Do Cats Eat Dead Mice?

On to the questions at hand. Do cats eat mice and birds ? The answer is no. Cats are definitely talented hunters and, yes, killers of small rodents, but they don’t usually eat what they kill.

The chances of your cat catching a mouse are much higher than the chances of your cat eating its kill. Feral cats sometimes do eat mice and even some small birds and frogs, but it’s not that common. Your pets kill mice due to a variety of possible reasons. Here are a few of them:

Your cat might be bringing you these tributes because it wants to teach you how to hunt.

Cats sometimes kill mice because they’re feeling charitable and want to present their owner with a thoughtful gift.

Finally, your cat catching a mouse might be nothing more than instinct kicking in

This can be difficult behavior to deal with if you’re squeamish. The small amount of good news is that your cat is almost certainly going to be more interested in giving chase to mice than they are in actually eating them.