[NAFEX] Cats for rodent control.
Jwlehman at aol.com
Jwlehman at aol.com
Fri May 6 12:25:23 EDT 2005
In a message dated 5/5/2005 5:05:54 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
organic101 at linkny.com writes: (In black ink here)
>
> A good hunter will hunt even if well fed. This has not been my experience. A
> well fed cat mostly lays around and sleeps. My experience is they don't hunt
> for the fun of it but if a rodent jumps out in front of a well cat he will
> catch it, but will not roam the orchard just for fun. My A poor hunter will
> not hunt well even if hungry. Their hunting skills are natural but may vary
> from one breed to another and the drive to hunt increases with the desire to
> eat. Please don't get a cat in order to keep it half starved. As a boy on our
> farm we kept a cat(s) and fed it (them) all the milk they wanted, nothing else.
> The main mama cat was very healthy, produced two litters annually and always
> about 5 kittens. If number of litters and size is an indicator of health
> that cat was very healthy and hunted for all her protein, supplemented by milk.
> My experience has always been to keep them slightly hungry. City cousins are
> always dumping cats here and they will survive well without anyone feeding
> them. Produce kittens too. If there is a good supply of rodents in the orchard
> they will not be half starved!
> I doubt the color of the cat has much to do with it. This statement I agree
> with 100%, as long as one doesn't feed one colored cat more than another.
> :-)
Needless to say I agree with the statement Thomas made. < PS: Do not feed
the cat too much. You want a hungry hunter, not fat [sleepy] cat. >
Jerry Lehman
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