If you aren’t willing to curb your feline’s wanderlust, a common alternative is to attach a bell to her collar to alert wildlife of her approach. In the safety of your home, your feline’s exposure to prey animals will be limited to any mice that happen to get into your house. Of course, the easiest method of preventing your cat from killing birds and rodents is to keep her inside all the time.

So what can you do to keep your cat from catching wildlife? There are two primary solutions to consider: keep her inside, or attach a deterrent (such as a bell) to her collar. But despite their generous intentions, hunting by domestic cats is affecting ecosystems and pushing some species to extinction. Top photograph: ©Andypott | iStock / Getty Images Plus. Reprinted with the permission of Animal Wellness Magazine.Ĭonsider these pros and cons before attaching a bell to your cat’s collar.ĭoes your cat bring you dead animals? While this common behaviour is kind of yucky, it’s also sort of endearing – your cat is bringing you what she believes to be an excellent gift. Yep, chirp along with your cat like you’re in some sort of feline karaoke session. If she’s an indoor feline perched at the window engaging in some enthusiastic chirping, the dignified course of action is to obviously join in with her excitement, while also sympathizing with her frustration. So, how should you react when your cat chirps? Well, first of all, don’t worry: There’s nothing medically wrong with her. How should you react when your cat chirps? Photography ©justinecottonphotography | iStock / Getty Images Plus. Another theory is that cats chatter because they have a surge of adrenaline through their systems when they see potential prey.” Cat looking out a window at birds and birdseed. Marilyn Krieger, a certified cat behavior consultant known as The Cat Coach and author of Naughty No More! suggests that cat chirping is “reflexive.” She adds, “ might chatter in anticipation of capturing the birds or maybe they’re frustrated because they can’t reach them through windows. The longer the feline stares at a bird she cannot put the moves on, the more the cat chirping increase. But indoor cats are obviously scuppered by glass windows. Out in the wild, a cat would spot, stalk and hunt his prey. You may hear it during play sessions with cat toys.ĭigging deeper, it seems that an element of frustration is key to understanding why and when cat chirping occurs. Sometimes cats will bring the chirping behavior into the homestead. How do we know this? Because cats will also happily chirp away at squirrels and other potential meals. But it isn’t meant to mimic the sound of a feline’s feathered foes. So, think of it like the whines of the proverbial kid in a candy store trying to convince a parent to stump up for the sugary stuff.Ĭat chirping definitely has a similarity to the sounds that birds make when they’re gleefully trilling away. It’s also said that cat chirping can be used in return by a kitten as an ear-catching way to get the mom cat’s attention.įittingly, cat chirping is a beguiling - and, let’s be honest, pretty darn hilarious - mix of excitement and frustration. One theory claims that cat chirping is a way for a mother to corral her clowder of kittens to follow her. It’s been suggested that the origins of cat chirping come from kittenhood.

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