I'm moving into a new house. Everything is great except that the previous owner used to feed local stray cats. So they're wandering around looking for handouts and smelling up the joint. Oh yeah, I'm really really really allergic to cats. Is there something humane that will keep them at bay or do I need to get all Sarah Palin on their asses?
why would cutting the cats taxes help?
A Jack Russel or two would probably cure the problem!
JM
Had a similar problem when I lived in the Indianapolis hood during college.
make the beast with two backsing neighbor fed like 40 stray cats and they used our yard as their shit box. They would also scratch our cars walking on them.
35$ later at Meijer, I got myself a nice Daisy BB Gun with a scope on it.
Peg a Cat was invented.
I was the overall winner with 165 confirmed strikes, 0 kills.
However, my roommates accidentally killed a few of them.
they learned to stay out of our yard.
I would think a garden hose would do the trick. Start spraying them everytime they come in the yard.
Quote from: Monstermash on February 09, 2009, 09:08:29 AM
I would think a garden hose would do the trick. Start spraying them everytime they come in the yard.
This would probably work, I use this idea on a smaller scale inside the house with a squirt-bottle and it definitely puts them to running ~
JM
Stop feeding them.
Cats are smart, they'll go find somewhere else with food.
+1 dog/ water hose.
Even just borrow a dog once a week. (Or you can temporarily foster a dog while it finds a home from the SPCA)
Super soaker! [evil]
Quote from: Monstermash on February 09, 2009, 09:08:29 AM
I would think a garden hose would do the trick. Start spraying them everytime they come in the yard.
Doesn't work.
I've tried that.
http://www.amazon.com/Havahart-Motion-Activated-Repellent-5265/dp/B000BO71NY (http://www.amazon.com/Havahart-Motion-Activated-Repellent-5265/dp/B000BO71NY)
Squirt guns with diluted lemon juice in the mix get the point across.
For a more passive deterrent - get a bunch of ground/powdered cayenne pepper and spread it liberally around the areas the cats travel the most.
Quote from: wbeck257 on February 09, 2009, 09:16:29 AM
Stop feeding them.
Cats are smart, they'll go find somewhere else with food.
+1, they'll move elsewhere.
You need some Bronx squirrels, come on over and pick up a few.
Quote from: howie on February 09, 2009, 01:08:41 PM
You need some Bronx squirrels, come on over and pick up a few.
Right... Because feeding the stray cats to a fur-covered wood chipper is much more humane than feeding them to a regular one. [roll]
;)
Quote from: Obsessed? on February 09, 2009, 01:14:59 PM
Right... Because feeding them to a fur-covered wood chipper is much more humane than feeding them to a regular one. [roll]
;)
The squirrels or the cats?
Edited for clarification.
Quote from: Obsessed? on February 09, 2009, 01:33:15 PM
Edited for clarification.
Ah, much more clear. Good point. What was I thinking, the cats don't deserve it [bang]
Buy enough food to make a cat food trail to BP's house...
He'll keep em. [cheeky]
If youre not in a cold climate you can fill a bunch of water balloons and set them on the ground.
Like Feck said "Cats have claws, man"
just put the balloons where the cat used to eat.
Just keep replacing them, you dont have to be on watch 24/7
and you dont have to buy something pricey to get rid of them $5 worth of balloons should do it.
dogs.
cats dont like dogs
here kitty kitty
Not sure zenjim is up for having a dog. [coffee]
:)
the other option is to introduce a few coyotes to the neighborhood.
nothing better for thinning the feline population.
an uncle was a rancher. he kept lots of "productive" cats on the property, because kittens were easier for the coyotes to catch than the chickens.
On the big Island , feral cats are a huge problem. they eat the native birds and spread some disease
We had the same problem with both strays and neighborhood cats coming to our house and spraying everything including the Duc, [bang] sitting on it and both our cars. Hose doesn't work, bbgun doesn't work but is fun anyway. (those suckers are jumpy.)
So, we went to Ace hardware and bought a small animal trap. (for the animal lovers out there...It's a small wire cage that slams shut when they step on a small plate) Put a little cat food in there on some tinfoil and leave out overnight. it usually only takes one or two nights but we always catch one. Then we go to the animal shelter and drop off the cats. Voila..... no more cats! [thumbsup] and they cats often get a home but always get a ride in the back of the truck. ;D
spray something noxious, or catch them and give them to someone else bp !!!!
coyote urine should do the trick!!
they'll eventually disappear if you're not feeding them. just gotta figure out how much patience you have..
