She's had mice, rats, birds, moles and a even baby rabbit (which really upset my daughter).
She gets crazy and aggressive if we keep her in doors. She's been spayed.
Is there anything we can do to stop her.
It's making everyone miserable.Is there anything I can do to discourage my 18month old female cat from hunting %26amp; killing?
Put a collar with a big bell on it on her!Is there anything I can do to discourage my 18month old female cat from hunting %26amp; killing?
Silly question as cats are naturally hunters. But pray tell, what is she hunting? Deer?
That is what cats do, hunt and kill, only way is get a bell, or keep cat indoors.
I have no idea it is there nature to hunt. I have never let my cat outside. Good luck
she's bringing you a gift. Also if cats hunger they will hunt, addionally its in their nature
this is what cats do
I have a cat like yours she is a proper hunter-gatherer. Pip brings several kills home everyday and it's not funny - alas there is nothing you can do about it ... except hope that as she gets older her interest may wain. By the way my Pip is nearly four ....... I wonder how old she will be before her interest wains??!! x
You could always try an anti-hunting bib, the bright colour makes the cat more noticeable to prey. here's a link.
There really is nothing you can do to stop her from hunting. It is instinct.
If you have a kitty door or easy access for the cat to get in, take it down. This way the cat doesn't bring things in the house.
Also a collar with a bell will alert animals to the cats whereabouts. It might bring the animal kill to a minimum it won't stop.
You could keep her in the house or your other option is to find her a new home.
Purr's and meow's
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a suggestion a GPS tracking device what my auntie calls her safety colllars for kitties...so they can roam and enjoy the out doors and give critters a fighting chance too.
My own critters have GPS tracking devices aka collars that are safety ones that will break off and what we jokingly call the GPS device is the bell on the collar.
Good luck %26amp; purr's ,
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p.s. Kitty is trying to teach U to hunt that is why these are being brought to you...
so kitty wants U to learn to Hunt.
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I've got a brother and sister who are always bringing me ';gifts'; of half-dead mice and birds ! It drives me mad trying to catch them at 3am without waking my kids up!!!!
I'd love to offer a solution but I tried bells on collars and they kept comming off and didn't stop it either!! Also, the pair of them constantly scratching the collars and ringing the bells...oh god it was loud all night!!! I persisted for months but they didn't help slow down the killing spree they went on every night!
The only thing that works is keeping them in at night....no more ';gifts'; for me but 2 miserable hunters jumping on the bed all night !
It is a natural instinct fo cats to hunt and it shows they love you!
Don't worry about the baby or your daughter, they will get used to it and gain alot from having a pet. good luck with the imminent birth x
This will sound weird, but all she is doing when she is leaving bits of animals around is giving you a present and showing how clever she is! Its a cats nature to hunt and kill and there is no way of stopping it doing what it is meant to do.
Have you tried buying her toys with catnip in to attack instead? it may work, it may not, it depends on the cat itself.
I know its gruesome and upsetting for you all, but she really does think she is being a good kitten by showing you what she has done and giving it to you as a present.
Try feeding her and playing with her before you let her out, then she might feel she hasnt got to bring you presents because she showed you earlier while you were playing how clever she is.
I have had cats on and off for my whole life, and this will pass over, but no one can say when, all cats are different.
If you let her out, when she returns, only let her into the room the back door leads from until you are sure she hasnt brought you a present.
Everyone sounds right. Get a collar with a bell, and she is leaving a present for you so act like you apreciate it until she leaves. lol
Why do people keep giving answers that have already been given.
Oh I know, to get 2 points.
Oh look, I've just scored 2 points.
get her a collar with bells on it. with that she won't be able to stalk her prey as they will hear the bell and will be able to escape. she won't like having a collar on at first but she will just have to get used to it.
My cat has a couple of little bells on her collar then if she loses 1 she still has one on. When cats bring their kills home it is a gift for you to show that they love you
Has she any toys that she can play with? Ask a clerk and see which toys will her not bite humans anymore.
The best answer is the bell, she may not like it at first but she will get used to it. the kills she brings home are presents for whoever she thinks of as senior.
