Do you’ve got an indoor-outdoor cat–and you might be frightened concerning the security of your birds round your private home and at your chook feeder?
As you realize, we dwell in a chook sanctuary (for the endangered Golden-cheeked Warbler), so our cats are strictly indoors-only. (You’ll be able to study extra concerning the birds in our space on our chook weblog, BirdTipper).
However we all know that a lot of you’ve got indoor-outdoor cats and are involved concerning the security of the birds in your neighborhood. At this time we now have a particular visitor submit about Birdsbesafe® Cat Collars by Nancy Brennan, originator of Birdsbesafe cat collars and proprietor of Birdsbesafe LLC:
Let’s begin with the chickadee. I had a cat, Jasper, who introduced me a captured chickadee on a heat spring-like day. I used to be so unhappy about it. The little chickadee had survived the chilly northern winter, however not my stealthy housecat. I actually like cats, however I additionally like birds.
A number of years later, I used to be much more of a birdwatcher, which got here in useful once I tried to cease one other out of doors cat, George, from catching so many birds. (George had been my husband’s cat earlier than I met my husband.) George was an environment friendly and terrible bird-hunter in our woods.
Making an attempt to cease him, I used a birdwatcher’s enjoyable truth. Understanding that each one songbirds noticed shiny colours, I usual a particular shiny collar manufactured from flared material, two inches vast. May it warn the birds away?
Whereas George was nonetheless stalking, birds noticed him and flew immediately. It wrecked his timing. No extra captured birds! George, who had introduced his prey indoors to us, captured 2 or 3 birds solely within the subsequent 16 months. Aid! It felt great!
Later, I named my design the Birdsbesafe® Cat Collar and began promoting it on the net. Wouldn’t it work for different cats, too? It did! For the nice majority of consumers, about 90%, stated Birdsbesafe had resulted in “considerably diminished” numbers of birds caught or no extra birds caught.
Birdsbesafe’s shiny colours merely, however successfully, give most songbirds sufficient time to note the cat and fly away. Songbirds have distinctive eye anatomy that makes shiny colours seem extra-bright, even in low gentle akin to at daybreak. Birds might even see the cat carrying Birdsbesafe’s colours from a distance, and acquire sufficient time to fly to security.
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Birdsbesafe has many loyal, joyful, appreciative prospects. We’ve got numerous pretty testimonials on our web site. We also have a celeb writer endorsement from a cheerful buyer, writer Elizabeth Gilbert.
And Birdsbesafe has helped 1000’s of birds escape cats, we estimate. Very great, however we need to assist much more birds and cat house owners.
In the event you’re not conserving your cat indoors, I hope will give Birdsbesafe a strive. It’s secure in your cat with a breakaway design. The merchandise are made in Vermont and we promote natural cotton choices.
Be taught extra about us at www.birdsbesafe.com. And thanks—from the birds and me!
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Paris Permenter is an award-winning writer of 35+ pet and journey books. Alongside together with her husband John Bigley, Paris is the founder and writer of CatTipper & DogTipper. Paris and John share their residence with three cats and two canines.
