Thursday, August 21, 2014

Beef: it's what's for dinner - or for playin..


Since the black kittens are scheduled for surgery today I had to make sure they made weight. They REFUSED to eat pate food, to the point where they started losing weight, so I brought down some raw food - which went over well. I bought some beef chunks for my cats for chewin on to help clean their teeth, I thought I would bring a few down to the kittens to see what they would do with them.

The smaller pieces they chewed up and ate, the bigger pieces became toys


This is very typical with kittens. Mom would bring home prey for them to practice on and get used to killing for their food. Cats play with their prey to make sure it is dead and to make sure that the prey won't hurt them. Mice bite, birds peck.. hunting can be dangerous business. It might seem cruel when you see a cat play with it's prey, but it is for their own safety.

My thoughts will be with Fiji, Brooklyn and Paris today as they go in for their surgery and then as they go up for adoption. They are really outgoing kittens, so I bet they are snapped up before the weekend is up.


13 comments:

  1. Paws crossed that the surgeries all go without a hitch - and that adoptions are imminent!

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  2. ...and our parents told us not to play with our food. Hmph. Another reason why being a cat is awesome!
    I hope they're snapped up soon because they're just too cute to sit at the shelter for long! Will miss them!

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  3. snicker.....

    well wishes for uneventful surgeries and quick adoptions :)

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  4. That is so interesting about playing with the prey/food, and totally makes sense.
    Those kitties are such sweethearts!

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  5. Glad kittens liked those beef chunks. I hope the surgery will go smoothly!

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  6. They were sure having some fun! Purrs to the little ones from all of us.

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  7. They sure had lot of fun with the beef ! We hope everything goes well for them ! Purrs

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  8. Anonymous5:18 PM

    Aww, what cuties!

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  9. That is possibly the most fun-looking beef we have ever seen!

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  10. MOL! Love the multi-purposing, kitties!

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  11. They look like they're working up an appetite! Hope all goes well with their surgeries.

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  12. Beef chunks! YUM! Hope their surgeries go well!

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