Timeline for Are bells on collars harmful to cats?
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| Jul 14, 2023 at 0:41 | comment | added | DKNguyen | @C.Koca Actually, I am pretty sure mice and rats have better hearing than birds. Even humans at the height of our hearing have a larger frequency range than birds. The price we mammals pay is any hearing loss we incur is permanent and does not heal. | |
| Oct 11, 2020 at 22:30 | history | edited | ck1987pd | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 10, 2020 at 5:14 | comment | added | Stephie | Many cats learn to adapt quickly and hunt successfully again despite the bell within a short time frame. One such specialist lives next door. I can always tell where she is, yet she brings home a lot of birds. There are studies that suggest bells can be counter-productive with fledglings, which usually would hide motionless and are promoted to attempt to flee by the bells and then catch the cats’ attention. I am not saying “don’t use a bell”, just that the efficiency is often overestimated. And your answer about comfort or discomfort is fine. | |
| Oct 10, 2020 at 5:02 | comment | added | ck1987pd | @Stephie The acclaimed success rate by manufacturers is 23% for all wildlife and 40% for birds. Obviously birds have better hearing than mice and rats. Also, you can increase the number of bells if a single bell is not enough. Prior to his bell and nametag (together they rattle better than just bells), Sonny hunted down five mice and three birds that I know in three months. After the bell and nametag, he didn't have any successful hunt in three months. | |
| Oct 9, 2020 at 20:52 | comment | added | Stephie | Uh... afaik bells have only very limited success when it comes to protecting birds. | |
| Oct 9, 2020 at 6:32 | history | edited | ck1987pd | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 9, 2020 at 0:01 | history | answered | ck1987pd | CC BY-SA 4.0 |