F'ing cat

[brewingmeister]

Why should he have to buy products to keep someone else's animal from messing up his property? Call the county, city or whoever and have them bag the varmit or at least let the owner know they have to control their animals.

 

[b33rmug]

my 190# mastiff gets them out of the yard quick. When he's barking at the sliding door, you just egg him on for a second then let him charge out. Watching the cat try to jump the privacy fence is amusing.

 

[SharonaZamboni]

The thing is that there's no leash law for cats. I also have a couple of cats hanging around. One of them pees on my chair that's in my breezeway. I saw them one day, but scared them off when HWMC went to get his pellet gun. Good thing because right after that, a couple of cats about a mile away were found to have been pelletted, and it was all over the TV news, with rewards and such, promising prosecution for animal cruelty.
BTW, they had pics of one cat, and it looked nothing like our visitors.

 

[Homercidal]

You know cats are food too...

 

[IXVolt]

when HWMC went to get his pellet gun.

HWMC = Him Who Must Comply?


lol

 

[HawksBrewer]

He Who Must Control :rockin:

 

[HawksBrewer]

Oh, and it's a cat. I hate cats. Seems like most people I know do. I have a complete hatred for them b/c my SWMBO has asthma and a horrific allergy to cats. Close quarters and ER here we come.

Forget the bb gun, grab a 22 and do some target practice. Your lawn will be cat shvt free before you know it.

Try feeding the remains to a local coyote. Everyone hypes eating locally sourced food these days...

 

[Goofynewfie]

Could you electrify your fence for it?

 

[Gregscsu]

motion activated sprinkler system

 

[SharonaZamboni]

He Who Must Complain

 

[Darwin18]

I'd go for the sprinklers or just aim the hose at the cat next time you see it.

 

[Erroneous]

Well if you are a diy electronics person, you could always rig up an ir led and ir receiver (break beam sensor) to a simple controller and something to scare them off. Water hose or loudspeaker. Or yeah just cage it and give it to animal control.

 

[cyclogenesis]

While I do not advocate the BB gun approach I must say I am live and let live with most things except cats...

We have lovely bird life in out suburb and the menace that are cats wandering around decimate local wildlife... seriously you don't see other domestic animals wandering around off leash on others property?

Oh and that vid rocks...

 

[copyright1997]

I would trap it and then let it sit in the trap until the owner notices it's missing. If they never notice, well..........

I had a mouse have-a-heart trap that I used to put in the eves of my house (cape cod). Unfortunately, in the winter the mouse would freeze to death prior to me seeing it in the trap. I guess that wasn't very have-a-heart like, eh?

Edit: My cat (now about 15 years old) used to be an outdoor cat and patrol my property. Now that he's indoor only (too old and I got tired of taking him to the vet due to fights), the rabbits and ground hogs have returned to my yard and garden. He's also too old to be much of a mouser, and they are a real pain in the ...

 

[copyright1997]

Well if you are a diy electronics person, you could always rig up an ir led and ir receiver (break beam sensor) to a simple controller and something to scare them off. Water hose or loudspeaker. Or yeah just cage it and give it to animal control.

I have a friend (electronics engineer) who wired up a shock device with a capacitor that he used at his (ex) girlfriends house to keep the cat from going up on the counters at night.

 

[thepartsmancometh]

I advocate water (hose, squirt gun, whatever) and talking to the owner.

The situation clearly needs to be dealt with, albeit in a civilized manner.

I feel about dogs (past bad experiences) like a lot of folks here seem to feel about cats. If I advocated shooting my neighbor's unleashed dog, I somehow think the response would be less than pleasant. Just saying, whether you like cats/dogs/wildebeest/etc or not, its not OK to perpetrate violence or cruelty.

 

[edmanster]

My cat trouble started last winter. We would notice them on the deck. This spring we started finding cat crap on the deck and tons in the grass where the girls play all day. Talked to the neighbors on both sids and the same thing is happining to them. Lately the girls have been chucking ice cubes at em and I've been pelting them with the wrist rocket and ice cubes but I think the can of antifreeze tainted tuna fish is coming out..

 

[Darwin18]

but I think the can of antifreeze tainted tuna fish is coming out..

That is a terrible way to die. I guess it's probably easier for you to poison somebody's pet than try to talk to the owner about it.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Personally I think a potential death sentence for pooping in your yard is a bit stiff. How about an airhorn?

 

[Greenbasterd]

A labatt brewerie used to be 2 blocks away from me before they tore it down.. lets just say the 1 mile radius had a HUGE rat problem after that.. if it werent for the neighborhood cats we would still have rats everywhere. we also had skunks at one point, the cats would stalk them and make them feel uncomfortable, eventually making them find a better place to stink up..
cats do good sometimes, you might notice a rise in other critters once kitty is gone

 

[CreamyGoodness]

I advocate water (hose, squirt gun, whatever) and talking to the owner.