You have no need to worry about the baby just make sure she cant get on the cot its warm and comfy and she will curl up on it. we have kept cats, dogs and chickens over the years kids should grow up with animals around, they also provide hours of cheap entertainment.(cats not kids)
In the cat world its normally the female who is the hunter so its instinctive - the bringing in of dead things is her gifts to you. A very large bell on her collar should help.
keep her inside she will get used to it
I'm afraid theres nothing you can do to stop her other than locking her in and turning her into a house cat but then that wouldn't be fair on her as she's used to going outside. As you've already said, cats are natural hunters and they have great fun killing tiny things and although you won't hear many mice or birds laughing their socks off in the presence of a killer cat, they are actually killed quite quickly. Its the way of their world i'm afraid and as much as we don't like it, we're not going to stop it! She's got a taste for it now because she's good at it and when she brings it indoors, its not to horrify you, its to please you! She's bringing you a present! When you express your horror by saying something like ahhh thats disgusting, she'll want to rectify it by getting another one that you MIGHT like! Mine used to it all the bloody time and i, like you, got sick of it! What i did was praise my cat when he bought anything in and instead of mice and birds, he'd bring in used drinking straws, used empty crisp packets, any old rubbish! No more dead things ha ha. I'm not entirely convinced that he knew what i was talking about but i like to believe that he did bless him. You can only try it, probably better than locking her in and being miserable! Also, you should explain to your daughter that your cat isn't being horrible, she's just doing what comes naturally to her. I don't think your new baby will be in any great danger, you sound like a sensible, clean person.
No, there is nothing you can do to stop this behavior short of keeping the cat indoors. Her leaving the carcasses of her kill is also in her nature. These are trophies, and she believes she is doing her special job as a cat. Your cat sounds like she needs to live on a farm where she can do her special job and be rewarded for it. I'm sure you could find an indoor cat who would like nothing more than to curl up in a sunny chair and be petted and admired. I'm equally sure the cat you have is miserable, too, and senses that however hard she tries, she is not making you happy.
you should spray her with water, if you see her attaking birds. but don't do it after she has killed something because she wont know what she has done wrong. make sure she has eaten before she goes out, because if my cat goes out when he is hungry he usually kills something and brings it home. you should make a fuss of her when she comes in and has not killed anything, and don't talk to her when she has.
Has she got a bell on her collar???
This is a good starter, although won't work all of the time.
I'm afraid other than that, there isn't a lot you can do about it.
Especially this time of year when animals generally get ready to hibernate, and in spreeing when they have just woken up.
As stressful as it is for your daughter, perhaps use it to explain that this is what wild animals do, and although the cat is somewhat tame, she will always have wild animal instincts...
A colar with a bell, but be warned; they are risky. Cats can get them caught on branches and hang.
You can't keep a cat from hunting! Even with a bell on it's collar it will catch something. She may go crazy when you keep her inside but after a while she will get used to it.
That is your cats way of saying thank you for loving and caring for me. It is a very normal way of rewarding you.
say good kitty and a pat on the head before she brings it in the houswe if it is still alive take it back outside
Just put a bell on her collar, then her prey will hear her coming and she won't be able to catch anything. She is bringing these things to you because she loves you.
I'm afraid it's in a cat's nature of hunt and kill, no matter have much we hate it. It's horrible opening the door and finding mashed up litter creatures there, especially when you think that cat's don't always kill outright, but plan with their prey like a toy.
A collar with a bell works sometimes, if the bell is loud enough, although cats tend to slink along the floor when after prey and only jump and make a noise at the very last minute. You can also get collars that are approved as being bird friendly. They have an alarm on instead of a bell which is designed to startle the birds and also the cats, acting as a deterrent as well as an alarm. To be honest, neither types of collar have worked with our cats.
We play with our cats regularly and tried doing it just before they went out, to see if that would satisfy their instincts, but it didn't.
We then analysed why our cats were bringing us little presents. We decided that they were bringing us tributes, like cats in the wild who will let the dominant cat have the first eating of a kill. Because of that, the next time we were brought a pathetic little heap of feathers we made a huge fuss of the cat, saying how clever he was, stroking him and giving him a treat, instead of telling him off like we used to do. It seems to have worked, as it's over a year since we were last bought a present, and we were getting them every week before that. From the cat's point of view, before it used to bring us gifts and we'd shout at it, so it must have been that the gift wasn't good enough.
We know that the killing still takes place but we've simply have to acknowledge that our fluffy little bundle of fun IS part of the species which is one of nature's most efficient predators and we cannot change its personality. All we've succeeded in doing is ensuring that the corpses are not brought to us, and I think that is what you're looking for.
get her de-clawed.. that should stop the killing.
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