| Re: Cats
Try to keep him in during peak times of bird activity - usually just after sun up to mid day and mid afternoon to dusk. Small mammals tend to be most active at dusk and dawn so if they're what he normally goes after those are the times to restrict his prowling.
After the breeding season when the youngsters have been out on their own for a little while and learnt to be wary (they're not at first) then you could let him out a bit more.
It works for us and touch wood our head prowler hasn't caught anything (to my knowledge) few years now. The others only go out when we go with them and frankly don't seem that interested. We encourage wildlife to come to our garden so it wouldn't be fair to set them up to be pounced on. You just have to get a balance that's all. |