The cat brought home a starling!

[Sammo123]

While I was stood in the kitchen earlier our biggest cat (more of a panther really!) appeared at the back door and dropped something feathery which he then began to bat around a bit. I grabbed him and chucked him indoors and went back out to find a fledgling starling sat on the patio looking rather startled. I picked him up and gave him a good look over and I couldn't find any bite marks or blood so it appears the cat was quite gentle picking him up, however I didn't want to chuck him back down the garden as our kittens are also prowling around most the time.

I've currently got him sat in a box on the windowsill but I'm not sure what to do with him. He seems happy and healthy enough but I don't know where he came from to go and put him back in the right sort of place.

Can anyone help with what I'm meant to do? I don't want to put him back out only for one of the cats to grab him again. Oh, he doesn't appear to be able to fly yet.

[Brads67]

Put it back as close to where you think the cat caught it as possible then leave well alone.

Bring your cats in for the night first. Either that , or feed it to the cats.