Mighty Hunters

[tallyollyopia]

First of all, our house has six cats; Rose, Ra, Princess, Spot, Asia, and Slipper. 

So, I've known for quite some time that my cats are hunters. Last year around this time they brought in birds, a couple months ago Rose brought in a lizard and they've all brought in assorted insects for hunting and killing (except for when Ra went through a phase where he wanted to raise one...), so the fact that they hunt isn't anything new. However, this  is.

unknown tail.jpg

• tallyollyopia
• Mar 20, 2016

When I got up this morning this  was in one of their play boxes. (I let them play with boxes until they're torn up.) What is this a tail from? It looks like it could be the tail of a squirrel, but most squirrel tails around here are fluffier. It looks like it could be from a cat, and they've been fighting a lot recently. Another thing--there's no meat on the stump. This is what I mean.

unknown tail top.jpg

• tallyollyopia
• Mar 20, 2016

What is this?

 

[margd]

I think this is probably a squirrel tail.

Check out this link:  

https://www.google.com/search?q=ima...=MyXyVvKQKov2-QGNsYCICQ#imgrc=DA-050qTMnHBCM:

or search "image of squirrel tail."  

 

[tallyollyopia]

I wasn't sure, since it's about the same length and coloring as our cat Asia's tail. (In fact, when we first saw it, we desperately hunted for Asia to make sure that she still had  hers.)

 

[margd]

I'm not sure it's a squirrel's tail, either.  It does look like some of those images, though.  Also it seems more likely that it's a squirrel's tail than a cat's tail just because there are more squirrels around than cats and they have more natural enemies (including cats.)   Of course it could be something else entirely but I don't know what that could be.  It's a mystery, alright!   

 

[tallyollyopia]

I don't think we'll ever know for sure. Maybe Disney has an idea that we'll see with their movie, The Secret Life of Pets.