My cat hurt a chipmunk should i scold her?

I hope it doesn't die.My cat hurt a chipmunk should i scold her?
You need to contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitator. You can find one here: http://www.tc.umn.edu/~devo0028/contact.鈥?/a>





The cat has bacteria in its saliva, and the chipmunk will need antibiotics, or it will die.





Do not take it to a vet - vets are for pets, and most do not have the expertise to deal with wild animals. Most also do not have the appropriate licenses to keep recouperating wild animals.





The licensed wildlife rehabilitators have the speicalized training to care for sick, injured and orphaned wild animals. They also have the required state and federal permits that allow them to keep wild animals until they are healthy enough to be released back into the wild. It is illegal to keep a wild animal unless you have these permits.

















As for the cat, no you should not scold her. YOU are the one that needs to be scolded, for allowing your cat to run loose.





Outdoor cats can be injured or killed by other cats, dogs, wild animals, cars, bad weather and sadistic humans. They can injest poison, they can become lost, they can contract illnesses and become infested with parasites that they bring home to their human family. If you really love your cat, you will keep her indoors at all times.





This will also prevent her from killing wild animals.





Cats are not a part of nature, they are domestic pets that do not belong outdoors, descimating the wildlife population. ';Since 1967 the average population of the common birds in steepest decline has fallen by 68 percent; some individual species nose-dived as much as 80 percent. All 20 birds on the national Common Birds in Decline list lost at least half their populations in just four decades.'; http://www.audubon.org/bird/stateofthebi鈥?/a>





';How many birds and other wildlife do domestic cats kill each year in the U.S.?


Exact numbers are unknown, but scientists estimate that nationwide, cats kill hundreds of millions of birds, and more than a billion small mammals, such as rabbits, squirrels, and chipmunks, each year. Cats kill common species such as Cardinal, Blue Jay, and House Wren, as well as rare and endangered species such as Piping Plover, Florida Scrub-Jay, and California Least Tern.


Cats Are Not a Natural Part of Ecosystems


Cats Compete With Native Predators


Cats Transmit Disease to Wildlife


http://www.abcbirds.org/cats/factsheets/鈥?/a>My cat hurt a chipmunk should i scold her?
You may not want to sclod her because that is just instinct. but if you really like chipmunks scold her
Would the cat understand what you are scolding her for? She was doing what felines do - probably stalking and trying to kill a rodent. And since a cat's memory lasts 10 minutes or less, she probably has no recollection of trying to kill the chipmunk. To her, it's a pest taking up her space. If you don't know by now that you can't punish a cat, then you shouldn't be a cat owner.
Cats are natural born hunters, she's just doing what her instincts tell her to, scolding won't help, she won't understand what she's done wrong.
Cats are not dogs. They are too stupid to learn.
Its probally to late to scold her since you have already asked this question and so its probally been at least 10 minutes, she probally forgot about the whole thing already.





Goodluck with the chipmunk!
No, it is instinct, who cares about the chipmunk rodent.
Nope too late. Thats the cat's natural instinct is to hunt small prey.





She's just doing her job and would have no idea why you were scolding her.





Just keep your cat indoors, then no worries.
No, she won't understand. It's just what cats do. It's like bringing you a present. They don't get why you're yelling at them. Don't bother. I know the feeling, it makes me feel sad to think of all the animals my cat has killed, but she doesn't know any better and you can't teach her.