songbird6666
Registered User
Hi Katy
Thanks for your great reply, but unfortunately in this country there are no controls on cats. If a stray dog is around, sure you can call a dog warden and it can be captured and taken away, but cats can go and do exactly as they please. Another greenfinch met it's end today, a beautiful male, very yellow in colour, almost looked like a canary, just found lots of the feathers. At least the cat is eating the birds (apart from the bluetit yesterday) so presumably whoever adopted it down the road isn't giving it enough food. I hate it, but would be even more livid if it were just killing and leaving, but I am sick of picking up feathers from all over the garden. I never even see the thing now, it just lurks in someone else's garden, leaps over the fence and is gone again There are three peoples gardens which back onto mine, and two out of the three have dogs which are out in the garden most of the time. It is of course staking out in the garden of the non-dog owner. I have stapled spiky trellis along the top of my fence panels now which I am hoping may work. The birds are about 18 inches higher now if they perch on top of this and its very flexible and wobbly so if the cat attempts the jump, it may just put it off sufficiently. Fingers crossed. If not, plan B will come into action, which is moving all my feeders to another part of the garden where the cat doesn't have such easy access, but then I won't be able to see the birds feeding either. Why the hell should I though, because of a damn menace. :C
Thanks for your great reply, but unfortunately in this country there are no controls on cats. If a stray dog is around, sure you can call a dog warden and it can be captured and taken away, but cats can go and do exactly as they please. Another greenfinch met it's end today, a beautiful male, very yellow in colour, almost looked like a canary, just found lots of the feathers. At least the cat is eating the birds (apart from the bluetit yesterday) so presumably whoever adopted it down the road isn't giving it enough food. I hate it, but would be even more livid if it were just killing and leaving, but I am sick of picking up feathers from all over the garden. I never even see the thing now, it just lurks in someone else's garden, leaps over the fence and is gone again There are three peoples gardens which back onto mine, and two out of the three have dogs which are out in the garden most of the time. It is of course staking out in the garden of the non-dog owner. I have stapled spiky trellis along the top of my fence panels now which I am hoping may work. The birds are about 18 inches higher now if they perch on top of this and its very flexible and wobbly so if the cat attempts the jump, it may just put it off sufficiently. Fingers crossed. If not, plan B will come into action, which is moving all my feeders to another part of the garden where the cat doesn't have such easy access, but then I won't be able to see the birds feeding either. Why the hell should I though, because of a damn menace. :C