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Post by richardw on May 11, 2006 4:16:48 GMT -5
Drive cats away and you deserve to be knee deep in rodent vermin.
What harm does the cat do making a loo of your flower beds? If you leave it alone to complete its ablutions, instead of driving it away prematurely, it will, in most cases, bury the deposits out of sight. In a week or so the earth-closet effect will have processed the matter into soil.
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Post by davidr on May 11, 2006 4:22:39 GMT -5
I once got a sonic cat scarer that really worked. It emits a cat frightning tone thats is undetectable by humans and dogs and other animals but that cats hate. Works on the basis of a pir light so when the cat comes into zone it gets zapped.
1st time I turned it on the effect was visible and subsequently cats took a long way around. got it from a wyevale garden center about 5 years ago for 50quid. buy the mains adapter too because its heavy on batteries
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Post by davidr on May 11, 2006 4:25:30 GMT -5
Drive cats away and you deserve to be knee deep in rodent vermin. What harm does the cat do making a loo of your flower beds? If you leave it alone to complete its ablutions, instead of driving it away prematurely, it will, in most cases, bury the deposits out of sight. In a week or so the earth-closet effect will have processed the matter into soil. richard The problem is it stinks and they dont do it and then never come back. At best they keep the stink topped up and at worse other cats come long and try and drown out the smell with their own. Cats have a legally enshrined right to roam and crap wherever they want otherwise Id shoot them. keeping them less interested in my garden seems the lesser of 2 evils.
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Post by charlieH on May 11, 2006 4:26:42 GMT -5
Drive cats away and you deserve to be knee deep in rodent vermin. And you might have a garden full of nesting songbirds. What harm does the cat do making a loo of your flower beds? Toxoplasmosis? I don't blame the cats; they don't know when they're trespassing. It's the owners who are all too often irresponsible. Dog owners don't allow their animals to wander and foul other people's property with such abandon.
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Post by cranswallow on May 11, 2006 4:36:49 GMT -5
Has anyone out there got a suggestion that works to keep the effing cats off my flowerbeds. Cheers Gazmeister Watch how a Pro Footballer hits a penalty when he puts it straight down the middle . It worked for me. Cran
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Post by MJB on May 11, 2006 4:37:44 GMT -5
Dog owners don't allow their animals to wander and foul other people's property with such abandon. Maybe not in London, but they get in their cars around here to bring 'em to to the countryside to wander off the lead and **** in my garden. The best ones are those total eejits who scoop their dog crap up into a bag and then throw bag and all into the hedge! Meanwhile I have just watched finches, sparrows, thrushes, blackbirds, doves, crows and jackdaws in my garden feeding away whilst my cat lazes in the sun.
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Post by richardw on May 11, 2006 4:38:05 GMT -5
Drive cats away and you deserve to be knee deep in rodent vermin. And you might have a garden full of nesting songbirds. And the slow and weak of them will be eaten by predators, including cats. What harm does the cat do making a loo of your flower beds? Toxoplasmosis? Don't ingest the soil and you will avoid the eggs. I don't blame the cats; they don't know when they're trespassing. It's the owners who are all too often irresponsible. Dog owners don't allow their animals to wander and foul other people's property with such abandon. Cats are wild animals and should be allowed to roam their territories. Dogs are domestic animals and as such are not allowed to roam. Cats are like brown trout, they like to have time alone, it is cruel to imprison a cat, whereas a dog needs company all the time, so it makes sense that they are not simply allowed to roam freely. richard
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Post by davidr on May 11, 2006 4:44:09 GMT -5
Richard, cats arent wild animals theyre semi domesticated animals allowed to breed out of all control.
They kill song birds through instict but dont eat them and not ingesting soil is easy to say but Im sure all young children have at some time put their fingers in their mouth after getting dirty, some even eat the mud, I dont know why but they do. The less cats the better.
Cats are like brown trout in this country, the vast majority are not wild but bred in captivity and released. Sadly theres not a ticket that would allow me to kill 2 a day.
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Post by Dog on May 11, 2006 5:01:55 GMT -5
I feel exactly the same davidr - I have two young children and am frequently having to clean shoes / check hands or fingers for cat cr@p as all the neighbours pets seem to want to sh1t on my grass. So, richardw, whilst your frilly / eco-friendly suggestions might roll off your tongue (or keyboard), I have to disagree, as I am not totally ahppy about cleaning up somebody else's cats' cr@p from my grass and little 'uns.
I would love to know the best way of keeping them away.
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Post by davidr on May 11, 2006 5:04:48 GMT -5
Dog,
Get down to wyevale and get the electronic thing It worked a treat for me till some tw** nicked it then crap heaven again
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Post by Dunbar on May 11, 2006 5:05:36 GMT -5
C'moan the cats! Dugs are just plain stupid compared to the wile of a cat ;D
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Post by MarkH on May 11, 2006 5:19:22 GMT -5
What harm does the cat do making a loo of your flower beds? If you leave it alone to complete its ablutions, instead of driving it away prematurely, it will, in most cases, bury the deposits out of sight. In a week or so the earth-closet effect will have processed the matter into soil. Unfortunately none of this applies when they sh1t in the decorative gravel. Which is what the little sods do in my garden.
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Post by richardw on May 11, 2006 5:21:59 GMT -5
Richard, cats arent wild animals theyre semi domesticated animals allowed to breed out of all control. They kill song birds through instict but dont eat them and not ingesting soil is easy to say but Im sure all young children have at some time put their fingers in their mouth after getting dirty, some even eat the mud, I dont know why but they do. The less cats the better. Cats are like brown trout in this country, the vast majority are not wild but bred in captivity and released. Sadly theres not a ticket that would allow me to kill 2 a day. Cats are truly wild. They don't need people to survive (thrive!). If a disease wiped out all the people on this planet our moggies (well those that manage to get out of the house) will just carry on with life. Their food would cease to come from sachets. They would die of diseases we get fixed now by the vet. Parasites would live on them in the new Frontline free world, but the cats would prevail. Our domestic dogs would have a very hard time indeed. It is too easy to make the mistake of expecting cats to behave like dogs simply because they both make very popular pets. They are very different from each other, cats being incredibly adaptable just get on with making the best of whatever opportunities come their way. Anyone who hates cats is probably not very bright and has some kind of personality disorder. I often come to the conclusion that the hater actually resents feeling a little inferior to the cats he hates so much... richard
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Post by richardw on May 11, 2006 5:23:51 GMT -5
I feel exactly the same davidr - I have two young children and am frequently having to clean shoes / check hands or fingers for cat cr@p as all the neighbours pets seem to want to sh1t on my grass. So, richardw, whilst your frilly / eco-friendly suggestions might roll off your tongue (or keyboard), I have to disagree, as I am not totally ahppy about cleaning up somebody else's cats' cr@p from my grass and little 'uns. I would love to know the best way of keeping them away. On grass? Have you seen cats doing this on your grass? richard
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Post by Bucko on May 11, 2006 6:03:21 GMT -5
I don't believe for a minute that cats only take injured and weak prey. Having seen the volume of birds my neighbours cat kills (about 2 a day) it seems to me that many (not all) cat owners are simply in denial about this.
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