She's very, very fast. 
She does not like to give up her trophies, but will if you insist.We generally save most of her prey. She may have a mouthful of sharp fangs, but it's a remarkably soft mouth. Perhaps she likes the feeling of their tiny feet on her tongue.
It's not the biting that kills, it's the releasing, patting, releasing, patting, releasing ... I think the poor wee things have heart attacks.
This one, was reluctantly given to my care, inspected for holes, found to be fine, he even kept his tail, and popped onto a warm stone to recover.
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What does she have in her mouth? A little lizard, or a little mouse? How sweet of you to save it. Ah, Ping, the cat of cats.
E - it's a little skink (kind of lizard that drops it's tail when caught). This catch and release was so fast it kept it's tail. We try to be good pet owners, of an introduced animal. Minimise the harm and all that.
I like to think I'd let her keep a mouse, if she caught one, mice also being introduced, non-natives. But I know I'd save it and release it - how I got so soft I just don't know.
Our cats did that, too - we used to keep a pile of rolled-up socks on the garden table to throw at them when they came home with prey - it made them crouch so we could quickly grab the cat, release the prey and, usually, it ran or flew away.
Zoomie, we try to stop her bringing things inside, those tiny wee lizards hide underthings and never get outside. We find them mummified months later.
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