Cats and their owners!

tracywilko

Hi, we have an ultrasonic cat scarer that does seem to work. it eats batteries so you could try just switching it on at night time when they are out and about . we put it on a stick so that the range is better.




ive also seen neighbours using bits of orange and lemon peel but I have not tried that yet.


the cat scarer we got off amazon a few years ago.

slinga

tracywilko wrote: »

Hi, we have an ultrasonic cat scarer that does seem to work. it eats batteries so you could try just switching it on at night time when they are out and about . we put it on a stick so that the range is better.




ive also seen neighbours using bits of orange and lemon peel but I have not tried that yet.


the cat scarer we got off amazon a few years ago.

It worked part time for me and ran off the mains.

The sonic scarer I had was supposed to have a range of 30 feet.
A neighbour who lives over 150 feet away knocked at my door and complained about the noise from a possible cat scarer.
Where I had the sonic scarer positioned was on a 9'' thick brickwall which prevented line of site and line of sound to this neighbour's house.
Anyway he heard it or rather his children heard it so it had to go.
I use netting these days. Works a treat. Unsightly to me but I know it's there, no one else seems to notice it.

andrewf75

Fellwalker wrote: »

They sadly kill more wild birds than they do mice. At least the cats my friend owns do.

Birds are not really a concern. They can fly so can easily escape and any losses are balanced out by us feeding birds which brings more into gardens in the first place. The real impacts are on small mammals, amphibians, reptiles which are already struggling with fragmented habitats and don't have any escape from a cat.
A few blue tits makes no difference to the population, a few slow worms could wipe it out.

Laz123

Cats are useful too, they help to keep the mice and rat population in check.

I had an Abyssinian who liked to play with the frogs from our pond but because their skin is so thin the conservatory walls looked like a slaughterhouse. Luckily he was very bright and due to my reaction of horror realised to not make friends with amphibians any more.

Silvertabby

Nathaniel - you are a sad excuse for a human being. If there is any justice in this world - ie, if there is such as thing as reincarnation - then you will return as a mouse.

John_the_Boy

Nathaniel- what a Sh*tty excuse for a human being you really are.

no1catman

Thread title is incorrect - Cats don't have 'owners' they have staff!

tallyho88

Hide behind a bush with a Nerf.

tony6403

Laz123 wrote: »

Cats are useful too, they help to keep the mice and rat population in check.

But versus dogs they pale into insignificance, who could imagine :-
- guide cats for the blind
- cats that can detect cancer
- sniffer cats for detecting drugs etc.
- police cats for apprehending criminals
- mountain rescue cats
- cats that herd sheep
- guard cats
- hearing cats for the deaf

Laz123

tony6403 wrote: »

But versus dogs they pale into insignificance, who could imagine :-
- guide cats for the blind
- cats that can detect cancer
- sniffer cats for detecting drugs etc.
- police cats for apprehending criminals
- mountain rescue cats
- cats that herd sheep
- guard cats
- hearing cats for the deaf

That's where you're wrong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOvbUDMG9TY