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Good luck! Hopefully you can just keep your kitty inside. It really isn't fair to the baby birds and other wildlife the kitty gets to kill for fun (no matter how much they enjoy it), a domesticated cat doesn't have to kill for its food and most generally don't even it what they kill (or play with and accidentally kill).
WE are going to be there at the house with him. Its looking like it is going to be about one month total. (We are in between houses/moves.) Our plan would be to keep him inside as much as possible, but he is an escape artist. He popped the screen out and jumped out the window the first day we brought him home from the pound. So realisticlly, he will probably end up outside at some points while we are there. Thought about going the kennel route, but I feel that it might be too long for him and I would miss him.
Im liking the idea of a break away collar with bells. It hadnt even crossed my mind before.
Just work harder at keeping him inside.
I really dislike the idea of bells on a cat's collar. Cats have extremely sensitive hearing and bells will bother that hearing.
Install some feliway diffusers to help with stress and spend a lot of extra time playing with him. The time will pass, and he will survive.
you there or not...thats not HIS house and cats will try to return to their territory...
keeping him and the squirrels (and the birds who are at an even greater risk) safe is going to be a full time job for you if he gets out...
breakaway collars are pretty much useless, most indoor/outdoor cats go through 5 breakaways a week!
and i agree, bells can dirve a cats hearing crazy and doesnt realy do muhc for the suqirrels untill they learn that the rining of the bell means danger...
also cats can stalk through all but the most sensitive bells...
when cats are just runnign an dplaying the bell will ring, but the moment they enter serious hunting mode, the bell becomes practically useless, the cats movments are so slow and calculated when stalking that by the time the cat pounces and the bell rings its usually too late.
i have nothing against indoor outdoor cats, my female is, shes a mouser and a very good one she hasnt brought home any birds or squirrels thank goodness but takes care of mice and even full grown rats...
but when i move the cats get on lockdown for a minimum of 2 weeks before having outdoor acess because its that inital 2 weeks that are the most dangerous to the cat escaping and never comming back.
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We were planning on having our cat stay at my in-laws for a couple of weeks but I am starting to worry that he might kill the squirrels in thier backyard. Thier squirrels are very special to them and they would be devistated if anything happened to them (one of thier squirrels is still quite young). Our cat has been known to kill birds, mice, and baby bunnies, but never any squirrels. Our other option is to have our cat stay with my parents, but my parents have a cat that does not get along with other cats and will attack. Not sure what to do.
Of course. Cats are optimized to efficiently kill small mammals.
Even an overweight cat who is optimized for ringing a dinner bell may be able to catch a fat, dumb squirrel who eats exclusively from a feeder and is generally treated like royalty.
Our younger cat tries but she usually can't catch them. Personally I hate those furry-tailed rats but if squirrels are important to your friends then you probably shouldn't risk it.
Or if the cat comes into contact with a rabid squirrel.....I don't it's funny at all that a cat kill small animals unless it is doing it for survival.
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