Cats - I hate them.
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A cage trap and taking the catch to your local RSPCA might cause you less aggro in the long run. The RSPCA dispatch a lot of critters which go their way, so the end result might well be the same.
Scots_Charles_River
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Thanks for all the feed back people, appreciate the comments, even the sarcastic ones
Well, the garden is primed for warfare now, ive made a big old cage trap up this morning so i can hopefully catch the thing, im hoping that might be a big enough shock to deter it coming back, the flowers beds & veg patches are full of bamboo skewers facing skywards, will let you know how i get on.
to answer a few questions/points raised.....
keep em coming folks
Well, the garden is primed for warfare now, ive made a big old cage trap up this morning so i can hopefully catch the thing, im hoping that might be a big enough shock to deter it coming back, the flowers beds & veg patches are full of bamboo skewers facing skywards, will let you know how i get on.
to answer a few questions/points raised.....
- Supersoaker, pepper etc - unfortunately i don't have the time available to sit there and wait for the thing to appear each day, although it's getting to a pitch, where i might have to make the time.
- Hose pipe - currently under a hose pipe ban.
- Lion poo - tried it, waste of time and money
- Wild Animals - not a badger, deffo a cat, i have chased it off a couple of times.
- Human pee - a little unhygienic, no more so than cat carp though, it's also neutralised by the suns rays fairly quickly/washed away when it rains.
- Get a cat - see thread title, i hate cats
- Get a dog - don't want one
- Trace the owner - i know who it belongs to and they quite frankly don't care, as long as it doesn't do it's business in their garden.
- Coffee Grounds - will give that one a go, not tried that yet.
keep em coming folks
How about some barbed wire to support the net? Its very purpose is to make fences and containment stock proof....cheap enough stuff at £25 for 200m
I put the onus back on the neighbours that own cats, by flinging the offending poo back over the fence. Normally on "drying day".
i would tackle the owner once more, if he doest care, get a cage take it to rspca centre or council one and leave there. Cats can happlily live in doors. i have a dog and it dont stop the mulitude of cats desending on my house. its the scratches on the car that pees me off. they slide off the car or something, 4 lines offs off each paw about 10 inches long most polish out some wont.
You might be able to kill two birds with one stone (metaphoriclly) with a specialized scarecrow. Rather than something traditional that imitates a humean try to build or get one that appears to be a hawk. Especially good if it can cast a shadow similar to a hawk in flight. It if works it should repel the cats, birds, rabbits and just about anything else raiding your garden.
I hate cats, i have made all wire.fenching higher, i have spent a lot on gravel, i have plastic spikes on all gates, i have stainless steel wire spikes, on all potional entry points, battrie cat scarers, and i bought a dog,which i would of any way, the last straw was seeing the dog and a cat lying side by side on my onion bed, now i just use a catapult, dont hit them much, but seeing them run off, getting caught in the fence really makes life sweet.
I like cats I only don't have one now because HWMBLT and Son2 like a peaceful sleep all night long
I do believe that cat owners ought be responsible enough to create a toileting area within their own property for their cats though.
Cats are territorial, this one is laying claim to your garden in it's own unsubtle way. It'll only back off if another cat takes up residence or it's scared/uncomfortable enough not to come and visit.
If you won't have a cat or a dog, or have time/interest in the give it a good soaking treatment, might I suggest some of those noisy frog things that the poundstore sell ? Movement sets them off, so a visitor walking past gets startled by the ribbit racket, and if you see to it that there's something shiny like eyeballs watching it, it'll be even more disconcerted. I'm told plastic bottles filled with water and laid under a hedge discourages them because of the reflections. Big sequens strung onto lines and stretched over the borders worked I found. Again the £stores, and a happy child The windmills on sticks discourage the cats too sometimes.
It's really the owner who needs to take action though, a bag of sand costs under £2, it's not rocket science to find a place to put it for the cat to use, or to bag it up and keep it clean either.
Best of luck with it
atb,
M
I only don't have one now because HWMBLT and Son2 like a peaceful sleep all night long I do believe that cat owners ought be responsible enough to create a toileting area within their own property for their cats though.
Cats are territorial, this one is laying claim to your garden in it's own unsubtle way. It'll only back off if another cat takes up residence or it's scared/uncomfortable enough not to come and visit.
If you won't have a cat or a dog, or have time/interest in the give it a good soaking treatment, might I suggest some of those noisy frog things that the poundstore sell ? Movement sets them off, so a visitor walking past gets startled by the ribbit racket, and if you see to it that there's something shiny like eyeballs watching it, it'll be even more disconcerted. I'm told plastic bottles filled with water and laid under a hedge discourages them because of the reflections. Big sequens strung onto lines and stretched over the borders worked I found. Again the £stores, and a happy child
The windmills on sticks discourage the cats too sometimes.It's really the owner who needs to take action though, a bag of sand costs under £2, it's not rocket science to find a place to put it for the cat to use, or to bag it up and keep it clean either.
