My Crazy rabbit murding cat! {WARNING some Blood} not kid safe!

[badass350x]

So if we call it "Pussy" I'm guessing cats call it pussy too, but what do Dogs call it?

Hummm????? LOL

[El Camexican]

They are super hunters!

Someone told me once that the cats which curl they're front paws under their forearms when they lay down to rest are the best hunters. So far from my cat experience I'd have to agree. They are also the leanest cats, those fat azz house cats are... pussies

[atc007]

I forget what you called your diving birds,Blue something? Ours are barn swallows,,at my Moms request,,I have Never killed these filthy animals. { Mom's a bird lover} The barn swallows do kill a lot of bugs?? she said. Anyhow,,they build their nests,you guessed it ,in our barns. They crap ALL OVER everything below,tractors,equipment 3 WHEELERS.. Anyhow,,they divebomb our cats. Within MILLIMETERS of the cats backs. They click as they go by the cats back Anyhow,,our neighbor had a kitty that figured out what yours did. He'd go out in the lawn,lay on his back take a cpl dives to let the swallows get all worked up then Swat,swat,,pile up 2 or 3 of them!! Coolest thing ever. I loved that cat. Unfortunately,,it didn't get passed on to any of ours. We are Literally overrun w birds this year. I don't want to shoot them,,,but we are getting overrun w swallows and sparrows.

[El Camexican]

I forget what you called your diving birds,Blue something? Ours are barn swallows,,at my Moms request,,I have Never killed these filthy animals. { Mom's a bird lover} The barn swallows do kill a lot of bugs?? she said. Anyhow,,they build their nests,you guessed it ,in our barns. They crap ALL OVER everything below,tractors,equipment 3 WHEELERS.. Anyhow,,they divebomb our cats. Within MILLIMETERS of the cats backs. They click as they go by the cats back Anyhow,,our neighbor had a kitty that figured out what yours did. He'd go out in the lawn,lay on his back take a cpl dives to let the swallows get all worked up then Swat,swat,,pile up 2 or 3 of them!! Coolest thing ever. I loved that cat. Unfortunately,,it didn't get passed on to any of ours. We are Literally overrun w birds this year. I don't want to shoot them,,,but we are getting overrun w swallows and sparrows.

They are called Purple Martins. They are a member of the swallow family and have an amazing migration story (even better than a wetbacks!) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Martin. My Dad records the spring sightings of the scout birds (as well as geese and others) and plans his garden seeding around it. Works great. It can take years to develop a big colony and my Dad's houses are now all full for the past 35 years. Anyway, they each eat hundreds of insects a day and if you know anything about Manitoba mosquitoes you know why people love those things. Same goes for your Barn Swallows, but they are messy little buggers like you say. We would wash the nests off the walls with the hose as they were trying to build them because my Dad wouldn’t let me shoot them. They only build when they need to lay eggs, so if you can discourage them to move then, they will stay away until next time. We did however encourage their cousins the Tree Swallows to nest by putting perches on the garage wall and hollowing out logs. My Dad’s a bit of a bird nut, to give you an idea he had over 500 trees on one acre of land at one point (now he has a lot of fire wood and less trees) So anyway, back to cats. I was only allowed to shoot English Sparrows, Grackles, Cow Birds, Starlings, Crows, Magpies and any predatory birds that would stalk the Martins. The cat would follow me around every time I had the pellet gun in my hand (my mini-poodle does this now) and somehow learned which birds she could bring to the house and which ones she needed to hide in mass graves we found after she died. For the most part she abided by my Dad’s hunting rules as far as we knew (We just thought she couldn’t catch anything else) but later we found piles of feathers from Orioles, Blue Jays, Robins, Goldfinches etc. stashed in the garage and in thick brushes. That cat was scary smart. I’m recalling now that sometimes we’d see her two miles from home while out on the trikes and she would run from us like a wild animal when we’d call to her, but then a few hours later she’d come into the house, jump in my lap and start purring.

[atc007]

Wow,,A world away and lived parallel childhoods! My Mom was obsessed with our hummingbirds migration,lives,and nests. She always told me if I could take her to a reallife hummingbirds nest. She would by me a Corvette!! She wouldn't have of course,,but this was a VERY humble woman with NO wants for herself. I never made it happen...I tried and tried,,decade after decade. My sis bought her one out of Texas?? they go there to nest and this guy had videos and my sis got his # and got Mom her reallife hummers nest! I too had Many " hunting " cats,,Like you, I had my list of ,,could kill,and do not kill under ANY circumumstances!!! So,out I went with my BB gun,,remember,were on a farm in the middle of nowhere. And I hunted these filthy creatures down! ,,And KNOW all animals are here for a reason,,I am no slayer.. But starlings and swallows just plain RUINED our equipment. But yes,,I remember one day I stepped out of the basement w my bb gun. And my sis was on the fr porch with a cat. that cat tore off the porch to my side like a flash of lightning! He knew where I was going and what he was gonna eat! She was in pure amazement,, She said I have seen good hunting dogs,,but never one that good! As we speak,I have a kitten out on our fr porch. The deck is 12 ft tall. Mommy shimmies up and down that pole every day. No steps. We'll be entertaining company and up pops Kitty!! they about Sh!T themselves! I's SOOOO COOL !! I love cats.

[El Camexican]

And KNOW all animals are here for a reason

On that note my Dad always insisted that English Sparrows, Starlings, Grackles, Pigeons and Rats came over on ships, so it was our duty to shoot them. I don’t know if that’s true or not. Cow birds have that whole parental responsibility issue, so they were fair game too.

[Jon Boy]

Someone told me once that the cats which curl they're front paws under their forearms when they lay down to rest are the best hunters. So far from my cat experience I'd have to agree. They are also the leanest cats, those fat azz house cats are... pussies

just an old wives tale, my old fat house cat that never hunted curled his paws under all the time when he'd laydown.

my brother's old multi-toe (more than 18 toes) had 8 in back like normal, but 14 in front instead of 10. also it was what we'd call a Cabbit. it kinda looked like it was crossed between a cat and rabbit sorta, nub for a tail with longer than normal feet in the back and no cabbits aren't cross breeds. it was about the smartest cat i've ever came across. would tease and attack dogs. would chase other cats and dogs across the street, but wait if there was traffic. she was about as badass as you could get in a cat IMO.

[El Camexican]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydactyl_cat

Funny you mentioned that. Mine had an extra toe on the front paws.