“Wait, what? Comics readers like it when a beloved character starts hoarding small animal corpses? Gross, but these numbers don’t lie. I guess that’s our next storyline, if we want to stay relevant!” –the Gasoline Alley creative team, probably
We had a cat that would bring us birds, rabbits, anything he could kill. The vet said if they kill and don’t eat it they are bringing us a gift. They aren’t hungry, just fulfilling their hunting instinct. That was early 70s, all cats have been inside cats since.
I don’t know how much actual truth there is to this, but I’ve seen it stated a few times that, while a lot of domesticated animals are able to understand humans and other animals as being part of their social unit despite not being of the same species, Cats basically see the entire world in terms of either “friend cat”, “enemy cat”, or “prey”, and so they assume that the humans they associate with are just very stupid cats, and leaving “gifts” like dead mice are their attempts at teaching us how to hunt properly.
Walt & Gertie really need to make an appointment with the vet to get Mee-Meow checked out & to find out if Mee-Meow is a boy or girl. Also make a second appointment to get her/him spay/neutered.
I’ve had two cats that were great mousers, both female. The first has been gone 8 years, and the other is 20 now. She still patrols the house occasionally sniffing along the walls, though I’m not sure she could still catch a mouse. Good thing we apparently don’t have any!
Tiger would bring dead rats to the back porch. We did not eat them because parents said they were probably poisoned by the tin-siding warehouse just past the grazing cow and over the railroad tracks. The year daddy had his first heart attack. Fun times. Tiger continued to thrive for many more years.
Many years ago I sat in the barn and watched a cat playing with a mouse. The cat would catch and hold the mouse for a little bit and then release it and catch it again. My dog was laying beside me watching also. After about 5 to 10 minutes of this; my dog got tired of the show. He got up, walked to the cat. When the cat let go of the mouse, my dog bit the mouse and killed it. He then turned and walked away. The cat just sat there looking at the mouse and occasionally pushing it with his paw trying to get it to run again.
snsurone76 about 1 month ago
Too bad—the mouse looks a little like Mickey.
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray about 1 month ago
Gert ! We got us a fer real gen-u-wine mouser !
top cat james about 1 month ago
Save your praise—He got it at Corky’s Diner.
iggyman about 1 month ago
Mee-Meow is earning his (her) keep!
therese_callahan2002 about 1 month ago
I owned several cats that killed mice.
Don Bagert Premium Member about 1 month ago
Hey! There’s no trope for cats killing mice!
David Rickard Premium Member about 1 month ago
From today’s Comics Curmudgeon:
“Wait, what? Comics readers like it when a beloved character starts hoarding small animal corpses? Gross, but these numbers don’t lie. I guess that’s our next storyline, if we want to stay relevant!” –the Gasoline Alley creative team, probably
SofaKing about 1 month ago
We had a cat that would bring us birds, rabbits, anything he could kill. The vet said if they kill and don’t eat it they are bringing us a gift. They aren’t hungry, just fulfilling their hunting instinct. That was early 70s, all cats have been inside cats since.
actionjackson09 about 1 month ago
I don’t know how much actual truth there is to this, but I’ve seen it stated a few times that, while a lot of domesticated animals are able to understand humans and other animals as being part of their social unit despite not being of the same species, Cats basically see the entire world in terms of either “friend cat”, “enemy cat”, or “prey”, and so they assume that the humans they associate with are just very stupid cats, and leaving “gifts” like dead mice are their attempts at teaching us how to hunt properly.
patroman about 1 month ago
Walt & Gertie really need to make an appointment with the vet to get Mee-Meow checked out & to find out if Mee-Meow is a boy or girl. Also make a second appointment to get her/him spay/neutered.
GG_loves_comics Premium Member about 1 month ago
I’ve had two cats that were great mousers, both female. The first has been gone 8 years, and the other is 20 now. She still patrols the house occasionally sniffing along the walls, though I’m not sure she could still catch a mouse. Good thing we apparently don’t have any!
Uncle $crooge about 1 month ago
Just add it to your collection, Walt.
egadi'mnotclad about 1 month ago
Tiger would bring dead rats to the back porch. We did not eat them because parents said they were probably poisoned by the tin-siding warehouse just past the grazing cow and over the railroad tracks. The year daddy had his first heart attack. Fun times. Tiger continued to thrive for many more years.
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] about 1 month ago
I think the mouse is only unconscious.
Release it into the wild, where it will get snatched and eaten by an Eagle
Jack Bell Premium Member about 1 month ago
Many years ago I sat in the barn and watched a cat playing with a mouse. The cat would catch and hold the mouse for a little bit and then release it and catch it again. My dog was laying beside me watching also. After about 5 to 10 minutes of this; my dog got tired of the show. He got up, walked to the cat. When the cat let go of the mouse, my dog bit the mouse and killed it. He then turned and walked away. The cat just sat there looking at the mouse and occasionally pushing it with his paw trying to get it to run again.