Cat killing birds

[MamaCat]

How can I stop my cat from attacking and killing birds, I tried to put a bell around her but it drove her crazy, she refused to eat for several days, wouldn't drink water, and completely withdrew and hid under the bed. I finally had to take it off and now she is back stocking the birds. I cannot put another collar on her as it was too cruel. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[B00]

If she wont wear a collar with a bell then I'm afraid the short answer is, you cant.

[Lonnie]

Boo is absolutely correct.

[Finoa]

If she can tollerate a bell-less collar, then there is an alternative.

The Liberator collar senses the inertia of your cats pounce and sounds an alarm. Because it's not making the noise all the time, and because it doesn't stop your cat stalking things, it should be much easier for her to adapt to. It's available here for �9.99: http://www.petplanet.co.uk/product.asp?dept_id =38&pf_id=1252

There's more info from the manufacturers here: http://www.liberators.com.au/pages/how.asp

Maybe you could introduce it to her for short periods of time over several weeks? You could try a cheap collar, to see if she can get used to the idea, before investing a tenner.

Several years ago I saw a slightly different device - it attatched to a normal collar and emitted bird-scaring squeaks in a range cats and humans can't hear. That would be my first choice, but I haven't been able to find it since so I've been eyeing up the Liberator for my two mogs.

The problem for me is that our cats bring in huge numbers of rats, mice and voles (usually live), and I want a collar that will prevent ALL hunting. Our vet suggested keeping them in at night, so they can't hunt when prey is at its most vulnerable (dusk and dawn) but that's only reduced the catches by about a third.

I'm nominating the CatBib for the award of daftest invention 2006. It's a completely mad idea only for the most tollerant of cats!

http://www.catgoods.com/testimonials12.html

The only other thing I have to suggest is having her spayed, which won't be much help if she's already had it done!

Good luck on your quest,


Fiona

[honeyboo]

Hi mamacat i also have a bird eater. She used to catch sometimes 1 or 2 a day, and it got to the point were we had to do something about it. Yes she had collers with bells and tags on, but she always found a way of getting them off. We couldn't understand how she was doing it, and what made it worse was there was a woman who lived a few doors down and she would feed the birds twice a day even though she knew our cat was killing them. One day she had the cheek to come to our house and complain about our cat, she was very rude to me i tried to explain to her that she can get her collers off. But she wasn't having any of it, she told me that my cats were neglected, because i couldn't stop my cat from killing the birds. I ended up shuting my front door in her face, before i did something i might regret. Anyway we decided to go to pets at home and buy her The Liberator cat coller, she has had it on since november and in that time she has caught about 5 or 6 birds at the most. She has still tried to get it off but with no luck, but it beeps every time she jumps down, from the distace say of a kitchen worktop, every time she scraches her neck, and while she is playing. She did hate it at first, but it didn't take her that long to get used to. Now she uses it to her advantage, she makes it go off on purpose to wake us up when she wants to go out in the morning, she makes it beep right next to our ear. But we would rather have that instead of all the mess of dead birds in our house. I dont know if your cat will get used to it or not, but i thought i would let you know how it works. Good Luck Honey xXx

[mr.bungle]

I have two cats ones a hunter the other is scared of its own shadow. I just see it that if you want to keep a cat you have to put up with what cats do. Its instinctive for them to react to bird or a mouses movement. I have also heard that they see it as some kind of contribution to the household if they bring in their 'prize'. Its law of nature, at the end of the day they are still animals.

[Misty77]

I'm afraid I agree with Mr Bungle. Regardless of how cute and cuddly your cat may be, they still have hunting instincts and kill innocent creatures. There are loads of other cats around us, and one in particular has a collar with a bell but is still accomplished at catching voles.

[Liam305]

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