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brett_jv

(1,245 posts)
4. I'm sure they do ... getting neutered may dull some cats hunting impulse a little bit ...
Thu Jul 3, 2014, 09:23 PM
Jul 2014

But it's mostly unrelated, the hunting impulse ... not strongly related to whether or not the cat still has it's sex organs I don't think.

Simplest solution is to keep your cat indoors unless you have a 'contained' outdoor area you can let 'em out into. It's statistically MUCH MUCH MUCH safer for your cat if they're an indoor cat anyway, even though of course they love to go outside and nearly all would probably prefer a semi-wild life, just coming in when they feel like it ... it trims many years off their average life expectancy if they're 'outdoor' cats. Well, any place where there's either a) cars or b) other wild animals ... which is like 95% of the areas a person might live w/their cat.

Not all house cats are big 'hunters' though, it's kinda 'luck of the draw' afa the individual cat goes.

genwah

(574 posts)
5. Thank you! I've lived with a couple of "cat people" and what drove me crazy was the "cat
Thu Jul 3, 2014, 10:08 PM
Jul 2014

door". Dead rat "presents", okay, but native birds, gutted as a "gift"?

"No, no, really you shouldn't have. REALLY!!!" At least I lived in a poor neighborhood, I can't imagine waking up to a gutted parrot of Telegraph Hill waiting for me at my bedside. And now, it's too late.

Brigid

(17,621 posts)
6. Cats will still hunt.
Fri Jul 4, 2014, 11:13 AM
Jul 2014

Years ago we had a male cat named Sylvester (yes, he was black and white). He was an excellent hunter. We got him when he was just six weeks old, so he taught himself in our suburban back yard. Neutering at nine months didn't slow him down at all in that regard. If you are concerned about song birds, keep kitty indoors. We really shouldn't have let Sylvester roam so freely.

MH1

(17,537 posts)
7. Not when they're kept indoors.
Fri Jul 4, 2014, 11:38 AM
Jul 2014

Except for the little scurrying critters that you probably don't mind them decimating anyway.

And after a couple clans of those are decimated, you probably won't see any more as long as you have the furballs. They tend to get the message.

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