Distraught this morning to find a pile of feathers underneath our bird feeding station.
To think I have "baited the trap" so as to amuse these feral creatures, is quite upsetting. I say amuse because I believe in the main they dont kill for the scoff.
I will not give up my love of wildlife in the garden for the sake of the roaming vermin that are our neighbourhood cats.
I like cats in general but I do wish other people's cats would stay out of my garden. Having a dog helps with that but he's a bit silly and doesn't always see them. I suppose I shouldn't have planted the catmint.
I agree with Jo47 and the others talking about farming methods and pesticide use harming far more wildlife than cats. I despair when I read this site how people so automatically go for weedkillers, moss-killers, insecticides, and excess fertilizers (which pollute waterways with the run-off.) And even if you look at advice online... the first step for creating a "wildflower meadow" to "help" wildlife is always: Kill everything that is currently growing there naturally so you can plant cornfield annuals.
Our cats are definitely eating the frogs in my little frog habitat areas. They have brought them in to play (dead already) and last night I heard the frogs calling in the rain, as they do when rain clouds are on their way, and the cats were right there watching and waiting for them to hop out of their little pond. I'm looking for ways to cat proof my frog and toad habitats, mostly in the vegetable gardens. Thinking of caging in the areas where the water is, mint for cover and their little ponds (old bowls filled with water and stones to get out). Any ideas?
Our acquired cat (she decided to live here and owner divorced and left her behind) is not remotely interested in birds. They fly away , she is a real mouser and ratter. We have never had a mouse indoors but she continues to check all of the house and every corner daily.
Okay for tipping off the birds @ZeroZero1 , but l don't know if @geriq07 's frogs will react the same way ! On a serious note, l must admit l'm stumped when it comes to protecting the frogs. Edited to add, l see there is another thread on this topic i.e. cats and frogs.
We are going to slip the little pond further under our front porch, and fence around the porch so that frogs and toads can hop through but not cats. For now, then our wildlife rescue friends here have said that in general they will tend to get a little sick from eating or playing heavily (aka torturing) with the frogs and hopefully lose interest after a while.
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Distraught this morning to find a pile of feathers underneath our bird feeding station.
To think I have "baited the trap" so as to amuse these feral creatures, is quite upsetting. I say amuse because I believe in the main they dont kill for the scoff.
I will not give up my love of wildlife in the garden for the sake of the roaming vermin that are our neighbourhood cats.
so.....At My Signal, Unleash Hell !
I like cats in general but I do wish other people's cats would stay out of my garden. Having a dog helps with that but he's a bit silly and doesn't always see them. I suppose I shouldn't have planted the catmint.
I agree with Jo47 and the others talking about farming methods and pesticide use harming far more wildlife than cats. I despair when I read this site how people so automatically go for weedkillers, moss-killers, insecticides, and excess fertilizers (which pollute waterways with the run-off.) And even if you look at advice online... the first step for creating a "wildflower meadow" to "help" wildlife is always: Kill everything that is currently growing there naturally so you can plant cornfield annuals.
Please stick to the subject of the thread. Scroll up to the top of the page, you will find it there.
Just in case you cant see through the red mist, its " Keeping Cats and Wildlife apart? "
If I have a mind to concern myself with the ultimate damage to our countryside through the use of pesticides, I will look for a thread or start one.
Now....wheres that iggy button
In the sticks near Peterborough
On topic enough?
http://www.coolcatcollars.co.uk/breakaway.html