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My cat was a great mouser. Unfortunately, she would only eat the top/front half of the mouse -- leaving a little bit of spine sticking out -- and then put the rest on my pillow next to my head while I was asleep. Let's just say that scene in The Godfather Part I hits home.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A pet food company’s product research lab apparently experimented with mouse-based cat food once, and determined that cats don’t actually like the taste of mouse: they just can’t catch chickens, cows or salmon, and prefer mouse to starvation.

[–] Osprey@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago

My cat is a picky eater but she loves the frozen thawed pinkie mice usually sold for reptiles.

[–] this_1_is_mine@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Happy well feed cats hunt for sport. If you don't feed them they will eat the mice but only untill they are full and will let other mice just run around.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Probably depends on the cat, I had a cat that wouldn't always eat what he hunted, but the rest would get dissected and the body parts organized in creepy ways, don't think he was letting any go for lack of hunger

[–] slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We had lots of cats when I grew up. Quite a few selected carefully what parts of mice they ate and which they didn't. Like, down to the organ carefully.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 5 points 14 hours ago

"The spleen is for my human, I'll put it in their shoes. But the liver? That's a treat!"

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Was looking for the last sentence to be "Ask me how I know." 😁

[–] this_1_is_mine@lemmy.ml 6 points 22 hours ago

That's easy stop feeding the farm cats and the mice get to be a big problem. Feed them regularly and you never have any mice.