I agree, Bhaji;cats cannot be kept happily indoors.Even the Law agrees they are free-roaming animals, unlike dogs. And, come on Chrissy, how long does it take to clear up a bit of cat-poop! Cats also hate tin foil so a piece laid on the bare soil deters them too. I had a large 18-month old tom cat that was savaged and killed by a fox. We buried the cat and the fox retuned to exhume him!
I have a problem with foxes, we had a resident fox that lived in by garden all winter, on new years day I opened the curtains to see it running long the top of our eight feet high conifer hedge, last summer we had three juvenile foxes that destroyed my new flower bed, I have tried to get rid of the foxes as I have two large cats, but they are very wary of the cats,
I have problems with cats and squirrels. I save hardwood twigs from pruning, then when I plant or sow I stick the twigs between the plants or rows. I have to do this with hanging baskets as well or the squirrels plant peanuts provided by a neighbour, last year my baskets were a ground nut plantation. I can also add bird deterrents to the twigs. By the end of spring the garden is like a war zone, up the revolution.
I can say that cats should be kept indoors coz quite frankly, I really hate the blasted things so if I never encountered one again I'd be very happy. I guess it's each to his own.
Besides, I don't see why I should have to clear up other people's cat's poo, to be honest. It's not my pet so why should I be subjected to its mess? Train it to poo in your own garden.
It's the damage the blasted things cause to my plants that annoys me most.
IT's all out war at the mo. If I see the wretched creatures in my garden I'm out there with my bucket of water.
Am in the process of making it difficult for them to walk across my fence & sit on my shed.
I think foxes are the most destructive of creatures. I had a burmese cat many years ago who was rescued badly injured by a fox, by my 2 westies. The following year again in February the cat was killed by the fox, I know as my westies kept going down to the place in the fence which was right by a foxes earth. That fox killed lots of my neighbours chickens and ducks. I also know of a kitten which was killed and when buried was dug up by the fox much to the kitten owner's distress.
I saw a fox carry off a seagull, and someone else saw one running with a SWAN in its mouth. I wouldn't trust foxes near my kitties and wish that it was allowed to shoot them!
I always put an upturned hanging basket over my pots until the bulbs begin to grow stops the pests every time, and ofcourse there are cats that also climb into flower pots to do their toilet and the upturned hanging baskets keep them at bay also.
Yeah foxes, cats something should be done about them just like the rain that is always so wet, the sun that is too hot and snow that is just too white. I dodnt choose to live in monochrome wet cold and sun-burni world why should i put up with it. That breathing lark is very annoying too i am going to put an end to that now.....
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I had a large 18-month old tom cat that was savaged and killed by a fox. We buried the cat and the fox retuned to exhume him!
By the end of spring the garden is like a war zone, up the revolution.
Besides, I don't see why I should have to clear up other people's cat's poo, to be honest. It's not my pet so why should I be subjected to its mess? Train it to poo in your own garden.
It's the damage the blasted things cause to my plants that annoys me most.
IT's all out war at the mo. If I see the wretched creatures in my garden I'm out there with my bucket of water.
Am in the process of making it difficult for them to walk across my fence & sit on my shed.