Is there anything I can do at all to stop him from doing this?Please help me - My cat keeps bringing dead mice %26amp; birds in the house - I freak out when I find them. Ideas?
First off you might want to understand why your cat is bringing you these ';gifts';
Returning with the spoils of the hunt is their way of proudly bringing back a gift to their guardian. Normally, cats see us as a parent figure, but when they present gifts of prey, they see us as their kittens. Accept the gift graciously and properly dispose of it. Big cats in the wild present prey to others in their den as a social gesture. Perhaps they prefer to share it in safety where chances of theft are slim.
Anyway all you have to do is put a collar with a bell on him if you havent already. Then when he is outside or after you have let him out, close the doors securley so he cant bring any dead rodents into the house. He may bring it into the garage and all you need to do then is throw it in the trees or bury it somewhere. There isnt really anthing else unless you trap him inside your house and dont let him out, which really is hard to do. You may also want to take him to the vet regularly...sometimes cats can contract different diseases from rodents. Hope this helps and good Luck!!!Please help me - My cat keeps bringing dead mice %26amp; birds in the house - I freak out when I find them. Ideas?
You could try moving %26amp; not telling it.
keep live mice in the house for it to catch
smack the cat so it wont do it again. show it why it is being smacked. harsh maybe but cats arent daft
Get your cat a collar with a bell on, this should reduce the success of his hunts by alerting the prey hehe. Also some cat flaps make it awkward for a cat to bring in prey. You could try finding the habitat of the mice and destroying it to stop them living near you
my mom lives out in the country she says they do this because its in there nature they bring them to you or so you can find them because they love you. although i think she is looney all i can say is board up the windows lmao try getting the cat toys keep its interest on something else. i really do nto think your cat will stop its in there nature grin and bare it and smile and say thanks kitty kitty
i have 3 cats and i feel the same way as you ! i find a bell on the collor helps as birds a mice here them coming and run a mile .
good luck
That's what you should do then. Keep the cat inside the house.
Would you rather the cat brought in a chicken and roasted it for you or chopped up a cow into hamburgers
Sorry you got a cat and that goes with the turf... its no good having a go at your cat as it will only damager your relationship with your cat ans hurt and upseta and confuse her as the cat wont understand...
Cats can only think of food in terms of something dead...
its just you dont see what they do to the chicken or cow before you bring hoke burders and kfc to feed your family...
You cat loves you and wants to do its part for the house by thanking you for the food it brought ans wanting you to priase its prowess and be all cuddles and loving...
To a cat its like you feeding your baby...
Its what its job is and its sharing its food which most animlas would not like you share your food.
You can't stop it. Even the sweetest cat comes with this hard wored into its brain.
So you can't stop it and any attempt to will result in pet psyciatrists and damaging the relationship you have with your cat...
You can try and keep the cat inside then you have an unhappy imprisoned cat.
Your cat's natural instinct is to hunt. I agree you can't keep him in now that his has been an outside cat.
The best thing you can do is play with him (toy mouse etc), this will feel like hunting to him and will help satisfy his need to hunt.
Secondly, has something changed so that you are not spending as much time with him? New job, new social life etc? It could be his way of reminding you that he is still around and still loves you.
You should have had a lazy one like ours. I did read somewhere that when a cat returns with food it is contributing to its family or household,and if you scold it, the cat will assume its dead bird -- or whatever -- is not good enough and so go out and find a bigger one. Of course you cannot keep it in, cats love to roam especially at night. Even ours takes a short constitutional in the evening. A bell around its neck sounds the best idea so far.
its a nacheral thing u cant stop my cat dos it to its supost to be a sign of efection let it be free to do what cats do
dont feed your cat then they will have to eat it to survive
Don't let the cat go outside. Then it can't catch birds and mice.
If you are going to let your cat out...then he will continue to hunt and kill things. If you don't want him to do this than keep him indoors. Indoor cats do live longer, healthier lives. Also, you may not know this but cats are the cause of thousands of bird deaths per year. There have been recent studies that show cats are a major cause of the decline of many migratory species. You can do a search and see what I am talking about. It may help that he is keeping the pest population of mice and rats down, but a cat is not going to ONLY kill mice and stop killing birds. Also, an indoor cat will not end up getting poisoned, hit by a car, eaten by a predator, and picking up diseases from other animals.
