[garyhope]

I feed the birds too. We also have a mostly indoor cat who’s allowed out in the fenced backyard under “supervision”.

She doesn't’t quite know what to do about the birds except chatter at them. She doesn't’t even know how to stalk properly. She just watches them and occasionally runs at them by which time they are long gone.

[ncpatriot]

Yes, cats have to be taught by their mother to “catch” or be “mousers”. I guess if kittens are born indoors the mother doesn’t teach them. I just learned this when we moved to the country.