Why Do Cats Hunt? | Cats Uncovered | BBC Earth

This x-ray reveals that your pet has the posture of a tiger or a lion and is more agile than these amazing predators, but it has something else that is an even more powerful instinct. Could this help answer a question that baffles many of our urban cat owners? They no longer have to rely on their

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ing abilities as most are well fed at home, so why do they continue to

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to help find out? four times a week in the summer or spring a seagull has brought a rat of old mice frogs because there is a pond next to it a crow and a hamster good yes they have tried to catch the hamster several times and there have been three near death experiences with the hamster in cat related activities So far the top hunting marker for urban

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is one of the town when she leaves her house, her GPS Trace shows her doing a quick patrol around the neighborhood before heading into the woods. to hunt she travels up to two kilometers a day and brings about three kills a week well this is sandwich and she is over a year old she is a lovely cat very friendly good company for my three year old but for the night is a bit of a huntress she brings a lot of her own dinner we've had mice and a bird and a rabbit and rats huh and so far that's all but there are Lambs in the field nearby so we never know when she brings things that are a third of her size back surprises me a bit sandwich she has some unusual hunting techniques it's around two o'clock in the afternoon and she's in the local woods just listen to this she seems to be imitating strange bird sounds no one I'm sure why

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do Could this be an attempt to lure prey into the sandwiches? every day and refused to eat cat food and seemed to prefer fresh produce.

I tried to prevent her from doing it too much by overfeeding her and feeding her the most expensive cat food at best, but it hasn't stopped completely. he