Pecking order.....

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The local crow only has to caw and all the feeding birds scatter, is this part of the pecking order?

Also the sparrow's won't eat when the starlings are nearby, they don't fight they just keep their distance. Has anyone studied this?

Lastly, I've heard that smaller birds like their fat and seed rubbed on trees, does this work?



Teresa


:cat: :cat: :cat: :cat: :cat: :cat: Ugggggg, they're everywhere!!!!

[Andrew]

:cat: aim, BANG! :t:

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Tempting Andrew, very tempting.....

[Andrew]

When we see one we run out with a jug of water, only get them about twice out of every ten attempts but worth it. They hate water. I have resorted to hissing at them, I read somewhere it makes them think there's a dominant tomcat about.

[T0ny]

How about one of those pump-action water-squirters ? If the cat is a light colour, and you have some kind of dye in the water, you can help it return home with the mark of Zorro emblazoned on its furry flank. And, of course, should you have one that turns its back on you and raises its tail - instant Baboon.

Tony

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I never thought of that TOny, my boys have one each sitting next to the back door mmmmmm......wet, cold cats.....should work

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Teresa

[Andrew]

I think I'll learn this paintballing lark!

[Booga]

My dog makes sure none of the local cats enter the back garden anymore. Before we got him they would even come into the house through the upstairs windows! I'll never forget the time I was sitting in my study working on the computer when this huge tomcat jumped in through the roof window. Needless to say he was out of the house very sharpish.

I like the waterblaster idea though, tonyk. I invested in 3 of them last summer, they even have laser sights! LMAO@babboon!

Take care

Boogs

[Andrew]

Booga, Strap em all together and the lasers combined might burn em! If they do don't shoot any water to cool em down!

[T0ny]

Warning !!! Not for cat-lovers or the faint of heart :

http://www.mgdot.freeservers.com/cartoons/cats/pages/catcarrier.htm

I merely supply the information, I neither condemn or condone its use.

Tony

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Oh TOny, what a painful looking contraption.

Teresa

[KCFoggin]

I've got a neighbor who installed motion activated sprinklers. You have got to see the cats leap into the air when the sprinklers come on. It is hilarious. No cat gets hurt but it gets the point across except for this one very sturbborn tom cat...... Hissing does work though. I have used that and they turn tail and run the other way.

[T0ny]

I've got a hunter's duck call that worries them - they don't like the idea of a six-foot tall duck. ALso very useful for clearing a way in crowded shopping precincts. I originally bought it after being told I had no audible warning of approach on my bicycle.

Tony

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KC

I like the motion activated sprinklers, handy for a busy person, the kids would love it in the summer too!



Teresa

[T0ny]

Originally posted by TonyK
I think all cats should be made of chocolate. It would make them total irresistible and completely useless at catching birds.


Now please be reasonable, guys - chocolate cats indeed ! What we really need is chocolate chickens, for year-round Easter Eggs.

Tony

[jayhunter]

Hi,
I to am plagued with moggies on both sides have been tempted to go to Chester Zoo for a bag of Tiger's Poo, that is supposed to warn them off!!

[MikePearson]

The super soaker idea is ok but you need to add sugar and chilli vinegar. Can you imagine how much fun they have cleaning that lot off? Mmmmmmmm, thats just made me think of a chinese take away dish.
:'D

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Hello jayhunter,

I have heard that Tiger's Poo is very effective too, who sells it? Can you actually get it from Chester Zoo? They could sell it to subsidize the place, or do they already.



Hey TOny love the chocolate chickens idea, not only would the eggs be great but I would get my middle child to eat chicken...he loves animals and wants to be a veggi but chocolate is his favorite snack.


Hello MikePearson,
Why do we need to add sugar and chilli vinegar? Cooking for me is a challenge, and I need my cookbooks to bumble along with it but I don't remember seeing Chilli Vinegar in any of my books and I have Ken Hom's cookbook, yummy stuff, makes cooking interesting.

[MikePearson]

Hi Teresa

I used to have a super soaker (high powered water pistol). Detering our feline friends with plain water isn't always effective. Cats hate to have sticky icky fur so will groom to get rid of it (thats the sugar). So imagine how tricky it is for them when the chilli hits the taste buds!

The chinese reference: sweet and sour felix.

Now I have a garden again, I will have to get a new super soaker
as I have noticed that there are a couple of moggies around though they haven't been in the garden yet

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Mike Pearson

Cheers for the explaination , I will remember this one if the moggies overstep their mark, there is one particular cat who will probably get that treatment, a female cat who lives next door but one and thinks everyone's garden is her territory, I constantly shoo her away, so far she gets the message, but it is always good to have a backup plan.

Our next door neighbour has a cat too but they also have a dog and it seems the dog rules the roost and the cat knows it's place, which means it stays out of the back gardens! Now if only all moggies were so sensible.....

[Booga]

The whole poo thing reminds when I used to work on a very large Tree nursery. One year to fertilize a newly cleared field we had several lorry loads of mixed manure from Marwell Zoo. It was about 2 weeks before it was spread and spaded in so we had these mountains of poo steaming away all the time.

As well as lion & tiger there was giraffe, monkey, antelope all sorts. But I have to say I never saw a cat in that field!!

Booga

BTW you can actually buy a manure from garden centres called 'Zoo Poo', might work.

[mkdon]

I use the super soaker squirtgun. I am not a hunter, but when I have that squirter in my hand and a cat in my sights (or sometimes a squirrel) a change comes over me. My footsteps become as silent as a foggy morning. I feel my blood pressure rising and I become prehistoric man. The best is when a feline is sitting on my deck and I open a house window and blast (squirt) the invader is one lightning-like motion. I then retreat to my territory, smug and satisfied. I am not sure what my neighbors must think. They may not see me in the same way that I see myself. Happy Hunting! May the squirt be with you.

[steve_nova]

My dad has used a pea shooter. Before you laugh, not those pathetic plastic things you buy from a toy shop. His is about four feet long, made of steel and perfect for firing whole peppercorns.

The power you can get from it is something to behold. He never aims for the head region, but usually hits them on the flank. They leap about ten feet and run like the wind.

They have no idea where it has come from. They just know that this horrible stinging thing lives there so they tend to keep away!