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Bad Bertie !

(30 Posts)
gillybob Sun 23-Jun-19 11:46:07

Oh how I hate cats . Sorry but I do . If they’re not shitting in other people’s gardens ( ie mine) they are killing beautiful birds. Horrible sly creatures .

ninathenana Sun 23-Jun-19 11:42:41

Moths on my pillow ???

At least I'm safe from that. Bert is confined to the ground foor at night.

Jane10 Sun 23-Jun-19 11:13:43

Oh dear. We once had a cat who did this. I used to have to throw a towel over the poor birds and pick them up using that. Another cat used to bring us plastic bread wrappers. I could count on finding one on the doorstep each morning. Daft thing he was. One of the others used to bring me his treasures in the night. Its amazing how crackly huge moths are when placed on one's pillow.
No more of such nonsense these days. Only one (huge) cat who is largely inert. Luckily he's very devoted and mostly spends his time as a cuddly, purring, furry, jelly on the sofa next to me.

annsixty Sun 23-Jun-19 11:10:07

Molly did this two weeks ago, her first.
She was in the house before I could stop her.
She disposed of it in the dining room with the door firmly closed so she couldn’t get out.
When I assumed it was dead I peered round the door and she was washing herself, the picture of innocence with the poor little bird dead on the carpet.
We still love them though don’t we?

ninathenana Sun 23-Jun-19 10:37:38

Sadly Bertie is a rather successful hunter. We tried a collar and bell but he freaked and we had to remove the collar immediately.
He has just caught a bird sad I shut the patio door quick as he does like to present his catches, both dead and alive to me in the lounge ! He then punished me by "disposing" of it on the patio. I had to shut the curtains quick sad sad.