Kitty woke me at 4 AM with a live present.

@TheHorse (218903)

Walnut Creek, California

April 29, 2021 3:43pm CST

Kitty was meowing in my dreams, and there was a peeping sound as well. I woke up and saw that kitty was offering me a baby something, perhaps a squirrel. It was about two-and-a-half inches long and curled up like a fetus. I thanked her for feeding me and told her (honestly) that I don't eat newborn squirrels. I turned my back, and there was no more peeping. Kitty had eaten half of the baby squirrel. I put the other half in her outside food bowl and she gobbled it up as well a few minutes later. I had gone to bed at about 10 PM, so I was good for a bit of internet action before going back to bed. Within 15 minutes, Kitty had brought home another newborn, this one no longer peeping. She laid it at my feet. Again, I thanked her, and again I placed it in her outside food bowl. It was gone when I when to work this morning. Do your fur friends ever bring home presents for you?

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Tina Dalasinski

@Tina30219 (81934)

• Onaway, Michigan

29 Apr 21

No our fur babies do not leave us presents. Pretty kitty you have there

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Tina Dalasinski

@Tina30219 (81934)

• Onaway, Michigan

30 Apr 21

@TheHorse I bet she does

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@TheHorse (218903)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Apr 21

@Tina30219 Right now she is deciding whether to investigate the noises outside or to settle in for another nap.

@TheHorse (218903)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 Apr 21

And she knows it.

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@BloggerDi (3113)

• United States

29 Apr 21

Oh my! That's not a nice way to be awakened! Your story reminds me of the time my cat woke me up by jumping on the bed with half of a bloody lizard. I still feel slightly traumatized to recall it.

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@TheHorse (218903)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 Apr 21

At least your kitty understood the importance of "sharing."

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@kareng (59186)

• United States

29 Apr 21

The two dogs we have now are good doggies. We did have a stray that loved to hunt. He would bring rabbits and birds often.

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@kareng (59186)

• United States

30 Apr 21

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@TheHorse (218903)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 Apr 21

Did you cook them up? Heh.

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@TheHorse (218903)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Apr 21

@kareng I've heard rabbit stew can be pretty tasty!

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@DaddyEvil (137259)

• United States

29 Apr 21

You told me last night that you were an omnivore... Why didn't you have breakfast with Kitty?

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@TheHorse (218903)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 Apr 21

The newborn squirrels didn't have much meat on them. And it would be too much work to fatten them up before I added carrots, celery and onion.

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@DaddyEvil (137259)

• United States

29 Apr 21

@TheHorse If they were that little, then the bones would barely give you a crunch when you chewed them.

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@TheHorse (218903)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 Apr 21

@DaddyEvil I never eat anything if I don't know what it is. Well, I probably have, but at least I didn't know it.

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@wolfgirl569 (106358)

• Marion, Ohio

30 Apr 21

Most have learned that I do not want them.

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@TheHorse (218903)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Apr 21

Are you thankful nontheless?

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@wolfgirl569 (106358)

• Marion, Ohio

30 Apr 21

@TheHorse Thankful that they dont give them to me.

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@TheHorse (218903)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Apr 21

@wolfgirl569 Heh. I feign great thanks as I move the snacks outside.

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@JudyEv (340106)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Apr 21

We had a stray cat that left the entrails of a rat on our doorstep every morning for over a week. In the end, we took her in.

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@TheHorse (218903)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Apr 21

Did you thank her profusely and pretend you had cooked up the entrails?

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@TheHorse (218903)

• Walnut Creek, California

1 May 21

@JudyEv But you got one. Cats rule the human world.

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@JudyEv (340106)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Apr 21

@TheHorse Not really because we didn't want a cat!! lol

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@prinzcy (32305)

• Malaysia

9 May 21

They would, most of the times. I am grateful, really but I keep telling them not to bring anymore back. I don't think they care. They want to feed this hooman so she would feed them more delicious cat food back.

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@prinzcy (32305)

• Malaysia

9 May 21

@TheHorse (218903)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 May 21

Exactly. I think cats are all Republicans.

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@kaylachan (69788)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

29 Apr 21

All my cats are strictly indoor, but they do love to share their toys with me. My cat Chilly loves to roll his toys up like a burrito.

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@kaylachan (69788)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

30 Apr 21

@TheHorse Yep. We have a towel he likes to sleep on. When he's playful enough, he'll roll it up with his toys in it.

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@TheHorse (218903)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Apr 21

@kaylachan Did he come from Mexico? Is he an illegal kitty? Just kidding! I was never a Trump supporter.

@TheHorse (218903)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 Apr 21

Is there a "biggest" toy that can serve as a tortilla?

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@Torunn (8607)

• Norway

1 May 21

That's one of the disadvantages with horses I suppose, they don't bring you newborn squirrels for breakfast. They do try to dig up their outdoor enclosures though, I think they're hunting for roots. I could maybe make money by renting them out as diggers, they don't pollute like a those of steel and iron.

@stanley777 (9402)

• Philippines

30 Apr 21

That was really sweet.

@LadyDuck (471548)

• Switzerland

30 Apr 21

Unfortunately this is a cats habit, they want to please you where their disgusting presents.

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30 Apr 21

I hate to see such thing... Here last weekend, I saw dog hunted a bird.

I was like You will not eat them why to hunt it

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@TheHorse (218903)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Apr 21

I just remind myself its the "circle of life."

@LindaOHio (178806)

• United States

30 Apr 21

Gross! The population of squirrels in your neighborhood has been drastically reduced! When we had dogs, the chipmunk population was at risk. We had a dog that brought us a baby rabbit one time...another one brought home a chipmunk. Poor little guys.

@DocAndersen (54402)

• United States

30 Apr 21

i can see you calmly explaining to the kitty, normally I don't eat baby squirrels but thank you! one time, when we lived closer to town, my dog managed to get a pizza box through the dog door. The only way for that box to go through that dog door, was at an angle. The labs don't often bring things to us. But I find stuff that was misplaced in the back yard all the time!!!!!

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@TheHorse (218903)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Apr 21

Labs are smarter than they pretend to be. Being loving and being smart are not mutually exclusive.

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@DocAndersen (54402)

• United States

30 Apr 21

@TheHorse Dogs, are incredibly smart. They have gotten human beings to take care of them for thousands of years!

@Dena91 (16636)

• United States

30 Apr 21

Kitty loves bringing you gifts, how sweet. She is beautiful. Our kitties were/are indoor so no gifts other than their toys. When I was a kid we had an indoor kitty that caught a mouse in the house and put it in the bathtub until we got home then insisted on us following him in there to see what a good boy he was.