Stopping cat from killing birds

ailuro2

Well I would suggest that perhaps if we erradicate the human race as part of planet earth the songbirds, bees, ants, bears, bison, tigers, rhinos, fish, terrapins, in fact everything includind dodos, would be a whole lot better off without any humans taking away their territory.It worked fine for millions of years without us sticking our opposable thumbs in and rubbing sticks together.

There would certainly be a LOT more scottish wildcats in this area than there are.;)

Our 1 year old(belled) cat brought the garden a fledgling the other day,and with the best will in the world I don't think the poor wee thing could have got away-too small- now for all I know it could have fallen out and broken its neck and our dear little cat saw that lunch had been served?:rolleyes:

Some instances simply cannot be avoided.
Some folk think that playing 'hunting' games with cats will help satisfy their natural hunting desire- but I'm not really convinced- it's worth getting a toy mouse on a string and trying it to see if it helps- sometimes when cats outgrow kittenhood we forget they still love to play 'chase' with the reflection from a mirror or catch a piece of string.


When they drag a fully sized pigeon up three flights of stairs,one wing each, like my sister's lot did to her, then perhaps it will be more worrying.:eek:

Eels100

Please, a word of warning. Outdoor cats really shouldn't be made to wear collars. These can get tangled or caught in undergrowth leading to serious injury or worse. Some awful injuries happen when cats have got a leg caught through the collar, which leads to serious flesh wounds, infection and a lot of distress.

Unfortunately cats will hunt and kill birds and small mammals. This is natural and normal - it isn't 'cruel'. 'Cruel' suggests that the cat gets pleasure from injuring other animals when in fact the pleasure comes from being able to exhibit natural behaviour.

Your options are limited here - keep her indoors (not really great for the cat if she's used to free roaming) or ... move house?! Sorry, I think you're stuck with it!

Curious_George_2

my two have brought home mice, rats, one bird and 3 frogs!

frogs!! there are NO ponds near us!

kr15snw

Eels100 wrote: »

Please, a word of warning. Outdoor cats really shouldn't be made to wear collars. These can get tangled or caught in undergrowth leading to serious injury or worse.

You can now get collars that snap off if put under pressure. They are designed for the instance of a cat getting caught. Definately a usefull thing to have if your cats an outdoor one.

For the bells, how about a cow bell style? Obviously a mini one, but they are a lot louder than normal bells.

Doonhamer

I think a full size cow bell would work.

seven-day-weekend

We don't have a cat any more, but one does turn up at the door and we always feed her.

Today she brought us a birds' nest...empty, but covered in little feathers.:eek:

babyangel10

Curious_George wrote: »

my two have brought home mice, rats, one bird and 3 frogs!

frogs!! there are NO ponds near us!

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: My MIL's cat brings in frogs too - and there are no ponds near her either! My SIL stood on a dead frog in the lounge barefoot once! urgh! :eek:

AND she catches worms! Stupid mare (cat, not MIL or SIL! ) - I think she's got a bit confused with all the 'bird catches worm, cat catches bird' thing! :rotfl: :rotfl:

Happy_Fanatic

My sisters neighbour Shot yes SHOT my sisters cat (summer) in the leg with an air rifle and broke its leg in four places.

Unfortunately this is just hear say as no-one saw it happen, he did get a warning two years ago for doing the same with another cat in the area which actually lost its leg.

As you can imagine my sister is distraught, lucky she had insurance but still had to pay £50 excess, the vets going to have summer for six weeks though.

Seems someone did not want her on their land and performed a terrible act.

She did bring "Presents" home but left them on the door step.

candygirl

my 2 staffys kill birds in my garden, and a friend advised me to hang cds from my rotary washing line and it has kept the birds away.Think it acts like a kind of scarecrow, and has saved me picking dead birds up..yuuuuuk:j

worto03

check out http://www.kittycollars.co.uk/ for cheap brill safety collars for cats, you can put a message on them too like your phone number if you want.

Also cats can learn quite quickly to move without the bell ringing - putting two bells on the collar is supposed to overcome this.

worto.