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I have been taking care of a feral for the last 8 years. She responds to her name (Tiny), sleeps in her bed, hangs around the yard all day but doesn't let me pet her. Sigh! I am waiting patiently for that day when I can scoop her up.
Recently, she has started a very strange thing where she brings in half eaten carcasses of mice into her winter hut and bed. Then, she refuses to sit in her bed and I have to go out and clean out the entire space in the pouring rain. Yesterday, she pooped in her bed so I had to clean it out. As she is a cat, she won't sit in the mess.
But why is she doing this in the only shelter she has from the elements? It is much colder now and rains everyday so I am puzzled as to why she has started doing this for the first time in 8 years.
Could it be that another cat (her neighbor and nemesis who brings in kittens) is desecrating the space when Tiny is not there? They are on opposite sides of the yard so I can't see that.
Anyone have any insight into this strange behavior? How can I stop it or discourage it?
Recently, she has started a very strange thing where she brings in half eaten carcasses of mice into her winter hut and bed. Then, she refuses to sit in her bed and I have to go out and clean out the entire space in the pouring rain. Yesterday, she pooped in her bed so I had to clean it out. As she is a cat, she won't sit in the mess.
But why is she doing this in the only shelter she has from the elements? It is much colder now and rains everyday so I am puzzled as to why she has started doing this for the first time in 8 years.
Could it be that another cat (her neighbor and nemesis who brings in kittens) is desecrating the space when Tiny is not there? They are on opposite sides of the yard so I can't see that.
Anyone have any insight into this strange behavior? How can I stop it or discourage it?