stray cats--a problem--OCTOTHORPE
 

not limited --- what are your suggestions

stray cats--a problem--OCTOTHORPE
 

"xim xim" wrote in message
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not limited --- what are your suggestions



As an American, firearms naturally come to mind. Stick with air rifles
because actual firearms make such a distracting and alarming noise which the
neighbors are not likely to care to hear.
Snares? If you can manage to catch a cat it'll probably make a lot of
noise.
Take photographs of the trespassing cats then post public notices that
you'll pay an award to someone that can tell you who the cats' owners are
and can provide reasonable proof. Surely there are people that walk the area
regularly and take notice of such things.
I like another poster's motion detector activated water sprinkler idea.
A local celebrity by the name of Harold Bailey, The Friendly Trapper,
(
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/096...lance&n=283155 )
,
claims success keeping cats at bay by using cocoa bark mulch. At least they
won't use treated areas as a litterbox.

Tom

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"xim xim" wrote in message
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not limited --- what are your suggestions



As an American, firearms naturally come to mind. Stick with air rifles
because actual firearms make such a distracting and alarming noise which
the neighbors are not likely to care to hear.
Snares? If you can manage to catch a cat it'll probably make a lot of
noise.
Take photographs of the trespassing cats then post public notices that
you'll pay an award to someone that can tell you who the cats' owners are
and can provide reasonable proof. Surely there are people that walk the
area regularly and take notice of such things.
I like another poster's motion detector activated water sprinkler idea.
A local celebrity by the name of Harold Bailey, The Friendly Trapper,
(
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/096...lance&n=283155 )
,
claims success keeping cats at bay by using cocoa bark mulch. At least
they won't use treated areas as a litterbox.

Tom



Put out some bowls of water with antifreeze in them. Also, small chunks of
sponges that have been soaked in bacon grease also works well.

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"- Tom -" wrote in message
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"xim xim" wrote in message
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not limited --- what are your suggestions



As an American, firearms naturally come to mind. Stick with air
rifles
because actual firearms make such a distracting and alarming noise which
the neighbors are not likely to care to hear.
Snares? If you can manage to catch a cat it'll probably make a lot of
noise.
Take photographs of the trespassing cats then post public notices
that
you'll pay an award to someone that can tell you who the cats' owners
are
and can provide reasonable proof. Surely there are people that walk the
area regularly and take notice of such things.
I like another poster's motion detector activated water sprinkler
idea.
A local celebrity by the name of Harold Bailey, The Friendly Trapper,
(

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/096...lance&n=283155 )
,
claims success keeping cats at bay by using cocoa bark mulch. At least
they won't use treated areas as a litterbox.

Tom



Put out some bowls of water with antifreeze in them. Also, small chunks
of
sponges that have been soaked in bacon grease also works well.

if you yourself are prepared to drink a bottle of antfreeze before putting
some out for the cat then the above suggestion is a runner. If not, don't
even consider it as a serious suggestion. Hopefully it is a joke. If you are
going to kill the animal do it quickly and humanely. People who use
antfreeze of cats will hopefully be kidnapped by some sadictic nutter one
day and slowly tortured to death and they will then understand.

rob