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Which breed/colour of cat are best hunters?

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Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 07/04/2026 08:04

Mine is a tabby white moggy. Excellent hunter, recently upped her game to rats!

previous half Siamese half moggy good hunter but preferred mice and frogs, scared of rats.

Half oriental white cat and sister black with white bits. Ferocious duo, apart from rats. One fell into the pond once as she was trying to catch fish and got tangled up in the net. Wood pigeons, mice, nothing was sacred. Had a white brother next door who was part of their hunting gang I suspect…

Tabby childhood cat, Tigger, not that big but ferocious rat hunter dead and alive, caught them daily much to the disgust of my mum. Once bitten by one, only time at vet, lived to 17/18 with no boosters.

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Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 10/04/2026 22:02

cadburyegg · 10/04/2026 21:54

My 6yo tabby female is a bit of a useless hunter. We used to have mice under the shed and she just used to stare at them and pat at them half heartedly. I think she considers herself far too superior for such nonsense.

My 2yo black female is a bit better, she left a rat half the size of her (she’s tiny!) for me once and I often see her playing with mice in the garden.

I have somehow trained them well (!) and they never bring anything in the house.

My mum has a 4yo black long haired female who is an absolute prolific hunter. My mum has chased mice up curtain poles 🤣. She also eats her prey and then is sick, much to my mum’s disgust.

My neighbour’s 11yo black and white long haired male is a good hunter too. This time of year I’m often seeing my neighbour releasing rabbits back into the bushes !

My NDN’s long haired black Maggie was an absolute demon hunter apparently. She don’t like her female owner and daughter but loved the male of the house! Now rehomed to an elderly couple house and apparently loving being doted on.

My ex boyfriend’s half Siamese half moggy black ans white cat, Athena is an indoor cat, I think she would catch creatures if she went outside but she’s quite fat now (a bit like her owner!) and only caught a mouse once in his flat.

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Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 10/04/2026 22:03

cadburyegg · 10/04/2026 21:54

My 6yo tabby female is a bit of a useless hunter. We used to have mice under the shed and she just used to stare at them and pat at them half heartedly. I think she considers herself far too superior for such nonsense.

My 2yo black female is a bit better, she left a rat half the size of her (she’s tiny!) for me once and I often see her playing with mice in the garden.

I have somehow trained them well (!) and they never bring anything in the house.

My mum has a 4yo black long haired female who is an absolute prolific hunter. My mum has chased mice up curtain poles 🤣. She also eats her prey and then is sick, much to my mum’s disgust.

My neighbour’s 11yo black and white long haired male is a good hunter too. This time of year I’m often seeing my neighbour releasing rabbits back into the bushes !

Tell your tabby she needs to cat up! 🤣

You obviously feed her too well or she thinks the mice under your shed are your pets and she therefore mustn’t touch them.

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