If you want to reduce the amount of "gifts" brought into your house, animal behavior experts advise that you keep your cats well fed with a high-quality diet containing all their essential nutrients. This might reduce how much they hunt.
It also helps to play with them and keep them mentally stimulated. Short but frequent sessions of play can mimic natural hunting patterns, they say. Remember to keep it fun, interesting and somewhat realistic...
The point of your play sessions is to mimic what a cat's real hunting session.
"When caught, prey struggles a bit, then stops. If it escapes, the cat may chase it for a short while but quickly will give up," explains the Pet Professional Guild's Barks blog, adding that it's important to make sure your cat catches the prey many times during a play session.
"In a 10-minute play session, the cat should catch the prey at least 10 times," reveal the experts. "A toy that can be caught and chewed or even torn limb from limb is the most satisfying."
Basically, the toys your cat destroys are the best toys. "Keep buying or making more of those. Let your cat catch the toy and then make it struggle a bit. That makes the cat feel like a very successful hunter."
