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Went into the garden today and a horrible CAT was perched on the fence watching one of my birdboxes! Now I'm worried about any birds that might decide to nest there. I have prickly branches at the bottom of the fence to stop the cat coming through that way - and it did avoid them - and i stuck some branches around the nest box but I don't know if that will help. I'm wondering if it will be better to take the boxes down if there is nothing nesting in them yet?
Bring on the day a cats right to roam free is quashed! It can't come soon enough...
Millie & Fly the Border Collies
Excellent!.
I think I've seen that remedy posted "ad infinitem"
"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom" - Wlliam Blake
I think the cat thing has been done to death - over and over - on this forum.
Put it to rest, for now , anyhow.
I didn't notice at first the "adding something to the water"
Makes the scenario worse.
Hi KatTai
I use a mesh around the box so birds can get in and cats and magpies can't. Same way as when feeding birds.
RAY
a good laugh is better than a tonic
Easy answer......Get a dog!!
Word of warning though......
Not a chilled out lazy one like this!!!......LOL!
Or one that likes cats :)
I've got a dog and the cat is where she or the sonic cat scarer can get to because there is lots of cover, and I'm working full time so I'm not around to chase the damn thing away. Sparrowhawks are a natural predator, not someones pet that someone should be responsible for a natural predator controlled by natural means cannot be compared to a domestic pet that aren't limited in their density bhy food supply because someone takes care of them. The only thing that annoys me more is those idiots that let their cat roam - end up with a dead cat on the road - go get a new one - let it roam - dead cat on road - get another one - let it roam - another dead cat on road...and so on. Surely after one, two at the most are killed on the road (or poisoned etc) the owners would get a clue and keep their cat on their property where they know they will be safe! Honestly, people that go through cats like they change their underwear because they can't be bothered to take action to keep them safe should be banned from keeping them.
higgy50 said: Easy answer......Get a dog!! Word of warning though...... Not a chilled out lazy one like this!!!......LOL!
Get a dog. That's your best solution to the problem of cats? Wow, way to go.
KatTai said: Went into the garden today and a horrible CAT was perched on the fence watching one of my birdboxes! Now I'm worried about any birds that might decide to nest there. I have prickly branches at the bottom of the fence to stop the cat coming through that way - and it did avoid them - and i stuck some branches around the nest box but I don't know if that will help. I'm wondering if it will be better to take the boxes down if there is nothing nesting in them yet? Bring on the day a cats right to roam free is quashed! It can't come soon enough...
can't agree more. I grow fresh vegetables in my garden and am sick of hearing from my heavily pregnant wife how the local cats have been messing with the plants during the day, either by urinating or defecating.
I have two points:
a) What is the point of having a pet that spends most of its time out of the house, going to the toilet in other people's gardens, or killing birds? Besides the fact that they aren't pack animals, so only seek out your company when _they_ want it.
b) Why should cats be given the right to roam free? If you caught a dog in your garden having a cr@p, would you be happy about it? Would you go straight to the owner and ask what the hell they thought they were doing allowing it?
With my wife being pregnant I do not want cat mess anywhere near the food she is going to eat and pass to our unborn baby.
But what can I do about it? Nothing. Because the bl00dy cats have more rights over this than I do.
If you're going to have a cat, please keep it indoors.
Rosemarie B said: Hi Kat. Since we lost our dear old cat last year (we vowed we would not have another as we are getting too old ourselves!) , our garden has been visited by 4 or 5 other cats. My husband has invested in a mega-sonic scatter cat. This is a battery operated hand held device which lets out a screeching signal, this can be switched to a position which only cats, foxes, squirrels etc. can hear (i.e not birds or us humans). It does work on MOST of the cats, and one of them now legs it as soon as we open the back door!. We do still have one that sits and defies us. I think you can get these scarers from garden centres or shops that sell electronic gadgets. Rosie.
Hi Kat. Since we lost our dear old cat last year (we vowed we would not have another as we are getting too old ourselves!) , our garden has been visited by 4 or 5 other cats. My husband has invested in a mega-sonic scatter cat. This is a battery operated hand held device which lets out a screeching signal, this can be switched to a position which only cats, foxes, squirrels etc. can hear (i.e not birds or us humans). It does work on MOST of the cats, and one of them now legs it as soon as we open the back door!. We do still have one that sits and defies us. I think you can get these scarers from garden centres or shops that sell electronic gadgets.
Rosie.
We bought one from B&Q. It didn't do a thing.