> our cats wear bells My experience is that bells don't work. Partly because cats, in my experience, wait or stalk patiently and then move very fast so any n

> our cats wear bells My experience is that bells don't work. Partly because cats, in my experience, wait or stalk patiently and then move very fast so any noise from the bell is too late to act as a warning. I once saw our last cat (Norwegian long haired tabby forest cat) catch a bat just by waiting for it to fly over him at which point he just put up a paw and snatched it out of the air. Also he could actually run without his bell making a noise, and that was a bell that I could hardly move an inch in my hand without it tinkling.