Not my cat

You either love or hate cats.

Today I hate one particular one.

 

Its what they do Rich.

 

I think cats only catch frogs once and then never again. The frogs have a bitter slime, sort of a protection shield. Ours caught a frog once, had it in his mouth without biting it and spat it out right quick and frothed at the mouth for some time. Now he just looks at them, taps them gently if they don't move.

 

At certain times of the year my cat brings loads of frogs into the house,as if a gift for me,never harms them though,just plays with them,having said that we have found them behind furniture.......mummified,after a few days,they just dry out :(

 

I'm sorry Rich, I don't know how Polly got from here to Kent, but she really loves sucking on frogs. She once brought me one, it's body was in her mouth and two legs dangled out, I'm afraid I wasn't very appreciative and pointed to the door, so she hasn't brought me one since. Now we get half eaten mice :D
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It's toads you won't find cats or dogs playing with as they are toxic and the secretion will burn the mouth of any animal which picks it up.
I have to make sure my cat doesn't get any where near my Fire Bellies!

 

Then it was a toad and not a frog that our Gato had in his mouth once.

 

Oh, what a beautiful cat Polly is Scotkat .. just love that face!

Like roders, we find mummified critters but likewise ours bring them in as presents and the poor thing dies of a heart attack ... ... as we would if some huge creature came and picked us up to play with.

Cats are beautiful, sweet, delicate, loveable and I haven't got enough words to praise them. My life has been made worth living sometimes because of them.

I've had the pleasure of having them in my life for nearly 40 years ... thank you, my beautiful feline friends, I'll never be without you in my lifetime.

 

KG, I think the frog slime is just that, a slime to make gripping the frog that much harder. I am not 100% sure but believe the Dendrobates and Phyllobates, poison arrow or dart frogs are the only frogs with toxins and lethal ones at that. Most frogs and toads urinate on capture too. :(

 

Polly is Celia's cat, LoL! Scotkat hasn't been in on this thread, at least, not recently! :D

 

Where did I get that from ... I ALWAYS have to look back to spell her name correctly, Scotkat, that is, not Celia!

Sorry, Celia. I think the gremlin who is on line tonight with folk disappearing is here tonight again!

I'll say no more ...

 

mmmm - imagine if you will, a family wedding day - everyone getting ready, and being very carefully calm - cat then brings in live sparrow and lets it go at the brides feet - wonderful gift but the effect was anything but calm.

 

When I lived in Oz my biggest mission was rescuing the gekkos my cats brought in and then removing the detached still wiggling tails. However, I then was lucky enough to discover a praying mantis but she wasn't the brightest so providing her with safe havens in the garden without being trod upon became quite a project.
I did enjoy the magpies who used to run after my cats if they came to close to the mince we put out for them as if a cat was ever brave enough to stop the magpie would then fall on his back, legs in the air and feigh death! Several near heart attacks later I realised this was a game.

TO

 

Hello, tigg&oscar.

Geckos are norm here and ours like to bring them in but not as a meal, just as a fun thing.

I don't like what cats do sometimes, and I've had them 39 years, but I try to train mine to be "humane" on the occasion they decide to go out and about.

 

I know what you mean. I am quite lucky with mine as they rarely catch and if they do they don't kill so I have a successfull release rate. They have been trained from as early as possible (bearing in mind all my cats are rescues) not to touch birds and I as I used to bring home birds when I was a volunteer wildlife carer they got used to them.

Now, occassionally, I get a live field mouse which is dropped on command and taken back outside again.

Nature is nature though.

TO