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Samz5's Avatar
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Cats owned: 3 Moggies
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Location: Suffolk
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12-05-2009, 10:59 AM   #1

My cat eats bees - every day!


Mango is about 8 months old, has been spayed and is enjoying her freedom, but as the title suggests she is catching bees every day (we have a tree in the garden that has blossomed and is covered in bees) and she eats them, as far as I know she hasn't been stung ..yet... but I've seen her eat lots of them, she sometimes runs in with a half dead one in her mouth and meeeeeooows, when I go to her she shows me her bee and them quickly eats it before I can get to it (because I take them off her if I can). Seriously though it can't be good for her to eat bees all the time.... I guess theres no advice you can give me, I have told her to stop eating them! Anyone else had a cat who eats lots of bees??
On a side note from that really yesterday she caught something different... some kind of plant... she must have dug it up from somewhere, brought it through the cat flap all proud of herself... she is a weird one.



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Cats owned: Magnificent moggies
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Location: Hampshire, UK
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12-05-2009, 11:12 AM   #2

Re: My cat eats bees - every day!


I am sorry for those bees, but there is really nothing you can do about it - I am sure that once Mango is stung she'll leave the bees alone. Just keep an eye in case she gets stung in her throat. Very odd about the plant - wonder what it was?



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Cats owned: 2 moggie boys; 1 grey 1 red striped
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12-05-2009, 01:28 PM   #3

Re: My cat eats bees - every day!


Goodness!
I think she'll come off worst one day and learn her lesson .. but maybe not, maybe she will continue to perfect her skill and never get stung



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Cats owned: Leia: blue torbie
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12-05-2009, 04:47 PM   #4

Re: My cat eats bees - every day!


That's amazing! It's a miracle she hasn't been stung; I agree, there's no way to stop her, unfortunately. Just keep an eye out if she goes into shock from the sting, she'll need to see the vet.



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Cats owned: DSH Cats
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13-05-2009, 07:29 PM   #5

Re: My cat eats bees - every day!


Hopefully Mango will stop eating bees. *crossing fingers*
Our girl Spici loved to eat bugs until she got stung on her chin...She would never touch a buzzy bug again. She runs away from them now. She figured out that they were not fun to eat Hope Mango learns that bees are not for eating!



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Cats owned: Maine Coons
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14-05-2009, 09:20 AM   #6

Re: My cat eats bees - every day!


I always worry about Maxi and Maisy because they love to catch bees and I have lost count of the number of times they have been stung on there paws but I always worry about if they try to eat them .
But like everone has said there is not alot you can do to stop them



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