Cat Deterrent

[fossyant]

Luna and Simba just now in rhe run. We are in the garden. These are the twins.

 

[cyberknight]

And the fact the cats were expensive - who pays money for a cat ? You get one and pop a good donation to Cat's Protection. Thing is, if you've got house cats, they need outdoor or other stimulation. Given a choice, the two lads would be outside all the time - i.e. not in the cat run. We're lucky we have a porch, Leo waits till you are carrying stuff, then dives past you.

when we got ours from local animal shelter is was £100 and that was 6 years ago , it did include the vaccinations and chipping ,This is a standard short hair moggie .In the past we had a persian that was a nightmare to keep clean as it liked to go outside a bit so it was a case of a lot of brushing and clipping at the vets

 

[DRM]

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You could adopt your own cat, this big boy would do the trick, only problem would be dealing with its deposits

 

[Petrichorwheels]

Yeah, I'm sure your stare filled it with dread.

not expecting that as cats don't have feelings.
but i know it's guilty as sin.

 

[Petrichorwheels]

And your final sentence is actually quite disturbing.

if you want to be disturbed think of millions (is the figure 8 million? - rings a bell in hell) dying for sport.

 

[Petrichorwheels]

Far more likely to be a sparrowhawk than a cat.

Never seen any hawks around where I am at all.
the odd parakeet.
maybe you could finger them.
not sure why you seem to think that it was unlikely that it was a cat.
They have form.
not only do I have my cat intuition to go on from my death stare, but the owner of the cat pretty much admitted that it was their cat - i stress that they didn't say this in a glorying way though - she knows the score with cats. The cat often delivers dead birds to her apparently. It's off in devon at the moment I think - probably gutting something at the moment.

 

[KnittyNorah]

if you want to be disturbed think of millions (is the figure 8 million? - rings a bell in hell) dying for sport.

I know someone who gets very vocal and upset about the 'poor little birdies' which were bred to be shot, yet who very much enjoys a roast chicken dinner ... and the chicken had better be the cheapest intensively-raised sort ...

 

[Petrichorwheels]

From the RSPB, who do know rather a lot about British wild birds (more on this page)

so they say cats DO kill a lot.
Love the argument that many would have died anyway in time from something.
Must try that as a defence next time the pills wear off and I go on a pleasure killing spree.

Mr attenborough on the issue.

https://www.theguardian.com/environ...borough has warned,programme Tweet Of The Day.

The bell suggestion is interesting - when I chatted about this to the owner of the almost certainly guilty cat she suggested this. Maybe she had heard it from Sir David.

 

[Petrichorwheels]

I know someone who gets very vocal and upset about the 'poor little birdies' which were bred to be shot, yet who very much enjoys a roast chicken dinner ... and the chicken had better be the cheapest intensively-raised sort ...

specious argument I am afraid.
Not under the impression that those cats eat the birds - just do it for sport as far as I am aware.

 

[fossyant]

Boring ! Move on now !