After the catch It is rare for the cat to start eating its catch immediately at the spot where it was caught. After putting it down the cat will usually conduct a curious ‘walk-about’, investigating the immediate surroundings with the utmost care, even if they are entirely familiar to it. This is presumably to give the cat time to wind down from the tension of the kill.
Birds the sizes of a blackbird are plucked by the cat, whereas it will devour smaller birds complete with feathers. Mammals, if their fur is longer than 10 mm are also skinned. The cat spits out the feathers and fur, removing them by jerking its head to and fro. In between, it will lick its own fur in order to free its tongue from any down that has stuck to it.
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