Sorry you are probably right

I had opened it with the intention of trying to help people out as I have experience of dealing with the problem.

However your right I may have to re adjust my expectations.

 

Then hats off to you.

You must be the one in a million who would also own up to denting someone's car in a car park.

I suggest you are in a very, very small minority of cat owners who turn a blind eye (no reverse pun) to the problems and distress their pets cause to millions of people, through the killing of small mammals, damage to gardens, damage to property and spread of heath risks.

But as I said, you are different and credit where it's due.

And before anyone says anything about dogs and dog owners - this is a thread about cats.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by gaddafi

 

Our neighbour has 3 cats that are a pain in the arse , constantly crapping in our flower beds next to the front door , smells nice , and climbing on the cars .

I intend to buy an ultrasonic device , but for now I have constantly squirted and chased them with water , they freeze if they walk around the corner and see me now.

I will also try the TeeTree oil , anything is worth a go as i am sick of the things , although couldnt bring myself to actually harm them , but I also suspect that most of the people joking about such things couldnt actually do it either .

 

How do the ultrasonic devices work and how much do they cost?

What sort of coverage do they provide?

Do they also affect dogs and creatures like bats?

If they are as good as they sound, maybe everyone should have one. I would.

 

We have a neighbour who leaves her cat outside all the time. Come rain or snow the poor thing practically lives outside. In my opinion that is the action of a cruel owner. I've said this to them on many an occasion (and people wonder why we don't get on )

We have three cats who are not allowed out of the garden. They get the space to roam without being a nuisance to other peoples property or animals.

Before anyone says we're cruel to keep cats inside, for the first year we had them they could ave used the large cat flap in the front door, they didn't so now use it as a window.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by gaddafi

 

my mother used to have a problem with a tom cat that kept coming into the house through the cat flap and spraying everywhere. Couldn't find out who the cat belonged to so my mother managed to catch the cat, took it to the local cat rescue centre (where her cats had come from) and the friendly vet neutered it for her. she then brought it home and set it loose again. problem solved.

i thought it was quite a responsible solution.

 

We have a cat and it's sort of grown on me, until we got one I used to hate the things.

Anyway our cat used to be "top cat" in the area until we had him done (the fat bastard) and it used to be a right pain in the arse, fighting and generally being noisy 24 hours a day, when it wasn't sleeping on my cloths leaving hair all over it was stuffing its fat face.

Others cats used to come round to our house looking for a piece of the action and one day this hairy ginger thing jumped in through the window and pissed all over the curtains. It really smelled and I mean really bad, tried washing the curtains but it was no use the things were only fit for the bin, plus we had to paint the entire window sill to get rid of the smell. I was up for chopping its head off with the bread knife, but the wife wouldn't like that and I don't think I'd be able to catch the little fcuker.

So we decided if it came back we'd take it to the vets and get it "done" and then return it to normal life minus its cobblers, but it never came back and I have never seen it since. Maybe it pissed on one to many people

 

just wondering how you keep a cat in a garden?...it must be built like colditz