A cat just being a cat

I'm sorry about you mouse :( That's so sad! (love the name you had for him though - as soon as I read it I smiled) It's completely understandable too for you to be upset. You embraced him as a pet :) I get upset with our cats for just being themselves too but they've never done anything quite like that before. And since it's not been as bad I just have to tell myself over and over "They're cats, that's what they do".

one of my cats got into a nest of bunnies - she appeared to think that the baby bunnies were kittens. Unfortunately this was a bad situation for the bunnies - the mom rabbit abandoned the den and the cat was not 'in a condition' to feed the babies. that was hard, but its not something you can 'explain' to the cat either.

My stepson had a hamster several years ago that got loose in our apartment. My old cat Bogie was a very good hunter and hunted the hamster for 2 days. He finally caught him and killed him. I didn't have the heart to tell my step-son that the cat had caught and killed the hamster. I wrapped him in a grocery bag and buried him. I let the boy think that the hamster just ran away.

i have been there. I had a cat when i was little that caught and killed a bird. i know it was only natural but it still upset me.I also have a kitty who put a gash in my betta fish's head. I felt so bad. I put my fish in medicine but i still felt bad it even happened

Yes I know what you mean.My cats sometimes knock things over and then there was the time I didcovered they had been using my favorite indoor tree for a litter box.I kept changing the box not being able to figure out why I could smell bad kitty smell when the box was so clean...then my tree started getting brown leaves and the leaves started dropping...Killed the tree before I figured it out...Oh well...

Just recently, I mentioned to my neighbor, that my cat had killed a baby rabbit. I was already feeling bad, but when my neighbor said,"oh, the little baby rabbit I've been seeing around here?" I was very upset after that! Then I realized there was nothing I could have done. The cat was just doing what came natural to him. Don't be so hard on yourself!

Yes! Our cat keeps trying to kill out Beta fish. He swims around in a small bowl on top of the entertainment center in our bedroom. Twice in the middle of the night our cat has gotten up there and knocked him off. We have to get up out of the bed and resuce the fish! Urrgg! I totaly understand your frustration.

Yes I got upset with my Cats to when they used to get Mice and Birds As you say it is only natural to them but it still used to make me angry at them I am sorry that your Cat got him he sounded a little Sweetheart

LOL This is funny, I think most cat owners have felt the way you do. Seems like when I get just about asleep, my cat wants to come and lick my face. LOL YUCK - I just want to sleep. I reach up and pet her for a few minutes then I cover my head. LOL

That's so upsetting...how sad. Poor Mr Jingles. I think it's just as natural for you to be upset as it was for Oliver to do what he did. On Friday night my Banjo caught a mouse in the front yard. I was worried it was a field mouse (a marsupial, not a rodent) but it turned out to be a rodent so I went inside not worried, figuring, better to let Banjo play than have the thing pooing inside and eating through stuff. Well, eventually Banjo bought his new "friend" onto the front porch. It was deceased by then. from the front porch it was brought inside and Banjo proceeded to roll about and flick the thing in the air so it could "fly". I was cooking dinner and didn't want to touch the mouse or the cat, so I was telling him to go outside and play (as if he would listen or obey)but no, he kept playing with his friend. And then it happened. Banjo ate it. I was horrified and gagging and thinking "there'll be gory bits on the rug" but luckily I was saved that. I was pretty glad Banjo slept on the couch that night instead of with me. What an animal!

oh dear that's sad :( The cat did what he was suppose to do naturally but didn't know it was a pet. Only if they knew how you feel they can say I'm sorry.

when i lived in arizona,i used to have geckos that also lived in the house-they'd just get in somehow. i didn't mind them as they would eat things like roaches-everybody in my area had them,you just couldn't get rid of them (unless you had the geckos). my russian blue,however,used to beat them and leave them somewhere to die.i'd be so mad at him. i'd rescue them whenever possible,but sometimes he was quicker than me. poor lil' gecko :(

I'm sorry for the little mouse. My cat made many things that made me to be upset on him and this things was natural for my cat to do. I'll give you some examples : One day when my cat was alone in my house he caught a little bird from my balcony and when I arrived home I sow the feathers of the little bird. I was so angry on him and I bit him a little. My cat has a bad habit: he carry the food that I give him in my brother's room under bed. It make me to be upset on my cat because he should eat in the kitchen. He has another bad habit: every night he meowing few minutes because he want to be pet. This thing make me angry because I hate to be awaked for nothing.

yep, it's probably natural to be upset when cats do things like that because we expect them not to do it. but they're just cute animals...i love cats, so if my cat were to do that, i'll probably give it a gentle smack on the head lol...and start loving it back again ;)

Hi, your Oliver made me smile:-) Thank you.I adore cats.

I have a bit problem that confuse me about my kitten. He cry a lot. I just adopted him 5 days ago. I named him Lee. And i can't even move in my room hearing him cry. Even when i just milking him until his stomach chubby, he still crying. It bugs my ear. Do you have any suggestion?

can i have one of your cats??ill disect it, like we used to do in our introdution to Vertebrate Anatomy. Its fun disecting cats.,,