Worthless Cat

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

This morning I wish I had a video camera in my hand. If I had, I could be a AFV winner.

I was in the smithy feeding the shop cat. She lives outdoors, and I feed her one can of cat food every morning. I always figured she got some extra nutrition from the abundance of small critters around the place. I was sitting in the chair watching her eat, and I saw something move from the corner of my eye. I looked over and a vole was making his/her way along the edge of the steel bars leaned up against the wall. The cat spotted it,too.After watching for a moment she went back to finishing off her meal, and then walked over to where the vole had slipped behind the steel. She sat there and waited. When the vole started to come out, she crouched low, and I was sure I was about to see some "Wild Kingdom" style action. To my surprise, she just lay down ,folded her paws up, and watched the vole. The critter came out and scurried right up to her nose. They looked at each other for a second or two, and the vole continued on its way. The cat watched it go, and then got up and walked out the smithy in the other way. I told her she was a worthless cat. No wonder the moles and voles seem so happy around my yard!

 

[sharpeknives]

Cat's are weird. Hey you just fed him breakfast. Maybe he was just looking over the lunch menu.

 

[WA Martin]

Yep, sounds like a regular Garfield.

My wife's cat will catch mice. But he just seems to play with them...

 

[oldrifleman]

Mine would just play with them as well. He loves living "Toys". never seen him kill anything excet a fly or two that he ate.

 

[Mr. Bad Example]

Our useless cat does the same thing--luckily, our JRT keeps tabs on the cat and she is death incarnate on rodents--so, the cat is the spotter and the dog jumps in and snipes them--a good partnership.

 

[JTR357]

Cats will rarely hunt on a full stomach.I'd advise on not feeding her for awhile,then see how your rodent population fairs.

 

[made2cut]

Stop feeding the cat and I'm sure he would start feeding himself . I have an indoor cat that is deadly on anything that moves. Now I've never seen a mouse in the house but any insects, spiders or other creepy crawlies are quickly gobbled up. Who needs insecticides? . My other cat is more the Garfield type, very loving but not a killer for sure. He does like to chatter at the birds once in a while but he's too fat to catch them. He's mainly good for entertaining the dog when I'm gone.

 

[Fletch Helical]

I've found more dead chipmunks around my yard than I can probably count from ours. One day I saw him stalk and corner one in an area where the only way out was behind the cat. I caught it happening through the other side of a sliding glass door that leads out of a porch area into the yard. Our cat is a bit skittish around even us (unless he wants to not be) so I went inside expecting him to finish it off. I came back out in a few minutes the cat was sitting there, chipmunk vanished. And he doesn't eat them, he either leaves them or brings them into the porch area when. So somehow the chipmunk managed to waltz it's way past him.