my cats gifts?

Question

my cat is always bringing dead birds, mice and even a rabbitt as large as him to my bedroom. i always feed him and he doesn't starve. why does he do this to me? when my husband is home he never does this.

Answer 1

When a cat brings you a present, he/she recognizes you as a close member of his/her family. Only mammals, birds & some social insects share their food - when they do it is with a close member of the family - either a mate or offspring. What might be an unpleasant or tasteless surprise from the human size is a treasure from the feline side - a special find, shared on the basis of your close family kinship.

;-)

Answer 2

Ahhhh.... nothing says "I love you" like half a dead mousie.

Cats do not bring you presents like birdies and mousies and bunnies because they are hungry .... they bring them because they REALLY REALLY REALLY like you. Seriously, you should take this as a huge compliment ... thank and pet the kitty, then get rid of the present.

A friend of mine has a large male inside-outside kitty (with a cat door). For the last few weeks, he has been bringing her home LIVE baby bunnies ... about one every other day or so ... and she is now fostering 7 baby bunnies!!! (Which, when you think about it ... is pretty darned cute ... though I suspect there are some traumatized mommy bunnies in the neighborhood!) This same cat once brought home a LIVE baby skunk ... so things could be worse.

Kinda makes the dead birds not seem so bad, huh???

Love your kitty back ... he loves his mommy very much!

Purrrrrrrr

Answer 3

Evidently kitty is more fond of you than your hubby. I know it isn't pleasant most times, but it's true, these dead gifts are tokens of your cats affection and appreciation for you. He's rewarding you for your loyalty and love to him, and by giving you these gifts, he seeks your approval of him even more. Pat him on the head and encourage another dead mouse :-)
The only other explanation I can think of is that Kitty wants you to tell these stories to your husband and he will soon think you are insane because the cat never brings anything dead home when he is there. Once hubby puts you away in a state gig, Kitty can have hubby all to himself. Of course that would be on the slight side of paranoid, huh??

Answer 4

A cat is a predator and it is his natural instinct to hunt--why responsible pet owners have cats that are inside the house cats--cats are the no 1 killer of song birds and with all the other factors having their numbers decline cats are not needed to hunt and kill them. I have a cat,always have had cats,but she is a inside cat who from the windows(low to the ground)watches all the activity and sometimes bumps head on the window but never hurt when the chipmunks run by. She is happy and I enjoy the birds and little animals in my backyard. Do you mope around or miss your husband when he is gone-your cat probably senses you are not totally happy so she brings you gifts to cheer you(For Real) Also it a known fact that inside cats live longer while all kinds of dreadful thins an happen to cats who run loose-the pound can pich it up and can then be sold (common practice of county pounds) to medical lab(esp if she has no collar with instr on how to find owner, there are people wo catch loose cats(and other animlas $30. for a dog) and sell to medical experimentation labs-$20.for a cat. And of course theres always the sickos that catch and torture cats and small animals. These are the reasons I keep my cat inside for I love her and do not wish any of these bad things to happen to her. If you read up on the big cats of Africa, lions,tigers etc-theres also your cat, although domesticated the behaviours,social order are still the same and so is the hunting instinct.

Answer 5

This has nothing to do with you not feeding him enough. He loves you and is bringing you gifts to show his affection. A neighbor cat used to do this at my my front door regularly, even though it's home was two doors down the street. The owners never let her inside. She enjoyed our front porch and company outside. After talking to the owners we both decided that she would live with us. She is an indoor cat now and doesn't miss the outdoors at all!

Answer 6

That's just too cute! Do you suppose he knows your husband is the "provider" for your family and he is afraid you might have to do without food when he isn't there?

Those are probably just presents for you to show you that he (the cat) is such a good hunter. At least you don't have these unfortunate critters running and flying through your house with the cat in hot pursuit.

My cats had a little mouse outside today and I closed up the doors really fast and got the little thing out of the garden. I hope he doesn't come back. My cats don't know what to do with those things though they will usually end up killing them one way or another. My cats are confined to my garden by cat fence-in and most critters know to stay out of their territory!

Answer 7

Is your bedroom outdoors? Why are all these outside critters in your house to be brought in to your bedroom....? Yes, they bring you their hunt, to show love, but these things are left on my porch and the patio. Oh, maybe the pet door. I'd get rid of that, then. I can live with the dead stuff outside, but in my house, or bedroom---no way! Oh, well, that doesn't appear to be your issue; just the why.

Answer 8

definite. that's a token of love and to be seen a great honor. I as quickly as "babysat" a cat who might honor me by skill of putting squirrel tails on my front doorstep. fortuitously, it went decrease back to the owners until now the community squirrel inhabitants were completely depleted.

Answer 9

i heard somewhere that it is actually a sign of love. mother cats often bring dead birds and things to their playful kittens for them to play with.

Answer 10

Yes, my cat used to do that too when he had access to wildlife. Cats are natural predators and your cat brings home his catch to you as an offering to his great human goddess. He expects you to praise him. Don't hurt his feelings.... but try to limit his access to wildlife.