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My mother's 25lb declawed (in front) linebacker of a cat can take down a hummingbird, as he demonstrated recently. My four? Excited about birds only when they're on the other side of the glass. Although they're pretty good about taking care of bugs.

What kind of bird was it?

Growing up we had cats that were expert bird hunters when outside but showed absolutely no interest in the birds (cockatiels and finches mostly) inside.

My current cat once attacked a flock of wild turkeys (momentarily riding on the back of a big old tom). No idea how she'd react to a bird inside the house since I'd never let a bird inside the house (growing up with them I am too aware of how insane they are).

(Having nothing to do with the current topic above)

I think our cat is going to start eating Doritos and wanting to go to Phish concerts.

Fudge incident?

The bird was one of those tiny green sociable things that people carry around.

Social bird? The only bird I carry around to be social comes in origional and extra crispy.

Speaking of pets eating different animals, I got a free sample of dog food the other day. It was made with real kangaroo meat! The dog hated it....

Also, my dog is named Pooh Bear. When I signed up for the Pals card from petsmart, I just put "Pooh" on it for the birthday promo they do. I got the email the other day saying "A birthday gift for POON". All in caps! POON!

My cat story is my cat growing up was on the side yard. It was only about 6 foot wide (the sideyard, not the cat). Something that looked to me to be a butterfly fluttered down in a long slow swooping arch down to where my cat was sitting. It got right about 3 feet above her, when she lept up and caught it in her mouth. It looked strangly as though it flew right into her mouth! But then it started squeeling. This made my skin crawl as I new butterfies didn't squeel. Then the cat opened her mouth to get a better grip, but it flew out and away. It was at that time that I could see that it was a humming bird. And I stood there with my mouth hanging open over what I just saw!