Dear All,
Unfortunately, most bells used are ineffective due to their size. For
the average cat, one of approx. 1 Kg is most suitable.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
PS. I actually do like cats!
CC
On 01/12/2004, at 1:31 PM, J Rose wrote:
My border collie (also a twitcher) and I rescued a crested pigeon from
the neighbour’s cat on Saturday evening around dusk. We live on a
2-acre block at Highvale (around 35ks n/w of Brisbane cbd). The moggie
was toying with the capture up the back of our block and my dog came
in the house barking for me to take a look. Of course the cat took off
as we approached and I was able to rescue the CP. Unfortunately the
dog was unable to catch the cat!!
The CP was missing all but 4 tail feathers and plenty of down feathers
from around the anal region. Very little blood though and no puncture
marks so I dabbed it with some Betadine in the appropriate places and
took it off to our wonderful wildlife carer for some R & R where it
has lived through the initial shock (which is the usual killer), and
has survived to day 4. Hopefully in around a month’s time I will be
able to release it back in this vicinity.
A peculiar aspect of this episode though is to attest to the fact that
the cat was wearing a collar with bells and serves to prove a
suspicion that I’ve had for some time: -
I’m certain that after wearing these bell collars for some
time, cats learn to hunt and stalk without them ‘ringing’.
Anyone have any comments in this??
Cheers
John
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