Preying Pets

Today was an interesting day. While the plumber was working on our bathtub, having opened a big hole in the wall, Lucky came to the door holding a bird in his mouth. After he stood for a few minutes, he realized he cant bring his prey into the house, so he went to the side of the door and dropped the bird by the bushes. Suddenly it came to me - he always is in that area - it must be where he keeps his serial killing trophies. This time he was foiled though. Mary Ann retreived the bird and it was alive and responsive. We took it to a woman who does rescue stuff, and she thinks that the bird is okay, but has lost most of his wing feathers as a result of Lucky pouncing on his wings and holding him down. So the bird is off our hands. On the way back, we saw that one of her neighbors has a zebra grazing in their front yard.

After the initial hoopala was over, and the plumber and I are walking back to the hole in the wall by the tub, Marley sticks his head out of the hole having apparently concluded his investigation. When we got him out, he was covered with dust and other debris.

In the meantime, after having gotten his bird, and shown Mary Ann where it was, Lucky was so impressed with himself that he sprinted in circles around the back yard in a clear display of what a magnificant hunter he is. Lucky is now sleeping it off in the corner. Maybe Im imagining it, but I think his head has gotten a little bigger. I thought I should probably keep track of this since it seems to be a therme, so here is a table of the cat activities (we know about) since coming here:


Successful Hunts ......Marley......Lucky......Powder Puff
(note - we dont condone this, but we cant stop it either)

Birds .............................0...............1.................0
Geckos...........................0...............5.................2
Rats...............................0...............0.................1
Snakes...........................0...............1.................0
Insects (est) .............500.............10.................1

Will keep you up on this...

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