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Article #288Re: Help - How do I stop cat bringing in birds?
From: Paul Chapman
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 00:00
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 00:00
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Space, Tried the bell on the collar. Unfortunately it made no difference. He bought home a magpie yesterday. And he's only 17 months old. Cheers, Paul Space <@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:811j91$bu8$1@plutonium.btinternet.com... > i don't think u can actually stop the cats from hunting. it is > instinctive - and after all they are bringing you a gift. > > all i can think of is to make sure they have bells on their collars. > my cats have two bells and their ID tag. u can hear them a mile away. > > Paul Chapman wrote in message <811h9l$9ka$1@news4.svr.pol.co.uk>... > >Hi, > > > >One of my cats has started to bring birds in the house.Obviously this > is a > >nightmare because they fly around terrified and crap everywhere. Does > anyone > >have any ideas on how I can stop him bringing the birds in? > > > >My girlfriend and I both work so we don't often catch him in the act; > we > >normally get home to find the aftermath. Our other cat seems more > interested > >in mice and shrews, but these are easier to deal with. > > > >Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > > >Cheers, > > > >Paul > > > > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb474,70fb949ca6fed163 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb474,public X-Google-Thread: 103211,70fb949ca6fed163 X-Google-Attributes: gid103211,public X-Google-Thread: 10ba96,70fb949ca6fed163 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ba96,public X-Google-Thread: 101cae,70fb949ca6fed163 X-Google-Attributes: gid101cae,public From: "Paul Chapman" <paul@artoo.freeserve.co.uk> Subject: Re: Help - How do I stop cat bringing in birds? Date: 1999/11/19 Message-ID: <8140lo$gdq$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 550609797 References: <811h9l$9ka$1@news4.svr.pol.co.uk> <811j91$bu8$1@plutonium.btinternet.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 X-Complaints-To: abuse@theplanet.net X-Trace: news7.svr.pol.co.uk 943031800 16826 62.136.189.132 (19 Nov 1999 17:16:40 GMT) Organization: Customer of Planet Online X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Nov 1999 17:16:40 GMT Newsgroups: alt.pets.cats,rec.pets.cats,rec.pets.cats.misc,free.uk.pets.cats