bird feet

[DCJenn]

and feathers. That was what I found on the porch when I got home from work. It was either the 11 year old cat or the 15 year old cat. Trouble (the 11 year old) was sitting right next to the evidence and made her presence known as soon as I walked up the steps. I'm putting my money on her.

Jenn

[GrayMatterWife]

On an up-note, the chance of getting crapped on as you walk out your front door just dropped by one rat-in-the-sky.

[lirio]

Once I was leaving work and I found a bird foot on my car. That was weird and gross!

[MrsK]

I'd put the money on the 11yo. Sounds like she was bringing you a trophy.

[Pollyanna]

On an up-note, the chance of getting crapped on as you walk out your front door just dropped by one rat-in-the-sky.

Good thinking!! Our Toby spends his days collecting a variety of lizards and leaving them on the back porch. YUCK!!

[ladymoreta]

I'd put the money on the 11yo. Sounds like she was bringing you a trophy.

Yeah, she was probably expecting lavish praise! We had a very "mothering" outdoor cat when I was growing up. Whenever we would get a new pet (cat or dog), she would start bringing up dead and almost-dead things to teach them to hunt. Lovely...

[MrsC]

That was a gift! They say that cats think we humans are so incapable of looking after ourselves that's why they bring rabbits/mice/birds as gifts.

Given that, our cat doesn't care if we die. In fact, she'd probably run if she saw a mouse. She's afraid to go outside.

My parents still have my childhood cat. She's still catching rabbits and mice at 14 years old. She'll try to bring it in every time so all the doors and windows have to be closed, then she'll climb up the gutter to the second floor of the house and try to get in those windows.
We firmly believe that she understands what you say. If you tell her that she's terrible because she hasn't caught a mouse in weeks, she'll catch one the same day, guaranteed. I miss her!! She's a wonderful cat.