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Cat Forum / General Topics / October 2005How to discourage her from bringing dead birds?
Once again, I found a dead bird at my doorstep. How to discourage my cat from doing this? Thanks. > Once again, I found a dead bird at my doorstep. How to > discourage my cat from doing this? Thanks. You can't..! Your cat is being a cat, this is what cats do. Ivor > You can't..! Your cat is being a cat, this is what cats do. One of my favorite engagement stories happened to one of our tennis ladies. Her sweetheart very carefully wrapped an engagement ring in a box with a big bow and set it on the pillow of her bed, next to her cat, so she would see it when she changed after coming home from work. Well, she walked in the bedroom and he heard her scream, which he at first thought was a surprised happy scream, but then she kept screaming, and he runs to the bedroom to see what the problem was. Very neatly, on the pillow, next to the box with the ribbon, was a dead bird. It seems her cat was not about to be out done when it came to giving presents. >> You can't..! Your cat is being a cat, this is what cats do. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > ribbon, was a dead bird. It seems her cat was not about to be out done when > it came to giving presents. ROTFLMAO!!! Oh my that is great! i don't like that the cats get the birds, but the whole gift competition thing, it's priceless! > One of my favorite engagement stories happened to one of our tennis ladies. > Her sweetheart very carefully wrapped an engagement ring in a box with a big [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > ribbon, was a dead bird. It seems her cat was not about to be out done when > it came to giving presents. :i don't like that the cats get the birds, but the whole gift competition : thing, it's priceless! Just be very thankful for the gift. My cats like to keep the bird for themselves and take it apart in the safety of the living room ---> feathers ALL OVER the place! In the bookshelf, behind the furniture ... carola > > You can't..! Your cat is being a cat, this is what cats do. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > ribbon, was a dead bird. It seems her cat was not about to be out done when > it came to giving presents. A friend of mine decided to pop the question to his girlfriend. So he got the ring, bribed her flatmates to go out for the evening and settled down to watch a romantic film with a bottle of wine. (The film was to make her feel romantic and the wine was to calm his nerves, he told me) Anyway the film finished and as the ending credits played out and she was sniffing into her tissue, he stood up, gritted his teeth, got down on bended knee and held out the opened box and said "Kim, will you marry me?" Her reply: "S**t! The cats having her kittens behind the TV!" (She later said "yes") Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs lol! i think your friend's cat wins! > A friend of mine decided to pop the question to his girlfriend. So he > got the ring, bribed her flatmates to go out for the evening and [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > > You can't..! Your cat is being a cat, this is what cats do. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > ribbon, was a dead bird. It seems her cat was not about to be out done when > it came to giving presents. A friend of mine decided to pop the question to his girlfriend. So he got the ring, bribed her flatmates to go out for the evening and settled down to watch a romantic film with a bottle of wine. (The film was to make her feel romantic and the wine was to calm his nerves, he told me) Anyway the film finished and as the ending credits played out and she was sniffing into her tissue, he stood up, gritted his teeth, got down on bended knee and held out the opened box and said "Kim, will you marry me?" Her reply: "S**t! The cats having her kittens behind the TV!" (She later said "yes") Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs You can't stop nor discourage her. I don't trust collars on cats and even if you put a bell on her, it would not stop her. The only way is to keep her inside. Gail > Once again, I found a dead bird at my doorstep. How to discourage my > cat from doing this? Thanks. She is bringing you a gift it might be the wrong type of gift but it is actually a honor for them to do this Cats are only following their natural instincts...my outdoor cats (many moons ago) did this and my folks (in which I lived with at the time) had fits,,but yet here we are eating birds of different species and it's okay for us... Thats why I leave my cats indoors or take them out with me holding them or in their pet stroller. > You can't stop nor discourage her. I don't trust collars on cats and even > if you put a bell on her, it would not stop her. The only way is to keep > her inside. > Gail >> Once again, I found a dead bird at my doorstep. How to discourage my >> cat from doing this? Thanks. Pet stroller I thought I spoiled my cats Yep...Ornery's doesnt mind it too much...it beats having to hold the other cats who are almost as big as me ;-) > Pet stroller I thought I spoiled my cats > Once again, I found a dead bird at my doorstep. How to discourage my > cat from doing this? Thanks. You have two options: 1) Keep your cat inside, which really is better for their health. I'm certain there will be arguments over that one. 2) Collar with a bell that gives the birds some fair warning of impending doom. > > Once again, I found a dead bird at my doorstep. How to discourage my > > cat from doing this? Thanks. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > 2) Collar with a bell that gives the birds some fair warning of > impending doom. Or 3) Introduce the cat to a gaggle of Canada geese. The cat will never touch another bird again. Ramboyd ====== "My Ottawa Includes Corruption" In rec.pets.cats.health+behav Ramboyd <Ramboyd@spamspamspameggs&spam.com> wrote: : > > Once again, I found a dead bird at my doorstep. How to discourage my : > > cat from doing this? Thanks. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] : > 2) Collar with a bell that gives the birds some fair warning of : > impending doom. : Or : 3) Introduce the cat to a gaggle of Canada geese. The cat will never touch : another bird again. That didn't keep my cat from hunting birds. All it did was cause him to switch from hunt geese to hunting ducks.  Signature------------------- Keep working millions on welfare depend on you >>>Once again, I found a dead bird at my doorstep. How to discourage my >>>cat from doing this? Thanks. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > "My Ottawa Includes Corruption" LOL! this is your cats way of saying that he loves you. He is providing for you. Only way to prevent him from doing it (besides keeping him in full time) is to make him stop loving you. And you don't really want to do that. > Once again, I found a dead bird at my doorstep. How to discourage my > cat from doing this? Thanks. > this is your cats way of saying that he loves you. He is providing for you. > Only way to prevent him from doing it (besides keeping him in full time) is > to make him stop loving you. And you don't really want to do that. That was brilliant. >>Once again, I found a dead bird at my doorstep. How to discourage my >>cat from doing this? Thanks. > Once again, I found a dead bird at my doorstep. How to discourage my > cat from doing this? Thanks. Since birds a cat's natural prey, you have only 2 options: 1. Keep her inside or in a screened pen. 2. Get rid of the birds. Btw, bells on a collar are not only dangerous for an outdoor cat as the collar can get tangled on objects, but the cat soon learns to hunt even more stealthily so the bells don't ring until she's into her pounce- too late for the bird. Someone actually conducted a study that proved that. Put a bell on it's collar and be thankful that it's birds and not rats that he's bringing home. I inherited a big tom cat at a place I rented long ago who would bring me presents of dead river rats at least twice a week. The first time I walked out on the porch and almost stepped on one I almost died. After a while I just kept the shovel handy and scooped them up and got rid of them. In the cat world this is the ultimate gift. Celeste > Once again, I found a dead bird at my doorstep. How to discourage my > cat from doing this? Thanks. |
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