Why do cats not eat frogs but eat mice?

I live in Massachusetts, and our native green frogs made quite the tasty treat for our cats when we lived next to a pond. This particular pond was a former granite quarry, so the frogs who sat on the gray granite had no camouflage. read more

Cats find it quite hard to catch frogs, because they have trouble predicting how they jump, unless they were taught to catch them while kittens. And some types of frog don’t taste so good. Presumably French cats may think differently. read more

A cat treats the mice like a toy, and not like a supper! And in fact, the cats that eat the mice, i.e. the stray one, they also do not eat the mouse at a whole. They leave the stomach and/or spleen always. read more

African wildcats hunt mostly mice, rats, birds, small reptiles and insects. They rarely drink water — instead, they get their moisture from the prey that they consume. Cats also consume prey to get taurine, an essential amino acid. Unlike most other animals, cats do not make enough taurine, so they must consume it in their diet. read more