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Insect-munching domestic pets
camellia_c
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Is it true that many dogs and cats will eat spiders? My Bichon puppy is so dopey that I doubt she'd have the get up and go to chase and kill a spider. How common is it for a pet to do so?
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My dog and all three cats all eat spiders if they can catch them ! and flies as long as they are alive. Gross:rotfl:0
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mine catches them - she went mad after a big spider last night but it got under the settee before she killed it!0
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Yup, My three lads (Cats) will happily stalk then eat spiders.
Not such a fan when one of the Boys is sat there looking all cute n smug as hes eaten the spider, but i still can see some of its legs twitching and flailing between his teeth... grossPlease note I have a cognitive disability - as such my wording can be a bit off, muddled, misspelt or in some cases i can miss out some words totally...0 -
foreign_correspondent wrote: »mine catches them - she went mad after a big spider last night but it got under the settee before she killed it!
My cats play havoc with the blinds on the windows when they are after the flies:rotfl::rotfl:0 -
Yupp my dogs sit outside on there mats and keep dead still till a fly wizzes by and they go to grab them! Caught a few. Cats also love spiders and moths alsoTheres 2 types of horse owner, a person who owns a horse and a horsey person
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My 2 cats must be the odd ones odd. They just ignore them. Or just take one look and carry on with the sleeping0
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My cats have always preferred flies, which suits me but probably annoys the spiders.0
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Our cocker can spot the huge house spiders a mile off. She is even better than the cat at spotting and then catching them.0
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My old girl doesn't eat spiders although she has sniffed one up by accident!
She was following a smallish (huge in my mind) spider around the living room carpet sniffing at it when it suddenly disappeared I was panicing not a fan of spiders and like to keep my eye on them till catch them and throw them out but this little sucker had disappeared into thin air or so I thought. A couple of mins later dog was sniffing then sneezed and spider reappeared in front of her and promptly ran away! URGHHHHHHHH live spider up her nose!
BTW it was a cream carpet so def not that I just hadn't seen still on carpet.
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my cats eat every insect in sight, including the wasps that are currently nesting in our roof.0
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