Best of luck with it
atb,
M
A cardboard cut out of a dog or a scarecrow. you'll have to change their position everyday to stop the moggie getting accustomed.but even if it does get used to them after a week or so, the cat would have found some where else to hangout.
you'll have to change their position everyday to stop the moggie getting accustomed.but even if it does get used to them after a week or so, the cat would have found some where else to hangout.In jest I spotted this today in Bridgnorth:
With a few modifications....Problem solved Kep!
Haha lmao that's class ,wish I had this for my mousetrap game when I was ten .......
Have you tried a cat alarm? Not too sure where you can get them from, but I think they just have a motion sensor attached to a speaker which emits a high pitched noise to startle the cat. It's supposedly not able to be heard by the human ear, so it's not irritating.
Do you have access to a live trap? I'm not sure what your laws are on them, but I would imagine that it would be fine since it doesn't harm them. I've caught quite a few cats unintentionally while having them set out for something else. Actually, it seems that's what I've caught the majority of the time. Something like a tin of sardines inside the trap should give off a strong enough scent to draw it into the cage.
Cheers guys, well, as posted earlier the garden is primed and ready to go over night, we will see what the morning brings.
Really appreciate all the comments folks, especially Silverhill and that trap, one of the few times ive actually laughed out loud today.
.Really appreciate all the comments folks, especially Silverhill and that trap, one of the few times ive actually laughed out loud today.
I like cats, they're a interesting and useful animal in the right context. It's the bad owners I don't like.
I've managed to curb most cat activity from my garden now (using water bombs and large dog mostly) but not before they wiped out the lizards who were happily living there. Although as has been pointed out to me, I built a house where the lizards used to live so I'm probably not much better. I like to think the garden is a better habitat than when we started though...
I had thought we were cat free but I set up the trail cam out there and there's still the odd cat coming through at about 2-4 in the morning and I'm not getting up that early to sort them out!
I've managed to curb most cat activity from my garden now (using water bombs and large dog mostly) but not before they wiped out the lizards who were happily living there. Although as has been pointed out to me, I built a house where the lizards used to live so I'm probably not much better. I like to think the garden is a better habitat than when we started though...
I had thought we were cat free but I set up the trail cam out there and there's still the odd cat coming through at about 2-4 in the morning and I'm not getting up that early to sort them out!
I had the same problem until i accidentally found a fix
I was Practicing some fig 4 deadfalls and Spring snares and accidentally forgot to dismantle them before I went to bed, as this was in my own back yard surround by a 6 foot fence on all sides I wasn't too bothered,
Who would have guess Cats are scared of fig 4 deadfalls and Spring snares, coz I've not seen any since then..... hmmmm lol
Not that I nor BCUK endorse anything illegal or cruel.
Now on a more serious not I did set up a Few Fig 4 Traps in my garden with Baskets instead of A weight, I caught the offending Cats and took them to there owners, once I explained what their cats were doing and they wouldn't like it if my Giant Great Dane done the same on their lawn, which i was more than willing to do they stopped kicking the poor defenseless family pet out on a night to fend for it's self and keeping it ferrel.
I was Practicing some fig 4 deadfalls and Spring snares and accidentally forgot to dismantle them before I went to bed, as this was in my own back yard surround by a 6 foot fence on all sides I wasn't too bothered,
Who would have guess Cats are scared of fig 4 deadfalls and Spring snares, coz I've not seen any since then..... hmmmm lol
Not that I nor BCUK endorse anything illegal or cruel.
Now on a more serious not I did set up a Few Fig 4 Traps in my garden with Baskets instead of A weight, I caught the offending Cats and took them to there owners, once I explained what their cats were doing and they wouldn't like it if my Giant Great Dane done the same on their lawn, which i was more than willing to do they stopped kicking the poor defenseless family pet out on a night to fend for it's self and keeping it ferrel.
Personally I'm all in favor of going to the offending creatures Human home and shoving it through their letterbox.
Have you spoke to the council after all fecal matter is hazardous to human health, also in many tenancy agreement (For Tennants) allowing you pet to cause damage, be a nuance, of foul someones property is a breach of their tenancy agreement.
Have you spoke to the council after all fecal matter is hazardous to human health, also in many tenancy agreement (For Tennants) allowing you pet to cause damage, be a nuance, of foul someones property is a breach of their tenancy agreement.
