John White
Gold Member
Have you ever had a bird terrorize a cat? We have four outside cats. We have bells on all of them. One of them we call the "rabbit cat" because she is always bringing in rabbits. The other one is "mouser" because he ls always bringing in mice. The other one is "mole: because he is always bringing in moles. But the trouble maker is one we call "bird" because he is always after birds (seldom catches anything. I know that cats kill thousands of birds a year and that is why some people hate them. So do coyotes, eagles, hawks, etc. I dont like him killing birds but that is their nature. Last year he climbed a tree and evidently robbed a mocking birds nest. After that a "wanted" poster was put out on him by the mocking bird. That bird harassed that cat all summer (wouldnt bother the other cats). Every time he went outside he got attacked, wasnt too long and he called in his friends to attack him too. Funny thing is they are all tabbies and hard to tell them apart sometimes. This went on all summer, squaking and carrying on. We have a outside glider under a shade tree and we like to sit there and drink our coffee in the summer. The cat would come and sit by us and it wouldnt be long till the bird would show up and start dive bombing us, trying to get the cat. My wife was sweeping out the garage and the bird chased the cat inside and came right in after it almost atacking my wife when the cat hid behind her. We just laughed about it most of the time and told the cat, "thats what you get for robbing her babyies". Finally my wife had enough and said enough. Do something about the bird. Well i got the paint ball gun out and gave it some warning shots for a week or so but it just wouldnt let up. Finally I had to get the BB gun out and I ruffled its tail feathers and the last I saw of it was flying away. Wasnt trying to injure it as mocking birds are protected. I won"t have them declawed because we have stray dogs and coyotes in our area and that is the only way they have to protect themselves.
