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My 7m old cat has just recently been allowed to be an outdoors cat due to him crying to be out so much and it has really calmed him down which is a godsend because he used to wake my 2yrold up as soon as I put him to sleep by barging into his bedroom and doing zoomies around the room. I tried everything to keep him out and still be able to hear if my son wakes but our boy kitty bleu insists on sleeping in that particular room or he Wales and cries which in turn wakes my little boy so can't win.
However last few nights he's been on his nighttime adventures outside he has brought home a dead baby bird and it petrifies Me because he takes them up into my sons bedroom and further chews on them. I know this is instinctive for cats to hunt but it hurts heart for the poor birds & the idea of a dead animal being dragged into my sons room. I keep his door adjar always for safety so can't fully close the bedroom door. I don't know how to stop my cat before he zooms up the stairs without giving me the chance to stop him
I would love some advice how to deter this behaviour? I usually feed the kitten when he gets bk from his travels around 4am but I don't want this to seem like a reward for his gifting of a dead bird. He always looks so proud of himself.
I feel so uncomfortable birds being brought in because no doubt now he's started it will be mice and allsorts next and the thought scares me.
He has a good mate kitty who is abit older and streetwise who he goes on travels with but she's a hunter too so I think he's copied this behaviour and it's abit instinctive too. I know pigeons carry many germs we call them flying rats here in UK so that's a worry when I have an infant and I'm also pregnant so don't want germs brought into the home if it can be avoided. It doesn't make it any less heartbreaking to see another poor defenseless animal has been killed by your own.
Advice appreciated
However last few nights he's been on his nighttime adventures outside he has brought home a dead baby bird and it petrifies Me because he takes them up into my sons bedroom and further chews on them. I know this is instinctive for cats to hunt but it hurts heart for the poor birds & the idea of a dead animal being dragged into my sons room. I keep his door adjar always for safety so can't fully close the bedroom door. I don't know how to stop my cat before he zooms up the stairs without giving me the chance to stop him
I would love some advice how to deter this behaviour? I usually feed the kitten when he gets bk from his travels around 4am but I don't want this to seem like a reward for his gifting of a dead bird. He always looks so proud of himself.
I feel so uncomfortable birds being brought in because no doubt now he's started it will be mice and allsorts next and the thought scares me.
He has a good mate kitty who is abit older and streetwise who he goes on travels with but she's a hunter too so I think he's copied this behaviour and it's abit instinctive too. I know pigeons carry many germs we call them flying rats here in UK so that's a worry when I have an infant and I'm also pregnant so don't want germs brought into the home if it can be avoided. It doesn't make it any less heartbreaking to see another poor defenseless animal has been killed by your own.
Advice appreciated