Do cats bring gifts for other cats?

Question
Do cats bring presents to other cats? We have an indoor only cat who likes to stare out our sliding glass doors facing our street. Recently we noticed a small dead bird outside in front of the area he normally faces and today we saw a neighbor's female cat (ours is male) near our sliding doors. Does our cat have a new girlfriend? Did she bring him a present? We can't see any way the bird could have ended up there unless it was carried.

Answer

cat in large cage Jo,

Hmmm, strange. I know a neighbor's dog that brings a dog biscuit to another neighbor's dog, but I haven't heard of a cat specifically bringing gifts to another cat. I DO have one cat that is a mouser (they rest aren't), and the one cat will catch a mouse and bring it home for the others to play with.

Cats do not have the human emotions that we have, but they DO have a kitty version of them. It is possible that it is a 'friendship gift', it's possible that it is to tease your cat, she could have been playing with it and it was a coincidence that it ended up there, OR sometimes only the cat knows the reason why he/she does something.

It's possible that the neighbor's cat is lonely and needs companionship. Have you ever thought of getting a large dog crate/cage (I will attach a picture of mine that I got at Petco) and putting your cat outside in it? You cat may enjoy being outside...but safely.

I hope this answers your question.

Tabbi