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Cockatoos are eating my new decking!
Rick Law:
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--- 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.
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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:...
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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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Yeah, I thought about doing something more elborate but just doesn't get around to it. All I want to know is that the cats makes it through a hard winter. My simple solution does the job. Too many faults positive but does the job adequately well.
Rick Law:
--- Quote from: Rick Law on March 25, 2016, 12:05:44 am ---The video is funny, but I have mixed feelings. I love cats.
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I just want to clarify some. I am not implying there is anything wrong with spraying cats with water. In fact, I too used water to discipline my own cat. That was not my "mixed feelings".
I was reminded of my first cat: killed by the hands of my neightbor. The cat was around 12 years old. Too old to run away fast enough away from danger. It was not mere guessing. I saw him tried the same on my second cat. Having observed what he was attempting, I then I realized how come my first cat died in such strange situation. My second cat never left the house again until after I moved.
That was a long time ago. My second cat died of cancer in old age. While it was a long time ago, but I can still picture that night when I caught him in the act.
cdev:
I had a friend several years ago who had a salmon crested cockatiel named Sophie. She was really smart, really affectionate, and spoke things which made sense in context. I house-sat for her a few times and Sophie was so much fun that since then I have always thought it would be fun to have one.
Much more fun than cats.
Halcyon:
--- Quote from: cdev on March 25, 2016, 04:24:27 am ---I had a friend several years ago who had a salmon crested cockatiel named Sophie. She was really smart, really affectionate, and spoke things which made sense in context. I house-sat for her a few times and Sophie was so much fun that since then I have always thought it would be fun to have one.
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Some birds (specially your parrots etc...) are bloody smart. Sometimes too smart. Just got to watch what you say around them if you don't want it repeated ;-)
--- Quote from: cdev on March 25, 2016, 04:24:27 am ---Much more fun than cats.
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Also true.
Mechanical Menace:
--- Quote from: Halcyon on March 25, 2016, 05:09:26 am ---Some birds (specially your parrots etc...) are bloody smart. Sometimes too smart. Just got to watch what you say around them if you don't want it repeated
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Actually parrots aren't that smart with the exception of a couple of highly trained individuals. They're not even natural mimics, that takes training too. Your corvids on the other hand would give some people a run for their money. They don't only make and use tools without training, they use multiple tools to solve some problems.
EDIT: Autocorrect changed corvids to cormorants. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it :-\
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