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My cat dragged a squirrel-baby into my apartment on saturday. I first thought she caught a mole or something, since I didn't knew squirrels tend to stay inside their nests rather long and are covered in dense fur long before they ever open their eyes. Also baby-squirrels already have those cute long hands I misinterpreted somewhat fiercely. (Until saturday I knew next to nothing about both moles and baby-squirrels. Of course, confusing moles and squirrels is still kind of embarrassing.  ) This one was already almost as large as an adult, just minus the pointed ears and the bushy tail. I think my cat was rather proud of gifting me with this heavily bleeding, catatonic squirrel. Personally, I could have done without.But all in all it went well. The little bugger apparently fell from the large tree behind our house and was just brought in by my little sweety. Which means she saved his life -there are other cats around, who aren't as well-fed as mine. I cleaned and disinfected the bite wounds made by my cat, tended to it like a squirrel emergency website taught me to do and contacted the squirrel emergency hotline. In the evening I transported the squirrel to a vet I got into contact with and it was already over it's shock and getting active again. (Most of the time in my apartment the little one spend sleeping, or getting fed with a water/sugar/salt-solution while my cat carefully observed everything I did.) So, after several different types of mice and birds, this was the largest mammal my cat caught and will most likely be the largest until fat sewer-rats start infesting our house or my cat finds a way into my neighbours' bunny shed. This whole episode made me thinking, how many other pet owners have trouble with animals being dragged in by their pets? What's the largest animal your own predatory pet has brought in? I start with the victim count for my own pet: Mice: 3 (2 common shrews; 1 common vole) - 1 shrew alive, the rest dead also holy poo poo shrews are loving loud Birds: 2 (1 Eurasian blue tit; 1 unknown, just feathers and blood near my window) - both dead Squirrels: 1 (1 Red Squirrel, baby) - alive Edit: New counter as of 04.07.2014: Mice/Vole/chipmunks/other Vermin: 59 [55] Squirrels: 2 [1] Rabbits: 40 [40] Skunks: 1 [1] Bats: 1 [1] Birds: 33 [31] Cats: 3 [1] Raccoons: 3 [0] Fox: 1 [0] Trees: 1 [0] Unknown: 6-7 [6-7] Hummingbird: 1 [0] A puppy: 1 [1] Dogs: 1 [1] (A venomous snake is also a predator. ) Venomous Snake: 1 [0] Final tally today: 95-96 acts of attempted murder 83-84 of which were pretty drat successful Libluini fucked around with this message at 10:13 on Jul 4, 2014 |
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Dog isn't allowed to bring his victims inside, but he tries sometimes. I always make him finish them on the deck though.  He has murdered: 4 pigeons 6-7 fledglings of assorted species 3 adult rabbits and at least 6 full nests of baby rabbits dozens of voles/mice/chipmunks 1 skunk He has attempted to murder: 2 feral cats 3 raccoons 1 fox 1 woodchuck 1 tree  That dog sure loves killing poo poo.
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Jun 30, 2014 23:33
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I (my parents) have two cats. The smart black one has caught and killed countless mice, cicadas, sparrows, and robins. She has caught at least half a dozen chipmunks, which end up about 50% dead, 25% escaped, and 25% up a giant maple tree in the backyard. Can chipmunks climb back down? If not, there's a sizable chipmunk graveyard in that tree. But the biggest thing she's killed was a rabbit. The other dumbass cat is too stupid to hunt, but once he caught a hummingbird! Then he was too scared to do anything with it so my dad took it away and set it free.
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Jul 1, 2014 00:58
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Gansett has never personally murdered anything but he's incredibly good at finding pre-dead animals. So far this year he's eaten 2 fledglings, a mouse, and a mole.
