We have a rescue cat who we've had about 8 months. She's a very prolific hunter. We already keep her in overnight because we were getting several bodies overnight and that slowed her down for a month or so. Now she's picked back up again and is bringing in mice, shrews and birds continuously (we're averaging 4 a day).
The children are finding it really upsetting - dead things they are fine with (although not so much with innards strewn across the floor), live things they find quite fun. But it's the damaged, injured, dying creatures which are starting to get to them. My daughter who previously adored the cat said she hated her this morning 😞.
I don't know what to do! I've had cats all my life (with a break over the last 5/6 years so it's really the children's first experience) and never known a hunter like this. Although we now live very rurally so she has access to lots of wildlife.
What can we do? Obviously with cats you accept a certain amount of dead creatures and I know she's just being a cat but this seems crazy.
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Some advice needed please, one-cat killing machine to slow down!
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VertiginousOust · 25/06/2016 16:52
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