'd walk away with an attitude that said, "OK, it's your problem now."

Revelation34 posted...

Any snake a cat can catch isn't dangerous.

Ehh. I've gone outside to see two of my cats fighting over a water moccasin

Hes an obligate carnivore who will hunt rodents and birds for meat.

dioxxys posted...

And TC was never heard from again

Seriously though TC said their cat was a serial killer then stopped posting

Coincidence?

dioxxys posted...

Seriously though TC said their cat was a serial killer then stopped posting

Coincidence?

"I didn't murder those women. That was my cat!"
- Quoted from the transcript of the police interrogation

They're all serial killers.
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Straughan posted...

They're all serial killers.
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That's normal cat behavior.

Well, first of all, don't anthropomorphize them, and then you can start to realize that they're killing for the good of man kind.

Gaawa_chan posted...

It's easier if you have more than one cat and they get along because then they can play with each other.

easier said than done

I stepped on a dead lizard barefoot the other day. Damn cat.

I killed a lizard trying to catch it as a kid. I cried. Poor bastard. Died just because I wanted to hold him. Later I got good at catching the black and striped ones. We fed them juicy black ants. I felt guilty after a week and let each go. I kept putting myself in their shoes and it would suck if I was caged in.

ZangsBeard posted...

Well, first of all, don't anthropomorphize them, and then you can start to realize that they're killing for the good of man kind.

Cats (particularly feral cats, but outdoor cats contribute as well) are actually an invasive species and as someone above mentioned are responsible for billions of wildlife loss per year. Sure, a lot of what theyre killing are pests, but a lot of what theyre killing arent. Feral and outdoor cats lower biodiversity in whatever area theyre in, which contributes to greater problems in the sustainability of ecosystems. Which is not good for humankind.

JigsawTDCII posted...

Cats (particularly feral cats, but outdoor cats contribute as well) are actually an invasive species and as someone above mentioned are responsible for billions of wildlife loss per year. Sure, a lot of what theyre killing are pests, but a lot of what theyre killing arent. Feral and outdoor cats lower biodiversity in whatever area theyre in, which contributes to greater problems in the sustainability of ecosystems. Which is not good for humankind.

Imagine how overpopulated the world would be with billions upon billions of extra animals, good job cats

acesxhigh posted...

easier said than done

Oh, believe me. I know. orz

JigsawTDCII posted...

Cats (particularly feral cats, but outdoor cats contribute as well) are actually an invasive species and as someone above mentioned are responsible for billions of wildlife loss per year. Sure, a lot of what theyre killing are pests, but a lot of what theyre killing arent. Feral and outdoor cats lower biodiversity in whatever area theyre in, which contributes to greater problems in the sustainability of ecosystems. Which is not good for humankind.

I don't care.

JigsawTDCII posted...

Cats (particularly feral cats, but outdoor cats contribute as well) are actually an invasive species and as someone above mentioned are responsible for billions of wildlife loss per year. Sure, a lot of what theyre killing are pests, but a lot of what theyre killing arent. Feral and outdoor cats lower biodiversity in whatever area theyre in, which contributes to greater problems in the sustainability of ecosystems. Which is not good for humankind.

Yep, I really dislike feral cats. Little shitheads have been devastating Hawaii's bird species.