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Jul 1, 2014 01:07
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We live in the woods and Artemis is very vigilant about alerting us to the encroaching Chipmunk threat. She hasn't managed to get a live one yet, but she's eaten the corpse of at least 1 either chipmunk or mouse while we were on a walk. She had a flattened snake in her mouth before I was able to pull that away from her. I'm half tempted to let her go to town though, if it's this common for dogs to eat small animals I think it'd be great to not have to worry about those drat chipmunks for a while. All that rescuing and ranging they do!!! In all seriousness, if they do manage to get something, what's the procedure? I remember someone said to keep up with de-worming and all normal vaccines/etc, but do you need to do anything else when you know your pet has ravaged something?
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Jul 1, 2014 19:46
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My shitbulls killed my puppy and cat
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Jul 2, 2014 04:26
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My childhood cat Sunshine was an outdoor cat for a few years (before my parents eventually decided to make her an indoor-only cat) and she caught quite a few animals. Here's my favorite memory of that: My grandma was staying at my parents house for a few nights for a visit and one night, while we were getting ready for dinner, Sunshine caught a squirrel and placed it sitting up on our deck which was right next to and very visible from our dining room. Except--one thing was missing from the squirrel. It's head. I was something like 6 years old and I thought it was "awesome" and I remember noting that "it looks JUST like a chocolate bunny! And, she even ate the head first! Haha!" My grandma was so disgusted with all this she hardly said anything else for the whole rest of the night and didn't eat a thing. Later that night the missing squirrel head (or more accurately, the skull) was discovered in our basement as Sunshine barfed it up. Kid-me thought this was yet again "awesome" yet somehow no one else thought so. Especially not my dad who was the one who had to get rid of it.
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Jul 2, 2014 16:00
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We were snowshoeing last winter and came across a vole on top of the snow. I encouraged the dogs to get it because it was sluggish and useless and they have eaten (dead) wild things. They didn't kill it but were happy to paw roughly at and sniff it. Good thing we always bring a hunting knife and were able to dispatch the little critter.
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Jul 3, 2014 20:55
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Dex used to corner crickets, rip their back legs off and then roll all over them for the final blow. Because bathing in the "blood" of your victims is the badass way to do it.
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Jul 3, 2014 22:18
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I've only witnessed my family's old Chow, Czar, killing and devouring a bat and a seagull, both of which flew into the yard and landed, only to be eaten by a murdermachine. The third unsuccessful attempt was Czar vs a venomous snake. 
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Jul 4, 2014 08:18
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SynthOrange posted:I've only witnessed my family's old Chow, Czar, killing and devouring a bat and a seagull, both of which flew into the yard and landed, only to be eaten by a murdermachine. The third unsuccessful attempt was Czar vs a venomous snake. I think now is the time to tally up the new victim count. Format: At least your pet tried [Succesful Kills] Since I did count a baby squirrel fully, I looked up how many baby rabbits are commonly in a nest, so every full nest of baby rabbits counted as 6 rabbits. Also I think "dozens" are at least two dozen to me so make this 24 more animals to the butcher. (Holy poo poo that dog is a murder machine.  )By the way: Just so I have a number, "countless", "a lot" and similar things equals 50 animals for now. If there are several classes of animals mixed, I just divide through the number of stuff I want to count. Mice/Vole/chipmunks/other Vermin: 59 [55] Squirrels: 2 [1] Rabbits: 40 [40] Skunks: 1 [1] Bats: 1 [1] Birds: 33 [31] Cats: 3 [1]  Raccoons: 3 [0] Fox: 1 [0] Trees: 1 [0] Unknown: 6-7 [6-7] Hummingbird: 1 [0] A puppy: 1 [1] Dogs: 1 [1] (A venomous snake is also a predator. )Venomous Snake: 1 [0] -Stuff I didn't count: -Animals already dead. -Animals killed by humans because they were too slow? What the hell, Adventure in the Sandbox? Final tally today: 95-96 acts of attempted murder 83-84 of which were pretty drat successful Holy poo poo our animals are terrible monsters. Honorable mentions: Gansett, for being a pet far too nice for it's own good and old dog Czar, for learning too late that there is always one bastard worse. mcswizzle posted:In all seriousness, if they do manage to get something, what's the procedure? I remember someone said to keep up with de-worming and all normal vaccines/etc, but do you need to do anything else when you know your pet has ravaged something? If your pets are eating wild animals, you're supposed to keep up with regular de-worming (every two months) and vaccination (depends on local diseases). If you get live animals brought in, it mostly depends on you and local law. Red squirrels are protected where I live, for example. Which is why we have a nation-wide squirrel emergency hotline, for example. As a rule, as long as you can differentiate between voles (only Gansett cares for those) and shrews (insect-eaters, important), you're already ahead of the pack. As an example, since my cat is sometimes eating little animals (most of the time she just kills or plays for fun), I'm letting my vet give her an anti-worm pill every odd month or so. Since she's a little bit on the old side already and has lived on the street as a stray for a few months, my vet determined it would be a bad idea to weaken her already weak immune system with too much stuff. But normally she would need 1-2 vaccinations a year. If your pet stays at home all the time, you only need vaccinations if it can come into contact with other animals. (So I guess as long as your pet isn't a hardened street cat, they always need their shots.) But by all means, ask your local vet instead of listening to me, Mr. Some Guy on the Internet. Believe me, it's better for your pet in the long run! (Except if your vet is poo poo, but then I would be at a loss, anyway.)
