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| Zero999:
--- Quote from: Gyro on November 13, 2022, 03:07:10 pm ---Well I've just got in from cutting the front lawn. Guess what, two more piles of cat shit since I cleaned up before cutting the hedge yesterday. Of course I didn't notice them until I'd been through them with the mower! In my opinion, cat owners should be made to keep their little kitties inside, or at least on their property by whatever means. They should then be made to take them out for walks on leads in the pouring rain, and clean up after them like responsible dog owners are expected to do, rather than being snuggled up all nice and cozy and warm. They should also, like dog owners, be responsible for the damage that their pets do, accidents caused etc. I've had half a dozen dead Slow Worms in the back garden with their heads chewed off by little kitties for the fun of it, not to mention the newts, frogs and brids (are they not increasingly scarce and protected?) An exterme view? Possibly, although I'm beginning to wonder, there are such things as house cats. I'm getting too old to be picking up other peoples' cat shit. As you can probably guess, I'm not a cat owner... but then I'm not a dog owner either. [/rant] P.S. I'm the one who got an entire outraged WTF thread by tautech, in the Supporters Lounge, for very gently voicing my objection to dogs being electric shocked into attacking Wild Boar, so I don't think I can really be considered an animal hater! --- End quote --- I don't have a cat myself, but was raised in a household with cats, so I can see it from both sides. I often have to clear up what I believe to cat crap in my garden, although it might be a fox. Ideally yes, cat owners shouldn't allow their cats to crap in other gardens. As far as keeping cats indoors is concerned, I think it's cruel to the cat, as they can't exercise their natural behaviours indoors. It would be nice if the cat would use the litter tray. Unfortunately it's virtually impossible to keep a cat to one garden. It might be possible to encourage it to crap in their own garden, by having a patch of sand, in a secluded area, where they feel safe. Unfortunately there's not much you can do, other than make life difficult for cats in your garden. I don't know if the ultrasonic repellers are any good. There are also the ones which use a PIR sensor to trigger a water spray, but they're no good in freezing weather and you might need a few of them. |
| Electroplated:
Go to home and bargains and buy one of those green tennis racket type fly swatters, cost about 8 quid. Take it apart and separate the wires that connect the HV charging circuit to the mesh screen, then remove the pcb and battery contacts. With a hacksaw saw off the handle part as it meats the mesh area, you only want the handle part. Reassemble the pcb and battery contact inside the handle and solder two 6 inch lengths of stripped solid core cable to the pcb output wires, a length of 2.5mm t&e is deal for this, make sure the bare wire is kept apart, the idea is to make two sturdy probes, use glue or tape to hold it all together. Insert batteries, power it in, shove the probes down your boxers and see what it feels like, if it blows your nuts off then its safe to say its not suitable to use on a cat :P |
| Fraser:
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| CatalinaWOW:
As someone who has no use for cats I simply don't understand the behavior of cat owners who disown any responsibility for the damaging behaviors of their pets. I can understand and tolerate a truly feral cat who is truly living out natural behaviors, and taking the natural risks of living. But the cat who is fed and protected from predators all day and then turned out to be "natural" against all the small critters in the neighborhood and to keep their home range clean by defecating at or beyond the boundaries of it's territory gets no sympathy from me. I am more than willing to be the bigger, meaner predator. They have no more rights to my property than the rats, mice and other vermin. |
| Zero999:
--- Quote from: CatalinaWOW on November 13, 2022, 10:06:55 pm ---As someone who has no use for cats I simply don't understand the behavior of cat owners who disown any responsibility for the damaging behaviors of their pets. I can understand and tolerate a truly feral cat who is truly living out natural behaviors, and taking the natural risks of living. But the cat who is fed and protected from predators all day and then turned out to be "natural" against all the small critters in the neighborhood and to keep their home range clean by defecating at or beyond the boundaries of it's territory gets no sympathy from me. I am more than willing to be the bigger, meaner predator. They have no more rights to my property than the rats, mice and other vermin. --- End quote --- Owner aside. The cat doesn't have human emotions or morals. It's an animal. A cat still has the same instincts as a wild animal and will continue to hunt because it's preprogrammed to enjoy it. I don't know what the law is, where you live, but in the UK it's still illegal to harm someone else's pet, even if it's on your property without your consent. |
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