sarasquares

iTrader: (1)

ive got a spruce tree in my front garden and i have hung loads of different bird foods from it. cats cant climb the tree cos the branches are too floppy.
you might think i am mad but its really nice to watch the finches and robbins taking the food to theire nests
if a cat got 'em i would be upset, but its animal nature.....and you cant do **** all about that

ajm

Yes you can.... you can avoid releasing non indigenous predators into the wild!

sarasquares

iTrader: (1)

true

logiclee

It is animal nature but nature isn't balanced when a large number of cats are introduced by humans into an area containing wildlife.
Unfortunately the wildlife doesn't stand much of a chance.
I used to have three or four pairs of birds nesting every year in my hedge. Since the three families and five cats have moved to the area I dont get any nesting birds. I tried putting up a couple of bird boxes last year but didn't get any, see if I get any luck this year.

And don't dare get me started on cats and my pond. I think that thread turned into a 12 pager.

Cheers
Lee

lukeyboy

Ill send you over a few pigeons for your bird box.

sarasquares

iTrader: (1)

i used to have a pond until the fookin heron got in on the action

i have ivy growing up my house and i have a robins nest in it......the cats cant get them there

lukeyboy

Do you get any **** in the ivy?

sarasquares

iTrader: (1)

a couple of fledglings why

logiclee

Too much like hard work to actually keep pigeons.

Don't really see any wild ones round here.

I would hate to live where birds are a problem, once stopped in Padstow and the gulls were a nightmare.

Sparrows, finches, robins and **** are fine though.

Cheers
Lee

lukeyboy

I hate pigeons, every day without fail i have a couple splattered on the roof. Its only the one pigeon that hangs around for some reason.

***scoobybabe***

peg em on the washing line and use them for target practise

***scoobybabe***

dont get me wrong, i love cats. got 2 myself.

lukeyboy

Are they still alive?

***scoobybabe***

dunno, havent seen them for a few hours..be back when their hungry tho.

lukeyboy

They wont be if thet have had a munch on somebodys bird table.

sarasquares

iTrader: (1)

shouldnt we start up a birds fred

Barmyclown

We got a cat, and loads of wildlife, birds all over the place, The only thing she has managed to catch so far are a couple small mice. She is completely hopeless on the hunting stakes. But the good news is if we leave paired socks downstair at night we find them outside the bedroom door in the morning.


And she also poos in her own garden, but only during daylight hours we think.

rgv_stu

well id rather see a load of birds around than some lazy gits pet cat. get a dog its a proper pet, it dont just wander off to **** in someone elses garden. cats are a pest and are a major problem with the songbird population.


btw i had great fun digging the garden last week as i was chucking all the worms out for the robin, it's obviously nesting close by as it was taking all the worms away

sarasquares

iTrader: (1)

ahhhhhhhhh thats sweet

ajm

Ah yes... the "not my little Tiddles" syndrome! Does she re-plant herbacious borders, return orphaned chicks to their nests and polish her foot marks off cars too?

sarasquares

iTrader: (1)

they make good pencil sharpeners apparently

STi-Frenchie

Update, for those not participating in the "Wildlife on One" parts of the thread

Having put down the pine chippings, I checked last night and again this morning and whilst it's still early days, things appear to be improving. I didn't see any evidence of activity in the last 24 hours. It has been drizzling very lightly (storms forecast for later) which is a factor I guess, but as one border of the garden with trees is open to invitation to our feline friends (i.e. bare soil under the trees, no pine chippings laid down yet) I'm pleasantly surprised to see that it remains clear of debris. I know the cats are around somewhere as I spotted one of them -- one of the downstairs neighbours' ones -- last night so I'm keeping my fingers crossed a solution might be in sight. Early days though.

sarasquares

iTrader: (1)

the cats prolly constipted and will do a mahoosive one on your doorstep soon

comic cuts

Tumblemoss for moss problems, tumbleweed for weed problems, Tumblepuss for cat problems.

I once asked for something to get rid (permanently!) of cats in a garden centre in York and the assistant was so infuriated she fetched the manager!!!

Alas

I asked in a garden centre as well and the old guy said "Shotgun" without cracking a smile

STi-Frenchie

Well, with the weather absolutely CHUCKING it down, storm warnings issued for late afternoon and the evening, it would be a brave cat to attempt a dump in those sort of conditions

rgv_stu

a shotgun might be a little loud to use in most gardens

STi-Frenchie

For those of you who have a similar problem to the one I have had the answer to your problem is mothballs.

I put 4 packets of them down two weeks ago and whilst the place smelled a bit iffy for a day or so not one cat crap has been found. Just before I put them down (the mothballs not the cats) I noticed that around the edges of the pine chips under the trees where it wasn't quite covered and there was still a bit of earth where they had crapped and scratched. Since the '***** went down (they have since melted away) it has been a total success.

Last weekend my missus decided to put in a few seeds so she cleared a bit of earth and planted them. A day or two later, the cat(s) had crapped in her little flower patch so one packet of mothballs later and no more cat activity whilst the seeds are now starting to sprout (if that's the right term).

Go forth and mothball our feline friends they will get the message and move on to pastures new.

ajm

Glad it worked BUT...

http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthrea...ne#post4577019

STi-Frenchie

Thankfully the chances of mothballs (or the napthlene therein) getting in our water system are extremely slim -- if not entirely non-existent -- in this case. Result.