The Dude Brought Me A Gift
By CarolDM
@CarolDM (203449)
Nashville, Tennessee
September 8, 2021 12:18pm CST
My cats don't go outside. They have the screen room to visit. This morning the Dude decided to bring a gift to me.
A salamander. A few weeks ago, Brendel did the same thing. Most cats enjoy bringing gifts to their Mom.
I don't care for these type of gifts, but I wasn't mad at the Dude. He was only been a cat. And this one did not survive. I disposed of him.
Now he is looking for it everywhere. He might find an other one. I have to watch where I step.
Not my photo.
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@snowy22315 (172382)
• United States
8 Sep 21
Nico would not gift that to me, he would be trying to devour it. I would toss it out and then he would be mad. I do let him eat moths though. I figure they are harmless enough.
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@kaylachan (60227)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Sep 21
How did he get it? And, that's cute. He thinks he's teaching you the art of the hunt.
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@FourWalls (63236)
• United States
8 Sep 21
Tell The Dude how happy you were, and ask him next time if he could bring you a couple of $100 bills instead. 
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@divalounger (5849)
• United States
9 Sep 21
My mom's cat once brought her a bat. It made a huge mess. No wonder you don't like these gifts so much
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@divalounger (5849)
• United States
9 Sep 21
@CarolDM yes--that is best for the ones that like to bring gifts
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@moffittjc (119118)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 Sep 21
Growing up, our cats were outside cats. We were always finding gifts on our front doorstep. Mostly birds and mice, and occasional reptiles or amphibians. Once our cat brought us a fish from the lake out back! That must have been some feat for him to catch that!
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@moffittjc (119118)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 Sep 21
@CarolDM I didn’t mind the mice, but it bothered me when the cat brought birds.
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@Fleura (29269)
• United Kingdom
8 Sep 21
@CarolDM Oh I see.
We already have a stream of other people's cats touring our garden every single day. One of them comes round three times a day and is often trying to creep up on a bird or vole. It's been coming round ever since we moved there five years ago (and presumably before that) and we still haven't found where it actually lives!
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
14 Sep 21
@CarolDM Our cat would stand on the railing at the top of the stairs and jump of landing on our poor dog. He would start running in the kitchen, through the dining room and into the living room sounding like an elephant was running through the house. He would take a flying leap onto the drapes in the living room climb to the top and let go landing on the floor. He was phycho
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@oahuwriter (26778)
• United States
10 Sep 21
That's cats for you! They love you.1 person likes this
@GardenGerty (158296)
• United States
9 Sep 21
These kitties I have now have not brought me gifts. I did see Tinker doing catch and release outside with a lizard last week. I also glimpsed what I think Might be a salamander running under our porch.
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@RebeccasFarm (87136)
• United States
8 Sep 21
Aw poor things but yes cats like to do this
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@RasmaSandra (74845)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 Sep 21
That is so cute, The Dude is showing his love for you, I sometimes get these tiny lizards that go hopping about and now the kittens hop with them,
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@LindaOHio (161112)
• United States
9 Sep 21
I don't care for this type of gift either. Our dogs used to get rid of the chipmunk population. One brought one to the door for us. :-(
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