VANITY: I HATE FREE Roaming CATS

SandRat

[SandRat]

I've used commercial cat repellent, cayenne pepper, and now just put out an electronic device that's supposed to detect motion and emit an ultrasonic sound to repel them.

I'm furious, I spend 2 wasted hours every Saturday to just clean up the cat scat in my front yard.

Any suggestions out in Freeperland for chasing away the cats without hurting them that I haven't already thought of.

[Irenic]

I think with feral animals of any type, it’s more than just a lawn—it’s a health hazard.

Round worm can blind humans, cause brain damage, thrash the lungs, even kill and it’s passed through feces.

There are many diseases that can be passed to your pet, too.

It is RESPONSIBLE to catch these animals and move them away from people or take them to a no-kill shelter.

If it’s a known animal that is vaccinated and a nuisance, talk to your neighbor and if that doesn’t work—just get a water gun.

It is NOT cruel to protect your family and pets from feral animals in a humane way.

It is CRUEL if you don’t, it’s derelict.
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http://www.news4jax.com/health/19607613/detail.html

http://pets.webmd.com/cats/worms-cats-infection-intestinal-parasites?ecd=ppc_yahoo_catroundworms_HealthyCats_HealthyCats-Worms_search&OVRAW=do%20dogs%20and%20cats%20carry%20roundworms&OVKEY=cat%20roundworms&OVMTC=advanced&OVADID=51693623512&OVKWID=333263282012&OVCAMPGID=8078209012&OVADGRPID=16346228400&OVNDID=ND1

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2009/05/03/2009-05-03_raccoon_disease_hits_brooklyn_teen__tot.html

[aruanan]

That’s what happens with irresponsible ignorant people don’t get their pets fixed. You can’t blame the cat....shoot the people who let it happen.

A "fixed" cat will be just a big a predator and a pest as an unfixed one.

[SandRat]

You got that right.

[aruanan]

A "fixed" cat will be just a big a predator and a pest as an unfixed one.

A "fixed" cat will be just as big a predator and a pest as an unfixed one.

[SandRat]

I never understood cat people until I read this article - explains it all.

That could explain Progressive Democrats. LOL

[anonsquared]

There appears to be a lot of cat owners among ‘em!

[Eye of Unk]

get some cheap outdoor small speakers, set them up around the property, make or find snake hissing sounds, play it on a low continuous recording.

I have cats and over the years I have found any type of sudden hissing noise sends them running like you would not believe.

Or get some small tubing, heck even a cheap garden hose, prick small holes almost but not quite as much as a soaker hose, hook up to an air supply with an electric dump valve, have it send a high pressure burst every 20-30 minutes.

[mupcat]

Two hours a week for stray cats pooping in your yard? Yikes, I've never heard of such a thing! I don’t think I've ever lived anywhere where I came across stray cat feces of note

Agree! In fact I've never known one who doesn't cover his feces. Interesting if true.

[SandRat]

You’re welcome to come coleedt the crap for me.

[SandRat]

You’re welcome to come collect the crap for me.

[goat granny]

Caught a lot of coon on the farm and also got one where I live now....Coons love raspberry jelly or jam....a neighbor on the farm taught me how to set up the trap for coon cause they get real smart and learn to reach over the trip lever and take the dish of jam out without a problem...I used a empty margarine container and you have to put 2 holes in the bottom and tie it to the trap as far back as it will go....the coon will try to lift the container, cannot and will trip the trap lever. But you need the right size live trap...The one I used cost about 40-45 dollars...

I use to let ground hogs go till I told my neighbor. He was having problems with ground hogs undermining his barn walls with their burrowing...When I caught a g. hog, I use to call him and he would dispatch it...I had no animosity against ground hogs, he did... Baby possum I'd put in the car and drive at least 10 miles away and let them go...

Adult possum would raid my geese nest of eggs...farm living was sure fun...along with a flock of Angoras a cow we ended up eating and a ewe...hoof trimming, delousing, worming and shearing, then separating up to 500 pounds of mohair by quality....twice a year...fun, fun, fun, loved it..people like fawn probably believe there food is grown in styrene packages and all vegetables grow in cans....

[South40]

Get an urban coyote.

Plenty of coyotes around here already so I'm sure they get they're share. Owls take them too. I've never seen it happen but I've heard it when it does.

[mupcat]

That picture is horrible. Makes me sad anyone thinks that is funny.

Agree totally, and the one following in the next reply isn't any better.

[mickey finn]

I think we used peanut butter, but I think anything will work. We released them. I don't know what we would have done if we wanted to dispatch them without them letting loose.

[goat granny]

Depending on the size of the area you want to protect, an electric wire is probably the easiest to use...with the bottom wire about 4 inches off the gound and a second wire about 4 inches above that...the cats will not return once they nose the wire...I grabbed ours on the farm by accident, only did it once...dogs are fine but you have to let them run loose to get rid of cats...live traps work well with the right bait and if your not in the city a bb gun also works...

Any animal running loose can carry rabies...good to get rid of them by any way possible...

[Irenic]

Agree! In fact I’ve never known one who doesn’t cover his feces. Interesting if true.
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Years ago I had the most beautiful, smart cat.

She would play hide-and-seek, would open the cabinet and get the lid off those cat treats—the ones in a paper can type deal and chow down!

She also made this crazy clicking sound when she saw a moth.

I married and one evening I was laying in bed with the hubby and she jumped up at my feet, looked as if she was crouching to run up and pounce me—she pooped right there in between my legs, on the covers!

Happened more than once and she had never missed her liter box before this, I figured she HATED me being married.

Jealous! ha!

[txhurl]

Well, you’re about 40 posts ahead in the FRinternecine war of ‘10.

Never thought I’d see another one of these.

[HiTech RedNeck]

A dog?

Old fashioned spring mouse traps?

Citrus scented air freshener?

[South40]

I used a piece of chicken and hang it by a string from the top of the trap. I do that to keep the ants off of it. The coons were smart enough to get on top of the trap and pull the string up until they got the chicken. I then used tuna leaving it in the open can placing the can in a bowl of water inside the trap. That solves the ant problem but the coons trip the trap door by reaching in and grabbing a handful of tune instead of entering the trap. Coons are smart, I’ve yet to catch one.

I have many birds; they’re expensive pets that I’ve had for decades. They cannot protect themselves from predators that responsibility is on me. So if I have to catch feral cats and release them elsewhere to accomplish that goal I will. If that makes me heartless or an sob in the minds of some so be it

[HiTech RedNeck]

Don’t hook a wire to 120 or 240 volts; use an electric fence charger if you go that route. The former could prove lethal to a human.