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NewJeffCT

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10. yep
Wed May 30, 2018, 08:32 PM
May 2018

our cats typically bring home decapitated mice, moles, rabbits and the occasional bird. I feel bad when one of the mice or chipmunks or whatever is still alive and briefly escapes and tries to limp away, hopping on 3 good legs...

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"Has an animal ever left you special gifts?" femmedem May 2018 #1
I had on old kitty who would put mice she killed in the doorway between Arkansas Granny May 2018 #2
Good kitty! femmedem May 2018 #14
One of my cats used to bring me leaves WinstonSmith4740 May 2018 #6
Gah! femmedem May 2018 #15
Yuck. Stepping on a slug with your bare feet is an experience I hope to never repeat. Arkansas Granny May 2018 #17
I got a live mole one time -- that was pretty special . . . Nay May 2018 #18
me, too kanda May 2018 #20
$-_#@- Taker tazkcmo May 2018 #3
My husband points out he doesn't get the service our two Kittycow May 2018 #4
No you don't. While it might seem sweet that your cat would bring you a dead mouse remember Maraya1969 May 2018 #7
yep NewJeffCT May 2018 #10
OMG. I would totally lose it, in that case! Kittycow May 2018 #12
We live in lizard country. dixiegrrrrl May 2018 #16
How lovely malaise May 2018 #5
Sweet cat. sinkingfeeling May 2018 #8
Awwwwww. Beautiful cat. Willow's a great name. nt Honeycombe8 May 2018 #9
Two semi-ferral cats that come to lay for hours in my ornamental catnip... Historic NY May 2018 #11
Well, if this isn't one of the sweetest thing... 3catwoman3 May 2018 #13
Sweetest thing ever! fleur-de-lisa May 2018 #19
awwwwwwwwwwww niyad May 2018 #21
Bella would drop mouse ears and tails next to my bed, lol, ick. diane in sf May 2018 #22
I had a cat as a kid who brought a snake up on the porch for her kittens. Texin May 2018 #23
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