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Cat Forum / General Topics / May 2004cat -mouse problem
I know this may sound a very weird question but I have a huge problem with my cat. Almost every night my cat brings in a mouse, most of the time it's dead , sometimes it's alive In the frist place I have it to wake up in the morning to take a mouse by the tail and throw it away but in the second place, we don't have any nightrest! when the cat comes in with the mouse she does make very loud noise, it's like she wants us to tell that she brought that. Our cat is about 8y and she does that since 7-8 months now, before she caught a mouse 3-4 times a year but now it's almost every night, and one night she brought 3x a dead mouse in. Someone told me that I should get the cat a bell so it can't hunt anymore (mouse hears the bell) but it does not help. Can anyone advice me how I can prevent my cat from doing this? so I can have my nightrest back? I can't keep my cat in the house, she wants to be outside, so that is not an option. Please advice me what I can do thanks in advance > I know this may sound a very weird question but I have a huge problem with > my cat. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Please advice me what I can do Don't let the cat out at night. I used to have a cat who brought in rabbits. She'd eat the front halfs leaving me to get rid of the rest! She did this four times and then just quit. She didn't eat the first bunny. Yes, cats are very proud to catch things! I'd hear a rabbit being killed in the middle of the night while I was in bed and I would yell the cat's name out. The rabbit would yell (squeek) while being killed. These were beautiful cottontails too. Sorry, I can't offer any other help with getting your cat to stop this behavior. Other cats have brought in birds, mice, snakes, lizards, one pack rat and one regular rat. My older cat would sit on the kitchen table watching the rat run around on the floor and do nothing about it! She seemed to find this amazing! I had to set up a trap and after two tries I managed to catch it. It's amazing to watch a bird fly around my trailer. I removed a few birds by leaving the back door open and the bird flew out by itself. I used the back-door trick to let one rabbit get away then closed the door to keep the cat inside. I hope your cat outgrows this... Saul Levy >I know this may sound a very weird question but I have a huge problem with >my cat. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >thanks in advance she brings in rabbits as well, like you discribe, 1/2 eaten or the head removed from boddy. I can't keep her inside, she complains untill I let her out > I used to have a cat who brought in rabbits. She'd eat the front > halfs leaving me to get rid of the rest! She did this four times and [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > > > >thanks in advance My cats are/were mostly strays. It is horrible to try and keep them inside all the time so I haven't bothered. I tried putting a bell on the rabbit eater. That didn't last long. I found her on the bed with the collar in her mouth and around her neck so I removed it. It wasn't choking her (it was a stretch type), but she couldn't remove it. One other story: The trailer court I'm in tried a leash law for cats outside. I put the older cat out chained up. That didn't last long either. She climbed up my body rapping the chain around me until she reached my shoulder (OUCH!). I looked at her and said I guess you don't like that. I removed it. Saul Levy >she brings in rabbits as well, like you discribe, 1/2 eaten or the head >removed from boddy. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >> >> Saul Levy > I know this may sound a very weird question but I have a huge problem with > my cat. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > I can't keep my cat in the house, she wants to be outside, so that is not an > option. If keeping your cat inside isn't an option because she wants to be outside, pray you never have a boyfriend/girlfriend, husband/wife, children who have other interests in life. How would you ever deal with these? My cat has a curfew - for her safety, the safety of other, and my restful nights. Certainly she would love to be out over night doing whatever it is she likes to do, but at my house there are rules. If you will not keep her inside because she doesn't want to be, then I'm afraid you'll have to suffer the concequences. Recently read a report of a man setting up a computer and webcam at the kitty door. the computer runs a pattern recognition program that prevents the door from opening if the cat is carrying anything. Sounds a tad extreme, but it worked. Check it out http://www.quantumpicture.com/Flo_Control/flo_control.htm >I know this may sound a very weird question but I have a huge problem with >my cat. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >thanks in advance I saw that site a while ago. I can't see tying up a computer just for that... Saul Levy >Recently read a report of a man setting up a computer and webcam at >the kitty door. the computer runs a pattern recognition program that [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >> >>thanks in advance > I saw that site a while ago. I can't see tying up a computer just for > that... Only needs an old computer. In Australia, you can get full working Pentium and older P2 systems out of rubbish bins. Thought it would be the same everywhere. Alas, all my old computers have been acting very weird. I sold them to a friend of mine and he makes new computers out of them while I upgrade a level or two. Saul Levy >> I saw that site a while ago. I can't see tying up a computer just for >> that... > >Only needs an old computer. In Australia, you can get full working Pentium and >older P2 systems out of rubbish bins. Thought it would be the same everywhere. Well this is something I would need, but I have no clue how I can build this. But I understand that it drove the owner crazy , just like it does to me. and it will help to prevent that your house starts to smell bad, when the mouse was still alive and died somewhere where you don't see it. it's not the first time that I have to sit on hand an knees to locate the bad smell in my house. in the meantime, I got smarter on this as well, because I know where to look already, most of the time it's under the piano or behind plants thanks for the info, but if there would be other way to prevent my cat from bringing in mice, it still would appriciate it. > Recently read a report of a man setting up a computer and webcam at > the kitty door. the computer runs a pattern recognition program that [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > > >thanks in advance
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