Lost a finch to my blind cat
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:04 pm
It's unbelievable.
I have a blind cat who's about 11 years old, she's not doing well, recently she's gone blind and she previously had an accident where she fell from the 2nd floor balcony and just last week she suffers from strong constipation and high blood pressure.
She's the only cat I let into the rooms that have my birds because not for one second I thought she'd ever be a threat - I spend hours with the birds while she's around and not ONCE she even cared to come close to their cages.
We were told that it's best not to move her around and it's good if she picks a favorite spot so we could have her food and water close by and she'd have no trouble reaching them - she picked a spot right next to the flight cage that holds my pintail whydah pair.
For days she showed absolutely no interest in the birds, but just 3 hours ago I went in and there she was chewing the male's wings and that was all what's left of him.
My heart sank, just this morning I was thinking of putting him with my shafts and separate him from his female as I read that this reduces their aggression but it was too late.
I had to post this as a warning, this was an 11 year old blind cat with health problems and the finches were still not safe around her.
I feel terribly guilty for allowing her in that room
I have a blind cat who's about 11 years old, she's not doing well, recently she's gone blind and she previously had an accident where she fell from the 2nd floor balcony and just last week she suffers from strong constipation and high blood pressure.
She's the only cat I let into the rooms that have my birds because not for one second I thought she'd ever be a threat - I spend hours with the birds while she's around and not ONCE she even cared to come close to their cages.
We were told that it's best not to move her around and it's good if she picks a favorite spot so we could have her food and water close by and she'd have no trouble reaching them - she picked a spot right next to the flight cage that holds my pintail whydah pair.
For days she showed absolutely no interest in the birds, but just 3 hours ago I went in and there she was chewing the male's wings and that was all what's left of him.
My heart sank, just this morning I was thinking of putting him with my shafts and separate him from his female as I read that this reduces their aggression but it was too late.
I had to post this as a warning, this was an 11 year old blind cat with health problems and the finches were still not safe around her.
I feel terribly guilty for allowing her in that room
It would be like telling a fish to not swim. I have cats and dogs as well as my finches and parrots. My dogs and cats are never allowed into the birdroom.
