Sunday, August 7, 2011
What are a chipmunk's chances of survival?
My cat got a hold of a small chipmunk, most likely a baby because the adult ones here usually can outrun/outsmart cats, especially ones so new to hunting such as mine. My dogs chased the cat under my neighbors house, but I managed to coax him out. Then he dropped it at my feet, and it kind of staggered around and looked dizzy, but it didn't run away, so I threw a pair of shorts over it and picked it up with them because I didn't want to be bitten. We have it in a small animal cage, with ripped up paper towels that it's using as a nest, some pita chips, and a little dish of water. When he was outside, it just looked like his back had a few scratches or puncture wounds, and it seemed a bit shaken up, and right now it's just hiding under the paper towels in it's cage. What are it's chances of survival? Is it possible it'll live? This has happened before, but it was always with my female cat, who is an experianced hunter, and usually beats them up a little more. This cat is male, and this was his first rodent(my dad saw him with a snake, but he might not have killed it, just found it). And is there something better to feed it that it will actually eat, rather than pita chips?
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