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Susan Band
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Re: How to stop cats 'digging' up your plants
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January 11, 2007, 06:28:59 PM »
mark,
regarding the cats knowledge of rare plants- the slugs lend them the books.
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My mice read from that same book Susan.
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Ian Young, Aberdeen North East Scotland -
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January 11, 2007, 06:47:23 PM »
Just been updating myself with Andrew's wonderful posts on his trip to Greece and found this picture again.
This was a cat that liked jumped in and out of the plastic bag.
Any one got a bag tie
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January 11, 2007, 06:56:25 PM »
Some of the mammals the cat kills is rats and mices and I have no problem with that.
The problem is where You have Your cat. The easy solution we did when our cat was in the countryside was to have a bell in the collar.
I think they do much more good than harm!
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I like the idea of a bell around their necks.
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very funny Ian!
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January 11, 2007, 07:54:49 PM »
More cats = less mice, rats and moles
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ian mcenery
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January 11, 2007, 09:16:42 PM »
Ours is a nuisance but much more destructive are those B******y squirrels. I still wish Pam would keep Charlie the cat more hungry then it might eat more pests
My advice is to grin and bear it and to place netlon over recently dug areas and wear rubber gloves as you never know what you might otherwise find when planting or weeding
Hereis Charlie looking as though butter wouldn't melt
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Re: How to stop cats 'digging' up your plants
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January 11, 2007, 09:21:25 PM »
Oh, dear, Charlie's cute, isn't he? AAGH! What am I saying? I'll go lie down till the feeling passes.
He IS fat, though, last time I saw a figure like that was when I passed the mirror
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January 11, 2007, 09:45:00 PM »
Live near to one or more busy roads like I do. They all get squashed so no cats. Easy!
I deal with the mice by trapping when I think they are likely to be a problem. Stoats and raptors also dispose of some. If I kill too many mice they will not eat all the stones from our large wild cherry trees and help to prevent a cherry forest forming.
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C'mon Maggi your'e both gorgeous
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January 12, 2007, 02:51:46 PM »
Getting your own cat does work! When we moved to this house almost 2 years ago, 2 years this June, there were more cats than one could shake a stick at. Imagine my dismay as a gardener and bird lover, we gave up counting the different cats that frequented our yard to poop, at 17. I love all critters however I hate to clean up after them, especially if they're not mine.
We have a feral cat program here in Okotoks. My neighbour took on one of the feral cats and so far (about a year) it has been working like a charm. Felix (the feral cat) lives in a dog house on my neighbour's property, since moving in he keeps most all the other cats at bay out of both of our yards. My neighbour on the other side has 3 cats which they let run loose, since Felix has started patrol these 3 cats either mad dash through the yards or avoid all together. I much prefer having to clean up after one cat as opposed to 17 or so.
A deterent that I use especially around fresh plantings is fresh orange or grapefruit peel. It has to be changed every 2-3 days but it does seem to work. Now all I need is a really big cat, like lion size, to keep out the deer!
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January 12, 2007, 03:46:11 PM »
Would you rather perform on a 'Rollsroyce' loo than a bog-standard variety Mark?
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January 12, 2007, 05:32:42 PM »
Beware DIY Remedies.
The news program has just reported on a German gardener who electrocuted himself whilst setting up a mole trap consiting of iron spikes and high voltage electric wire. The mole survived!
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David Shaw, Forres, Moray, Scotland
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Re: How to stop cats 'digging' up your plants
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January 12, 2007, 06:23:25 PM »
A shocking situation
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