A cunning plan

[lofthouse31]

I do not own a cat, but several of my neighbours do and ive had a cunning plan to use it to my advantage, i need to train the local cat population, to bring anything they kill to my front door instead of my owners, theres two local cats i have in mind as i know they have a murderous past, and im friendly with the owners.
Not sure how to put the plan into action but have started to make friends with the cats and currently give em the odd treat, surely if a cats killed it and its pot worthy it should be legal for me to mug the cat and cook it.
Any ideas on tricking a cat you dont own into your service most welcome.

 

[JonnyP]

I prefer to go to the butchers meself, but each to their own....

 

[Chris G]

We currently have 2 cats and I've had at least 1 cat for the last 28 years, so here goes;

1) if you think you are going to be able to mug a cat, think again! If you can develop the ability to vault a 9 foot fence (and run along it) with a mouth full of baby bunny while being chased by me, then have a go!

2) Cats hunt because they are bored/hungry/because they can. They only drop things off at door steps because they never see their owners go hunting. And it's normally female cats that leave things for you.

Frankly you'd be better off getting your own cat and hoping that it brings you something back, or just go hunting yourself.

Chris

 

[lofthouse31]

i am not saying i will succeed, i do hunt myself, but its in my nature to experiment with and test things.
Will probably come to nothing, but its going take a few months to figure that for certain.

 

[Chris G]

I wish you the very best of luck.

 

[Toddy]

It's easy, but you need a laser pointer.
Cats are easily distracted, especialy by something that's moving. A laser pointer shining two foot in front of one will always get the cat's attention, and then's when you pounce
I reckon it's the only thing known to man that can herd cats
I know a man who skinned a wren, what are you going to do with all that mouse fur?
cheers,
Toddy

 

[spamel]

I know a man who skinned a wren,

....but that was in a Navy base and is another story entirely!

 

[lofthouse31]

good idea toddy,

nice one spamel lol

 

[Ed]

They only drop things off at door steps because they never see their owners go hunting. And it's normally female cats that leave things for you.

Yep.. our female brings us pressies.... but only leaves us heads and tails .... she's a greedy fat thing. Before we lost our last cat (he was 19yrs old and still hunting) if one brought a mouse in, the other would fight them for it forgetting all about the mouse and leaving it to run around the house.... now he has gone, the female just eats em.


Ed

 

[The Joker]

I do not own a cat, but several of my neighbours do and ive had a cunning plan to use it to my advantage, i need to train the local cat population, to bring anything they kill to my front door instead of my owners, theres two local cats i have in mind as i know they have a murderous past, and im friendly with the owners.
Not sure how to put the plan into action but have started to make friends with the cats and currently give em the odd treat, surely if a cats killed it and its pot worthy it should be legal for me to mug the cat and cook it.
Any ideas on tricking a cat you dont own into your service most welcome.

This is a wind-up right

 

[Paganwolf]

What a blinding idea!!!! i have an old Gypsy cook book with a few Shrew recipe's in it!! wheres Tiddles? TIDDLES!!!!!!!!!

 

[basha]

'it should be legal for me to mug the cat and cook it.'
if you can hold it down long enough, best of luck....

 

[lofthouse31]

no wind up ive been making friends with muffin my neighbours cat for quite some, getting him to pop inside the house, if he wants, give him the luxury of a second home,and giving him treats, i was inspired by a paul merton program i seen a while back, he was in china (dont know if anyone seen it) anyway this chinese fisherman had trained a wader/crane type bird to bring him fish, and i thought why not with cats, stranger things have happened.

 

[bushwacker bob]

In China,they'd cut out the middleman and eat the cat.

 

[lofthouse31]

Well muffin is a fat cat, it would take attleast two sittings lol
I suppose anything works in a curry

 

[commandocal]

Years ago my cat went through a stage of bringing small birds and mice to the doorstep in the morning, But now its matured it doesnt do it anymore it would hover about expecting a treat.

And yes laser pointers are great fun for dogs and cats, aim it at the wall and watch it get a concussion

 

[John Fenna]

This is the only place I know of where the discussion is both about cats and barking at the same time..........

 

[lofthouse31]

your most likely right john, most my schemes are doomed, i tried to biuld a wind up cd player and wound up with a broken cd player, im waiting for my wife to "mislay" her mp3 player as we speak.
Somethings gotta work sometime

 

[RobertRogers]

When I read your idea I burst out laughing.

Actually, it is not so farfetched. A cat I had ten years ago was a great hunter. He had a special door so he could come into and go out of the house as he pleased. Every morning there would be a pile of dead creatures in the middle of the livingroom floor: mice, moles, voles, frogs, grasshoppers, birds of every sort...often enough protein for a full grown man for a day.

Maybe the cat thought I was using his catch to make the catfood?

So if you could get a half dozen neighborhood cats to do this...When T**** food is food.

BTW - don't eat the cats! You want them to keep bringing in the chow!

 

[commandocal]

BTW - don't eat the cats! You want them to keep bringing in the chow!

Good idea:11doh: