Bloody cats

Havnt seen a cat for months, now just over a week to the first race and i think someone new must have moved into the area as there's about 3 been around over Easter.
My squeekers were out this morning and I saw one sitting on my neighbors back gate just under the overhang of my loft, just poised incase one came to near the edge.
I've got a bloody dog to, but there not stupid.
I put the cocks food down last night and they all stayed on their perches, so I think it may have been lurking around the vents during the day.

Tonight all 7 cocks on the roof.
Great preparation for the first race.
He ho that's pigeon racing.

Wished I lived in Canada with Hal.

yes boosey, sounds like that's the problem......they will unsettle the pigeons if lurking.

i have a cat problem, my loft is so far away from the house i cannot keep an eye on them all the time, needless to say once the pigeons are out of the loft I'm always on patrol watching for cats, until they are back in the loft.......it also makes life hard when i take them training, because the pigeons get back before i do, therefor at risk of cat attacks......

Boosey wrote:

Havnt seen a cat for months, now just over a week to the first race and i think someone new must have moved into the area as there's about 3 been around over Easter.
My squeekers were out this morning and I saw one sitting on my neighbors back gate just under the overhang of my loft, just poised incase one came to near the edge.
I've got a bloody dog to, but there not stupid.
I put the cocks food down last night and they all stayed on their perches, so I think it may have been lurking around the vents during the day.

Tonight all 7 cocks on the roof.
Great preparation for the first race.
He ho that's pigeon racing.

Wished I lived in Canada with Hal.

Boosey the best thing to do is place some cat food down so they get use to being fed then place some anti freeze on the food say no more

I put carpet gripper rods along tops of my fences treated it first ...trellis all round the loft roofs and we have a dog only ever see a cat in neighbouring gardens

Boosey wrote:

Havnt seen a cat for months, now just over a week to the first race and i think someone new must have moved into the area as there's about 3 been around over Easter.
My squeekers were out this morning and I saw one sitting on my neighbors back gate just under the overhang of my loft, just poised incase one came to near the edge.
I've got a bloody dog to, but there not stupid.
I put the cocks food down last night and they all stayed on their perches, so I think it may have been lurking around the vents during the day.

Tonight all 7 cocks on the roof.
Great preparation for the first race.
He ho that's pigeon racing.

Wished I lived in Canada with Hal.

Hope you get the problem sorted Boosey, Its the last thing you want coming up to the new season. Good luck.

Boosey wrote:

Havnt seen a cat for months, now just over a week to the first race and i think someone new must have moved into the area as there's about 3 been around over Easter.
My squeekers were out this morning and I saw one sitting on my neighbors back gate just under the overhang of my loft, just poised incase one came to near the edge.
I've got a bloody dog to, but there not stupid.
I put the cocks food down last night and they all stayed on their perches, so I think it may have been lurking around the vents during the day.

Tonight all 7 cocks on the roof.
Great preparation for the first race.
He ho that's pigeon racing.

Wished I lived in Canada with Hal.

If your battling to find a spot in Canada Boosey     I have a Rock bang in the middle of my little island down here that should suit you just fine as long as you can throw a boomerang & a spear for your tucker.

Nice one Knackered, I'm shit hot at throwing s boomerang, I just can't get em to come back

Boosey wrote:

Nice one Knackered, I'm shit hot at throwing s boomerang, I just can't get em to come back

im the same with cats

Ha ha

I was trying to get them used to roundabout but couldn't get the cocked in. Then thr hens thought they were going out so they wouldn't go back in their section, so spooked them catching them all.

get a cat trap and catch it then in the bath with it

Cats were a problem here. Eliminated the problem. For now. So, just have to worry about the usual suspects I have trapped over the years. Possums, coons, weasels, rats and a skunk. The winged ones I do not worry about. Cannot control them. Just trap the odd one. Used to tape a fridge magnet to their head at one time. Never worked. Non-magnetic lead .22 works quite well.

Boosey wrote:

Havnt seen a cat for months, now just over a week to the first race and i think someone new must have moved into the area as there's about 3 been around over Easter.
My squeekers were out this morning and I saw one sitting on my neighbors back gate just under the overhang of my loft, just poised incase one came to near the edge.
I've got a bloody dog to, but there not stupid.
I put the cocks food down last night and they all stayed on their perches, so I think it may have been lurking around the vents during the day.

Tonight all 7 cocks on the roof.
Great preparation for the first race.
He ho that's pigeon racing.

Wished I lived in Canada with Hal.

We had problems at our old loft with those bloody moggies.

I went to our local agricultural suppliers and bought some electric fencing wire, the plastic stuff, with fine wire woven into it, and a clicker box (the power unit for the electric fencing). You will also need some plastic fencing stakes. The problem with standard fencing stakes is that the hooks that you put the electric cable through are too wide if you are thinking about keeping cats out, so what you have to do is make the wire go up the stakes in about inch and a half, 3 cm, increments, therefore creating electric fencing lines that are quite close together.

I would start the electric unit on a low setting at first, I found that once the cats had had one or two whacks from the fencing wires they didn't come back.

Good luck with the feline problem and good luck for the forthcoming racing season.

When I was a kid, I used to have a very weak air rifle that I could aim at the cats and if by mistake a pellet should hit the animal it just stings. Of course I wouldn't purposefully aim at a cat lol.

Phil

Boosey wrote:

Nice one Knackered, I'm shit hot at throwing s boomerang, I just can't get em to come back

I would bet my last dollar here Boosey some how, your throwing it from the wrong end etc.

have a member when he comes to visit I only have to say mind the cat is behind you and he's off running that is the member not the cat he' can't wait to see you this morning dev

Make sure its gone for a walk George, a long one.

Bloody Cats alright I was sat with the young bird they were having a bath and a bloody Cat ran straight through the middle of them 21 went up its took all day to get six back in season over

Briant wrote:

Bloody Cats alright I was sat with the young bird  they were having a bath and a bloody Cat ran straight through the middle of them 21 went up its took all day to get six back in season over

Can't you get your whippets after them!

By the way, what type are your whippets - I love them and lurchers.

Phil

There Non Ped racing whippets the two in the picture are both retired now

Briant wrote:

Bloody Cats alright I was sat with the young bird  they were having a bath and a bloody Cat ran straight through the middle of them 21 went up its took all day to get six back in season over

Some ones darling little pet I suggest wouldn't hurt a fly if you asked them I suspect . See Hal here "The expert" in this type of issue. Satisfaction 100% will be forth coming .
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yes, frustrating when a cat does that......ive been stood watching ybs walking around the loft when a cat ran out, grabbed a yb and ran off with it..........it all happens so fast you cant do anything about it.

Briant wrote:

Bloody Cats alright I was sat with the young bird  they were having a bath and a bloody Cat ran straight through the middle of them 21 went up its took all day to get six back in season over

Update birds have been coming back in ones and twos this week just one short now

Pleased they've made it back for you, bloody nightmare cats are

Knackered wrote:

Briant wrote:

Bloody Cats alright I was sat with the young bird  they were having a bath and a bloody Cat ran straight through the middle of them 21 went up its took all day to get six back in season over

Some ones darling little pet I suggest wouldn't hurt a fly if you asked them I suspect . See Hal here "The expert" in this type of issue. Satisfaction 100% will be forth coming .
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bear grylls hal great news they have worked back for you briant
these cats have roam of the land by law but can be a real pain in the rear end for everyone else in all sorts of ways