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Sunday, April 14, 2013

Re: [AlpacaTalk] Re: Questions about barn cats

 

My wonderful "Little Princess", who is the serious barn cat/gopher eradicator, also hunts field mice when they are abundant. She used to kill birds, but since I always scold her when she brings home birds, she has stopped. And, I am fairly certain that she has really stopped, after one day when an adorable 0.2 ounce kinglet ran into the front window and gave himself a concussion. I set about trying to figure out what to do with him and started looking for a suitable sized box. While I did that, he was still outside on the deck, having seizures from his accident. Little Princess stayed at least 4 feet away from him, but watched him carefully until I returned. She could have easily eaten him and went on her way.


So anyway, cats can and do understand what you want. And if you believe that your spoken language can be understood by them, they really do understand. WE always tell our animals what's going on. 

BTW, I treated the little bird with Arnica Montana for trauma for about an hour, and after he felt better and was behaving normally, and chirping, I let him back outside.



On Apr 7, 2013, at 10:22 AM, jelizabethfarms1@bellsouth.net wrote:

 

Barn cats, feral cats, stray cats....they all rock for the farm life.
I've long been known around here as the lady that will trap any cat that
hangs out, spay/neuter, and feed for the rest of its life.
I used to find RATS, not mice, in the alpacas water buckets every morning.
None once I had barn cats.
And no more snakes either...which were also a huge problem here BC
(before cats).
I have one that unfortunately does hunt the birds, but none of the
others do.
I think it must be an individual personality thing.
And they each have their own dispositions and personalities - just like
all critters.
Run off the ducks?! You must be kidding. All the cats here are
terrified of even my little tiny miniature ducks. You should see these
little ducks - a mere look from one of them will send the cats
scattering haha.
Janice in GA


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