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How do you stop a cat catching birds?
flimsier
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I know it's natural, but I hate it, and I'm too squeamish to remove them or even touch them - my partner has to do it.
I put a bell snap-collar on her but she picks at it 24/7 - really really hates it.
Is there any other way?
I put a bell snap-collar on her but she picks at it 24/7 - really really hates it.
Is there any other way?
Can we just take it as read I didn't mean to offend you?
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It is natural, and its instinct so no, you cant do anything, you'll just have to put up with her.make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
and we will never, ever return.0 -
Little rubber shoes to cover her claws and a muzzle to cover her mouth?
All jokes aside, you're not going to counteract a few thousand years of evolutionary instinct easily...
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Just 26 more posts to go Outpost lol
Must try harder....................make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
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Little rubber shoes to cover her claws and a muzzle to cover her mouth?
All jokes aside, you're not going to counteract a few thousand years of evolutionary instinct easily...
I'm only quoting you to encourage to post again
Seriously though. If your cat is a hunter there ain't much you can do about it except keep them in - which would be unfair if they have become used to going out.
There are some gizmo's available - like some sort of bib you put on them, but I would question if that was safe.
What I do is put a safety collar on with bell, and lock the cat flap - that way I might be saving the odd bird who hears the bell (tho I think cats are such masters at stealth that a bell does s0d all unless they are a clumsy one lol), and at least I dont wake up to a houseful of feathers and dead bird!
Admittedly, my 2 can bash through the locked cat flap if they feel the need to, and occasionally do bring in mice & voles, but it seems to have stopped the wanton destruction of sparrows in my living room! They mostly just leave the mice (dead thankfully - I'm obv not up to live prey yet) as a tasty snack, to try and teach me to hunt :cool::rotfl: I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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Instead of one bell, put 3 on the collar and the birds stand a better chance. My cat has learnt not to now. She watches and pretends shes going to chase them, but very very rarely catches one anymore.Whether we win or lose,that we played at all was a winning decision.
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I know it's natural, but I hate it, and I'm too squeamish to remove them or even touch them - my partner has to do it.
I put a bell snap-collar on her but she picks at it 24/7 - really really hates it.
Is there any other way?
Keep her in the house at prime hunting times. Cats learn to hunt without ringing the bell anyway, just like they learn to move stealthily.Declutterbug-in-progress.⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️0
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