Hi - We have three cats, but only the youngest one hunts. She kills at least one bird every year (that I know of) and I feel horrendously guilty. This year she's been even more active, with tits nesting near the house. The final straw was the other day when she slunk past me through the kitchen with a tit in her mouth. I screamed, DS came from the other room to see what was wrong, Kitty dropped the bird, postman rang the doorbell, DS opened the door, I tried to cover the bird (still alive!) with a saucepan and slip a magazine underneath, bird flew into my face (more screaming, postman freaked out, Kitty dashed out between his legs) and across the kitchen. Luckily it landed on the windowsill and when I opened the window it flew out. Hope it wasn't injured.
That tore it - I went and bought Kitty a collar with a bell. We put it on yesterday afternoon and she immediately went berserk - tore around the house, up and down stairs, hissing and snarling, then disappeared outside for several hours. when she came back she crouched under the table and growled at us. Every time she moved and bell rang it terrified her and she tried to run away from it. She spent the night on my bed growling. This morning DS couldn't stand it anymore and took the collar off - worried that she wasn't eating or drinking. She's now up in the wisteria sulking - and watching the birds again.
What do we do? Put the collar on first without the bell, then add bell when she gets used to it (if she ever does)? Put collar and bell on and let her CIO (so to speak)? Or just forget it? Keeping her inside is really not an option.
Thanks for any ideas or experience.