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Jul 4, 2014 10:12
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0. They're indoor cats. You should all feel bad. Also, I suspect Superconsndar was either joking or trolling.
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Jul 4, 2014 12:47
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My chihuahua killed a baby squirrel once. Or, maimed it badly enough that a vet euthed it. Other than that, 0. Not for lack of trying though.
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Jul 4, 2014 13:02
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All the cats in the neighbourhood got lazy and stopped hunting because fruit bats just fry themselves on powerlines and drop into the gutter. It smells disgusting.
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Jul 4, 2014 14:09
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Mine are indoor only, but the 3 kitties I used to pet-sit for.. Jesus. One live Moorhen chick (returned to patiently waiting mother and fellow chicks) A live blackbird (died when I opened the front door for it and it flew into the closed window instead) Dead: Half a dozen baby rabbits Countless mice Countless Rats from by the millpond Two dozen slow worms (a type of white snake)
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Jul 4, 2014 15:38
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Leia is 1 for 1 with squirrels. Broke it's back and it passed away soon after. Luke as far as I know, hasn't gotten anything.
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Jul 4, 2014 15:47
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Hippie Hedgehog posted:0. They're indoor cats. My indoor cats have quite a kill count. Spiders: at least 7 Roaches: 4 Flying things: 10
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Jul 5, 2014 04:04
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Libluini posted:Dogs: 1 [1] (A venomous snake is also a predator. True, but it wasnt a pet! Czar also tried to eat a tiny kitten we found in the yard as well. Add that to an unsuccessful attempt since we got it out of his mouth fast enough. And my front tooth when I slipped and shattered it trying to catch the dog when he got loose during a bath.
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Jul 5, 2014 04:14
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Libluini posted:-Animals killed by humans because they were too slow? What the hell, Adventure in the Sandbox? Tell me about it! Come on you two, shape up or ship out:  
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Jul 6, 2014 07:53
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Hippie Hedgehog posted:0. They're indoor cats. She's not joking.
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Jul 6, 2014 09:08
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turns out dogs are large predators and kill things sometimes. who knew?
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Jul 6, 2014 12:54
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6-Ethyl Bearcat posted:She's not joking. Oh. I just assumed, from the mile-long rap sheet. I guess I owe her an apology.
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Jul 6, 2014 14:50
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uhm can I put in... insects[holy fukken poo poo] Notable standouts: 20 odd cicadas back during the swarms, one of my cats fukken loves him cicadas birds[2], multiple unsuccessful attempts voles[4] that I know of. (MURDER PRESENTS) large nasty rats[1]bigger than my hand mice at least a dozen, again known. Whatever was on the other end that one time years ago he came back battered, covered in blood with a triumphant swagger after escaping for a day. Baby bunnies [1]. Those are just my 3 living cats. if I included my old dog the list would include multiple farm animals culminating in an unsuccessful attack on an entire horse.
