This is Morgan.
He likes to hunt and has this thing about leaving me dead things at the back door.
Once in a while I will find a dead Mole but yesterday I found a Mouse in …not so nice condition.
Actually.... the mouse was in two parts…. What am I supposed to do with that? Reassemble?
I would like him to stop doing this but have no idea how to stop him.
I'd have a talk with him but I don't think that will do much good.

Any thoughts on what to do?








OH! yes ....thats one of the "Other Cars"

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i have heard that when they do that it is their way of showing affection toward their owner(s) probably just wants to show you he is doing what he is supposed to do.

i am not a cat lover or hater. and am alergic to them.

my take

1. normal behaviour for a cat that is not hungery. they love to hunt and cant help themselves. but if not hungry they dont eat the prey.

2. dont let him out.

3. trade for a lazier cat.

4. get a dog

tom w

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Oh, come now, stop the feigned indignation already.

I was raised in a house with up to 7 cats,the ones that were close to me and yes,SLEPT ON MY BED would,as a matter of course,leave the decapitated heads of sparrows and chickadees just outside my bedroom door as a sort of tribute,likewise with mouse and vole remains,it's what they do,and one must conclude they do it very efficiently.

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Ditto

That's what cats do, you can't change their, uhhh,stripes......

GREAT, GREAT pictures,by the way. I love them...you obviously have an eye for photography, keep those pictures coming!!

"Frances" is one good looking GMC truck too..

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My cat used to do this all the time. I always found that if you found some way to acknowledge the cat for its work (pat it on the head when you see what it left you) it would soon take the rest away and finish it off. I think it means the cat like you. After all, you likely feed it most of the time, its just trying to return the favor by leaving some if the food it caught for you.

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That's a GOOOOOD KITTY..

Just pulling his is own weight...the real deal working cat. I wish a lot more people would do that..work!

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Fight the good fight!......

My old cat used to do that, til the day we put her down due to god knows what, eyes were different sizes, at 15 years old, and it only weighed liek a pound. The other cat doesnt, he takes them away, because its us against him-hes not supposed to get out. So he knows anything he does outside, we dont like. It worked, he still catches rodents, but doesnt bring them up. And hes quite gentlemanly, always leaves them in one piece, somewhere around the yard.

Usually, females are the ones that are more active and will hunt and bring home prey...males are usually lazy...I'm surprised that your male cat is showing such behaviour...

One method that I have seen that is effective is to put a bell around your cat's neck...this more or less decreases your cat's ability to "stalk" prey...they will still hunt, because it is instinct, but their success will be limited with a big loud bell around his/her neck...

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OH! You must be talking about......Big Fat Lazy Gray Kitty.. who loves to just sleep , eat and oops.

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I hear that cats really don't like those bells. It would work but would probably drive the cat nuts.

I'm lucky, I guess, because I see my cat catch all sorts of things out in the yard but she doesn't leave them for us. I think she likes us...

My cat wasn't allowed out for the first year of her life due to where we lived, so maybe Austin is on to something. Perhaps she feels like we don't want to be involved in what she does out there because of that. I don't know.

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...another possible solution is that if you are traditionally letting your cat out to roam at night, and he sleeps in during the day, you can try to reverse his habits, and let him out to play during the day, and then bring him in at night...the small rodents that cats like to catch are usually most active at night...so cats tend to have a more "successful" hunt if he is let out at night...during the day, those rodents/birds are usually hiding out somewhere anyways...

You are lucky that your cat is bringing home animals dead...their hunting abilities will improve, and in the case of my cat, she is bringing home small rodents alive...my cat usually breaks a leg or does some sort of damage to the rodent so that it is not completely dead, then presents the rodent to me early in the morning, and allows me to inspect the fact that she was able to catch the rodent but not kill it...she allows the rodent to wearily run around the kitchen, at the same time keeping it under control for me to watch...then, I give her breakfast and then she forgets about her new found toy, and I end up having to do the dirty work of putting the rodent out of its misery and burying it somewhere in the yard...squirrels, crows, mice, etc...I ended up letting her out during the day and putting a bell on her...I hook the bell around her collar and take it off when she comes back in the evening for dinner...she may not like it, but I don't exactly like cleaning up her work after her and mopping up blood trails all over the kitchen floor...

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that is indeed what cats do, Morgan is giving you a "present," allbeit a stinky one this is a show of gratitude for being such a good responsible cat caregiver. I'd call your vet and see what they say. Hey, anyone see the photos of that cat chasing the black bear cub up a tree in Jersey last week?

OK. I see a cat and a Caddy. I searched in vain for the mouse. What gives???

I think it is like an alpha situation. They bring the prey back for the alpha to divvy up. Usually the alpha gets the meal, eats what it wants and the next in line and so on. So, bon appetit.

Seriously, I think it is a sign of respect you should acknowledge and be glad for. Something you probably won't see in kids. That is why we love our dogs so much.

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