How do I keep my cats from eating my birds?
mizzy1 asked:
2 cats are in and out cats. I like to feed the birds. How can I discourage cats from eating my birds?
yes, the darn cat can stalk silently - even with a bell collar.
lol, Mike
Ok, there is those birds that only eat on the ground. I worry about those. I have suspended feeders for the rest.
This entry was posted
on Sunday, February 8th, 2009 at 12:00 am and is filed under Birds.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
2 cats are in and out cats. I like to feed the birds. How can I discourage cats from eating my birds?
yes, the darn cat can stalk silently - even with a bell collar.
lol, Mike
Ok, there is those birds that only eat on the ground. I worry about those. I have suspended feeders for the rest.
February 9th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
put a collar on with a bell
February 10th, 2009 at 10:48 am
the bell collar works well but the cat will eventually find a way out of it (mine always have) sadly i dont know either hope someone gives a good answer this little bugger has been doing it for a decade nothing i try stops him
February 11th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
the best way is to put them in a cage or tie a collar on their neck and put it where it cannot see the birds. that’s all! [[.my own opinion.]]…
February 14th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
I had the same problem, I put a bell on my cats collar but it only made more stealth. So every time he killed a bird I bathed the cat and put a large bell (aprx 5cm wide) on his collar.
He didn’t like as the bell dragged along the ground and rang.
It took around 2 weeks then he got the message, now he doesn’t bother with birds.
Good luck
Mike
February 16th, 2009 at 4:47 am
get an Eagle.. then it will be the cats problem.
February 20th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Where do you feed your birds? I used to feed them on a stand high enough that it won’t allow cat to catch the birds. We also installed a collar on the leg of the plat form so that cats wont climb them. We have hanging bird feeders also in use to avoid such accidents. The methods can vary with the kind of birds visit your garden.
February 21st, 2009 at 4:46 am
The facts of this matter are putting bells on your cats only works for a short time and will eventually only serve to make them even better hunters, the best you can do is set up the bird feeders in such a manner (such as setting them on metal posts) so that your cats can’t hunt them…
February 21st, 2009 at 7:16 am
u can tie your cat or keeep your birds in a cage
February 22nd, 2009 at 7:55 pm
You could build a wire mesh cage about 4×4 ft.with chicken wire 1.ins.diameter then small birds could go in and out to feed ,
Other wise keep the cat’s indoors,or make bigger feeding trays.
But in all probability you will not be able to solve your problem.
Cat’s are born hunters and killers.