cat conflict w/ birds...

[dab_20]

My kitten, Oreo, likes to scare the cockatiels. We don't know what she does because she never does it in front of us because she knows it's wrong. The other night we hear all this noise and to find she knocked over one of the cages and the bird had the metal rack on top of him. How do you teach cats not to do this??

[catmandu]

You could show him the Sylvester and Tweetie Bird Cartoons where the Cat always takes an awful beating.

[dab_20]

LoL

She also likes to pick on my hedge hog too. When my hedgie was out once, I didn't see her and she went to pounce and she got an awful spike on the nose! I think she learned her lesson not to pick on the hedgie...

[Catty1]

HMMMM - made me think of something, might sound CRAZY...but how about putting a bit of barbed wire around the bottom of the bird cage?

Or something pointy that won't really hurt, but will discourage - like the hedgie quill!

Also - cats hate the smell of vinegar, so damping a rag with it and putting it there might help...if the birds are ok with it, that is!

Good luck!

Catty1

[dab_20]

Thanks for the idea, but I doubt my dad will go along with it! lol

[catmandu]

sOMETHING UNPLEASANT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE bIRD cAGE IS NOT A BAD IDEA.
yOU ARE NEVER GOING TO BEAT A kITTENS INSTINCT THOUGHT TO SEE SOMETHING THAT CHIRPS AND MOVES,SADLY.

[momcat]

LoL

She also likes to pick on my hedge hog too. When my hedgie was out once, I didn't see her and she went to pounce and she got an awful spike on the nose! I think she learned her lesson not to pick on the hedgie...

When Groucho first moved in as a 7 week old baby, we had a parakeet named JC Chapin. One day JC had enough of this kitten curiosity thing so she screeched and squawked and nipped him with her beak, no injury but point made. After that, they were great buddies.
By the way, will you share some pictures of your hedge hog? What's his/her name? How old is he/she?

[dab_20]

in pet general i put two pics of him. it's titaled spike, and he is about a year old.