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Is a "Fly swatter" circuit appropriate for a cat?

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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".

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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".

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Simple test- scale the voltage up to suit your own mass and give it a try on yourself. Let us know how it goes.

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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?

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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.

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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?

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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.

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Clearly a dumb and particularly lazy / vindictive cat then.

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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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