Jagger finally caught a bird!

Tabitha · **Joined:** Sun Feb 02, 2014 8:11 pm **Posts:** 1196

We returned from holiday this week and the first day back, I was looking out at the garden and saw Jagger bouncing around on the lawn. Nothing unusual there, he looked like he was chasing leaves which is one of his favourite pastimes. It wasn't very windy though and something fluttered by him and he pounced again. I still didn't think much of it, and wandered back in doors. A couple of minutes later, Jagger strutted in and seemed as proud as punch about something and when I looked closer, he had feathers caught in his whiskers...

I still didn't really believe he had caught anything, the most either of them have caught so far are butterflies, but just on the off chance I went outside to where he was playing and lo and behold there was a dead bird!

He laid down with his prize and looked so proud! I think it was probably more luck than any hunting skill and the bird hadn't seen him and landed nearby. I think the bird died of shock as there was no blood shed and he certainly didn't try to eat it, I actually think he thought it was his flying frenzy the way he flicked it around.

He wasn't very happy when my OH removed his kill for burial though and attacked him lol

Sherry · **Joined:** Thu May 23, 2013 2:21 pm **Posts:** 9217

Oh, poor birdie! We have six bird feeders out, plus a hummingbird feeder, so our yard is a magnet for neighborhood cats. Raiden likes to try and go after them. I did find a dead bird in his enclosure once. I love our birds and hate it when one is lost for any reason! I know it's natural for a cat to hunt them down -- but I'd prefer Raiden just watch them and enjoy them at the feeders. Raiden's prey of choice is mice!!! Cute little mice that terrify me to death. It's been over a year since he's brought one in and I think it's because we added smaller netting to his enclosure at the bottom and they can't get through to get the sunflower seeds since a feeder sits just outside Raiden's enclosure.

Tabitha · **Joined:** Sun Feb 02, 2014 8:11 pm **Posts:** 1196

I don't really like anything being killed either, I used to feed the birds too but stopped when we started to let our boys out. They've been going out for over a year though and it's the first thing they've ever caught, so I don't think the bird population is at risk. Most of the time, the birds here treat them with utter contempt lol

If by some miracle they do start catching things regularly, they will be having bells on their collars, especially as Jon is back at sea now and I don't want to be dealing with dead or half dead things on my own!

Donna741 · **Joined:** Wed Feb 05, 2014 9:03 pm **Posts:** 1048

aww he was so proud of himself. I'm sure he thought "I finally caught that darned toy!"

Where we live now we have TONS of rabbits and our younger dog caught one the other morning. He too was very proud of himself, and brought it right to "daddy". He was playing with it like it was a stuffed animal, tossing it in the air and picking it back up. We don't think he even really realized that he had killed an animal he just thought he was playing with a toy.

Jagger finally caught a bird!

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