once a neighbour's mangy cat 'broke into' our house and got at our beloved Budgie, Perry. My first dog was in an upstairs bedroom and for some reason my mom had shut the door. My mom heard the commotion downstairs of the ##$# cat killing my poor flightless budgie and let the dog out who was busy going nuts. But it was too late...the theiving little %#$# escaped out the window he got in but not before my mom ID'ed it. She called those neighbours to tell them what had happened and they *laughed!* I was at summer camp and i was 12 or so at the time. When i got home my mom told me what had happened. I was sooooooooooooo mad! Several days later that mangy cat was in our backyard again and i cornered it with a hose and sprayed the bejeezus out of it!! it did not come back after that. I didn't want it killing wildbirds in our yard either, we had a bird feeder.