Cats are slaughter birds at my feeder - how can I stop them? There is a Cat that keeps coming to my bird feeder and...
There is a Cat that keeps coming to my bird feeder and bloodbath song birds, what can I do about this? How can I stop this cat?
Kill the cat!
Move the feeder to a higher place and put lots of difficult perches around so that the cat can't attain to them as easily.
Perhaps putting some cat food out for him would attract his interest and draw from him away from the birds.
Answers: Do not assassinate them..Humans kill birds to chomp through too..Had any good turkey or fried chicken lately?Make the bird feeder pole sophisticated and I like the barb line suggestion wrapped around it here too...
Possible Solutions for Protecting Birds
Although the real solution lies within reducing the numbers of outdoor cats, bird lovers can take steps to thwart an attack contained by their backyard, notes Susan Wells, executive director of the National Bird-Feeders Society.
The first vein of defense is to buy the right feeder, one that is roofed in a picnic basket or cage. The feeder (or tub, for that matter) should have an channel just big ample for the bird to enter.
Place the feeder or bath in close proximity, but not in, bushes and shrubs. Once a bird senses the approach of a cat, he will nouns the alarm and he and his friends can escape into the thicket. Some have suggested that evergreen trees work in good health because they provide cover all year long.
Never place a feeder or hip bath on the ground or too close to a tree, which provides cats with a jump-off point. It's best to preserve a feeder about 4 yard from any tree or object that can be used by a cat.
Even if a cat can't carry to a feeder, he may hang around surrounded by the hope of catching a bird, Wells said. Their presence can scare away birds. Wells said that scattering citrus peel around the yard will hang on to cats away. "Members say that lemon or ginger peels seem to be to work best," she said.