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| David Aurora:
--- Quote from: paulca on November 11, 2022, 07:20:40 pm ---"Asking for a friend." ;D "coin cell" -> HV coil -> discharge circuit on contact. Cat<>Carpet zone prone to "plucking out the pile". --- End quote --- Simple test- scale the voltage up to suit your own mass and give it a try on yourself. Let us know how it goes. |
| eti:
--- Quote from: David Aurora on November 11, 2022, 10:28:09 pm --- --- Quote from: paulca on November 11, 2022, 07:20:40 pm ---"Asking for a friend." ;D "coin cell" -> HV coil -> discharge circuit on contact. Cat<>Carpet zone prone to "plucking out the pile". --- End quote --- Simple test- scale the voltage up to suit your own mass and give it a try on yourself. Let us know how it goes. --- End quote --- He should strap it to his nether regions! ;) - write a keylogger on an Arduino which detects when he's writing dumb posts, and sends the electrical punishment multiple times.... and then, a few weeks in, he can assess as to whether it's a good idea for the INNOCENT cat, which is just being a cat, and unable to "be bad". People are SO STUPID... |
| Gyro:
--- Quote from: james_s on November 11, 2022, 08:50:45 pm --- --- Quote from: Gyro on November 11, 2022, 08:31:54 pm ---Any advice for the neighbour's cat that persistently craps on your lawn then? --- End quote --- Cats hate citrus, lemon or orange oil scents will typically repel them, and the Scat Cat things I mentioned work well, though they're not meant to be outdoors in the weather. It's unusual for a cat to poop on a lawn, normally they bury their waste. --- End quote --- Clearly a dumb and particularly lazy / vindictive cat then. |
| eti:
--- Quote from: Gyro on November 11, 2022, 10:32:39 pm --- --- Quote from: james_s on November 11, 2022, 08:50:45 pm --- --- Quote from: Gyro on November 11, 2022, 08:31:54 pm ---Any advice for the neighbour's cat that persistently craps on your lawn then? --- End quote --- Cats hate citrus, lemon or orange oil scents will typically repel them, and the Scat Cat things I mentioned work well, though they're not meant to be outdoors in the weather. It's unusual for a cat to poop on a lawn, normally they bury their waste. --- End quote --- Clearly a dumb and particularly lazy / vindictive cat then. --- End quote --- Animals' behaviour is VERY often a product of how they are treated. Occam's razor, no? |
| tom66:
A few things to understand about cats: They are complex, thoughtful creatures, and they build "grudges" against people they don't like. They don't respond well or at all to negative reinforcement. At most you should tell a cat 'no' when it does something wrong or move it away. Shocking a creature like a cat is immoral when the sole purpose is to protect something material to you. You shouldn't own a cat if you intend to treat it like this. |
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