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He also picks fights with neighbour cats and dogs and loses every time, costing me a fortune in vet bills. I love him.

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[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 117 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If your cat is attacking neighbor animals you should not let it outside anymore. Culling wildlife is problematic but "their nature". But a pet that actively attacks other people's pets is just a menace and will only end in heartache and legal issues.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 years ago

It's "their nature" but they are not part of nature (unless you live in like Turkey or something where they're from).

[–] rand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.com 102 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe make the cat indoor-only and save on vet bills. And save the animals in your neighborhood.

It's a fact that cats hunt for fun in addition to sustenance. Since you presumably feed your cat, we can only assume that everything he attacks outdoors is for fun.

[–] Ketram@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago

Outdoor cats decimate bird populations. Letting your cat out is terrible for your local ecosystem. Seeing this stuff really frustrates me.

[–] nullboi@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

This is such an image.

[–] thejoker954@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

Maybe he wants a friend not food.

[–] chetradley@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Let that poor mouse go. He has stories to tell his friends.

[–] H4mi@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

He was in the bowl for less than a minute, then let out in the garden while the cat was locked inside for a while.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Our cat brought a live bat into the house once and then just let it go. The dogs were all over it, but thankfully didn't kill or injure it. I let it crawl along the wall to the front door, then it climbed up the screen door. I opened the screen and closed the front door. We checked back a half hour later and it was gone, so I guess it was okay, and flew away. That was a crazy experience.

[–] shotgun_crab@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] knightmare1147@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

You're absolutely right.

[–] redline23@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

To the mouse: "We have ways of making you talk."

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Officer Cat is about to start interrogating that mouse.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 years ago

He just wanted to give you a present.

Damn human didn't eat the mouse I worked to catch a-gain.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago

They friends not food

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I had a huge chonker of a cat that once brought a whole-ass jackrabbit in the house. The rabbit was almost bigger than my cat!

[–] Cuttlefish1111@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The clip out of the top of the ear is done by animal control upon request after being neutered.

[–] H4mi@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, no. That’s not a thing where I live. It happened 5 years after he was neutered and came with other scratches and bite marks as well.