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Jul 6, 2014 23:57
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6-Ethyl Bearcat posted:She's not joking. RIP
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Jul 7, 2014 00:19
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Superconsndar posted:My shitbulls killed my puppy and cat Pitbulls are great 
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Jul 7, 2014 01:09
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Biscuit: Squirrel: 3 Rabbit : 4 Bird : 2 Mice : 5 Wally and Willard are indoor cats because I'm not a horrible person: Mice: 7 (one was an escaped feeder than I then fed to my snakes, not sure if that counts)
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Jul 7, 2014 03:25
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tada.wav posted:Pitbulls are great Do never, ever shitbull. I mean it and this is not a fakepost. Their time has Passed and a good one is not a pet. All of you with rescue pits: ur prob fine because those dogs are prob poo poo, keep on. I've got mine but after that I'm done with them tbh. Not their fault at all but haahha. edit: again this will not apply to the average pitbull owner, i got real spergy dogs made to do exactly what they did edit 2: i must emphasize that i was the big gay fuckup in this sitch Supercondescending fucked around with this message at 05:08 on Jul 7, 2014 |
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Jul 7, 2014 05:01
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In the last year: at /least/ 30 confirmed rats (thanks creepy man in my street who harbored a huge rat colony who then decided to stop feeding them, forcing them to take their chances against my dogs for the dog food - they lost), a cockatoo, a duck, several huge lizards, and an untold number of beetles. I had to move the bird feeder because the dogs began hunting the birds. e: going to revise my rat estimate. I lost count in the low 30s but I'm fairly sure it hit 40. The Carbon Tax fucked around with this message at 12:19 on Jul 7, 2014 |
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Jul 7, 2014 12:15
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 Guess what Moo caught.
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Jul 7, 2014 13:05
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Eifert Posting posted:
A bee? Saturn is now 17.5 years old. I got her at 3 months old. She's a cat. At least 10 mice (that I cleaned up) Countless cockroaches & flies A great big green parrot that she left ALL OVER MY BEDROOM Gross enormous rat that she brought to my mother's dinner party (thanks sweetie...)
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Jul 8, 2014 04:05
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Dumb dog chased it for like ten minutes, ignored "leave it" even though he's usually great with that one. Then I hear a yuoip! and he comes over looking for sympathy looking like a prizefighter. I told you, dumbass. He's done it at least 4 times, too. Dog puts the "a" in Smrt.
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Jul 8, 2014 05:56
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Decoy loves catching these loving things (total kill count approximately 8): He even bought one inside and squirted its guts all over a curtain. Thanks dude.
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Jul 8, 2014 07:22
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My parent's mastiff killed my pet pygmy goat when I was younger. Also an entire flock of chickens.
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Jul 8, 2014 15:03
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Helen killed a cat. She has also tried to kill anything that moves, so she's pretty big into attempted murder. Mae just chases lizards. loving pibbles.
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Jul 9, 2014 14:44
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Sheila's killed numerous baby anoles. I, in turn, have lost count of how many of her kills I've found by stepping on whole or partially-eaten lizard babies. She also tries to murder other neighborhood cats from behind the windows. The worst cat.
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Jul 9, 2014 15:31
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My neighbors cat just got killed by a visiting Airedale over the weekend. E: left "got" out and it read pretty funny
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Jul 10, 2014 19:55
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My dog murdered a dragon squeaky toy. Then he took my heart hostage 
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Jul 11, 2014 07:20
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My dogs have killed dozens of flies, does that count?
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Jul 11, 2014 15:20
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My cats continue to try and murder my snakes but have calmed down about it and just lazily paw at the glass when the snakes are out now. They haven't killed anything though. Which sucks, because I'm getting tired of roaches. None of my previously owned dogs killed anything, even my first dog (who was strictly outdoor only).
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Jul 11, 2014 15:58
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Countless insects and lizards, and maybe one cat. Scooter loves eating bees. I always try to stop him but sometimes he still gets them and has never had a reaction to it because he is apparently the Dog of Steel.
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