This is probably not possible, but does anyone know of any way to stop outdoor cats from catching and killing birds (and other critters)?
At least once a day one of the outside cats kills a bird. Yesterday it was a baby robin, this morning the mother (while father screamed from the trees). Both we caught 'in the act' do to the screaming of the wounded bird (
). The baby was fairly mauled so we let the cat finish it off. The mother we got right after the cat caught it. So we put it in a box in the truck for a while, then it ran over to the neighbours yard under a bush.
I'm really really sick of cleaning up birds bits and organs from all over my yard. We have a lot of trees, and therefor a lot of birds. I also have dogs. That last thing I wasn't is for them to eat some kind of carcass that's been lying out there all night and carrying who knows what kind of disease. I check the yard over before I let them out in the morning, but I still miss some parts sometimes.
One morning they took down a seagull!
That was a huge disgusting mess to clean up!
I realize it's natural, but it's getting a bit ridiculous. I feed them as much as they're willing to eat twice a day. I don't like to leave the food out, as it collects flies and ants.
Any kind of suggestions would be GREAT!!
At least once a day one of the outside cats kills a bird. Yesterday it was a baby robin, this morning the mother (while father screamed from the trees). Both we caught 'in the act' do to the screaming of the wounded bird (
I'm really really sick of cleaning up birds bits and organs from all over my yard. We have a lot of trees, and therefor a lot of birds. I also have dogs. That last thing I wasn't is for them to eat some kind of carcass that's been lying out there all night and carrying who knows what kind of disease. I check the yard over before I let them out in the morning, but I still miss some parts sometimes.
One morning they took down a seagull!
I realize it's natural, but it's getting a bit ridiculous. I feed them as much as they're willing to eat twice a day. I don't like to leave the food out, as it collects flies and ants.
Any kind of suggestions would be GREAT!!