We've put bells on the cats collars so the birds and mice have a fighting chance, trouble is our birds and mice seem to need hearing aids! Found just a pair of little birdy legs left over from Mimi's last feast.

BTW do any of your cats approach their food bowl and scrape around it with their paws as if uncovering the food, and then after eating scrape the imaginary soil back over the food. Ours do.