Guest guest Posted October 5, 2003 Report Share Posted October 5, 2003 >> I agree - as you know I am a 'bird person' and have argued the point about cats killing 40 small animals per year each. I don't advocate letting cats catch animals, and think owners should put bells on cats' collars to make this less likely. I'm not sure about these numbers. The mammal society claimed up to 200million birds/mammals per year, but I've seen figures as low as a tenth of that. Any numbers based on information from owners will generally be skewed, as few people returned zero figures if they have a non-hunting cat. Bells may help, ultrasonic devices may help (although the ultrasonic rodent repellants have generally been found to be useless). Birds are around less at night, mammals are around less during the day, so keeping cats in at night helps stop them eating birds, and also stops them getting hit by cars! Bird tables and other feeding devices mean that they spend less time foraging for food, and so are less at risk of predation, and feed in larger groups, therefore are more likely to spot predators. I was just making the point that a tin of cooked chicken, sheep or other animal is no more natural for a cat than a vegan diet - so you might as well feed your cat vegan, if it will. Cats are picky enough generally, so good luck, but it is very important to supplement their diets if going vegan. VegeKat/Kit seem OK. Cats will go blind on taurine deficient diets. Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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