Spoils of mighty hunter (Day 15 of 30)

[nanila]

Telstar is over ten years old now. Is he slowing down, I hear you ask? Perhaps becoming more sedentary, less kittenish, not quite so lethal?

Well. Today's photo is behind a cut because it contains freshly killed bunny (not gory).

I mean, this is still his idea of a weekday morning pre-breakfast gift, so I reckon he's planning to outlive us all.

Comments

[hilarita]

I think it's preferable to the half-eaten version, though.
The cat I had while growing up was a tiny furry murder machine. In her prime, we would find at least 3 small furry corpses (or parts) outside the back door each morning. Her all-time record was 10, though 3 shrews, two vole heads, and a half-rabbit was definitely up there, along with the no-score magpie draw that left us with one sulking cat and a lawn covered with black and white feathers. In her old age (15+), we would still find at least 1 corpse (or part thereof) as tribute at least 3 times a week (but often more frequently than that).
We never, ever, had any problems with mice, despite living next to a field. We didn't see much of the mice, though, except sometimes claws. She tended to eat those.

[worlds_of_smoke]

Yeah, at least the corpse was intact. XD

[siliconshaman]

D'awww, he's doing his bit to contribute to the household..

I suppose you could butcher it and cook it up for him. [cook, because it might have parasites.]

Lets face it, that's fairly impressive for a cat.

[st_aurafina]

Come on, that's some good eating! Telstar's doing his bit for the family!

(Ours left us a hind leg once. In the pantry. Because that's obviously the right place for such things.)

[samskeyti]

Lola was well over seventeen when she stopped her attempts on the maltese terrier's life. (Indoor kitty homicide index...)

[tree_and_leaf]

Come the 31st of October, I reckon you could be grateful for Telstar's hunting prowess....

(Too dark?)

[ayebydan]

My father would have a stew out of that lol

[pbristow]

[SALUTES THE MIGHTY TELSTAR]

[nanila]

Yes, he was particularly prolific when his brother was still around. There was more than one occasion when we came home to our old house in Cambridge and found ourselves ankle-deep in wood pigeon feathers.
We don't have any problems with mice either!

[nanila]

It is impressive - especially considering that he got it through the cat flap!

[nanila]

Oh yes, he's good at sharing! :D

Haha, "salt this and hang it up for the winter, humans, otherwise why have you got thumbs??"

[nanila]

Good grief! That's impressive. I've only ever had one cat that lived to that age.

[nanila]

Let's face it, humour of the bleakest kind is the only thing that can help to cope with the current political situation. Nothing is too dark.

[nanila]

Yes! It was a healthy bunny (well, before it was dead) so probably pretty good eating. He had it back off us, though - which was fair enough really.

[nanila]

Indeed! He is very good at his job.

[siliconshaman]

I forgot who said: "Never underestimate the determination of a cat."

[lurkingcat]

There's some good eating on that! It sounds like Telstar is enjoying that very long middle age that cats get. Good for him :)

Kheldar hasn't bought anything that big indoors since the Great Pigeon Incident and we're not sure if it was he or Shadow or both of them who were responsible for protecting the house during summer of the zombie frog plague. Loki never bought anything live into the house but did manage to get most of a neighbour's Christmas turkey in through the cat flap one year. Which was just about as messy as a live kill.

[silveradept]

Telstar certainly has opinions about your hunting skills.

[spiffikins]

ahaha - go Telstar go!

My friend's cat, catches mice, rats, and birds and brings them *alive* into the house - to give to the *dog*. Because the cat clearly considers the dog an inferior hunter, who needs more practice, LOL.

[nanila]

Oh my, turkey theft! That reminds me of an old photo we took of Telstar sst in a chair directly under where the Christmas ham was cooling. He never took his eyes off that section of table, as if he were drilling through it with the power of his mind.

[nanila]

We are a perpetual disappointment to him, I'm afraid.

[nanila]

He's certainly not timid! Heh, cats must despair of their non feline housemates.

[omnipotent]

Bloke looks less than thrilled. I love it. I mean, at least Telstar cares enough about his bipedal subjects to try to feed y'all.

[nanila]

He is Best Cat. We love him so much.