Cat Owners

[Gully]

Do what my brothers did when we were kids to a neighbours cat that came into the house and pissed on the floor, just because we had a male cat of our own and it wanted to dispute the territory. They caught the cat, put it in a bath full of water and then put mustard on its arse...needless to say it never came back in the house, or garden, again and used to pretty much shit itself if it saw either of them in the street.

 

[bright1064]

I'm not coming back to this thread now, because I'm just gonna get pissed off at people who are cruel to animals.

Obviously it makes some people feel big and clever to injure and possibly kill a household pet. Well done to those people, nice one

Starry, I didn't realise you kept livestock so please accept my apologies.

 

[Dave the OAP]

i dont even know the owner, i would have returned the dead cat to its owner but it had no collar or tag so i couldn't.

if it dies in a trap on my land then it dies. the trap is not there to snare a cat, it just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Paddy, what would be the RSPCA's reaction to this? I take it you have to register with them that you have put traps around?

 

[Starry]

traps are legal as long as they are not sprung/gin etc. the rspca offered to collect the cat before realising it was dead at which point they pretty much told me since it did not have a collar/tag and was already dead there was not much either of us could do. this was in the days before chip and pin cats/dogs.

 

[Munkfish]

traps are legal as long as they are not sprung/gin etc. the rspca offered to collect the cat before realising it was dead at which point they pretty much told me since it did not have a collar/tag and was already dead there was not much either of us could do. this was in the days before chip and pin cats/dogs.

Did you eat it?

 

[Spiros]

It's not just the dogs, what about the cats?

I'm getting really fed up with the fact that I am constantly finding piles of cat shit in my back garden. I too have young kids and the last thing I expect is for them to be unable to play in their own garden because some cat has decided to take a dump there. Often it's not just one lot, there are often 3 or 4 piles of crap top deal with.

But what can I do, I don't suppose I'm allowed to shoot every cat that comes into my garden. Surely there must be some way of forcing cat owners to make sure their cats don't crap in my garden or have I just got to put up with it?

Are you sure it is cats that are crapping there? They tend to bury theirs. It may be foxes. I know we get foxes crapping in our garden because I've seen them do it.

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

i dont even know the owner, i would have returned the dead cat to its owner but it had no collar or tag so i couldn't.

if it dies in a trap on my land then it dies. the trap is not there to snare a cat, it just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

What's the point of that? That's complete animal cruelty.

 

[eastlondonseagull]

My father-in-law's a farmer, but not sure what he does about foxes on his land. Will have to ask him. I think he does nothing, just gets very pissed off when they kill his chickens.

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[Gully]

What does fox crap look like? I had always assumed that it was a cat leaving its mark in my garden.

 

[Starry]

What's the point of that? That's complete animal cruelty.

survival of the fittest.

 

[Starry]

Did you eat it?

maybe.

 

[Easy 10]

As some know, I had my own "moggygate" after I thumped a cat on its side once as it tried to scramble through the small top window in our living room in an attempt to get at my pet bird. Never seen it since.
Job done.

 

[Gully]

Yes easy, because cats (like elephants) never forget, it remembered that despite the possibility of an easy meal in your house there was a fair chance it was going to get caught or seriously hurt in the process. At least you didn't set a trap for it or subject it to a cruel and lingering death, short sharp shock treatment is the best.

 

[Easy 10]

I'd never have thumped an elephant if it was trying to get in through my window though Gully. I think I'd have taken the birdcage and RUN.

 

[seagullsslimjim]

get a motion sensor scarer off ebay - works in my garden and also with the foxes - who prior to that had a very poor diet looking at their calling cards .

the pellets just don't work , nor the spray

 

[Scotty Mac]

I'd never have thumped an elephant if it was trying to get in through my window though Gully. I think I'd have taken the birdcage and RUN.

if an elephant tried to get through my window, id have taken it down like legolas does in the return of the king

 

[Gully]

I found myself within about 5 metres of a bull elephant in Tanzania, I think we had interrupted his morning stroll as we left a campsite and he looked none too pleased, even though I was sat in the back of a 4-ton truck I was fearful for my safety.

So easy, I would probably chicken out of a scrap with one and take your suggested course of action...grab the bird and get the flock out of there!

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

survival of the fittest.

That was valid.... in the STONE AGE.

Come on, you think we've got a bit further than that now in 2008

What has a cat done against you that lives up to you shooting it?

What would you think if someone came and shot one of your horses because they didnt like them?

 

[Starry]

i was joking about shooting a cat.

 

[NMH]

Get a dog.
Set dog on any cat that dares to stray into garden.
Job done, naturally by food-chain ranking, and if the dog catches the cat it'll save on dog-food.

I used to keep pigeons, and a local cat put its' claws across the back of my best bird while it was on the perch. So I had a pellet gun, waited for and and potted the cat in the act. The pellet wouldn't penetrate the cat, but gave it a little shock.
Said cat did not return, so I didn't have to sharpen any pellets to up the ante.