Cat problemo...he's bringing us lots of presents...

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Jack the ripper (Literally!) has been on a killing spree this past month or so. 4 squirrels (3 decapitated - niiccee), COUNTLESS mice (making a home of our garage and under the fridge) and a scary amount of rats...*shudders*

This is amounting to around 2 everyday and not only is it getting tedious and the garage stinks ...the mice BITE. Pheobedog has also been helps herself to them from the garden, brings them in and they bite ME - I shriek, mouse scuttles under the fridge. I also never knew they jumped. I had captured one in a high tube with an open top and it LEAPT out, missed my horrified face by an inch, and proceeded to leg it....under the fridge.
I an bruised (from scrambling around on all fours!), bitten and getting slightly mad now. Surely the height of present catching would be in the summer!?!
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Thank god they're appetite has switched from birds...we were losing all of our ones, and Dad was seriously losing his patience.
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Soooo I know we can't punish anyone as we know it's instinct, but if anybody *desperate plea lol* knows any nifty tricks for trying to deter the animal presents, getting rid of *cough* the pests already making themselves warm or cosy, OR catching the blighters I would MUCH appreciate it lol. I've actually got over it know lol - the moment I hear a scream (usually from brother!!!) I sigh, grab some old tuppaware and end up chasing it everywhere.

Woops sorry for the ramblings/rant everyone!
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an't offer any solutions but it could be worse. Our last cat used to bring home pet rabbits and Guina Pigs - God knows where from but it carried on for quite a while!
 
Oh dear!!! Yep our cat has got rid of the neighbours rabbit...I'm not entirely sure whether they are actually speaking to us - haven't really tried in 4 years lol!
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Have to admiot never found out where the cat got it's supply from we just used to put them in bin bags and out with the rubbish. I presume they couldn't have been far away as he was not big and some of these were great lop eared rabbits.
 
God I hope you didn't get any agnry letters lol...Oh dear I get upset at a wee mouse let alone a giant lop eared rabbit!
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Have to agree with Clipertyplop - a bell is always good however, some cats learn to stalk and remain quiet with a bell.

I had a cat and I had to resort to 3 types of bell on his collar before he would stop bringing 'presents'

It's worse now as I live in rural bushland and I'm sure that I will get lots of presents - lol - just hope that one is'nt a snake!!!!!
 
Apparently they bring them back as presents. Could you spend time entertaining your cat in the house or keeping them indoors thus sloving the problem?

Emma
 
with 5 cats I have had quite a problem with them bringing back presents.This year I had to rescue numerous birds that they brought back alive plus an assortment of dead mice,shrews,voles and frogs. One of my cats was so insistent on bringing me presents that she would drop at my feet regularly but the last straw was when she brought me a mouse in the night and deposited it on my pillow while I was asleep.I was none too impressed waking up next to a very dead mouse.My cat Lucy was there when I woke up and seems to have been offended by the fact that I screamed and disposed of her present making it known to her I didn't appreciate it and strangely she hasn't brought me any since. The worst time of year for this is definitely Spring,early summer as that is when there is an abundance of young creatures which are easy pickings.As your cat is bringing you live mice I suggest you get some poison and put it in places your cat cannot get such as under your fridge before you have an indoor nest of the little blighters.
 
Don't know how to stop him bringing you tasty meals (!) but I have a handy tip to catch them. We used to put an old wellie along the skirting or edge of the room and chase them into that then tip it up and take it outside to let it go, far enough away that it doesn't get re-caught and brought straight back! I used to have a cat who brought me 'presents' in the night too and would wake me up to show me the offering left on my pillow.
 
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Can't really keep him indoors - he's an outdoor cat and would drive everyone crazy with his persistant yowling until we let him out.
 
Now THAT I wouldn't have been able to stand - I'm not squeamish at all but that is gross!
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Will try and get hold of some poison thanks!
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Apparently they bring them back as presents. Could you spend time entertaining your cat in the house or keeping them indoors thus sloving the problem?

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Can't really keep him indoors - he's an outdoor cat and would drive everyone crazy with his persistant yowling until we let him out.

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Well what about the entertaining him bit? We have a killer cat who for her own safety now has to be kept indoors (long story) but we entertain her with toys and play with her. However unlike dogs you have to let the cat win the game or it makes them resentful.

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He has plenty of entertainment in the name of our feet! He torments us non stop lol and seriously finds ANYTHING the most interesting thing in the world! Not the brightest creature we have.
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