WTF: Indoor/Outdoor Cats
- Thread starter Lerxst
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DinoMikeSr
I have the box
Take a photo or photos that are date stamped of the cat crapping in your yard damaging your property and or killing wildlife on your property. If you can video it crapping on your property even better. Contact the animal control and report that you have a nuisance animal that the owner is failing to control. Note that you have complained to the owner and advise them of the answer, note the date of the events.
DinoMikeSr
I have the box
Dudeman1967
blah, blah, blah...
Cats deserve a spot on earth just like we do. More so actually. They do less damage to the ecology that a bunch of little humans roaming the Earth do. As long as "cat shooter" is ok with me shooting their little two-legged shit-gibbons who trample my property on the way to the creek or destroy by bushes when the come to my property to sled in the snow.
Cat's always go the the one they notice likes them the least. My Rambo (RIP) would spend the first 10 minutes of every gathering climbing on the cat haters. He would bring his toy for them to throw. He would fetch and win over every cat hater in the room.
You need to start welcoming the cats to your yard, then they will lose interest.
Cat's always go the the one they notice likes them the least. My Rambo (RIP) would spend the first 10 minutes of every gathering climbing on the cat haters. He would bring his toy for them to throw. He would fetch and win over every cat hater in the room.
You need to start welcoming the cats to your yard, then they will lose interest.
DinoMikeSr
I have the box
DinoMikeSr
I have the box
Oh, I thought you were a gardener.
Lerxst
spaghetti and blankets
That sounds like a great use of my time.
Awesome how all these solutions are more & more burden on my part to deal with lack of responsibility on the owners part...but I guess, that's life.
DinoMikeSr
I have the box
Then work backwards. Call animal control and tell them your situation and see what has to happen for them to come out and set one of their traps.
Lerxst
spaghetti and blankets
Get one of these for your yard. I guarantee you will never have to worry about cats (or dogs) crapping in your yard again:
Between me WFH and the coyotes that have been spotted around the neighborhood the cats have been scarce recently.
335clone
Living the dream
Game camera set up in your yard makes it less of a pain.
And another idea is to dig a small hole in the ground around 6" deep and maybe 18x18. Pour some dry kitty litter in it and slightly mix it in with the dirt, leaving most of the litter exposed. The cats cant resist it, and will shit in the hole. Fill it in after a week, and dig another one closer to your property line. Repeat until it is on the other side of your property line. Done deal, you trained a cat.
Me, I just spray them with 10/90 Patchouli and water in a good sprayer. I have a few old water fire extinguishers for this purpose. They shoot a good solid stream about 50 feet. Spray the fuckers with it. They may come back, but at least you know you will be pissing off their owners. My wife calls it 'Hippie Mace'
Dudeman1967
blah, blah, blah...
Billion dollar idea for free. I can’t be bothered to follow through.
Semi-autonomous robot vehicle. A 4X4 Rumba of sorts with paintball or airsoft machine gun.
it patrols the area with multiple sensors and cameras. If it senses movement it investigates and notifies the owner by phone.. It would use photo recognition to stop false alarms. I imagine just the motion toward any animal would scare it off. I only added weaponry for fun or a good excuse to shoot my brother when comes to visit.
add it to the top of an electric lawn mower and kill two birds with...well,
nevermind.
Semi-autonomous robot vehicle. A 4X4 Rumba of sorts with paintball or airsoft machine gun.
it patrols the area with multiple sensors and cameras. If it senses movement it investigates and notifies the owner by phone.. It would use photo recognition to stop false alarms. I imagine just the motion toward any animal would scare it off. I only added weaponry for fun or a good excuse to shoot my brother when comes to visit.
add it to the top of an electric lawn mower and kill two birds with...well,
nevermind.
Theodore
I gotta move
robot that scoops up cat shit from litter box and distributes it around neighbors' lawns.
Dudeman1967
blah, blah, blah...
I like your thought process but I think a trebuchet would be better in this situation.
DdBob
Dogue in teh desert
Cats should be leashed when outside of home property. they should not be allowed to roam free. I also don't understand why if you love your cat that you would let it roam.There are cars, wild animals, mean kids, psycho people and dickish birds and grumpy alley cats. If I had a cat I would keep it indoors or on a leash outside...
Dudeman1967
blah, blah, blah...
You should try to understand how keeping some cats inside would be a fate worse than being shot by a psycho or carried off by a barn owl.
DdBob
Dogue in teh desert
then they have no business being a domesticated 'pet"...plain and simple. let them go live in the wild and let nature take it's course...including the 12 year old with a new pellet gun and a bad attitude. or let ferrel dogs run free because for some of them being in a backyard or kennel is a bad fate too.
Cats have been kept as pets or had a relationship with humans for centuries but not quite as long as dogs yet for some reason there is a double standard...
smorgdonkey
Kick Henry Jackassowski
I love cats. They shouldn't be outside though. Cars, horrible people, poisoned rodents, other animals, etc. There are just too many bad things.
What you need to get is a scarecrow sprinkler.
I had a gravel planter box about 3 feet by 15 feet in my back yard when I first moved in to my place. The first spring, I was in my yard getting it ready to enjoy and the smell of cat sh!t was brutal. I couldn't figure it out because I didn't think they'd go in gravel (sand, yes) but they certainly did. I got a scarecrow sprinkler and set it up with the trigger facing the target area. It works wonderfully! Kitty comes along and is ready to walk into the area where he/she wants to lay one down and BAM!! Water comes on automatically scaring the feline into light speed escape mode. It only takes a couple of weeks to get them to realize that the area is off limits.
I never used it again after those 2 weeks.