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Post by Zekumi on Dec 7, 2008 21:05:42 GMT -5
Just thought I'd ask. Link, my current cat for example, is a killing machine. He's downright malicious.
Julian, though, never paid much attention to any small animals, fish or bird or the like. I can't remember him ever taking much notice to any other animal, let alone killing it.
EDIT: Oops. I didn't think to put an option for people with multiple cats. If you've got more than one, just choose the majorities habit (or you could individually specify in your post if you want to).
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Post by Spell on Dec 7, 2008 21:19:33 GMT -5
My cats really don't kill anything XD I had hamsters/mice/gerbils/rats and my one cat Draco 'stole' two of them once and let them go in the living room and just laid back and watched them run around. (neither were hurt) My current critter (my gpig Rosie) is boring to them I think.. they ignore her completely. I don't think they even noticed the fish. Another time there was a wild mouse loose in my room and they were SCARED of it.
The only think I've seen them kill is flies when they get in the house in the summer time... and they more torture them then out right kill em'.
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Post by Clover on Dec 7, 2008 21:22:43 GMT -5
When I put my rabbit on the floor, my cat usually hisses and stuff, she's swatted her a few times, but she would never hurt her in any way :3.
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Post by Zekumi on Dec 7, 2008 21:32:21 GMT -5
Aw, you guys are lucky. T__T
I won't go into detail, but Link's desire to destroy has officially traumatized me. I'd like to get a little pet mouse, but ... *shudder* x__x
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Post by Ela @ GK on Dec 7, 2008 21:35:12 GMT -5
Depends on which cat. My older cat will lay and let my rats and degus play with it. They climb on her and she just grooms them caringly and they love her. My kitten, Gypsy, however, is a killing machine and will kill anything if given the chance... including a speck of hair rolling across the floor. He will bite and maul anything that moves if given the chance.
I will say, with proper housing for your small animals, you should have no issues. I mean. I have 4 rats and 2 degus (temps), and both are fine with my cat Gypsy watching them through the bars. He did try to get them but gave up quickly once he realized he couldnt get to the them. i just handle them only when gypsy is out of the room.
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Post by Zekumi on Dec 7, 2008 21:41:26 GMT -5
^ If I may ask, where did you get Gypsy?
Josh's neighbor's cat had kittens outside, and the neighbor more or less ignored them and let them reach afew months old living outside, largely unsocialized, with their mother. Link was from that litter. I was wondering if maybe Link's neglected kittenhood is what gave him that overzealous desire to kill?
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Post by Ela @ GK on Dec 7, 2008 21:50:57 GMT -5
Gypsy was picked out of a newspaper, by my friend (aka, I had no choice, If I did I would have gotten a female siamese from the SPCA), and when we picked him up, the household was extremely cat friendly - The woman we got him form had 2 indoor females of her own, the kittens were from the most current cat she adopted which she stated was adopted pregnant. She seemed very cat friendly and showed an abundance of affection and care for her cats - She was even nice enough to give us a free neuter certificate, litter box, month of food, and leash/harness.
So yeah, Gyps is from a very good home and was raise din a family setting and handled frequently. He was well behaved until he hit about 4 months old (and his testicles dropped). I have, in my experience, found that male cats tend to be more prone to that "hunting" instinct - not saying all, but most males I have met are like that until 5 or 6 years of age (or sometimes until they get fixed).
Again that is only in my experience.
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Post by Spell on Dec 7, 2008 21:53:25 GMT -5
I think it's instinct for cats to chase furry things that move but I also think they need to learn how to hunt properly. If their mom or another cat never shows them how to kill and if they never have to hunt for their next meal then they might not grow up to be killers. ALSO, I think that if they accidentally (in play) kill a small animal then something clicks in their brain "oh THAT'S how I do it!". I don't know how much truth is in that but it makes sense to me. XD
Just some things I've observed~ I've had mine since they were approx. 5 weeks old (they were feral kitties I found in my yard) and they never really learned to kill.
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Post by Musicali3 on Dec 7, 2008 22:53:22 GMT -5
i don't have a cat, but my littlest dog, a silky terrier, will go after ANY small creature. she caught her first mouse a couple of weeks ago. i guess the breed was used for hunting rodents.. so she has more instinct than my other silky.. i think she might think she's a cat.. she tried to walk on everything too like cats. u.u
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Post by Kipchack on Dec 8, 2008 0:03:14 GMT -5
Quetzal would kill it and probably chew it. Rosie would kill and eat it without hesitation. Dani would kill it, paw it around and bite it a bit. Kashmir would slaughter it and busy herself with other things. Carson would probably pounce on it, possibly kill it, but he wouldn't know what to do with it after that.
Oh, and for the dogs, Sugar would kill it and probably eat it (she's killed squirrels and a rabbit before), Charlie would probably pounce on it and mouth it but I don't know if he'd kill it, his prey drive isn't that strong. Winston wouldn't care.
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Post by Brynn on Dec 8, 2008 0:26:33 GMT -5
Remus has actually killed two of my pet iguanas in the past by batting the deadbolt on the cage open and opening the cage.
TC would probably be too scared of it.
Busy would kill it.
Opus would play with it, then kill it.
Oreo would squish it.
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Post by Alex@Marvel on Dec 8, 2008 0:39:09 GMT -5
Let's see..
Whiskers is a hunter, through and through. But he refuses to hunt mice or other rodents, he prefers birds.
Minerva is outright my littlest adult cat, but she'll hunt down anything. She's killed mice, birds and rabbits in the past.
Baxter prefers fish, he's figured out if they come close to the surface of whatever body of water, he can slap and stun them.
The others ocassionally chase things, but they're not major hunters. Except for Albus..he hunts socks.
None of them touch my pet rats, if they even try they get a faceful of water from a squirt bottle.
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Post by Croag on Dec 8, 2008 16:24:58 GMT -5
My cat Honey killed a frog when she was little but she hasn't killed anything recently. I know sometimes I find a dead mouse and she plays with it, but my other cat kills it. Jellybean, my other cat has killed a few mice actually.
When I had my guinea pig both of my cats licked him, so I don't think anything guinea pig sized they'd kill, maybe?
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Post by <Faded Dreams>@PopCorn! on Dec 8, 2008 16:32:08 GMT -5
When I was younger and has Princess the Tabby she killed my pet frog =_= We have since gotten rid of her, as we THOUGHT cats weren't allowed in the apartment, but we were wrong so now we have our baby Ryuk, who loves to Jump on the bird cage, drink from my Betta Ixtapa's bowl [he never tries to get her, just drinks out of it], pokes our bunny then runs and will sit watching the hamsters all night. xD
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Post by Feral on Dec 8, 2008 17:09:02 GMT -5
Well, my answers may be a bit biased, as my "small animals" are mainly lizards.
Missy: Not sure about her, i've never seen her around small animals, and notice them. Boo: He'll kill moths and mice, but anything larger than a small mouse he doesn't notice. Though he will stare intently at the movment. Spaz: Doesn't seem to notice small animals, or if he does he's too damaged to know how to hunt them. He does smack everything that moves, though. Ditto: Hunts rodents and small birds, but is absolutely terrified of all small reptile smells. Salem: Hunts up to large pigeons, but i don't think he kills them purposely. He "plays" with them to death, and then yowls and cries when it dies. But since most of his teeth were removed, he kills them a lot less often.
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