The situation clearly needs to be dealt with, albeit in a civilized manner.

I feel about dogs (past bad experiences) like a lot of folks here seem to feel about cats. If I advocated shooting my neighbor's unleashed dog, I somehow think the response would be less than pleasant. Just saying, whether you like cats/dogs/wildebeest/etc or not, its not OK to perpetrate violence or cruelty.

You're absolutely right. I know I personally could watch someone who has abused a dog undergo several hours of torture and beatings while eating a sandwich. I'd sleep like a baby that night as well. Neither my sleep nor my digestion would suffer.

With that said, crap in one's yard is unpleasant, so I'd say the airhorn or hose method of scaring the crap out of the critter would be ok. I dont like crying babies on the train when I'm tired, and I shouldnt *have* to leave the car and find another quieter place to stand on my way to work, but thats life, doesnt mean I slap ducttape on the baby's mouth...

Also, if you dropped the havahart trap on their front porch with a note (and yes, a little water so the little bastard doesnt die in a 2x2 cage like a offering to Kali Mata), that sounds reasonable too.

 

[edmanster]

That is a terrible way to die. I guess it's probably easier for you to poison somebody's pet than try to talk to the owner about it.

Yeah, I'm not serious and that kind of person but that's just how I feel about it... Talking to the owner about it is out of the question as they dont speak english!!

 

[TxBrew]

Have you tried running outside in your underwear and screaming at it?

It worked for those dang kids being on my lawn.

Of course I'm typing this from a correctional facility, but that is unrelated.

Stupid pants at malls law. If I didn't need pants why would I go to the mall? Where's the logic on that one state of Texas?

 

[CreamyGoodness]

People are way too caught up on pants.

 

[rjsnau]

You're absolutely right. I know I personally could watch someone who has abused a dog undergo several hours of torture and beatings while eating a sandwich. I'd sleep like a baby that night as well. Neither my sleep nor my digestion would suffer.

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I agree with you and hate people who are cruel to animals. With that said, There have been times when the neighbors stupid yappy dog is barking at 3 am I have been tempted to throw a hot dog loaded with rat poison over the wall. Or at least a few sleeping pills. Lack of sleep makes you think crazy thoughts. I would never do it but the though helps me get to sleep... at least until he starts barking again.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

I agree with you and hate people who are cruel to animals. With that said, There have been times when the neighbors stupid yappy dog is barking at 3 am I have been tempted to throw a hot dog loaded with rat poison over the wall. Or at least a few sleeping pills. Lack of sleep makes you think crazy thoughts. I would never do it but the though helps me get to sleep... at least until he starts barking again.

Hey I hear ya. Luckily for me the neighborhood bowwows tend to cut it out after a short time (plus I once slept through a hurricane, if that gives you any indication of how sound a sleeper I am).

Short of getting into a bruhaha with the neighbor or calling authorities or what have you, have you considered a white noise machine? I know you SHOULDNT HAVE TO spend money on one, but they are actually pretty cheap and last a long time... work well too...

 

[arturo7]

All of the "scaring off" tactics, i.e. water, air guns, noisemakers and the like, are temporary and only work when there is someone here. The little facker always comes back.

Motion sensing devices won't work because of the wind. The tech geek in me wants to build an automated system with infra-red tracking and lasers driven by high-speed servos. But that cost one helluvalot more than $25. Plus, I don't think you can set real lasers to stun...

I don't believe that that talking to the owner will do anything to remedy the situation. She's a crazy cat lady with half a dozen cats. Her only option would be to not let that specific cat go out of the house. That would be impossible.

I'll look into the white noise thing, thanks.

 

[dfc]

While it's not exactly related it is somewhat related.

 

[arturo7]

that is frikin hilario

 

[jmendez29]

Have you talked to the neighbors? Do they complain about the same thing? My first thought would be to set out antifreeze, as has already been discussed. But I also REALLY REALLY dislike cats. I grew up in a farming community, and while we never had a rodent problem, cats became the problem. But I digress. Antifreeze is obviously not the problem. As a humane measure, water theoretically would work well, but not when you are travelling. My other thought would be to set up a motion activated siren, but I imagine the neighbors wouldn't like that too much, especially when you are away. But on the other hand, you could also set up a bunch of REALLY bright motion sensing lights. My theory is that if you make your problem their problem, it would get resolved a lot quicker. And you have the excuse that you are doing it for security purposes. But this is also assuming that the cats come around primarily at night. Also assuming you have talked to the owner as well.

Whatever the solution, good luck. I know if it were me, I'd have the pellet gun out. But that goes back to cats actually being a disease problem.