I have a 3 legged cat who cant stretch to birds but often digs up worms and
offers them instead!


"'cedes" wrote in message
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There is no stopping the sacrificial gifting. As long as they are allowed
outdoors, they are going to attempt to bring you "gifts".
A funny story; I don't allow my cats outdoors at all, but I have a huge
enclosed patio that they think is "outdoors. Yesterday I awoke from a nap,
to find a dismembered bird in bed with me, and all my cats snoozing
soundly.
This is the second time in two years that this has happened. The largest
gap
in the wire meshed-in patio, is a 1 inch gap betwwen the base and the
frame
of the wire. We are clueless as to HOW these birds how squeezed in to meet
their doom. In any event, I truly can't stop my cats from doing this, IF a
bird makes it's way into our patio, but you can probably curtail their
activity, by either keeping them indoors at night, OR making them some
sort
of secure enclosure on your house, so that they can not obtain their prey.

http://www.cat-world.com.au/cat-worldenclosures.htm


"David Wright" wrote in message
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Hello,

Just wondered if anyone could share some advice on how to stop our two
cats
bringing home little "gifts" for us during the night.

Both cats (1 male, 1 female) are just under 2 years old. They have never
brought anything back before, but since our first baby was born and
became
the centre of attention 14 weeks ago, we have had 4 mice, one bird and
two
frogs. And, because they have a cat-flap door, we find the presents -
normally dead but sometimes alive - in the living room when we get up in
the
morning. The bird was the worst - feathers everywhere!

With the baby about to start crawling, we want to nip this in the bud to
avoid infections etc - we are trying to lavish attention on the cats
again,
so they don't feel so left out, but this morning (2am!) - a whole lot of
noise, and another frog. Still alive, and quickly back in the neighbours
pond. And me disinfecting the carpet whilst half asleep, not that
enjoyable
really!

We don't want to lock them in the kitchen at night (where their door
is),
or
lock them outside, but we might have to...

Thanks,
David.

ps. Please excuse the cross-posting, there are just too many great cat
newsgroups!!