Rescue cat - can you request a non-hunter?

[ProphetOfDoom]

Have finally said I'd consider getting a cat or even a pair of cats from a rescue centre but only the lazy, idle sort!

My nightmare would be to have a prolific hunter as I am bird-phobic and am not overly fond of rodents either - is it possible to get a non hunting cat or just the luck of the draw?

My cat is a massive cuddly softy but an evil predator. We have hugely reduced his killing by keeping him in at night. We have an enclosed litter tray which he hardly ever uses but we only occasionally get dead things in now whereas it was at least weekly for a while.

Oneago - brought up indoors and thinking that the world came at 70 degrees with carpets - was lying soporifically on his bed one early summer afternoon when a stupid young starling managed to find his way through a two or three inch crack in the window.

He'd never seen a bird in his life before as far as I knew but 'Wey Hey'. I had to grab him as he bounced between walls, fling him out of the bedroom, close the door, open the windows wide and then sneak out myself and go for a restorative. Luckily, the starling managed to,leave.

You just don't know with cats.

Cat proofing:

This is the cat proofing I have (there are others, but I settled on this company as they were so lovely):

Securacat

Probably an older cat would be most suitable. My cat was 8 when I got her and she voluntarily stays in 99% of the time. She has caught a fly and a butterfly in the three years we have had her.

I would say you will struggle to get a non-hunting outdoors cat as it's a cat, they hunt. If it must be non-hunting then you will need to go for an old cat 9 yrs + as they generally can't be bothered to hunt. They make wonderful pets and sleep and cuddle up on laps in the evening. You will have to willing to say goodbye to them in a few years though. However this can happen with any age cat.

I'm chuckling at your cats and I love the pictures!

I contacted another rescue and they have a pair of cats that must be rehomed together aged 8 & 9 who according to their history are not much cop at hunting - which thanks to you guys I appreciate might change once in my edge-of-countryside garden!

I'd not even considered pedigree rescue centres . My aunt has a Siamese that shadow boxes birds at a safe distance!

We have a lie-on-his-back-with-all-4-paws-in-the-air boy as well. Inspite of his size, he can hunt, though, and proves it by always, without fail, leaving us the tail end of whatever he catches as "our share"

However, an ex-stray could be a good call - they are generally capable of recognising a good thing when they see it, and will quite happily settle for a deal that says they get fed lots and therefore CBA to hunt. Friends let their DD adopt a kitten from the feral litter in the back garden - which turned into the soppiest most tolerant cat I have ever met - being dressed up and lugged around by a small girl evidently seemed to him a small price to pay for warmth and comfort and food on demand.

Exactly what mine is like stealth
I'm all "would you like to go outside?"
And I get a withering look and "no fank YOU hooman, I shall stay under the duvet. All day"