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Cockatoos are eating my new decking!
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Monittosan:
Maine Coons are really awesome cats thay are as loyal as a dog! They are also the size of a small dog  8)
mikerj:

--- Quote from: Monittosan on March 17, 2016, 11:15:10 am ---Maine Coons are really awesome cats thay are as loyal as a dog! They are also the size of a small dog  8)

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They are awesome beasts :)  I've had a few cats and our current Main Coon is the most un-cat-like of all them, he's more like a dog.  They are very friendly and love being around people, he listens out for my car every evening and is ready to greet me by the door.
XOIIO:

--- Quote from: Moshly on March 17, 2016, 09:01:00 am ---I have heard that cockatoos are a major problem with antenna installations, apparently they destroy the coax / feed lines. The fix was to add grit / sand into the outer jacket plastic. So maybe you need to render the deck  :-// otherwise, maybe try this NZ product ->

  :-DD

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Ah god I forgot about that one.  :-DD
Rick Law:
The video is funny, but I have mixed feelings.  I love cats.

I too have a motion sensor deploy to detect cats but for entirely different reasons.

Some years back, during my daily walk and about half a mile from my house, I noticed the same black cat resting by a particular storm drain everyday.  I stopped to say hello whenever I walked by.  At one time, the neighbor noticed I was talking to the cat and she told me "one day, they moved (pointing at a door), and they left the cat behind."  So, every day, I talk to that cat whenever I see him.

A year or so later, after a very cold week, I saw the same black cat looking for something to eat near my house.  Since then, I have put cat food outside.  This black cat is not my only customer.  One cat probably 3 years old now was lost as a kitten, she appears to depend on me.

After a particular snow storm, I wanted to know if the cats are okay.  Rather than something elebrate, I made something quick and dirty to photo whoever comes for dinner; with just the things I have laying around:  I have a laptop with a USB-cam taking timelaspe photo.  The laptop is connected to an Ardunio with a PIR.  If the PIR is un-triggered, the laptop gets rid of the photos taken.  If PIR is triggered, it moves the photo to a "for-review folder".  The Arduino also beeps an alarm and turns on the light for the camera.

I know all my four cats survived the last winter.  Oh, the original black cat that started all this: it ends very well for him.  Last few times he was photographed, he was wearing a collar - that means someone adopted him.  Now that he has a home, he is not around as much but he still drops by to see what I was serving for dinner.
MK14:

--- Quote from: Rick Law on March 25, 2016, 12:05:44 am ---The video is funny, but I have mixed feelings.  I love cats.

I too have a motion sensor deploy to detect cats but for entirely different reasons.

Some years back, during my daily walk and about half a mile from my house, I noticed the same black cat resting by a particular storm drain everyday.  I stopped to say hello whenever I walked by.  At one time, the neighbor noticed I was talking to the cat and she told me "one day, they moved (pointing at a door), and they left the cat behind."  So, every day, I talk to that cat whenever I see him.

A year or so later, after a very cold week, I saw the same black cat looking for something to eat near my house.  Since then, I have put cat food outside.  This black cat is not my only customer.  One cat probably 3 years old now was lost as a kitten, she appears to depend on me.

After a particular snow storm, I wanted to know if the cats are okay.  Rather than something elebrate, I made something quick and dirty to photo whoever comes for dinner; with just the things I have laying around:  I have a laptop with a USB-cam taking timelaspe photo.  The laptop is connected to an Ardunio with a PIR.  If the PIR is un-triggered, the laptop gets rid of the photos taken.  If PIR is triggered, it moves the photo to a "for-review folder".  The Arduino also beeps an alarm and turns on the light for the camera.

I know all my four cats survived the last winter.  Oh, the original black cat that started all this: it ends very well for him.  Last few times he was photographed, he was wearing a collar - that means someone adopted him.  Now that he has a home, he is not around as much but he still drops by to see what I was serving for dinner.

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You should have added image recognition and a (normally closed) motorized lid opening food container.
Program it with images of your favourite cat(s), then just leave it to automatically feed the right one(s).
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