Cat Catching Birds

[SazzyC0]

My cat has just caught another bird! I saw him out the window with it in his mouth and heard it :(
This keeps happening, he is a big black tomcat about 2 1/2 years old and is obviously very good at hunting! I have had a few birds now, and also a bat once! How can I prevent this from happening, it makes me feel terrible, I really like birds :(

[Tallulah!]

It's what they do! You'd have to shut him in. We get one offering a day, always around first light when the birds are starving and have young to feed. but mostly mice and mostly dead and half eaten. Sometimes it's small birds. I hate it when it's a robin or thrush.
I hope someone has a better solution than me.

[paddywak]

this is a question that has been asked many times, and basically the answer is that there is very little, despite the huge amount of "kills" cats make annually you can't prevent it it is after all the nature of the beast however upsetting it is it's nature in the raw.Short of keeping him indoors all the time or perhaps fitting with a collar and bell I afraid it's some thing you ae going to have to live with

[ummmm]

My dog catches birds, rips them up and leaves them in various places in the house. Mainly the sofa. It makes me ill :-(

[SazzyC0]

He has a collar with a bell, I put the bell on for this reason, doesn't seem to have worked. Obviously there is nothing more I can do then?

[Lore]

Aww sazzy, it's horrible isn't it. I had a cat who killed two birds (not with one stone, before the smart alec's arrive! :p )
But her usual offering was an empty crisp packet on the door step every morning.
Why on earth she hunted empty crisp packets throughout the night was beyond me. Maybe they were full to begin with *shrug*

Your cat's just doing what a cat should do.

[Tallulah!]

I had to remove the collars ! The cats got caught on branches or got a paw stuck through. They had no effect on the problem anyway.
One of the cats is trying for squirrels and we also used to have flea ridden rabbits brought in. And rats. The fields are built on now.
As I type I know that I have a mouse head to clear up. The eyes are staring at me. Yuck.

[pocahontas]

the idea of a cat bringing home smmall animals is that they are bringing u a "present" ..... your cat must love u very much. i know there is new collars out there that send a sonic signal to small mammals such as birds etc. they might sell them in the betterware mags or try ebay. thaey are clever devices. hope this helpps

[lil75]

Put pepper on the dead bird, when he goes back to it he wont like it, it will eventually deter him

[momac]

There are cat collars that emit a noise as the cat is about to pounce,at least it gives the birds a chance and they do work.

[Tallulah!]

They NEVER go back to the dead! They lose interest when movement stops.

[woofgang]

basically its a cat thing, if you don't like it, don't have acat!!

[frankofile]

my worst experience was a pigeon in the dining room. Looked like an entire pillow had been emptied out.!!

[Kleiber]

You say he's a tom cat. If he's still entire, may I suggest getting him neutered? It won't stop him killing birds, but he might stay at home a bit more, thus sparing some of them and he won't be contributing to the ever-increasing problem of unwanted kittens. If you've already had him "done", then I apologise. K.

[SazzyC0]

He has been done.

[Kleiber]

Oh, well, SazzyCO, back to the drawing board :) K.