Our cat, Doozey, is a small female tabby.
She lives inside never to molest the local bird life.
Her main mission in life is to find a lap which meets her exacting lap standard specifications, no easy task sometimes. This does not include laps containing Duke the wonder Dachshund. If you want to see a cat punch a dog in the face then let Duke invade her chosen lap and watch the fun!
I'll judge what I want
Cato:
Sorry about the misnomer. I see now the you may be a cat lover. Cat of nine lives.
I thought you aspired to something else. Now Cato, he was an interesting man!
Stephen
WHY NOT JUST CALL WALMART?
Its been a while but I thought I'd throw it in there
Thank you for that ant tip...I HATE ants in the house. I will be giving that a try as soon as it warms up and those critters start exploring the kitchen.
There is no real way to differentiate between a feral cat (which are wild from birth), and a pet. My daughter lost a pet cat and I wouldn't want to wish that on anybody.
Fact is though, feral cats are a problem in some areas. Their impact to the native wildlife is actually astounding. Even the ASPCA recognizes that this is a large problem.
If you humanely catch the problem cats and take them to an animal shelter or animal control office, there is a 100% chance that they will dispatch the cat if it's feral.
The only answer is to reduce the feral cat population and encourage people to have their cats neutered/spayed.
Stupid hick?
Hahaaaa:-D
Being anti-feral cat is not being anti-animal
I have had a lifelong connection to animal welfare. Cats, dogs, chickens, beef cattle, turkeys, sheep and milk cows from my earliest days. We provided for them and they returned the favor in their own way. We did not beat or abuse them in any fashion. Today its just cats, beef cattle and llamas for me. I tolerate the neighbors' dogs. I do not tolerate coyotes and certain other critters.
Squirrels are cute until they chew through the side of your house in an attempt to build a nest in your attic. Woody Woodpecker was fun to watch on TV as a kid, but his cousin Knothead Woodpecker didn't last long once he bashed a 3-inch hole in one corner of my house. Mr. Poisonous Snake will not have a long life if detected anywhere I need to be. Mickey and Minnie are not welcome in my home or outbuildings where I store valuable items. Their bigger relatives, the Rat Family, are definitely not welcome. Overzealous raccoons, opossums and armadillos are also not at all welcome to feed on the feed intended for other animals. I still haven't figured out how those Mexican Opossums (armadillos) can survive our most bitter winter weather.
No matter what you may have seen on TV or at the movies, animals do not converse with other animal species and act like humans. I have yet to see a real mouse wearing little white gloves. Babe probably made for some tasty leg of lamb. And, the shaggy dog..........well, never mind.
Bb gun won't kill them and they sure won't be back ..
Neigbor cat & ant problem solved?
RE sugar ants. It does work. Mix about 50-50 sugar & borax soap, get them all dissolved in enough water and put in a jar. I use an old ketchup type squirter for application, but I'm sure anything will work. It will leave a residue, but it cleans up easily once they're gone.
Just dribble along the counter, near refrigerator, outside the door, or anyplace you see a trail of them little bhastards. Not sure if it works for fire ants, but my guess is yes. For them I just sprinkle Andron (I think that's the name) around their house when they decide to take up residence in my yard.
Gee, I wonder if cats don't like borax either? Certainly cheaper than most things? hmmmmmmm
Neigbor cat & ant problem solved?
I had this same problem. I just started taking craps in her yard.:-D
Put me in the get a dog and let him decide which other animals are allowed in his territory camp.
Roadhand..
is this "mugshot" any relation to your avatar?
Neigbor cat & ant problem solved?
> Not sure if it works for fire ants, but my guess is yes. For them I just sprinkle Andron (I think that's the name) around their house when they decide to take up residence in my yard.
Andro is the name. Works like a charm and I always have some around regardless if I have any mounds around - just in case.
I don't know if the borax solution would work on fire ants though. The idea with the Andro stuff is the workers take it down to the queen to eat. It kills the queen which in turn kills off the colony or they divest to another colony. That's the way it was described to me.
Stupid hick?
I know. I love it!
Paden's definitely got to change his user name:-P
Don
Roadhand..
Too funny paden. However, I refuse to acknowledge the visual of our beloved Roadie squatting in the neighbors yard. Even if he's still in the same depression mode as me because our respective hockey teams are now golfing.
Another unrelated true story. 25 or so yrs ago I built a house on my 20 acres, planted some grass, had things going good. The neighbors seemed to neglect their horse fence and the nice horses decided to come over and eat my new green grass. Leaving their deposit with them.
I'd shoo the horses away without issue. Eventually enough was enough and after 4 or 5 times of this "horse puckey", I scooped up their deposit with my snow shovel, and planted it on the neighbors porch. I knocked on their door and politely told them the situation, fix the fence, and if your horses eat my new grass and poop in my yard again ...... never mind. The fence was fixed within a week.
Roadhand..
No relation but he looks like a good boy and I am sure he was framed.
The borax works great on the ants, just mix a little sugar and a little borax with some water in a coke bottle cap. Stir it up good with a q tip and then lay the q tip down by their trail. They will be gone in a day or two.
You have to learn to lose before you can learn to win. My stars took it to a one seed, and showed that they could have handily beat them with just a bit more experience under their belts. They gained some experience and definitely have something going to keep building on.
Cats? Meh, the neighborhood cat don't bother me too much but ferals are a different story. My dogs handle up on them if they get out of line anyways.
I have a feral cat problem of a different nature. My wackadoo lady neighbor up the road has adopted just about every feral cat to ever show up on her door step. Whenever one of them disappears, she calls animal control and swears that my dogs came by in the dark of night and ate them. It's really getting old. The dogs are fenced and have never shown the slightest interest in her property, but they're dogs, so they must be guilty. Come to think of it, I haven't seen a single one of her cats in the dog's yard. 😉
I've got problems with stray dogs. After they shredded my Nanny goat, I resolved to shoot them on site next time, even though I am near the city limits .
Well no problems for 6 months until they run a dozen heifers through the fence and into the Interstate freeway. Those girls made it 3 miles down the fenced freeway before they were rounded up. The fence was fixed and a the next day they plowed through another section of fence and headed back to what they remembered as home.
Lets just say that if I have an opportunity to solve the problem, I will.
I keep a close watch on my animals- others should too. I love my dogs and respect others, until they become a problem.
It's reality.
that's an all time farside fav of mine....
Neigbor cat & ant problem solved?
> I had this same problem. I just started taking craps in her yard.:-D
:-O Goodness gracious. o.O
We should be ashamed?
> Wendell may very well yank this post. Let's let him be the moderator.
Or me...We'll see. :-/
PS: Paden, can you change your avatar please? Thanks. 🙂
