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Our next door neighbor has an indoor/outdoor cat, and we have a bird feeder out front. Lately, I've seen her catch and kill birds and then proceed to eat them!
I've caught her in the act of chowing down on 2 in the past month, I always try and stop her. I've told the neighbor and she says she cant keep her indoors 24/7 because she originally was a stray and she loves to be out. I get it. I also have a cat like that, but I've never seen her kill a bird. Her cat is fed kibble on the regular, so its not like shes hungry.
The neighbor did put a bell on her collar, but she managed to catch one the other day and I caught her eating it when i got home from work, it looked like she ate a lot of it (sorry to be gross). I guess my question is, what kind of health problems can cats get from eating wild birds all the time? I know cats used to eat birds back in the day, but I'm worried about her and I dont want her to get sick. And I feel terrible about the birds.
Thanks.
I've caught her in the act of chowing down on 2 in the past month, I always try and stop her. I've told the neighbor and she says she cant keep her indoors 24/7 because she originally was a stray and she loves to be out. I get it. I also have a cat like that, but I've never seen her kill a bird. Her cat is fed kibble on the regular, so its not like shes hungry.
The neighbor did put a bell on her collar, but she managed to catch one the other day and I caught her eating it when i got home from work, it looked like she ate a lot of it (sorry to be gross). I guess my question is, what kind of health problems can cats get from eating wild birds all the time? I know cats used to eat birds back in the day, but I'm worried about her and I dont want her to get sick. And I feel terrible about the birds.
Thanks.