Topic: Opinions on cats

[Merry Tiller]

I suppose you could use it to launch the poo back to where it came from :-[

[ruudbarb]

I'd rather leave it in it's original package to avoid offending the neighbours should I miss the target.... ???

[Merlins Mum]

From the RSPB website
"Despite the large numbers of birds killed, there is no scientific evidence that predation by cats in gardens is having any impact on bird populations UK wide. This may be surprising, but many millions of birds die naturally every year, mainly through starvation, disease, or other forms of predation. There is evidence that cats tend to take weak or sickly birds. We also know that of the millions of baby birds hatched each year, most will die before they reach breeding age. This is also quite natural, and each pair needs only to rear two young that survive to breeding age to replace themselves and maintain the population. It is likely that most of the birds killed by cats would have died anyway from other causes before the next breeding season, so cats are unlikely to have a major impact on populations. If their predation was additional to these other causes of mortality, this might have a serious impact on bird populations."
http://www.rspb.org.uk/gardens/advice/cats/copy_of_index.asp
to read more
MM

[William O]

How about a small trebuchet then MT, so the little furry blighters can be air-lifted back to where they came from.......?  ;D ;D ;D

Or you could load the catapult / trebuchet with snails.... making the best of both worlds and dealing with two pests at once. The more advanced marksmen can have a go shooting slugs at squirrels and the real top guns can try shooting squirrels at cats.....

Now what to do about noisy neighbours.... ;D

[Robert_Brenchley]

Fire cats at them.

[kitty]

i'd rather have a thousand cats for one b****y human anyday. :(

[Merlins Mum]

my sentiments entirely kitty.  let me think now, what is the biggest pest?  one thing's for sure it doesn't have 4 legs!

MM

[redimp]

Hi Kitty - long time no see.  Hope you are alright.

Just have to say that I am not a cat lover - more of a dog bloke, but we have three of them, and the last two are mine.  I am a big sucker for an animal that needs a home. 

Anyway here are two photos of the latest acquisition Danu -

and one of her getting comfy.

Unfortunately cat number 2, Juno (also mine) does not like her.  Cat number 1, old bloke Nelsom, tolerates her and the dog (Alfie) adores her.

[Merlins Mum]

oh redclanger, she's a little darling. 
MM

[redimp]

She's a little minx  ;D

[Merlins Mum]

that's cos she's a p u s s y cat.  bet you hadn't guessed I'm very much a cat person like our kitty  :)
I'm going to be meeting her brood in a little while.  It'll be great.

[growmore]

Cats are good for grapevines..Jim

[ruudbarb]

Cats are good for grapevines..Jim

Under them Jim?   >:( >:( >:(

[kitty]

wotcha clanger!
yes-long time no post.....


ooooooh!
a mini betty shop cat!gorgeous!
dont get me wrong-'kitty by name kitty by nature'- but i like dawgs too!
owt furry 's okay by me.....
i shall now remove the keys from mm's back and mine to prevent us being wound up by c.hopper esq,ahem ::)

[DolphinGarden]

Couldn't eat a whole one.

going by previous comments I am complete b'stard.

Encourage dog to chase cats (for the exercise) cats run deceptively quickly, can jump up and over gates and walls and fences, can take care of themselves when confronted (doggy has marks on nose to prove it). Make great attempts to distract doggy from noticing aging puttycats when out, don't pick up my dog's do do, have walked in dog do do,

When our dog lived with my father, dog was trained via force of habit to do his do on grass, so as we live by a canal with a big grassy verge I endeavor to get her to do her do do there.  On occasion goes in a garden and I scoot off down the road, guiltily. Have on occasion come across dog do do in my own garden, horrible.

Horse/cow/sheep etc herbivores, dogs and cats carnivores etc etc. Otherwise would compost it. When a young boy, was sent out by mother to street to scoop up horse dung when rag and bone man/coal man went by!! (is there an emoticon for pure unadulterated embarrassment?) [when I'm out cycling around the place and come across horse dung, the first instantaneous thought in my head is "could I sneak back later under cover of darkness to get that?"]

What else, in 7 years have never ever ever seen evidence of rats near the house till about two weeks ago found one dead in the garden. Disgusting. But a case for the defence in my efforts to get the wife NOT have the dog sleep in or on the bed!!! An adjacent new neighbour keeps pigeons, my mother reckons it's bringing rats in...

There are lots of cats around, and have dog proofed my hedge lined garden as much as possible. They don't come in as much now, though am sure they do as in the season I don't cut the grass, there's a path worn along the hedge where they come in!!!  And when it snows you can see their footiprints...

So, dogs chase cats, cats chase birds, yada yada yada.
In my defence, I did rescue a kitten from our dog a couple of weeks ago...
Cats are very fleet of foot and always get away squeezing through gaps the mutt can't fit through..

What's the phrase? A dog will live with you, a cat tolerates you...

Ciaran

[ruudbarb]

wotcha clanger!
yes-long time no post.....



i shall now remove the keys from mm's back and mine to prevent us being wound up by c.hopper esq,ahem ::)

Don't some people take all the fun out of life....... ::) ::) ::)

[redimp]

wotcha clanger!
yes-long time no post.....


ooooooh!
a mini betty shop cat!gorgeous!
dont get me wrong-'kitty by name kitty by nature'- but i like dawgs too!
owt furry 's okay by me.....
i shall now remove the keys from mm's back and mine to prevent us being wound up by c.hopper esq,ahem ::)

Hi - I've become a God in your absence  ;D

[Merry Tiller]

Anyone who fails to pick up their dogs c r a p and gets caught should be forced to eat it.
Cats on the other hand should just do it where they want 8)

[Gardenantics]

I LOST THE SIGHT IN ONE EYE AS A CHILD BECAUSE OF SOME BAS*ARD CAT OR DOG, SO I THINK THEY ARE A WASTE OF SPACE, AND THE ONLY GOOD PLACE IN THE GARDEN FOR THEM IS UNDER A ROSE BUSH. PLANT LILLIES, THEY ARE SOMETIMES FATAL TO CATS.

[ruudbarb]

Anyone who fails to pick up their dogs c r a p and gets caught should be forced to eat it.
Cats on the other hand should just do it where they want 8)

What do you mean 'should' ? - The bu**ers do that anyway.  Any cat that fouls outside it's owner's premises should be marinated and fed to homeless dogs..................  ;D ;D ;D