We inherited our at about two years ago and until recently he had only brought in a couple of frogs but in the past 6 or so months he has gone mad and brought in several birds, both dead and alive, including two robins in one 10 minute period and a magpie, so not teeny presents either! He has also brought several mice, including a live one which we only discovered in the living room much later and which eluded us for two further days. I am not great at dealing with the birds although don't mind too much but I have a complete phobia about mice and am terrified about him bringing one upstairs or dropping it at my feet. So far, my husband has mostly been home but one day I turned up at the neighbour in tears to get her help.
Getting rid of the cat is not an option as I don't think ds2 would ever speak to me again but I spend so much time now either locking the cat in or out, checking where he is, jumping every time I hear the cat flap.
He has a bell on his collar and he is certainly not under-fed, if anything he needs to lose a bit of weight so I have no clue how he manages to move fast enough to catch anything.
Please does anyone have any ideas?
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Is there really no way to stop the cat bringing in "presents"?
annh · 27/05/2012 15:11
Do you have a cat flap? We don't for this very reason. I used to leave the window open for him but he started to bring in live mice and birds so now I open the door for him and play 'bouncer' to his little presents 
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A bit of a faff for me but it keeps him in line. Get a good bell and a water pistol if you see him hunting!
Crikey, is your cat a tiger? I don't think mine has managed anything that big! Wouldn't like to cross your kitty
I second the adding of more bells to their collar. We did this a few months ago and have gone from 1 or 2 presents a day to 1 or 2 a month :o
Our cat's 'best' catch was a mole 
also, my mother had a cat when I was younger who brought in another dead cat 
We don't think it had actually done the killing 
My old cat dragged in a grass snake.
I was rescued by a neighbour. 
I asked for advice on this once, was told about more/bigger bells and then asked if my cat was black as they're the best hunters - she is
My cat brought in birds, rats, mice, voles, frogs and a rabbit once poor thing! She seems to have grown out of it now and never brings in presents, im very relieved
My cat is 11 and still bringing in regular offerings - mainly Squirrels and wood pigeons! The squirrels amaze me - he gets so many and if not caught in time he eats them all (except tail). The mice he loves to torment for a long time so we often get those dropped alive indoors too.
DB's cat bought in a live seagull once
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