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I went college in Miami Fla and had lots of lizards there. The cats would eat the lizards. It was really funny to see just a lizard tail in a cats mouth. However the cats learned not to hunt frogs, since they would make the cats sick. Frogs would jump in the pools at night. It was a shame that cats learned not hunt frog since they are such a nuisance.

I do not believe that cats account for so many songbirds. There are a lot of natural causes of deaths for birds and cats are just one of them. Many people hate cats since they hunt at bird feeders. But if people insist on baiting the birds, they should not be surprised a hunter will come.

If feral cats become too much a nuisance in a specific location then eliminate them. Either trap or kill them.

I just hate people who insist that cats live an artificial existence inside, when that is not part of their nature. Then those people yell at us who let the cats out. My cats are fixed, vaccinated and go on walks with me and the dogs. They stay near home since they get fed regularly.

I have had one cat that would have made a great barn cat since she hunted and would actually train the other cats to hunt. My son who was young at the time got quite used to see dead moles, voles, mice and rabbits. Odd thing ,the cat would eat the brains of rabbits. I was sure glad I kept rabies vaccines up to date. Since she wandered more she disappeared and I always assumed a car got her. She was not that smart about cars.

I had another cat who hated to use the litter box so I had to let him out or suffer the consequences. He was real friendly and would wonder through open windows and go to sleep with neighbors. I had a collar and license and tag and id tag and when he did not come home at feed time, I went out hunting for him the next day. I found a neighbor down the road who said he came in through the front door. They said they called animal control. I said they knew the car was mine since he half a tail and was quite identifiable. They were stupid. I went to animal control and got the cat back. They only hold them for 3 days in my county. The tags and collar were missing. This cat did not take off his collar so I knew that people were responsible.

I know people who hates cats and will do all they can to mess up their lives. I think it should be live and let live. But people alway was to interfere with other people lives and be busy bodies.

I installed - at Mrs. Marauder's insistence - a special cat door in our back door that recognizes only him, or more specifically a magnet on his collar, and springs a little solenoid-actuated latch and lets him in.

The only problem is that he won't wear the collar, so I have to tape the little latch so he can get in and out at will. There's about $55.00 wasted, since that's the difference in cost between that and a plain one. He only comes in to eat, because he stays outside by his own choice.

Up until you said what you did in your other post about your cat getting dive-bombed by a mockingbird, I thought my cat was the only one who got his butt kicked by a bird.