My cat has had a mouse-fest today.
One got away
One got eaten
One was injured. I moved the injured one to a pile of wood in the garage, so that if it was going to recover it would have somewhere safe to do so, but I found it on the grass about 6 feet away several hours later. It was still alive, but panting and I don't think it is going to make it. I've kept the cat in for the rest of the day so that she can't get at the mouse. I know the kindest thing should have been to kill it, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it.
We are also coming into chick season, and my cat often kills birds .
What do you do with injured prey? Leave it to let nature take its course? Intervene? And if so, how do you do it in a humane way?
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What to do with injured prey
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BerylStreep · 24/03/2017 20:09
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