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Does your cat eat the bugs it catches?

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... or are they disappointed with the bug finally keels over from exhaustion or a heart attack?... or do they offer it up to you as a gift?

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She usually eats them. It's not harmful unless you spray buy poision in your house.
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I let them have them except the piousness ones. Its there favorite play toy.
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All three! Somtimes she'll each the bug, sometimes she'll just loose interest when it dies, and the worst is when she brings me one thats still alive!! ICK lol
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My cats eat the spiders they find.
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My two kittens LOVE to catch and eat bugs. They are so good at it and it is their favorite past time. ;)
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usually when ever my cat catches flies she eats them...
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Both of my cats go incredibly insane over bugs. My kitten, who's almost 4 mo. old, will even go as far as climbing up a corner on the back porch (That's their only "outside" spot). It's so funny to watch her climb up there after a moth, then start howling because she can't figure out how to get down without falling. My other cat, who's a little over a year old, will sit and watch them, in a trance like state and then pounce on them and eat them immediately.

My cats are insane, but I still love them!
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Depends - Friday night my cats all brought me a roach - at 4 AM. Then yesterday one of the found a cricket and ate it. I think they just like to keep us on our toes. My cat when I was a teenager, used to bring me her mice - I had to tell her "GOOD GIRL!" through the sliding glass door, and she would then, happily go to the end of the back of the porch and eat it. Barf.
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it's their favorite game.they eat bugs for very end--luckily
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cats do it as PLAY,they are so interested and alert when this bug is on the move and its their way of playing and catching prey! and if the bug finally drops dead i think its a job well done for the cat and they either leave it or just eat it anyways and move on for the next poor bug!! lol cats wont get dissapointed,just bored that its not moving anymore!! and if they offer a bug as a gift i would be happy as my cat offered me a disected rat with all his organs intact and spead out on the back garden like a science project! i swear the heart and intestines were beside eachother untouched and in perfect condition! im 24 now and hand raised my cat from day one as his mum was sick and he was my baby and slept in my bed every night for years until he brought me home the surprises!!!!!(he was showing his affection for me by leaving his catch!!)then i stopped him sleeping beside me!! but i still love him no matter what!,ive had cats all my life so your lucky its only bugs for now!!xx
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the big juicy bugs and moths they keep and eat themselves.the others they usually bring to me for gifts..
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my cats like play with them then she kinda eats a little of it i usually have to clean it up she loves crickets lol the only thing that u usually have to look out for is spiders because so many of them are poisness
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My cat likes catching big moths and eats them at the end.  He thinks it is a special treat.  I am glad he does not offer it to me.

My grandmother had a cat some time ago that brought her "gifts" outside of the front door every night (like dead mice) that she found in the morning when she walked out.  I guess this was a "working" cat.  I am so glad my cat is not as generous :)
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sometimes they eat it and sometimes theyre dissappointed. depends on their moods, i guess.

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ONE OF MY CATS IS VERY FAT, IT LOVES EATING BIG MOTHS SO MUCH THAT SHE PUTS ON WEIGHT IN THE SUMMER. ITS NOT A PROBLEM. THEY ARE PROBABLY NOT UPSET WHEN THEY DIE, THEY WILL FIND ANOTHER. MY CATS BRING ME MICE AND BIRDS AS GIFTS (YUCK) BUT IF THEY BROUGHT ME A BUG I WOULD BE UPSET. HE HE HE
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My cats go crazy for months, it's almost total anarchy around here one when kreeps through the door. I have three cats who will fight and do what ever they can to get this month but only one will actually eat the dead bug. It's kind of funny watching three cats try to hang from a chandlier to catch a month.
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o.0 bugs no everything else yes xD rats,squirrels, flying squirrels,bats, and frogs poor things she plays with them alot then i save them from her (most of the time) and bring them to an animal rescue place (except for the lizards and frogs of coarse) rats are the only ones that can't get away though....yuck!

she leave them by the front door >.< :P"
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