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Marthe48

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41. We used to have outside cats

Reply to Aerows (Original post)

Wed Oct 1, 2014, 03:45 PM

Oct 2014

The current crop is 100% inside and I don't miss the 'gifts'. We have bird feeders in the yard and my cats watch the action from the windows.

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Things your cat leaves on the porch. [View all] Aerows Sep 2014 OP

none now since mine are indoors fizzgig Sep 2014 #1

My "favorite" was a dying oppossum Aerows Sep 2014 #4

With the exception of the snake I have received all of the above including the live baby rabbit. TexasTowelie Sep 2014 #10

I received a snake once. Aerows Sep 2014 #13

dccccccccccccccccccccccccccccw1c 7 fizzgig Sep 2014 #14

Chipmunk this morning on porch; chipmunk tonight, in driveway. CurtEastPoint Sep 2014 #2

Ick Aerows Sep 2014 #6

Well, I have 4 outdoor boys and one's about 3 mos old. CurtEastPoint Sep 2014 #11

A huge, half-dead rat. narnian60 Sep 2014 #3

Mine brought home a "treasure" like that Aerows Sep 2014 #5

Hearing at 60,000 hz a cat lives in a busier world than we do. edgineered Sep 2014 #7

Cats actually do have some color vision. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2014 #12

The extent is described in detail in the TTC lectures, here is a little more - edgineered Sep 2014 #20

That paper was interesting but weird - The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2014 #23

Oh, wait... train cats.... never mind. edgineered Sep 2014 #26

This ref is more detailed (I love cats, and dogs), edgineered Sep 2014 #22

Mine's record for moles Aerows Sep 2014 #15

YIKES!!!! edgineered Sep 2014 #21

Many lizards have met their end on my back porch. nt ohnoyoudidnt Sep 2014 #8

LOL! n/t Aerows Sep 2014 #19

Mine are indoor cats, but for some reason The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2014 #9

Nothing is quite as "enticing" Aerows Sep 2014 #17

several mouse livers.... irisblue Sep 2014 #16

I try my best to keep mine inside Aerows Sep 2014 #18

My late Tabby used to kill about 5 squirrels a week tabbycat31 Sep 2014 #24

Dead mouse IrishEyes Sep 2014 #25

Ewww! n/t Aerows Sep 2014 #33

All our current 5 are indoor kitties. 3catwoman3 Sep 2014 #27

Once my cat brought me "breakfast in bed" Laffy Kat Sep 2014 #28

Perfectly severed mouse heads. MissB Sep 2014 #29

Our indoor cat would leave cricket heads. cyberswede Sep 2014 #30

It's not the dead gifts on the porch that are the real problems, it's the live ones hedgehog Sep 2014 #31

Yes I TOTALLY Aerows Sep 2014 #34

dead chipmunks and dead birds B Calm Sep 2014 #32

A wren with its head missing, countless cicadas,,,, benld74 Sep 2014 #35

a neighbor's cat left a rat in the middle of my driveway - where I often park my vehicle DrDan Sep 2014 #36

Years & years ago, a neighbor knocked on my door peacefreak Sep 2014 #37

She loved everyone! :D Aerows Sep 2014 #38

Squirrel. trof Sep 2014 #39

The gifts we receive Aerows Sep 2014 #40

We used to have outside cats Marthe48 Oct 2014 #41

Something that had me worried WovenGems Oct 2014 #42

It's not the gifts. It's the thoughts that count. Yavin4 Oct 2014 #43

What the cat left, the opposum picked up Xipe Totec Oct 2014 #44

Years ago we had a cat who caught and killed, Jenoch Oct 2014 #45