cats and killing birds

[Skits]

my cat's new thing is killing birds, bringing them into the house and plucking them for me. i've heard of cats leaving dead animals at doors etc but never bringing them in. any ideas on what i can do to stop her. she's 10 months old.

[moonstorm]

Bless her, she is only bringing you presents to show how much she loves you. Not very nice for you!! Have you tried putting a bell round her neck to warns the birds she is there?

[Siobhan]

my cat's new thing is killing birds, bringing them into the house and plucking them for me. i've heard of cats leaving dead animals at doors etc but never bringing them in. any ideas on what i can do to stop her. she's 10 months old.

My cat use to do that all the time. I had a pidgeon, a rat and once a Kebab brought into the house.. she is just shown you her kill but she will grow out of that if you show her it is wrong to bring it inside...

[Skits]

Bless her, she is only bringing you presents to show how much she loves you. Not very nice for you!! Have you tried putting a bell round her neck to warns the birds she is there?

she has a bell but i think the birds are already dead when she finds them as there was someone shooting birds near us at the weekend. i know it's an affection thing but not very nice!

[Skits]

My cat use to do that all the time. I had a pidgeon, a rat and once a Kebab brought into the house.. she is just shown you her kill but she will grow out of that if you show her it is wrong to bring it inside...

i've been punishing her by putting her out and not leaving the window open for her to come back in but it doesn't seem to work. i felt really stupid last night as i was holding her and pointing at the bird and saying that's bold!

[crazygirl]

well my cat brings home dead rats and she brings little baby birds home alive! i know its not nice but its what cats do! you cant stop them from doing it it's nature and all there doing is bringing a trophy home for you to be proud of!!

[Siobhan]

i've been punishing her by putting her out and not leaving the window open for her to come back in but it doesn't seem to work. i felt really stupid last night as i was holding her and pointing at the bird and saying that's bold!

That is what you have to do.. It sounds silly but they think they are doing something great for you.. they do grow out of it

[Skits]

thanks guys. hopefully she'll grow out of it soon.

[crazygirl]

That is what you have to do.. It sounds silly but they think they are doing something great for you.. they do grow out of itmy has not grown out of it and she is 2!

[*vcl*]

Both my cats do this all the time, one day last summer Rum bought a live Rabbit home to show me, Couldnt believe it ! It was kicking and it was about as big of Rum,

They are both 5 1/2 now but still do it all the time, Rat,mice,frogs,birds anything that moves,

I dont really mind as thats what cats do, I used to try and tell them of but it never seemed to work! I f anything it seemed to make them want to bring more as an apology !!! crazy I know.

[dddMac1]

it's just somthing all cats do
My cat used to do it but now he's getting old he hardly ever does it he will only eat tinned food now

[Skits]

our cat at home used to do it but he just brought them and left them at the door. my cat is tearing the feathers off them. is this normal?

[*vcl*]

our cat at home used to do it but he just brought them and left them at the door. my cat is tearing the feathers off them. is this normal? Oh Yea Rum & Raison do this, Its not nice, your house or garden get full of feathers!!!

Sometime they will eat half a mouse and bring the rest home for Mummy (me!) Nice dont you just love them x

[crazygirl]

my cat eats them everytime she brings them home maybe she is trying to tell me something :lol:
but it's only a summer thing she never brings anything home autumn/winter & my other cat she only eats flies

[kels257]

Your lucky your cat kills them first. My uncles cat takes them in alive :rotfl:

[Chloe O'brien]

We used to have a cat about 15 years ago that brought home birds. One day he brought in a black crow and dropped it at my feet it was still alive barely and was flapping its wings. I screamed and my mum was telling me to pick it up and throw it out in to the garden. and another day we locked the door so he couldn't get in with this dead pidgeon he had in his mouth so he sat on the windowsill showing us what he brought us.

The two cats I have now are house cats so they dont get outside thank goodness

[crazygirl]

i am petrified of spiders so i cringe when one of my cats easts spiders because all you can see is the spiders legs hanging out of their mouths...omg I'm cringing while I'm typing this