What the best way to kill an animal my cat has mutilated?

Question

My moggie is prolific hunter, mice, rats, worms, frogs, birds - anything that moves is terminated!

Unfortunately birds seem to survive quite well even with their guts hanging out, and I'd like to know the best way to put them out of their misery. She brings home at least one turture victim survivor per month, and I cant bear to watch it die slowly. any ideas?

Answer 1

The easiest and probably the most painless way for you to put them (and yourself) out of your collective misery is to put them in a ziploc or similar type bag and freeze them. It sounds really bad and mean, but honestly, the little creature will just slow it's breathing and heartrate until the heart finally stops. There is no real way of messing it up (unlike trying to hit it and accidentally missing) and the animal won't feel any pain, it will just be like falling asleep. Hope it helps!

Answer 2

please don't wring their neck =( my cats does the exact same thing as your moggie too - it keeps bringing home birds that are half dead - but what my mom does is she puts this powdery medicine on the birds wing or wherever it was bit and after putting on medicine, put it in a cage to rest (along with food and water) - if it lives then let the bird go after it gets well... if not, it'll die in the cage :(
you, as the owner should be more attentive - whenever i see my cat playing with something, i'll see what it is - if it is a bird or some animal (mouse) i will make the cat stop and free the bird/mouse/etc -

Answer 3

Cats are hunters by nature. if you're fortunate, you're going to get one which's now no longer thinking doing it in any understand. besides the undeniable fact that, a lot do hunt and they have a bent to spotlight going after unique animals. some opt to seek birds even as others opt for rodents, lizards, or insects. the most effectual technique you'll actual safeguard a cat from searching isn't to enable it to flow exterior.

Answer 4

My cats do the same thing they bring home full grown rabbits.
If you don't have the stomach to break its neck, I would suggest a BB/Pellet gun, make sure it is powerful enough to kill the animal and not just torture it more, shoot it in the head, I know it sounds awfull but there is no other way , a good 10 pump gun is the Crossman 880.

Answer 5

I know how you feel, but you have to realize that there is no way they can survive. It is a well feed cats deal to just play with their prey and not eat. In the wild they would be eaten. I know it is grouse, but you don't want the bird to suffer longer than necessary. Pull off the birds head-instant death . I always get sad when I have to do this. I just have to keep in mind that it is merciful. GOD BLESS YOU!

Answer 6

Have you tried putting a bell on the cats collar ???
The bell has not stopped our cats bringing home pressies 4 us, but it has reduced the amount of times i have had to try and catch a semi alive bird thats dropping its guts all over the carpet

Answer 7

this is going to sound stupid but when i was a kid my mum used to breed African Love Birds and sometimes we would have to put deformed ones and injuryed ones to sleep. What u do is get a paper bag put the bird in it and put the bag over the end of the muffler of the car hold it very tight and someone else to start the car don't rev it. their is enough fumes etc to do the job.
give it 30sec to minute and it should be done.
we used to break the neck but it was to depressing. It's painless they just go sleep then die.

Answer 8

I usually just hit the head of the poor bird or mouse that wsy it dies instantly instead of slowly. Trouble with cats is that it is their instinct that makes them hunt not nessesarily the need for food... You can't really stop it.

Answer 9

Try getting more cats. I have 4 cats which means i never have to deal with dead/mutilated/dying critters of any kind. If one cat leaves it the others will have it.

We did try the bell on the collar trick, but that didnt stop the slaughter, we even have one cat who climbs nearby trees to get birds whilst they are still asleep.

Answer 10

The best solution is to keep your cat indoors and let the surviving wildlife have a chance to do just that. She will be safer from accidents and diseases, and from perverts, and she will also live a whole lot longer.