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?
I think that where you site them is critically important. You also need
to move them around a little every 6 or 8 weeks. My rear garden has a
fence on three sides and the house on the fourth, thus making an
enclosed box. The sound from the cat scarer is nicely contained, and
not everyone has the same garden configuration. Depending on the make
of scarer you might have a 2 stage transmitter in there. One is audible
and at that setting would keep anything out of the garden, including me.
I set mine to in-audible, and as I say it works well. It is worth
perservering with it. Good luck.