Is it normal to have a mummified house cat?

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I have a mummified cat and I was just wondering if anyone else has one too?

I didn't mummify it, I found it like this and I've kept it ever since I first discovered it over 10 years ago. It appeared to have gotten entangled in some wire in the foundation of a very old house and must have died slowly of starvation and thirst. I have no idea of when it died. It could be 15 years ago or it could be 150.

I like the anguished appearance of it. It obviously died a horrible and untimely death. Yes, the cat in the picture is my actual mummy cat!

I tried to sell it on craigslist once but my post got flagged and removed. Unbelievable.

I have a mummified cat. 8
I don't have a mummy cat but I WISH I did!! 24
I don't have one and don't want one! 87
I have a mummified animal but it's not a cat (please comment!) 4
I have tons of mummified animals of all sorts. 4
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  • Jeaneathean
    11 years ago

    Bad. Bury the poor thing.

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    • RoseIsabella
      11 years ago

      That's what I'm talkin bout! I think it would be respectful and decent to bury the poor kitty especially if the OP thinks it died slowly and painfully.

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  • Who_Fan4Life
    11 years ago

    Yeah, just like how I have King Tut just chillen' in my garage...

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  • NotStrangeBird
    11 years ago

    That's far from having a wet pussy. In fact your pussy looks a tad dehydrated.

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  • bananaface
    11 years ago

    Holy crap! I almost broke my ankle at the sight of that thing! It looks scary, I don't think I'd want to keep it. It doesn't even look real. Poor kitty.:( If I were to have a mummy, I would want to have a mummified mummy. One with a really cool mummy type name. Like, I don't know, Pharaoh Jethro or something?

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  • dom180
    11 years ago

    I couldn't keep it; it would creep me out too much. Taxidermy generally doesn't because I actually find it really interesting, but something about that cat's expression really gives me the willies (and not in an erection way, quite the opposite).

    If something like that turned up on my doorstep I'd take it to the museum in my town to see if they could give me any answers about how old it was (and what gender it probably was, so I could stop calling it "it") and if the wanted it to display or archive somewhere. If they didn't I'd probably bury it or find someone who was interested in that sort of thing to give it to.

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  • kelili
    11 years ago

    I find the picture kind of funny actually and no I don't have any mummified animals home.

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  • kingofcarrotflowers
    11 years ago

    I just think its sad. you like the look? do you also like the fact it died slowly?

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    • Moonbow
      11 years ago

      How do you know it died slowly? Mummification doesn't mean something died slowly, it just means that after it died, it was in an environment that allowed it to mummify.

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      • kingofcarrotflowers
        11 years ago

        read the question

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  • Avant-Garde
    11 years ago

    Yikes!

    Why don't you donate it to a museum?

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  • aussiewolf
    11 years ago

    there was a mummified cat on a show called "Hoarders". it was burried under 20 years of rubbish. it would be cool to have a mummified cat from ancient egypt though.

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  • Moonbow
    11 years ago

    I have a mummified dog.

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