You have to look twice at what your cat is holding in its mouth and you immediately realize that it is a very dead-looking mouse. If your cat actually brought this to you to see, then this is very important. Your cat is showing off is reward from “the hunt” as if you were its superior cat.

Recoiling in disgust and yelling at your cat to drop it is not quite the reaction your cat is hoping for. Your cat wants a pat on the back. It wants to be told what a good job it did, and a little praise wouldn’t go far astray either.

Imagine when you were a little, little kid and you brought your color-book drawing to your mother and showed it to her. You wanted a compliment from your mother. You didn’t, however, want her to jump up on the nearest chair and scream at the mouse you colored in.

It won’t be easy, but unless you want your cat to eat the dead mouse, you should accept the cat’s trophy with praise to the cat and dispose of it when your cat is otherwise occupied.

You can find out more about this at this website for the veterinary clinic Santo.