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Re: Anti Cat Alarms To Protect My Birds
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Re: Anti Cat Alarms To Protect My Birds
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Originally Posted by
delmbox
had you down as more of a kind liberal guy thank someone who shoots animals tbh
They are cruel , invasive animals that are not natural to these shores . I wouldn't take any pleasure in blowing one away if it was eating birds and mice in my back yard but if it had to be done ......
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Re: Anti Cat Alarms To Protect My Birds
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Originally Posted by
SLUDGE FACTORY
They are cruel , invasive animals that are not natural to these shores . I wouldn't take any pleasure in blowing one away if it was eating birds and mice in my back yard but if it had to be done ......
anti immigrant too I see.
true colours
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Re: Anti Cat Alarms To Protect My Birds
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Originally Posted by
delmbox
anti immigrant too I see.
true colours
I like good immigrants who work hard
Cats are lazy feggers, sleep all day
Send them back to Egypt
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Re: Anti Cat Alarms To Protect My Birds
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Originally Posted by
Rjk
yes people 24 or younger can often hear higher frequencies.
it probably isn't a bad thing either to deter 24 year old females from approaching Sludge's garden
My daughter is 29 and still hears them.
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Re: Anti Cat Alarms To Protect My Birds
Get an ostrich, a feathered friend who’ll sort any cat out I’d imagine.
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Re: Anti Cat Alarms To Protect My Birds
****ing golden Eagle
They will be running scared
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Re: Anti Cat Alarms To Protect My Birds
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Originally Posted by
SLUDGE FACTORY
****ing golden Eagle
They will be running scared
We’ll obviously want photos or even better a video:thumbup:
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Re: Anti Cat Alarms To Protect My Birds
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Originally Posted by
bobh
I used to feed the birds, but stopped when I saw a rat on the bird table.
Anyone know how to deter them?
I presume you were putting out grain/seed on your bird table. I made the mistake a few years ago of emptying the dregs of a bag of grain onto the lawn. The following day I had a pair of rats going up and down the flower border. It took several weeks to get rid of them.
Nowadays I only fill the hanging containers with fat balls and peanuts and have not seen any rats since.
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Re: Anti Cat Alarms To Protect My Birds
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Originally Posted by
Moodybluebird
I presume you were putting out grain/seed on your bird table. I made the mistake a few years ago of emptying the dregs of a bag of grain onto the lawn. The following day I had a pair of rats going up and down the flower border. It took several weeks to get rid of them.
Nowadays I only fill the hanging containers with fat balls and peanuts and have not seen any rats since.
I have now got a hanging pole
Not some bloke from Poland that I have executed and left in the back yard
Its about 6 foot and should be enough to keep the birds safe from the smelly pussies
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Re: Anti Cat Alarms To Protect My Birds
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Originally Posted by
SLUDGE FACTORY
I have now got a hanging pole
Not some bloke from Poland that I have executed and left in the back yard
Its about 6 foot and should be enough to keep the birds safe from the smelly pussies
There’s a saucy reply to this somewhere along the line. Mrs Slocombe would be right on the case.
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Re: Anti Cat Alarms To Protect My Birds
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Originally Posted by
SLUDGE FACTORY
I have now got a hanging pole
Not some bloke from Poland that I have executed and left in the back yard
Its about 6 foot and should be enough to keep the birds safe from the smelly pussies
Putting aside your obsession with smelly pussies, my experience with feeders is this:
When birds peck away at the feed, small pieces will fall and accumulate directly below the feeder. Normally this is great for ground feeding birds like robins, blackbirds, dunnocks, thrushes, collared doves etc to have their fill. BUT, it then becomes an opportunity for a pussy, smelly or otherwise to pounce, especially if there is shrub or flower border nearby in which to conceal itself. I hate the little b*****ds myself so good luck to you.
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Re: Anti Cat Alarms To Protect My Birds
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Originally Posted by
SLUDGE FACTORY
They are cruel , invasive animals that are not natural to these shores . I wouldn't take any pleasure in blowing one away if it was eating birds and mice in my back yard but if it had to be done ......
