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Originally Posted by ravenne
Iīm still sooooo undecided (I donīt have a pet, but itīs just a matter of time....).
My parents always had cats and, actually, I love cats. But since I live in a house with a garden, my "cat-human-relationship" is a little bit, well, strained. Our neighbours have a cat. Actually itīs not a cat, itīs a devil on paws. He frequently kills the birds in our garden. Last year we put barbed wire around the tree because a robin had a nest in a hole of the tree. But that cat gave a damn and somehow managed to kill the whole little robin-family anyway. O, and he likes it (donīt tell me anything about instinct! You can see it in his cat eyes, he really loves what he does!). When the tomtits get fledged we spend the whole day in the garden, armed with fully loaded squirt guns to get rid of the cat.....
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We have that problem with foxes. None of the few cats that are allowed out round here seem to be interested in birds, just leaves and insects.
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Originally Posted by Curly
Oh, the poor wee things! It is hard to stop cats who have learned how to hunt, not all cats know how to hunt and actually kill something. Young cats are taught by their parents, usually, how to hunt successfully, so you may be okay with a kitten. Or maybe not.  |
I remember hearing on a gardening program a while back that one of the best ways to keep cats out of your garden is...
... to get your own!
I never tested that with our two when they were around - we have a garden, but it's backed by a busy road, and we had some very anti social sorts around for a while, so they stayed in. They were still both good mousers though.