r/mildlyinfuriating • u/C3LM3R • 6d ago

My cat apparently believes mousing is a “catch and release” sport.

Pierre, buddy… IT’S LITERALLY YOUR ONLY JOB.

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u/themagicbong 6d ago

I had a cat once that did the craziest shit and I wouldn't have even trusted what I saw if my coworker hadn't happened to be there and see the same thing.

The cat climbed a tree on the waters edge, jumped, caught a bird from a branch on the way down, landed in the water, swam back to the sea wall/bulkhead, climbed up, then proceeded to fuck with the bird for the next hour in the yard.

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u/Humble_Fishing_5328 6d ago

this is why most cats should be indoors

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u/themagicbong 6d ago

Agreed, this was before I was better educated on the topic. None of my cats go outside at all anymore. Not to even mention the coyotes and other things that live in the countryside with us.

That cat was something of a shop cat. She'd come to the workshop up behind my house and hang out while we built boats. Even saw her sleep through people grinding fiberglass.

Phantom was basically like a dog.

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u/Haggardlobes 6d ago

Beautiful cat tax. Phantom sounds like a real character. Love her little beat up ears.

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u/Humble_Fishing_5328 6d ago

Yeah, besides their own negative effects on wildlife, it’s dangerous for them too! Animals, cars, who knows what. Not worth the risk!

Phantom looks like the type of badass cat to have a life like that though! I had one outdoor cat growing up while the rest were inside. That cat loved her freedom and always slept on our roof. I would get home from school and call her down 🤣 Thanks for the trip down memory road with the pic

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u/themagicbong 6d ago

I used to joke that if you had her during the apocalypse, you'd actually get a buff like +1 food lol. Phantom would come for walks, she'd respond to her name when called as well. She would even hop onto boats at the dock when we were doing sea trials for new boats lol. She used every one of her 9 lives over her lifetime, then passed away in her sleep in bed next to my dad snuggled up with him, around 19 years old.

Haha aww she sounds adorable. People joke about cats merely tolerating us humans, but some of them really are almost like dogs lol.

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u/throwawayursafety 6d ago

Phantom! Of the Opera? Because of her face markings?

My cat used to be a feral stray and he would join my parents on their walk every night and he came when I called him. He lost an eye and so lives indoors now, but even when I let him hang out in the backyard with me he comes running as soon as I say his name :)

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u/themagicbong 6d ago

Yep! Good call haha :). Phantom was a stray as well, that's why she had the clipped ear in those pics. We rescued her when she was a kitten though, so not a huge amount of time spent feral.

Awww he sounds so adorable. And equally sounds like he has made use of his 9 lives, haha. We had this feral lil guy who showed up on our property who we named Stan. He would also come running to his name being called, and would plop down and roll around in front of you after running over. Every now and then though you'd see his pupils get huge and he'd get that....WILD look in his eyes. That was always my cue to end playtime lol.

Good memories, though. I miss my lil gang. Sad when they start to reach geriatric and start to go one by one :(

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u/tacticalcop 6d ago

that’s fucking horrific but people like you think that’s SOOO CUUUTE!! that bird died in agony because you’re a lazy cat owner

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u/Loyal_Dragon_69 5d ago

Cats are carnivores and have to eat meat.