I had a cat the delighted in bringing in birds and mice and anything else he could capture. I just started not letting him in when he had them.
Your best bet is to keep him indoors. I know a whole lot of people think this is cruel, but it is far less cruel than the cat getting hurt outside. I lost a few to the outdoors.
1 got hit by a car, 2 got into fights with wild animals, and one just disappeared.
Now we keep our cats indoors and give them plenty of things to 'hunt'
Sorry! Other than keeping him inside all the time(Which is probably a good idea, he'll live longer) you won't be able to stop this behavior. Cats are natural born hunters, and are going to hunt if they're allowed outside. He brings you his kills because he is trying to provide for you- he thinks you may need a snack. If he brings you partially live animals, he's trying to teach you to hunt. I would keep a small spade or shovel in the house to pick up his kills, and try not to freak out at your cat too much...He's only doing what comes naturally. And do please consider keeping him inside, he'll lead a longer and happier life!
He loves you and he's trying to provide for you. I realize these tasty treats don't look so tasty to you, but this is what happens when you're loved by a cat. Believe me, I know. You just have to learn to clean them up without throwing up. It's not easy sometimes.
Bless him! its their way of bringing you presents to show their affection for you!
My cat just grew out of it, if that helps.
They are gaving u a present - weird but true
Mine always does it - but I got used to it and I won't keep them in as they love it out the back, each morning they stand by the door waiting to go out.
I don't know why people say cats live longer if they stay inside - my friends cat was 14 and he was an outside cat, out all night every night - she had since he was a kitten. I know there are dangers outside to inside BUT there are dangers to US PEOPLE is well outside e.g. knocke by car, stabbed etc
kinda scary that there are that many mice and even birds IN your house. you might want to hire an exterminator
im sorry to tell you this but the only thing you can do to prevent this is bring the cat indoors permanently which expands their lifespan anyways and is much safer for them. but you should take this habit of your cat proudly. in the wild, many generations ago, cats brought dinner only to those who they most respected and loved. so just throw it in the garbage and ignore it but dont punish the cat
Yeah, best way is to change your outlook. The only way you stop that from happening is making him/her a inside cat.Otherwise see it as a favour your cat is trying to take care of you, by providing you with food. It is nature, outside cats will hunt. I wish mg inside cats would be all He better at mousing.
My cat keeps on bringing me in dead mice and birds trouble is it is what they do they are bringing in a present for you, i do tell my cats a bunch of flowers or chocolates would be nicer. What i do with my cats is buy then alot of toys mices etc and they like them and leave the real ones alone especially ones with cat nip in them good luck.
We have a cat flap that has a locking system on it, so we can stop the cat going out or we can stop the cat coming in or we can do both at the same time... we actually managed to stop the cat bringing in mice by locking the cat flap so the cat could not get in - this did not mean he was locked out though because he found a way of hooking the flap open so then he can get in but the effort required to get in means that he dropped his mice and wouldn't be able to bring them in - it worked a treat!
keep your cat indoors...do you realize all the diseases that mice and birds carry? and they are in your cats mouth??? your cat is going to get sick or run over by a car keep it in
sorry but your cat loves you and this is how they show it, thank your cat and then put its wee offering in the bin!
He thinks he's bringing you a gift. The only way to sop this happening is to not have a cat-flap, answer the door when he wants in and just check what he has in his mouth before you let him in.
As they get older they get bored of catching things and prefer to sleep all day and then meow for some tinned stuff (or annoy you till you get some tinned stuff - ie poking you).
We feed ours at two times, so that way he learns and also we have told him no over his life in a stern way. But cats tend to do as they want. Make sure he knows what the no is to.
Just set phrases for things such as food and out. I am sure mine knows what you mean by this.
Charlie fetches me to let him out so doesn't pee the floor.
Is a two way interpretation...
No way to stop it, except to lock your cat out.
I get live birds frequently and have to do frantic rescuing.
Obviously your cat thinks you are an incompetent hunter
Maybe they are hinting they do not like the cat food you provide.
Nature wins all the time
SHOOT the cat and get a dog !!!!!!!!!!
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