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Cats in garden
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? |
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