Not exactly the same problem...but this crazy lady that used to live across the street from us was feeding a stray cat before she moved. She has since come over and asked us if we would put food out cause it's cold and she's worried about the cat. We never did, but the other day I walk out of my house and there is a pile of cat food on my sidewalk next to my front door. This woman is actually driving back to our neighborhood where she doesn't live anymore and trying to lure this cat (that is probably dead by now, I've NEVER seen it) to our house thinking we will feed it.
Automated sprinkler system connected to a movement sensor always works and not just for cats [thumbsup]
Wolf urine worked on gaurd dogs on Mythbusters if my memory serves correct. I suppose the hardest part would be holding the jar while it took a piss.
Put this in your yard
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1285/1381081028_8fa93dfb86_o.jpg)
won't a bowl of anti-freeze work as well?
I hate stray cats.
I hate even more that city animal control does nothing about it and I am forced to live next to a bunch of disease ridden cats with flees and other shit.
rent a fisher...
Quote from: cyrus buelton on February 10, 2009, 06:53:42 AM
won't a bowl of anti-freeze work as well?
as long as you bury the corpses.
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I hate even more that city animal control does nothing about it and I am forced to live next to a bunch of disease ridden cats with flees and other shit.
for the fleas, use a granule insect killer in the yard. we used sevin for an ant problem. all gone after 3-4 weeks. they work well for fleas and ticks too, keep your dogs off for a few days until the granules disintegrate.
There is specific flea dust for outdoor use that takes care of them getting anywhere near your house. I use it so fleas don't come in the yard so I can keep the beagles if my parents go away or if my cats get out they don't get infested ~
JM
Quote from: ducatizzzz on February 10, 2009, 07:03:37 AM
as long as you bury the corpses.
for the fleas, use a granule insect killer in the yard. we used sevin for an ant problem. all gone after 3-4 weeks. they work well for fleas and ticks too, keep your dogs off for a few days until the granules disintegrate.
This was back when I was in college.
If it happened where I live now, a 2 liter bottle duct taped to the end of my 10/22 will take care of any small animal issues.
Quote from: cyrus buelton on February 10, 2009, 07:28:00 AM
a 2 liter bottle duct taped to the end of my 10/22 will take care of any small animal issues.
Werd. 8)
Quote from: cyrus buelton on February 10, 2009, 07:28:00 AM
This was back when I was in college.
If it happened where I live now, a 2 liter bottle duct taped to the end of my 10/22 will take care of any small animal issues.
10 yrs and $250,000 fine for manufacturing a suppressor without a license.
Quote from: ducatizzzz on February 10, 2009, 10:07:50 AM
10 yrs and $250,000 fine for manufacturing a suppressor without a license.
That's alright.
Some laws are made to be broken.
Definitely do not want a dog.
I was already thinking of capturing them and dropping them off in the Angeles Forest, but I guess the pound makes more sense. Last time I was there, that was pretty much death row anyway.
The BB gun is the most funnest, but I heard there's a guy 2 streets over on trial for doing the same.
The water ballon thng sounds too good to be true.
Quote from: cyrus buelton on February 10, 2009, 10:17:41 AM
That's alright.
Some laws are made to be broken.
hence your conviction for pederasty? uh huh
Quote from: cyrus buelton on February 10, 2009, 10:17:41 AM
That's alright.
Some laws are made to be broken.
You don't happen to own one of his jerseys:
(http://www.joesportsfan.com/mediaspace/common/profilepics/Michael-Vick-Finger.jpg)
Quote from: wbeck257 on February 10, 2009, 04:14:24 PM
You don't happen to own one of his jerseys:
(http://www.joesportsfan.com/mediaspace/common/profilepics/Michael-Vick-Finger.jpg)
Nah, I've tried to get my Doberman to fight, but she just won't do it.
I have tried to "pit" her against several dogs in the neighborhood and all she wants to do is smell their ass.
Quote from: cyrus buelton on February 11, 2009, 06:52:04 AM
Nah, I've tried to get my Doberman to fight, but she just won't do it.
I have tried to "pit" her against several dogs in the neighborhood and all she wants to do is smell their ass.
It's amazing how similar pets and their owners act. ;D
Quote from: cyrus buelton on February 11, 2009, 06:52:04 AM
Nah, I've tried to get my Doberman to fight, but she just won't do it.
I have tried to "pit" her against several dogs in the neighborhood and all she wants to do is smell their ass.
Dobies are the biggest pussies going anyway.
Mine certainly was.
Quote from: Pakhan on February 11, 2009, 01:39:55 PM
It's amazing how similar pets and their owners act. ;D
zinnnnnnggggg [thumbsup]
Quote from: lethe on February 11, 2009, 05:19:23 PM
Dobies are the biggest pussies going anyway.
Mine certainly was.
So is mine
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