Simon C

Ok suggestion no2, try getting hold of those water sponges for kids. They act like water ballons and are brightly coloured ( think Toys r us sell them). Will them with water or urine, discusting I know but its the smell your after and throw them at the buggers.

Simon

^Qwerty^

It's interesting that you should mention foxes. I initially thought they would have been responsible, but I'm not aware that a fox has 6ft fence climbing abilities.

jgc

oh they do ... you would be surprised ... I have (or should I say my dog's) major run in's with foxes on a regular basis.

Burt

Paint ball gun, with red paint??

jgc

oh and if it makes you feel any better, no worries shooting the Fox, but as has already been mentioned by our fist wielding friend, it is more likely to maim than kill.

ProperCharlie

so why is it that if you run over a dog you have to stop and report it to the police, but if you run over a cat you can carry on your merry way as though nothing had happened. I am not (fully ) in favour of shooting cats, but I think there are far too many of the damn things wandering about, and I find it annoying that their "owners" have **** all responsibility for them. I wonder if any of the "owners" of the mangy runts that sh*t all over my garden would care to come around and clear it up?

jgc

If a witness saw the incident and felt that it was appropriate to report you, you could be charged for causing unnecessary suffering contrary to The Protection Of Animals Act.

ProperCharlie

steady on - I haven't done anything yet.

jgc

LOL !

Brendan Hughes

I'm with Dr Evil. Didn't I see the horse thread resurfacing recently?

Poor Guy

Just abduct it in the middle of the night.

Never to be seen again.

Just say, i promised if i killed it i'd give you your cat back so i aint done it.

****ing hate cats, shot one once for being a cocky little ****. ran into a road on got squished

ProperCharlie

quick! someone report poor guy!

-=Buzz=-

Qwerty - what about catching it, removing it's collar (if it has one) and taking it to the RSPCA and telling them it's your cat but you are moving etc., can't take it with you and want it re-homed?

That should get rid of it without hurting it.

Scooby96

"shot one once for being a cocky little ****"

bit of a pathetic reason dont you think?

ajm

The upshot of this is if a neighbours cat is causing damage to your property or killing your animals on your own land and they refuse to take responsibility to alleviate your distress then you have the choice to do something about it.

If you actually do something about it, then be prepared to accept responsibility for your actions. Simple.

p.s. "Responsibility" - cat owners, look it up!

Marky-San

I know its a little late responding.....i had a similar situation where I thought it was a neighbours cat, but then I looked at the logistics - I also have 6ft fence, no horizontal beams - a hut nearby - and no other means of escape, all the bases round the garden are sealed.

The culprit would most like be a fox for this sort of physical jump - a cat would not be able to do the jump with a prey of that size. Mind you - you never know.


Commiserations for the situation - but more for the 2 wee ones. Atleast you learn a cruel lesson.

Gordo

FFS - this is unbelievable. Let me try to clarify what's going on here.

1) QWERTY forgets to put his rabbits away in the evening (NB the cat/fox could have grabbed them during the day but we'll pass on that for now).
2) QWERTY sees a neighbour's cat looking suspicious and talks to said neighbours about it - they become confrontational and deny their cat is anything do with it (sic)
3) QWERTY is now looking to kill the cat to get his own back on the neighbours for being rude

A few points worth noting:

a) There is no proof that it was the cat. It could easily be a fox (or a neighbour's dog? our collie used to come home with neighbours' rabbits.....)
b) If you present the cat with a tempting meal, you cannot blame it for taking it (though it is odd for the cat to have taken both) - seems odd that you are now prepared to kill it. Would it be at risk of its life if the neighbours had been sympathetic?
c) It seems odd that an apparent animal lover is so keen to murder an animal
d) You would be breaking the law by killing the cat - there is no onus on cat owners (rightly or wrongly, 'tis not the debate here) to be responsible for a cat's behaviour
e) Why don't you just build a big mesh covered run for the carrot munchers - you won't have to worry about the cat then. Take your dislike of your neighbours out on them directly if you must - killing their cat is not going to solve anything

Gordo

ProperCharlie

That is a good point, gordo. killing this moggy will not be of any use - there are millions of others out there just waiting to take its place. what we need is for god fearing people all over this land to rise up and persecute the cocky little ****s, thereby ridding ourselves of this cocky menace once and for all.

now arm yourselves, citizens, and onward into battle!

Huxley

What a bunch of low life cowards pick on something you own size FFS

ProperCharlie

but huxley - in my battle strategy, one human warrior will have to take on approximately 97 of the squarehead moggy enemy. now if the average furball stormtrooper of the evil empire stands at 22cm height, 97 of them standing on each other's backs would reach a height of 21.34m, much taller than the brave soldier representing the good of all lawnmowing kind, standing at, averagely, just 1.83m in his steel toecapped boots.

so it is fair.

tiggers

Qwerty,

You f**ked up by leaving your rabbits outside overnight so now you're going to kill the neighbour's cat for ALLEGEDLY doing what comes naturally to cats and because the neighbours were a little terse with you.

Well your son is bound to grow up with a nice set of balanced morals with that sort of example for a father isn't he?

Here's hoping you come to your senses,

tiggers.

ajm

Ok.... so it is HIS fault for having rabbits in his garden then? How DARE he have pets in his garden when anyone can see it his neighbours God given right to own an antisocial animal.

Fine.

So next time any of you complain your car has been vandalised or knicked it is YOUR fault for leaving it parked on your driveway.

Shame on you.



[Edited by ajm - 9/23/2003 8:39:24 PM]

ex-webby

Content like this, is not what the community expects.

Since any such act is classed as cruelty, I am sure the RSPCA would take a very dim view to this.

Scoobynet does not and will not condone topics/postings of this nature.