I think it might just depend on the cat! I've heard that all cats have the instinct to "catch" prey...but they need to learn from their mothers what do do with the prey once they catch it (ie. kill)...whether that's true or not, I don't know...our boys (who were born with silver spoons in their mouths, so-to-speak) are interested in the chase for all of a few minutes before they get bored. Our two girls, on the other hand, who roughed it in the great outdoors when they were younger, are nick-named "The Destructors" as they aren't satisified until a cockroach is completely dismembered! :) Therefore, if I see a cockroach indoors, I've learned to go for one of the girls as the boys just aren't all that interested!
**************************************************** "But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world; You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed..." --Antoine de Saint-Exupéry "If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them, and what you do not know you will fear. What one fears one destroys." --Chief Dan George ----- Original Message ----- From: "MacKenzie, Kerry N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2005 1:25 pm Subject: RE: fleas/hypocrisy.../MC > >>>>>If I didn't have cats, I would have geckos and spiders as my > exterminators.<<<< That's very interesting--esp about the spider! > > I have a Q tho---do cats kill roaches?????? > > I have had one roach (abt a month ago)--it was actually dead when I > found it in my hallway, so I didn't freak out. D'you think it could > have been one of my cats that killed it? (I have never seen them > kill an insect--they just play with it, then get bored and walk away). > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Felvtalk- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lewis Faye > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 12:43 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: fleas/hypocrisy.../MC > > > I love spiders. When I was in graduate school, my apartment was > overrun with palmetto bugs which I absolutely hate. One day a > large spider moved into my room and the roaches disappeared. The > spider would drag the bodies of the roaches to the drain in my > bathtub and I could just rinse them down. Eventually, no bugs. > Pest control came. Killed the spider. The next day, the bugs were > back. Found another spider. Bugs disappeared. Pest control came > and bugs were back.... > > If I didn't have cats, I would have geckos and spiders as my > exterminators. > But then I have always been weird.... > > Faye > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I couldn't agree with you more on the spider issue!! I've also got an > irrational fear of them...I wanted to visit Australia at one > point...until my boss (an Australian) told me about the size of the > spiders they've got over there...that killed any plans to vacation in > Australia any time soon...And I can't bring myself to "step on them" > anymore after I killed a black widow spider here at the office. > Ironic, yes, but I felt so bad for days after doing the > deed...there is a great > story my dad told me about his dad...back when my dad was a kid, > his dad > discovered a black widow in the back yard...instead of "disposing" of > it, he set up a stool next to the web and grabbed a notebook to > "study" its movements...he probably watched that spider for hours > on end > absolutely fascinated by it! One day, the spider was gone and my > grandfather immediately went to my dad thinking that he had done > something to it (my grandfather was *so* upset! Dad hadn't gone near > the spider, however)! Anyway, after hearing that story, my guilt was > only compounded... > > Anyhoo, I'd like to add fire ants to the list of "Why?" :) > > > **************************************************** > "But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you > will be > unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the > world; You > become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed..." --Antoine de > Saint-Exupéry > > "If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know > each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them, and > what you do not know you will fear. What one fears one destroys." -- > Chief Dan > George > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: TenHouseCats > Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2005 11:48 am > Subject: Re: fleas/hypocrisy.../KIT > > > i tend to limit my compassion to critters with four or fewer > legs..... > > > as to why fleas and cockroaches exist--i have NO idea > whatsoever, > > but i do > > believe that they sit around and laugh at us and our attempts to > > exterminatethem, knowing as they do that that predate us by > > millenia and can expect to > > survive long after we are gone from memory! > > > > i think spiders are great, in theory, but i'm one of those with an > > irrational fear of them--has something to do with my being found > > playingwith a black widow on a vacation when i was about 4, i > > think; family sort of > > overreacted.... i don't kill them--part of my fear is that if i > get > > closeenough to them to harm them, they can get me first! so > every > > year when they > > start to appear, i make a deal with them--if they do NOT crawl > over > > me, nor > > drop down in front of me on their silk, they get to live indoors > > with me! > > they, of course, don't seem to realize that even if they do, i'm > > not really > > gonna do anything (see above)--or perhaps they're just humoring > me. > > i always > > loved the, "they're more afraid of you than you are of them" > line: > > well,i've never seen one of them run screaming from ME! i'm a > LOT > > better now that > > i used to be--i no longer leave the house when i know there are > any > > in the > > house, nor jump off of/out of moving vehicles when i see one > (did > > in a bike > > that way once....)--nor do i keep track of their every movement > in the > > house! hee hee.... had a friend in bangor, ME who called the > cops > > once to > > get them to come get a big spider out of his house. needless to > > say, they > > did NOT respond.... > > > > -- > > MaryChristine > > > > AIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCats > > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ICQ: 289856892 > > > > > > _____ > > Yahoo! for Good > Click here to donate <http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/> to > the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. > <hr> > > IRS CIRCULAR 230 NOTICE. 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