Anti-vandal paint to deter cats?

Odd how whenever someone complains about cats in these UK groups, all the cat-haters seem to come out (with serious suggestions on exactly how to kill a neighbour's cats.)

But when someone complains about dogs (which s*it on public pavements, or drive people crazy with incessant barking, when they aren't about to rip some child's face to shreds), then they're 'just being boisterous'! Or we're told to 'live with it'!

In message , SS writes

I have some bird feeders etc. Unfortunately, a new cat arrived in the neighbourhood, and soon realised it could lie in 'pole position' under some nearby bushes, ready to pounce.

To deter it, I rigged up a hosepipe to spray water where the cat lay. I connected to a tap which I could turn suddenly on without the cat first seeing me.

It sort-of worked a couple of times, but the cat was more puzzled than startled. The third time I did it, I found the cat sitting beside the nozzle of the spray, quietly enjoying a nice, long, cool drink.

I scatter untreated [1] chicken s**t pellets around the plants that I don't want cats [2] to visit, and give the pellets a good soaking with the hose pipe, and this keeps the moggies away for quite some time - the area stinks like hell for a few days though.

The added advantage as well, is the stuff is also a damn good (and cheap) fertiliser.

Cash

Cats stalking wild birds! What is the world coming to? Get a life mate

On 2011-03-13, Nightjar

In message , harry wrote

But not if the owner takes some responsibility for their pet and restricts their roaming to their own property. This is common in some parts of the world where any roaming cat in an urban environment is likely to be shot. Their owners either fence in their own gardens or use shock collars to condition the cat not to venture beyond the confines of the buried wire loop.

Not in my part of the world. My neighbour gave me the usual cat person's response when I very casually and politely mentioned

"Ha, that's the way it is Steve" he laughed. Summer is coming and I like my garden. Not that I am any good at it. We will see "the way it is" when he has two dead cats.

Responsible dog owners pick up their dog's s*it. It is an offence to allow a dog to s*it in a public area. Cat owners could not care less where their cats s*it. Cats s*it where they like, this is not an offence. Responsible dog owners do not allow their dog to bark outside. It is very rare for a dog to attack a brat.

In message , BartC wrote

Irresponsible dog owners are just as bad as irresponsible cat owners. I dispute that the majority of people would condone the actions of those who keep dangerous breeds of dogs and/or don't clear up after their pets .

I have yet to see a cat owner with a sensible suggestion (at minimal cost to others) about the problems cats cause in many urban areas.

The attitude of many cat owners is to throw it out of the house to s*it in other peoples gardens and say F*** *** if anyone disagrees with this anti-social behaviour because in law nothing can be done about it. In the absence of any humane or legal course of action only the illegal means of permanently deterring cats from a property will be considered by those on the receiving end of the problem. The use of ant-freeze seems to be well documented on the web as a cheap and effective method of deterring cats.

And the relevance to a uk newsgroup is?

It's the neighbour's kids that are the problem in most places not the cats and dogs.

There will be a bear will be shittting in the woods next.

Where will it end?

Popes on ropes?

Ethylene glycol antifreeze causes kidney failure, amongst other things.

Suggest you try downing a pint of it first so you feel the effects for yourself.

Tim

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Mark saying something like:

Here's the trick. Do it to one of mine and avoid getting your head seriously kicked in.

Eh? It's not as if I'm in favour of using it to poison cats - we've got two of our own. We also have a litter tray which at least one of them uses. Though at 23 that's more likely 'cos she's too idle to go outside than any feline fastidiousness.

The antifreeze was someone else's idea - I just answered the question about what it did.

Sorry, wasn't aimed at you but at the idiots who advocate poisoning pets as a solution.

Tim