Is it safe for 8 month old cats to eat birds?

Question

if not tell me what could happen to them

and how to stop them, even tho they are outside/inside cats

Answer 1

Cats are predators and they do eat birds.
Dont be deceived, a cat is a highly developed killing machine and doing stuff like putting a collar with a bell on a cat wont help.
The cat is able to get birds with or without a collar, those collars are only good for the conscious of the owner.
Plus it could happen that the cat gets stuck with the collar and strangles itself.

Just dont give the cat any chicken. The cat cant chew the chickens bones and might choke on them, birds are save.

If you feel sad for the birds:

People from Italy eat and more birds than wild living cats do.
The cats usually only get the weak or sick birds and help those to die quickly instead of suffering for a long time.

Cats catching birds and mice tend to get fleas, ticks and worm infections, so take the cats to the vet maybe about once a year.

Answer 2

The safety of the activity depends entirely on the health of the birds in question. There are many potentially debilitating diseases rife in the avian population, but not all are necessarily contagious to felines. Just eating stuff, though, is what cats do, and not inherently bad for them at all.
Cats are hunters--though it is less an instinctual pursuit than a learned talent--and if they can find prey, they'll hunt it. Sometimes even if they can't--they just invent it for themselves. The only way to keep your cat from eating birds, and other such prey, is to keep her inside where she'll have to make them up.
This is not a bad solution, as indoor cats have about four times the life expectancy of those who spend even part of their time outside.

Answer 3

No cats should eat raw birds or any other prey they find outside. It can make your cat sick if they bird/animal it's eating has something wrong with it, like a disease, especially lately cats shouldn't eat birds because of the risk of West Nile Virus, it can be transmitted from a dead animal to a cat if the cat ate it. Your cat could get very sick very easily. Make sure your cat is well fed before it goes outside, it will still try to hunt prey but it will be less likely to eat it.

Answer 4

Well I have 2 inside cats so I have never really experienced the problem before....but i do think it's normal for cats to attack birds.

Try not to let him/her eat it though...birds carry a lot of diseases. I would probably take the cat to the vet and get it check out too if this has happened resently.

Answer 5

It is not safe. The cats can get worms and other parasites from eating the birds. It's better for cats to stay indoors, but if you decide to let them go outside, put bells on their collars so the birds will hear them coming.

Answer 6

Well, the cat could possibly get a disease from a sick bird, but for the most part, its pretty normal for a cat to hunt birds and eat them.

Answer 7

No birds carry alot of diseases,and worms and other "goodies" The only way is to keep them inside.People say oh yeah its fine wild cats do it...do any of them know how long they live and everything that wrong with them(not very long and loads of things are wrong with them) its like saying your cat can take own an attilope because a cheeta can.

Answer 8

They should be fine. Cats have been eating birds forever. If your cat does it a lot though you might start to worry. Try keeping him in a bit more and feeding him a bit more. The only problem could be that if he swallows a bone it could potentially cut his throat up.

Answer 9

I dont think it really matters if they eat birds....and you could probably stop them by going outside with your cat for a little while and see how she reacts to the birds, and then you can see how to stop them, then.

Answer 10

Yes, if you live in the woods and your home is the bed of leaves you sleep on at night.
It's safe from the cat's perspective. Yet allowing the pet to have that imprint is not wise nor practical. It may lead the cat to more unsafe behavior as domestication requires not letting the pet feel comfortable "living in the wild." That is, as I mentioned, unless your home is the woods.