readingstockport
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Les Biehn said:Hero.
Nope, too sodding lazy to do any gardening actually . whilst I enjoy wildlife and would keep an area wild anyway the reason it's so wild is I can't get around to tidying it.
Les Biehn said:Hero.
readingstockport said:Whatever else you may think that last paragraph is simply crap. The main reason there are not many birds around anymore is because of the state that people now keep their gardens in, all nicely trimmed lawns, decking and no wild areas any more. Add to that our caring 'guardians' of the countryside who will grubb any hedgerow given a quarter of a chance let alone half of one and you'll be closer to the truth. Young sparrows and the like are starving because there are no more grubs for them to be fed on and they cannot survive on seeds, unlike adult birds.
I have several cats and there is never a day passes in my garden that I don't have one or all of the following ...
Sparrowhawk, sparrows, robins, blackbirds, tits, starlings, kestrels, the occasional heron and even, rarely, red kites overhead.
Never once have any of the cats I have managed to disturb a bird, let alone kill one. I keep an area of my garden overgrown and the wildlife thrives. And I live in Reading midway between the town centre and the mad stad in a built up area.
Edit to add - I hope the **** drops a bar of soap in the shower and once he's been taken he's left to die in his own vomit.
Commander said:So how do you stop your cats killing birds then? Come on, tell us.
Commander said:So how do you stop your cats killing birds then? Come on, tell us.
readingstockport said:One of the most efficient ways of stopping cats killing birds is actually to encourage birds into your garden by feeding them. If you get and maintain a good population of birds then they act as their own early warning system and the cats rarely if ever get close enough to them to catch them. Add in things l,ike hawthorn trees/bushes for the birds to nest in and generally they're safe.
edit to add.
I regularly have upwards of 20 sparrows in my garden, I've more than once counted over 30, as well as upwards of 30 starlings. Add in the hedgehogs, newts, frogs and toads as well as slow-worms and occasional fox and it's not hard to look after wildlife.
ChapmansThe Saviour said:There's difference between a bird getting caught by a cat and a person taunting his dog with a cat and then letting it kill the cat FFS.
Barrel of Fun said:20 year ban? He should be banned for life. Not only is it deeply cruel to the cat (obviously), dogs can be very volatile creatures and he has given this one a taste for blood and violence.
ChapmansThe Saviour said:There's difference between a bird getting caught by a cat and a person taunting his dog with a cat and then letting it kill the cat FFS.
Les Biehn said:Did you know that cat wailing you can sometimes hear at night isn't usually cats fighting, its actually them doing the sex. The male cat has barbs in his cock which enable him to lock into the female thus resulting in much screaming especially as his member is removed.
Or so I have been told.
Commander said:Yes. I did know that, but didn't need reminding.