Horrible puddy tat!!

[tigwig]

my cat killed a bird this morning (fortunately he didn't bring it into the house like the 2 mice he has killed previously) and when he noticed it again he went outside to sniff it and lay at the side of it. At this time, 2 large crows were crying out really loudly I have never heard such noise and then about 3 other birds joined in all circling my cat! Were they going to get him for killing their friend?! So I bought a collar with a bell on it to hopefully prevent him from doding it again, while I was in the pet shop I noticed these collars that had an alarm on them that went off when your cat attacked something but at �20 thought they were a bit steep. Has anyone used one before and do they work?

[lankeela]

More likely they were miffed that he was stopping them getting to their next meal! They would gladly pick the remains of their poor birdy friend.

As for bells on collars, they drive my dogs mad when the cats come in the garden. There is one black monster that sits on my fence jingling merrily away and making them throw themselves at the french doors.

Never heard of the alarm collars, would probably scare the life out of the cat.

[Kleiber]

Unfortunately, tigwig, it's in the nature of the beast! I love all my cats, but one of them (little Cleo, bless her!) has just discovered how to catch birds. I feed the wild birds and it really upsets me to see her stalking them (I go & get her & bring her in, if I can), but so far, she's managed to get 2 chaffinches (and possibly a little brambling as well - he visited for a few days & then suddenly disappeared). The older cats don't bother - one of them has always been a mouse-hunter and the other one's just given up hunting anything. Monty is taking lessons in mousing, from his auntie Cassie and Gavin's too fat to chase anything at all!!
I don't know about these collars, I hadn't heard of them till you mentioned them, but I won't put collars on my lot, as we live in the country and they're forever climbing trees and I worry that they'll get trapped. Cassie once got her leg trapped in a so-called "safety collar" and I don't want anything like that to happen again. K xx