Can they catch some kind of disease? I have a couple of cats who hunt and I was just wondering. One of the cat's is not as likely to eat her prey. The other cat may possibly eat squirrels from outdoors.
I just<snipped>On my facebook page "Spotted Love Savannahs" if you go to the albums area and look for the album named Seyah F2A, it has 21 photos in it. The last few are of him with his first "big game" kill. After that for the most part he never went back to the small stuff.<snipped>
Seyah really did not have a bad side but he really did not like to have blood drawn.
I got ya now. Yea, I am sure, Loki, would not like getting blood drawn. Though, he is a very good boy, about, going to the vet in general.
He never hurt anyone except I got bit about half dozen times in the first 6 months. Nothing too bad. Once I was breaking up a fight between him and a rescue.
I can't imagine breaking up a cat fight, between, a Savannah and another cat.
I always considered his color as Super Cool not just cool. He was actually not cool by the strickest definition. He did have a gold tone to his color but he was just super dark. I think the call it grizzled or could be charcoal. Moja my F1 has that coloring but not as dark as Seyah. Ruby is traditionally golden colored she is in many of my videos as well.
I love Seyah color, no matter what it's called.
The barn cats where I board my horse catch and eat live prey all the time with no visible side effects. Now, those cats are pretty spoiled for barn cats. They do get wet food 2x daily. They are vetted yearly and go in for parasite checks every few months. Barn cats and wild ferals may not fare as well disease wise if not taken this good of care of. But I've never heard of any diseases etc. from other people with barn cats or ferals. My feral eats rabbits and squirrels all of the time. She never had problems. Yeah, she is regularly vetted, checked for worms etc. but never had any issues. She has it made for a feral. Heated garage, fresh water supply, litter box when it's too cold outside and her own corner of the garage. Still, she is an avid hunter.
Seyah would always eat his prey. He never killed anything unless he was hungry and prepared to munch!. He loved mice and the moles and would generally play with them first then came din-din. After his first rabbit I don't think he ever turned back. Rabbit was his favorite. The first one he got was a pretty small one and he ate the whole thing minus intestines. Seyah was a pretty large boy and he would start off by gnawing off the head and eating it then ripping into the rest of it. In general for the larger ones he would take the kill to his favorite spot and sit under the palm and go at it he would save the rest for later. Later normally never came unless I took the rest of it and saved it for him. Otherwise I would throw it away depending on what was left. Sometimes he would fetch it out of the garbage , and this was after it had been around for a day or so. pretty disgusting.I wish mine would actually kill and eat the stuff they hunt.
Generally, they play with things until they loose interest and just walk off.
Pauli does kill some lizards to bring home for me but they both know food comes in cans
Jason consistently brings home half eaten dead things ranging from mice and shrew size to rabbits. There's not much we can do about it, and he has never had a problem. There are risks, but cats are hunters and hunters often eat their prey.
This is a great idea - I do this also now, you can get it from most Tractor Supply stores!I now give my cats Diatomaceous Earth mixed in their food. Food grade. I take it too. It keeps us all parasite free.