16-06-2007, 05:04 PM
posted to uk.rec.gardening
|
|
external usenet poster
|
|
First recorded activity by GardenBanter: Jun 2007
Posts: 18
|
|
Cats in garden
Broadback wrote:
Bazza wrote:
Peter James wrote:
Bazza wrote:
BoyPete wrote: Bazza wrote: Hi all, I encourage wildlife
into my garden which is visited and nested by Birds, squirrels,
Fox's,badgers,frogs,toads, newts and the occasional sloworm and
grassnake, I also have an aviary with Cockatiels. All nice and
cosy apart from 2 large black cats, these have collars and look
well fed so I assume they are from some where down the street. They
crap in the garden, have caught collared doves and the other birds
and eat the food I put out for the Badgers and Fox's not to mention
trying to terrorise my cockatiels. I have been looking for ways to
discourage them without harming the rest of the wildlife. I
don't want a dog or a cat, don't spend enough time at home to do
them justice. I have looked at sensor watering systems etc.. but
have come across this one: http://tinyurl.com/2evhnr.
Anybody any experience of this or similar? I am a
pretty good shot and lots of patience so quite fancy it
Bazza
Can't get your link to work Bazza. However, look at this........
http://www.bradshawsdirect.co.uk/Bra...uct/DVSCAR.htm
Yes seen that type, don't want to deter the foxes though. This is
the
one I am looking at:
http://www.coopersofstortford.co.uk/...=ST05942&super
category=G&branch=&wcategory=PEST-G Bazza
I've got two sonic cat scarers. One in the front garden and one in the
rear garden. They do work OK. Not identical to yours, but they work,
and we haven't had a cat in the back garden for two years now. Worth
every penny.
For £19.99 I will give it a go, as I said I don't want to deter the
Foxes which could happen if it was a permanent setup but with this I
can target the cats from the house when I put out the left overs in
the evenings(they do run away as soon as they see me, probably from
the time I managed to soak them with the hosepipe) .
The cats are always there waiting for me to walk back to the house and
help themselves, can't blame them as it is a free meal to them but
they often eat it all before the foxes appear.
Sometimes the foxes do appear at the same time as the cats and it is
quite amusing to watch them both circling the dish, dive in in turn to
grab something and eat it at a safe distance, on one occasion a badger
turned up at the same time, it just barged in, you couldn't see the
fox and cat for dust.
Maybe that is the answer, get a pet Badger, more interesting than a
dog or a cat
Bazza
Sigh, why is mine ignored by cats, are Manchester cats deaf?
Anarchistic cats?
|