Cats don't care that much about rats.

"Temporal and Space-Use Changes by Rats in Response to Predation by Feral Cats in an Urban Ecosystem" - https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ecology-and-evolution/a...

▲ aitchnyu 27 minutes ago | parent [-]

I have a feeling cats are evolving to avoid mice in this corner of India. I had a stray mother cat who kept kittens on the roof. The mother weighed 3-4kg and two kittens weighed 750g each. The prey skeletons around them were mostly reptiles and birds. The cats catching mice for their kittens give them an infection that kills within days.

	▲	throwaway2037 14 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		`> The cats catching mice for their kittens give them an infection that kills within days.` Do you know what is the root cause of the deadly infection? One idea: Rodent poison bioaccumulates, then kills the hunters. This has been witnessed many times in mountain lions living in Los Angeles county.