Innocence Lost - caught in pictures

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

11/25/2006 06:06:28 PM · #1

Miya is no longer young and innocent. I caught her playing with her very first mouse. I think she would have played with and slowly gummed the poor thing to death if I hadn't taken it away. But I let her play for awhile ... you know, just to get the smell of blood in her. :-)

cheekymunky

Canon EOS-40D

11/25/2006 06:12:05 PM · #2

The other week our kitten brought us a present of a wood-pigeon, at least twice the size as her! Unfortunately must have been a good 30 minutes before we found it... but which time our hall resembles a scene from 'dawn of the dead'!

timfythetoo

Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

11/25/2006 06:25:30 PM · #3

My cats have brought back all sorts of critters. One time, while cleaning our living room, I found the legs and a couple feathers of a bird larger than a sparrow - but that was it. I was expecting to find the rest regurgitated up somewhere in the house - fortunatley we did not.

My dad had a cat that would consistently bring back baby rabbits. He put a bell around his collar and it stopped - for a week or so and then he started catching them again. My dad found the cat just sitting by the hole and waiting them out. He was a very patient cat.

Great series of pics you have here. The joy and playfulness can really be seen in your cats eyes.

ralph

Nikon Z9

11/25/2006 07:38:01 PM · #4

no thanks
i find enough dead critters in the yard (lawn mowing fun) from our two cats --

Gnarf

Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital

11/25/2006 07:50:13 PM · #5

Thats funny, i dreamt i had alot of dead small mice in my kitchen the other night.. because of a cat like this. that was such a weird dream. ehe. havent thought about cats or mices in a long time. hick!

Siggav

Nikon D80

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX

11/25/2006 08:21:58 PM · #6

My cat killed her first mouse the other day as well. Nothing special really except that she's an indoor cat.

..oh well atleast she's earning her keep (not that she'd need to)

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

11/25/2006 08:24:25 PM · #7

Originally posted by Siggav:

My cat killed her first mouse the other day as well. Nothing special really except that she's an indoor cat.

..oh well atleast she's earning her keep (not that she'd need to)

Yeah, ours are kept indoors as well. She didn't bring the mouse in from outside. It got in on its own, to its own detriment! :-)

Our other cat wasn't nearly as interested in the mouse. She just watched as Miya played with the little fella. I'm just glad she got it before we found out on our own that we had a mouse in the house!

theSaj

Canon EOS-20D

11/25/2006 08:36:49 PM · #8

We had two cats. One would simply catch and play with the mice. But never eat them. The other would come along after the first was done playing and eat the mice.

*lol*

fstopopen

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

11/25/2006 08:44:28 PM · #9

did you ever read an entire thread and think... "why the hell am I even reading this"?

Not an admonishment of the thread, but I have never had a cat nor do I particularly care for them, but I read every word here. I really think I am addicted to this site.

drake

Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D

11/25/2006 08:47:39 PM · #10

Originally posted by fstopopen:

did you ever read an entire thread and think... "why the hell am I even reading this"?

Uhhh... (silently raises hand in the air) DPC chews up more of my time than I care to admit.

Hi, my name is David, and I'm a DPC Addict.

Azrifel

Fujifilm X100VI

11/25/2006 08:54:20 PM · #11

Wy does everyone think its funny that the cat brings back a mouse or a (big) bird, but when my dog kills a cat all hell brakes loose?

David Ey

Nikon D80

11/25/2006 09:14:24 PM · #12

Have you not seen "Flushed Away"? Those little critters are really sweet.

sher

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

11/25/2006 10:34:19 PM · #13

Originally posted by David Ey:

Have you not seen "Flushed Away"? Those little critters are really sweet.

lol...except for the Bordetellosis, Encephalomyocarditis, Leptospirosis, Pseudorabies, Salmonellosis, Swine dysentery, Swine erysipelas, Toxoplasmosis, and Trichinosis that they carry.

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

11/25/2006 11:52:36 PM · #14

Originally posted by sher9204:

Originally posted by David Ey:
Have you not seen "Flushed Away"? Those little critters are really sweet.

lol...except for the Bordetellosis, Encephalomyocarditis, Leptospirosis, Pseudorabies, Salmonellosis, Swine dysentery, Swine erysipelas, Toxoplasmosis, and Trichinosis that they carry.

Easy for you to say!

missinseattle

Nikon D200

11/27/2006 08:51:34 AM · #15

Poor mousey! lol I remember when our cat was about 4 months old. She got her first mouse. She didn't know what to do with it. She thought the thing was dead so she left it there in the middle of the kitchen floor. It was playing dead. Fortunately our wolf hybrid was on the ball, chased it to the bedroom and left it on the bed for me - she didn't kill it either.
I deleted the pictures a long time ago but I have one of the mouse in my wolfers mouth- all you can see is the nose and whiskers.
Ended up putting it in a container for the lil one and setting it free down by the river.