how to stop my cats bring dead and live mice and birds home

[Pamela42]

It doesn't matter weather its day or nite my 2 cats 1 Tom and 1 queen on a dayly bases and around 4 to 5 times a day I get dead and live mice and birds ether in my house or at my door and all over the yard but its always live ones that get brought into the house and the dead ones in yard both my husband and I have had to pull fridge and freezer out to catch mice and take them to the nearest field to set them free and today I had to catch a bird and set that free enough is enough and I need it to stop but how do I stop it

Same problem here and usually live mice so when the three cats are bored of their 'toy' they just leave them and I have to catch them in the morning. I am quite the expert at catching them now. I rescue and release anything between 1 and three per night at this time of the year, but find that locking the cats in for the nights stops this activity as they do not seem to catch much during the day.

My theory is some cats are hunters and there is not much you can do to stop them. Our first 4 cats never caught a thing, but the current ones are all very good hunters. Its a real nuisance.

So the only suggestion I can make is keep them in overnight as I think the hunting will be slightly less at night? I do sympathise though!

stick a bloody great bell around their neck, bloody cats kill just for fun

Bells don't work, cat learns to be a stealthier hunter. As tealady says, keep them in from dusk until dawn. Better to keep cat in at night anyway as most RTAs happen at night. Neutering is hugely helpful in minimising potential harm to your cat. Essential really.

Try tiring cat out with an interactive toy that will satisfy their predatory nature, and after they have 'killed' it give a delicious reward to mimic the stalk/hunt/kill/eat instinct.

My cat used to be a prolific hunter, once presenting me with freshly killed stoats. Now he is bullied by the local blackbird