Canis Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 I spend my weekends in kent and the working week in london. My dog copes fine with this but a cat simply wouldn't adapt to this lifestyle !(though he really gets the hump if we don't head back to kent for some reason at the end of the working week.) I second the proposal to put moggie on the general licence! If you have rats- get a terrier. A cat will attack a mouse/rat and either let it go when it gets bored or eat half of it and stach the uneaten bits somewhere about the house. With a terrier you get a pile of dead rats with broken necks laid out for your approval and a terrier with a swagger in his step for a couple of days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 I actually have a mate with a pet skunk. What can I say? It skunks around, likes it's grub and is on the whole a good lad. FM What about the skunk ? :look: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 *I give this 3 pages before it gets locked. Do you really think it will get to 3 pages before the first person suggests shooting cats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 It takes one hell of a cat to tackle an average rat, most aren't up to it and just pretend they're hard. Also, dogs come when you call them. Cats, you leave a message and they get back to you. Dogs for me, but I do have a cat! I used to have one that killed squirrels for fun, at 17 was still trying to get the odd whole pigeon through the cat flap, she was quite a cool cat. I don't have neighbours cats in the garden, they know its dangerous and all have been educated in a natural way so have no issues with cat mess in the garden so really they do me no harm and the odd one does keep vermin down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Holliday Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 I don't have an issue with cats in general. Most are ok and love a fuss. The thing I don't like about them is that they'll stick their claws in you before you know you've miffed them off. There are a couple round my way who even come up and greet our dog when we're out walking her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpkiller Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 ive always been a dog man, i cant stand how cats are just let out to pap on other peoples gardens and kill wildlife. I just dont get the point of cats, it just seems they are for people that want a pet but dont realy want to look after one. i know thats not everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick miller Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 I've always been a dog or cat man, although I can't stand how dogs are just let out to foul the local park and play area and savage young children. I just don't get the point of dogs as pets rather than for working, it just seems they are for people that want a pet simply to intimidate other people (and cats). I know that's not everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSPUK Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Pimpkiller Rather ironic you are posting on a site where most of the posters are killing wildlife -- fox/rabbit/pigeon/parrot etc - not that I object but if you put it like that then what's difference between a cat and some of the posters here ?? Now if you want to kill pimps then I am all for it. dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyr8 Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 cats taste just like chicken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom&Dexter Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Not a fan of cats TBH Ask your friend who picks up her cat **** when its been out all day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albertan_J Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Do you really think it will get to 3 pages before the first person suggests shooting cats? There will be a few keepers reading this resisting the urge to post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick miller Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 (edited) Not a fan of cats TBH Ask your friend who picks up her cat **** when its been out all day No worse than a badly trained, behaved dog or one of those 'trophy' pitbull type dogs owned by some rat faced thug, or one of those owners that let their dogs foul everywhere TBH. It's all a bit of give and take IMO. Edited January 24, 2011 by mick miller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperfection Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Do you really think it will get to 3 pages before the first person suggests shooting cats? Everyones being rather restrained Zapp so i could be proved wrong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillmouse Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 (edited) Australia has a very sensible approach to cats. Edited January 24, 2011 by hillmouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Galore! Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 kinda have mixed feelings about cats, we have two and i caught a bartonella bug from one of them while i was having chemo. a year later i was in papworth having a valve job. they do keep the mice and rat numbers down tho which is a good thing as both my neighbours either side have chickens, since they appeared we've noticed quite a few rat parts around the place so they do kill rats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSPUK Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 it has been hard restraining my replies.- but in a post like this you will never ever get a reply that suits all of the people all of the time - I think it should be classed as a draw. dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoggieman Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Though I love all of my five doggie,s. I have an hurge for a nice ginger pussy!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegleg31 Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Everyones being rather restrained Zapp so i could be proved wrong! i'll try and help death to all cats :yp: only joking we've got one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Galore! Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 i'll try and help death to all cats And while you're at it Nuke all the gay black baby whales in the name of our lord elvis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duncan Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 With all due respect,TheDuncan-you,re rats will not all be gone-the majority will have dispersed when the chickens left the "homestead" but some,depending on available foodsource,will be living with you quite happily.Cats leave dead birds and discarded foodstuffs all over the place and roland thus thrives-i have seen rats and cats feeding from the same bowel in a farmers kitchen-the farm cats hunted young rats all night but rarely tackled a fully grown one.As a footnote-we used to use semi auto 9mm garden guns fitted with laser sights and lamps to shoot over a hundred rats most friday evenings-most impressive sight was if you shot one down from the rafters into the pig pens-they were promptly eaten alive as were any that were shot on the run but managed to make it back amoungst the colony.Redarding which pet is the better-my spaniel sleeps for 10-12 hours without getting up and spends the rest of his day either eating or producing odours-maybe i should get a moggy after all. Well, my cats must be exceptional then - between November and December, corpses of rats would be found in various states of 'disrepair' scattered across our front lawn, some juveniles but mostly full sized adults, several per night. The chickens had been gone for 18 months before the cats turned up (and I was pedantic about clearing away food etc as I am aware of the fact they attract rats). They have taken a blackbird (not very happy about that) and I put a stop to this by installing a high bird table beyond the cats reach, seems to have sorted that issue so far Sounds like those farmcats were lazy pussies to me As for dogs producing odours - my ridgebacks could be used for riot control! They'd clear buildings with their noxious emissions! ATB Duncan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 i got a 10ish week old feral cat of the farm where i work last summer and its the most stupid animal ive owned the daft thing wont even eat raw meat but loves sweetcorn god knows what its mum use to catch for it when it was wild colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vampire Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 I have a german sheperd and am soon to get a lab,i love dogs,but i love cats,mine was run over out the front of my house,very upset and buried him at top of garden,my mates cat got run over by the bin men,he was not upset and just threw it in the skip,we are all different :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duncan Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 i got a 10ish week old feral cat of the farm where i work last summer and its the most stupid animal ive owned the daft thing wont even eat raw meat but loves sweetcorn god knows what its mum use to catch for it when it was wild colin Vegetarian ferals!! At a stables I used to manage many years ago, the eccentric owner took in a really wild,angry feral cat for vermin control. It was so wild she worried about it scratching guests and attacking things it shouldn't. Soon it mellowed and after a couple of months would barely leave the house. Lounging on settees, eating when it wanted - what a character change! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 I have nothing against cats I just cannot see the point in them as someone once said they are a waist of good fur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksdad Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Corn fed cat....wonder what it tastes like :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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