Totally agree. Didn't think I'd ever agree with one of your posts 🤣. Humans have done a lot of shitty things to nature. Introducing 10 million well kept killing machines that devastate our natural wildlife is right up there
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Originally Posted by
chrisp_1927
Totally agree. Didn't think I'd ever agree with one of your posts 🤣. Humans have done a lot of shitty things to nature. Introducing 10 million well kept killing machines that devastate our natural wildlife is right up there
I saw an article recently that stated that the figure of animals hunted by cats in the UK is probably hugely inflated. The vast majority of them catch nothing at all. Maybe 10-20% catch a few times a year and there are a small percentage of more prolific hunters.
Compared to the destruction of habitats they have a tiny effect. they aren't even sure that cats are contributing to the declining bird populations.
I don't own a cat fwiw.
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Re: Anti Cat Alarms To Protect My Birds
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Originally Posted by
Rjk
I saw an article recently that stated that the figure of animals hunted by cats in the UK is probably hugely inflated. The vast majority of them catch nothing at all. Maybe 10-20% catch a few times a year and there are a small percentage of more prolific hunters.
Compared to the destruction of habitats they have a tiny effect. they aren't even sure that cats are contributing to the declining bird populations.
I don't own a cat fwiw.
Agreed, I would be very surprised if cat predation had a notable effect on the decline of certain bird species. It's quite well documented that the loss of habitat, changes to farming practices and other factors are the main reasons behind the decline of bird populations.
Having said that, I still dislike the b*****ds, especially as they're forever sh*tting on my lawn !
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Re: Anti Cat Alarms To Protect My Birds
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Originally Posted by
Rjk
I saw an article recently that stated that the figure of animals hunted by cats in the UK is probably hugely inflated. The vast majority of them catch nothing at all. Maybe 10-20% catch a few times a year and there are a small percentage of more prolific hunters.
Compared to the destruction of habitats they have a tiny effect. they aren't even sure that cats are contributing to the declining bird populations.
I don't own a cat fwiw.
The Rspb are a bunch of shithouses and will not have a go at cats because like any of these royal societies they love all animals and all that bollocks 🙄
Cats kill fecking millions of songbirds each year
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Originally Posted by
SLUDGE FACTORY
The Rspb are a bunch of shithouses and will not have a go at cats because like any of these royal societies they love all animals and all that bollocks
Cats kill fecking millions of songbirds each year
well in my garden the toll stands at Magpies 5 kills,Sparrowhawks 3 kills and Cats 0.
The Magpies were actually hunting and catching the baby Starlings and sparrows.
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Re: Anti Cat Alarms To Protect My Birds
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Originally Posted by
jeepster
well in my garden the toll stands at Magpies 5 kills,Sparrowhawks 3 kills and Cats 0.
The Magpies were actually hunting and catching the baby Starlings and sparrows.
Somebody must have taken out the cats
And I don't mean for a curry
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Originally Posted by
SLUDGE FACTORY
Somebody must have taken out the cats
And I don't mean for a curry
Could be in the curry :curry
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Originally Posted by
jeepster
Could be in the curry :curry
The claws would be a giveaway
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Re: Anti Cat Alarms To Protect My Birds
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Originally Posted by
jeepster
Could be in the curry :curry
Lamb Pussanda:shrug:
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Re: Anti Cat Alarms To Protect My Birds
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Originally Posted by
splott parker
Lamb Pussanda:shrug:
Thats good
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Re: Anti Cat Alarms To Protect My Birds
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Originally Posted by
jeepster
well in my garden the toll stands at Magpies 5 kills,Sparrowhawks 3 kills and Cats 0.
The Magpies were actually hunting and catching the baby Starlings and sparrows.
Magpies definitely kill more songbirds than cats do in my garden as well, they will kill chicks in the nest, destroy eggs and even chase adult bids into windows to stun them before finishing them off.
They are highly intelligent
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Re: Anti Cat Alarms To Protect My Birds
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Originally Posted by
Rjk
Magpies definitely kill more songbirds than cats do in my garden as well, they will kill chicks in the nest, destroy eggs and even chase adult bids into windows to stun them before finishing them off.
They are highly intelligent
So was Adolf Hitler
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Re: Anti Cat Alarms To Protect My Birds
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Originally Posted by
Rjk
Magpies definitely kill more songbirds than cats do in my garden as well, they will kill chicks in the nest, destroy eggs and even chase adult bids into windows to stun them before finishing them off.
They are highly intelligent
Geordie bastards!! (With a nod to Notts County)