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On Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:51:55 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2016-02-10 1:27 PM, wrote:
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>>> I feed ferals and birds. The cats mostly ignore the birds unless
>>> they are on the porch scavenging the cats' kibble. They don't do
>>> that often. However there used to be chipmunks and mice around
>>> the foundation, but not any more.

>>
>> Apparently some cats have a gene marker that makes them hunters,
>> others not. They checked it out and some cats would starve while in a
>> cage with mice.

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>
>It helps when they are raised by a mother that teaches them to hunt. I
>have seen cats do that. We had a section of sidewalk to our front door
>that has stone wall on both sides. Our cat had captured a mouse and
>brought it there along with the kittens and gave them each a chance to
>attack it while she stood back to prevent its escape.
>

You know those goats that are used to clear hillsides of weeds? They
need to be raised by a mother who eats weeds or the goat babies will
never learn to eat weeds.
Janet US