Our cat is a bit of a nightmnare at the moment, went home at lunchtime and found the back room trashed where the cat has been chasing a bird round all morning. Fortunately bird was ok I managed to get it out the house and it flew away. Cat is not very popular it's done loads of damage this year so far so I was wondering if those bleepy collars are any good ?
Kev
Do you mean the rspb ones that beep when the cat pounces?
We had one for a while, but gave up (or maybe he lost it, I can't remember). Anyhow, it beeps whenever the cat makes a sudden movement, so whenever he jumps up on to the sofa, down from the sofa, up on to the bed, down off the bed (get the picture?).
yeah that's kind a what I thought ! Not really recommended then.
Kev
It didn't really seem to stop bird catching much either I'm afraid.
Couldn't you simply re-wire the collar to deliver a mild electric shock to the cat?
Just put a bell on it?
Both ours already have bells, you still get the odd kill though.
In a study of bells and other devices (to stop cats hunting)the only 1 that actually worked was a large plastic flap that you fitted around the cat's neck, it drapes down to the ground and looks like a bib!
I think mostly it worked as the cat's were too embarassed to go out with it on.
I agree that bells don't work, I've seen one of my parents cats hunting along a field edge on three legs holding the bell with his fourth!!!
I sometimes wish I hadn't got our 2nd cat last summer as she seems to be a very efficient wildlife hunter, we've had more this year than the other one ever brought back in 4years, even though she's got 6 bells on her! 
Bib-stylee thing sounds interesting though! 
We went through a spell of this, birds' feathers everywhere, blood smeared across the walls and little dollops of guts left neatly on the carpet. You're not going to stop a cat hunting but you need to make it clear that they can't bring the catch into the house, by chasing them out everytime they do it. After a while they get the message and eat them outside. Our cat rarely brings a catch into the house anymore. Not much use though if no-one is in the house all day.
Cats chase/eat small animals - its what they naturally do. If you cant cope with that your not fit to have a cat as a pet.
Dont restrict your cats life to suit your lifestyle. Thats quite cruel and selfish.
Next time you go out on your bike, try wearing a bell to warn all ramblers. Then wear it all year 24/7. Make sure it rings everytime you move. Then have a think about your cats quality of life.
They also shit in my garden, they seem to do that naturally too. Grrrr
My dog catches pheasants and leaves their empty carcass in our kitchen,
What bell for a huge lab cross ?
Next time you go out on your bike, try wearing a bell to warn all ramblers. Then wear it all year 24/7. Make sure it rings everytime you move. Then have a think about your cats quality of life.
As a cat lover I still found this very funny. Bells spoiling the quality of life of cats. Ace.
(had many cats, with bells, never stopped any of them catching things or bothered them one bit). Some cats catch lots, some cats dont catch at all. Just like humans.
you need a cow bell - that'll do it!!
Cats chase/eat small animals - its what they naturally do. If you cant cope with that your not fit to have a cat as a pet.
Trimix you fool it's the fact that the cat had trashed my house whilst chasing the thing around inside that has got my back up, Im perfectly aware and able to cope with the fact that cats are hunters and will kill things. Derrrr... Go patronise your little brother...
Kev
we tried a bell on ours, it reduced the kills not one iota. What did improve matters was locking the catflap, it's boarded up now. At least then the only damage they do is to the animal. You have to be fairly strict about kicking the cats out at night though unless you want to find poo in your sock drawer.
Cats chase/eat small animals - its what they naturally do. If you cant cope with that your not fit to have a cat as a pet.
One could argue you are being cruel by introducing a pet into your house that then terrorises and kills indigenous animals.
Would it be acceptable to you if we all owned cats, loved and cared for them in such large numbers while they decimated, say. the local sparrow population?
One of our neighbors has a cat, cocky bloody thing, we always chase it off the garden as It's shat on it often enough. I've recently blocked one of it's run through holes so we don't see it as often now.
It's starting to eat grass n look shabby, so hopefully the bloody thing is on it's last legs, good riddance n all!!
As cocky as this one?
my grandparents had a bar accross the inside of the catflap, meant you could open it about an inch, the have to let it swing back and catch it. Whilst pussy is busy doing that it cant hold an animal, so it has to let it go before it comes in the house.
It also had the effect of making the cat flap just a little too high to lift rabits through so even if it did ever work it out, it would have had a job getting the kill inside.
Doesnt work for ours though, theres 3ft walls topped with 3ft fences, with a further 3ft tot he top of the next wall, then a sloping roof, then a 3ft gap, then another 3 ft upto our cat flap! And the bugger can still get a full grown rabbit in!
lets start a new thread, cats chasing dogs.
If DezB had a cat...
BTW surfer, we love that pic!
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