Cat - Your Cat and Wild Birds

Save 5% on orders over $75 at Only Natural Pet Store! Use coupon code CJ75. There are a lot of good reasons for *not* letting your new cat become an outside cat and I mention most of them in my new ebook "Your New Cat's First 24 Hours". But one very important reason that I left out was the fact that cats are death on birds. Yes, this is a fact that cat owners don't like to face, but a cat is a predator that doesn't distinguish between mice and birds when it comes to her prey. It's estimated that there are about 40 million cats in the United States free to roam outside, and 20 to 30 percent of the kills they make are birds. When you figure that a single outdoor cat will kill up to 200 birds and mammals every year, this can add up to over a billion birds killed by outdoor cats! Many cat owners think that if they keep their cat well fed she won't feel the need to kill, but they are not taking into account that a cat does not kill out of hunger, but because she is an instinctual predator. A well fed cat *will* kill birds. So, do Mother Nature and her wonderful birds a favor. Keep your cat indoors! ? John Young, www.yourcatsecrets.com, All Rights Reserved Hi! My name is John Young. I'm a writer and a cat lover, having owned one cat or another since I was four, and that was over 57 years ago. I've written a new ebook, "Your New Cat's First 24 Hours", and have packed into it every shred of information I could find to help you introduce your new cat to your household and care for it from then on. Please check out my website at http://www.yourcatsecrets.com and sign up for my free newsletter, "Your Cat's 9 Secrets". Thanks! http://www.yourcatsecrets.com Article Source:http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=John_Young Cat - Cheap Cat PlayThings You can Find Around Your Home Buying toys from your local pet shop can be expensive, and after the money you spend on it, your cat either tears the toy to pieces in a couple of hours or turns its nose up completely! Why not save your money and entertain your cat with the following things you can find around your own home? String! I guarantee all cats love string. As it wiggles along the ground, moving fast and slow, it triggers your cat's hunting mechanism and makes a great plaything. A great idea is to tie a long piece of string to a stick, so you can drag it along the ground and tease your pet while sitting comfortable in a chair. Paper! Other than the sound of pet food, nothing perks my cats ears up like the sound of paper being rolled into a ball. A ball of paper about the size of a ping-pong ball is ideal for your cat to chase around the house. They absolute love it. Similar thing to use for ball pet toys are rolled up sweet wrappers and small balls of foil. Rope! One of the most versatile products you can use to make different cat toys and activities. It's great to wrap around a post to make your very own cat scratch post and can be pined to pieces of board to make scratch boards that can be mounted on a wall inside or out. These are just some of the things you can find inside your home to entertain your pet, without having to spend a lot of money in pet shops on toys and pet accessories.