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I'd recommend keeping an eye on the cats' body condition. Domesticated cats are surprisingly efficient hunters, but if mice are too scared/scarce or the cats d
by bayesian_horse 8y ago
I'd recommend keeping an eye on the cats' body condition.
Domesticated cats are surprisingly efficient hunters, but if mice are too scared/scarce or the cats depress their population, there's only so much the cats can catch.
On the other hands most cats should get about half as much food as they currently do, but that's another story.
- peteretep 8y agoIs providing unpalatable but nutritious food cruel or effective or both in this situation? I'm not thinking nasty food, just, bland by cat standards.
- bayesian_horse 8y agoI really don't know. You certainly don't want to give "working cats" a daily diet they go nuts for. On the other hand, I don't think food is their main motivation for hunting, anyway. They just enjoy it so much. To me it seems the hunting drive in dogs and cats has no relation to their dietary needs. Another example is that escaped ferrets are able to bring down prey, but don't hunt enough to survive.