iamnotafraid - you make me laugh. a whole lot. I like cats and also let mine sleep in the house and in the bed but I like your point of view. Nice and jaded. I mean that is the sweetest smiley-est way possible
Nikolaj- I hope everything works out with your cat. She could be a bit traumatized. Get her a big can of some fancy smancy cat food and give her some time. Maybe a vet trip is in order if it's in the ol' budget. I have no real answers for you but I have some experience to share....which goes something like this:
I have inside/outside cats so they basically do whatever the hell they feel like doing, inside or outside. Well my cat Nicks - the male one who is minus the male parts-once brought me a dead lizard, a dead mouse, and a half dead bird all during the same week. I grounded him and made him stay inside for a while after bringing me the bird. I think he figured it was because it wasn't dead yet. Anywho, Nicks acted crazy for about a week and I was worried sick he caught the cooties. He was bouncing off the wall, literally. He would run down the hall, make a jump for the wall, end up falling and sliding across the tile. No way did I allow him to sleep in my bed. He paid me back for not letting him sleep in the bed by leaving a little homemade surprise in my den. That's when he became an outside cat for a while. Things have calmed down now and Nicks is back to his normal lazy self. I did take him in for a couple shots and my vet didn't seem concerned when I told him about the jumping into the wall thing. Now it's been over a month since the "bringing mommy dead things" week. So far so good.