I think our cats are hunters...

Wow. How about asking a Wildlife Biologist the damage free roaming cats cause. Maybe you will listen to an expert but probably not.
MEOW.
 
Lycosa said:
Wow. How about asking a Wildlife Biologist the damage free roaming cats cause. Maybe you will listen to an expert but probably not.
MEOW.
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Well I will agree with you :thumbup:, and I know that 1whobuys will too.

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Cats kill rodents in our urban environment which keeps out diseases -- which is why we kept them around for millenia.

Now a whole bunch of eco-freeks are flipping out about nothing -- politically correct morons will force everyone to keep all our cats in --- and filthy pestilence and rodents will be everywhere -- and everyone will go -- gee why did that happen?!?!
 
My cat's are lazy little buggers. They will occasionaly kill a mouse and bring it uneaten to my steps. They also have a fondness for frogs and moths. They tend to leave anything bigger alone. They have a possum friend that they eat and sleep with. They've been known to cuddle up with skunks on occasion too.

Since this is the Busse forum. Here's one of them after trying to steal CDRules' DM. Notice the teeth marks where it tried to drag it away.

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Cats don't kill the "good"; they kill the "slow", the "sick", the "inattentive", thus maintaining if not improving the vitality of each species.
 
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Not my cat... but my Lab doesn't like squirrels... and neither do I. They love our Pecan trees and also like getting in our attick and eating the electrical wires and cable... :(

Here's how we treat them...

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good looking lab there red snake...

my old cat always used to kill rabbits and squirrels. Whenever she killed a squirrel she would bring the tail into my bed. The cat I have now seems to do is for fun...bringing live rabbits(small, juveniles mostly) and squirrels that are still alive and have their viscera hanging out.
 
Ken...I think your cat can be excused from upsetting the delicate ecosystem in your backyard. You more than make-up for your cat's faux pas by sending 250-300 prairie dogs....to varmint hell.... ....every year...in over-populated areas....thus putting the ecosystem back into balance. You are the Ying....your cat is the Yang.......it's all about harmony.

.....or it could just be that we like blasting those vermin......could go either way.
 
BrainOnSigs said:
....thus putting the ecosystem back into balance. You are the Ying....your cat is the Yang.......it's all about harmony.

.....or it could just be that we like blasting those vermin......could go either way.
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I'll go with #2 ;)
 
meow Listen up here meow, I have no problem with cats doing the job they are born with meow, but keep them inside and they will live longer meow. I have lost three cats that were indoor/outdoor privelaged and they all ran out of their nine very early meow.

meow on another note, my indoor cats are awesome mousers but they only insist on eating the heads and leaving the rest for us meow. One even developed a habit of dropping the bodies into one particular shoe of my wife's or next to her pillow LMeowAO!:thumbup:

There is a farm cat at work and he loves chipmunk heads also. Unfortunately, some lucky soccer mom or some kid that wants to grow up and be Bear Grills always finds them. Lots of drama! LMeowAO!:D

meow the only thing that really sucks with indoor only cats, is that when it is their time ...they need your help wandering off to die at the bottom of the 9th.:(

Anyone got a cola?
 
Tails in the yard, I'd say your cats are doing what cats do.

We adopted a couple cats that were born outside but now their 100% in doors.

My wirehair on the other hand has a good sized fenced in woodsy back yard and has racked up quite a list him self. I personally never find evidence of squirrels and chipmunks until poopy pick up day but the bigger stuff like muskrats, woodchucks, and raccoons are kinda hard to miss, glad we don't get poisonous snakes, but he has had a few run ins with snapping turtles, always fun.

The way I see it, it's fenced, my kids play back there all the time, and if any of the local critters haven't figured out they shouldn't be inside the fenced area they need to be fast, really fast.

Helle
 
Free-range chickens - Yes; free-range cats - No?

But seriously, if you have a cat that insists on healthy outdoor activity and want to protect your backyard wildlife at the same time, put a collar and bell on your fuzzy killer, and carefully place water, bird/squirrel feeders, perches, and nesting boxes out of reach or beyond your fenced yard area if possible. You can seriously reduce or eliminate the carnage, support backyard/neighborhood habitat for the wild, and keep your cats active, alert, and entertained all at the same time.
 
Helle said:
Tails in the yard, I'd say your cats are doing what cats do.

We adopted a couple cats that were born outside but now their 100% in doors.

My wirehair on the other hand has a good sized fenced in woodsy back yard and has racked up quite a list him self. I personally never find evidence of squirrels and chipmunks until poopy pick up day but the bigger stuff like muskrats, woodchucks, and raccoons are kinda hard to miss, glad we don't get poisonous snakes, but he has had a few run ins with snapping turtles, always fun.

The way I see it, it's fenced, my kids play back there all the time, and if any of the local critters haven't figured out they shouldn't be inside the fenced area they need to be fast, really fast.

Helle
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Haha!! you said poopy pick up day :D
 
w.t. anderson said:
Cats don't kill the "good"; they kill the "slow", the "sick", the "inattentive", thus maintaining if not improving the vitality of each species.
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Cats are artificially introduced predators but subdivisions are artificial ecosystems themselves. We (people) introduce an excess of food for the 'natural' inhabitants thus creating an environment that supports an artificially high population. Blue Jays are not on the endangered species list but if they keep coming in my yard and messing with me and the Mockingbirds they soon will be. I've never seen a cat take an Owl or a Hawk or a Crow but apparently there are some dumb, slow Cardinals, Doves, Wrens and a few feather piles I can't distinguish. Now if I could only get them to catch those damn pigeons!!!
 
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