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Post by Sewinman on May 11, 2006 6:09:49 GMT -5
I was amazed to see Tigermoth's cat with a live rabbit between its paws the other day...every now and again the rabbit would make a dash for it across the garden....no chance. He is a true predator.
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Post by stylie on May 11, 2006 6:21:19 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 Dont know about others but I have seen cats do this countless times, in my folks front garden. And I have seen them stalk and kill perfectly healty songbirds and there young, one young tom cleaned out a yellow wag tail nest i had been watching in the space of a week, and im convinced he got the one if not both the parents, but he wont ever have the chance to do that again. I hate the cats that are domestic, wait to be fed by there owners and then go on killing sprees, with not even attempting to eat what they have killed. Feral cats seems to fit better in with nature while truly wild cats like the Scottish wild cat are a beautiful example of one of natures top predators. But domestic cats are killers, a fed cat is a hunting cat and for every rat or mouse they kill, a song bird, vole, shrew even fish from garden ponds is also killed
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Post by gazmeister on May 11, 2006 6:43:41 GMT -5
I dont think I am a cat hater,I just don't like them shitting in my garden GM
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Post by richardw on May 11, 2006 7:12:24 GMT -5
All these things we dislike are well worth putting up with for the company of such magnificent creatures. It's very similar to the fact that we tolerate the cruelty of our glorious Sport because the joy we derive from it overcomes any reservations we may have.
richard
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Post by davidr on May 11, 2006 7:21:51 GMT -5
Richard I think youre just trawling for responses now
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Post by mantog on May 11, 2006 7:56:04 GMT -5
Cat's are excellent company, and a source of flytying materia when they moultl! And if someone shot my cat because it had defecated in their garden, I'd personally defecate in their garden myself before either reporting them to the police for animal cruelty or personally deal with them myself. I do appreciate the fact that they kill songbirds but we can help curb their activities by putting a little bell on their collar and making bird feeding tables cat proof. Anyway, I reckon a cpl of robins could easily gang up on my cat and peck her to death, she's so dozy. She wouldn't eat a bird unless it came out of a tin. Mind you, she enjoyed the fresh trout organs I gave her on Sunday!
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Post by Gander on May 11, 2006 8:29:54 GMT -5
a water gun and every time they come near your garden soak them, Have you considered adding a little sunburst dye? ;D
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Post by davidr on May 11, 2006 8:36:48 GMT -5
a water gun and every time they come near your garden soak them, Have you considered adding a little sunburst dye? ;D Brilliant We could dye them and theres nothing illegal about that if a free roaming cat leaps into some paint what can be done!
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Post by davidr on May 11, 2006 8:39:40 GMT -5
Cat's are excellent company, and a source of flytying materia when they moultl! And if someone shot my cat because it had defecated in their garden, I'd personally defecate in their garden myself before either reporting them to the police for animal cruelty or personally deal with them myself. ! you might find mantog, that if you deficated in my garden before "dealing with me" you would find it difficult as I would be using my shovel to return your deffecation from whence it came ;D
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Post by mantog on May 11, 2006 10:28:39 GMT -5
Well David, I would be forced to execute a Chuck Norris roundhouse and reverse the directional force of your shovel and cause said human waste to spatter your cat hating face! ;D How could anyone be nasty to this?! [a href=" "] [/a]
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Post by richardw on May 11, 2006 10:33:32 GMT -5
Richard I think youre just trawling for responses now Eh? richard
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Post by davidr on May 11, 2006 10:44:48 GMT -5
Well David, I would be forced to execute a Chuck Norris roundhouse and reverse the directional force of your shovel and cause said human waste to spatter your cat hating face! ;D You are delusional The fact remains that finding cat crap in your garden, on your shoe or on your children is disgusting and unwelcome for all but the most bizzare fetishists Encouraging cats to frequent places other than in your garden doesnt make someone a cat hater or mentaly ill it makes common sense. If you want a cat in your garden thats fine too but it doesnt change my point of view which is I hate cats crapping in or on my garden and I will use whatever legal means I can to discourage them.
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Post by Adz on May 11, 2006 14:33:01 GMT -5
Surely if all cats are truly wild, then so are all stocked fish as they don't need man to survive. Happy 'wild' fishing y'all ;-)
Cheers,
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Post by bigrex1 on May 11, 2006 14:55:43 GMT -5
try planting a version of mint called funny enough catmint, it is supposed to keep them of your garden. BB
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Post by Paul Boote on May 11, 2006 15:03:16 GMT -5
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