loriusgarrulus Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 My sisters schnauzer once grabbed a pheasant as it took off out the hedgerow. Wouldn,t have been so bad,but the brother in law was talking to the gamekeeper at the time. Fortuntley he thought it was funny and suggested Bill tried training him to the gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victorismyhero Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 the "cat haters" ought to consider turning their bile to the corvids, in rural areas at least corvids destroy FAR more songbirds than cats..... as do grey squirrels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbiep Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 I am not having a few cats keeping rats back. What is really required is a proper and on going pest control plan, A rat will fight back and once the cat leans that most are useless, the outside feeding is IMO more likely to attract rats in. Not lacking in knowledge of cats either my mother and sister kept loads of them when I was at home, never seen one with a rat though blue tits etc featured very prominently as did mice and voles. In that case, you've seen cute, cuddly, domestic moggies. Farm cats are a different matter entirely, imagine a domestic cat with an attitude problem. We have occasional rat issues. There's a decent-sized stream culverted under the farmyard, and that provides a safe-ish place when rats make their way towards us. However, evidence of rats is rare (droppings, food bins gnawed, etc), and when it does happen you'll find in short order (2-3 days) the cats have killed and left rats under one of the cars, by the house door. No more rat sign, so they're certainly effective at their job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted September 12, 2014 Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 In that case, you've seen cute, cuddly, domestic moggies. Farm cats are a different matter entirely, imagine a domestic cat with an attitude problem. We have occasional rat issues. There's a decent-sized stream culverted under the farmyard, and that provides a safe-ish place when rats make their way towards us. However, evidence of rats is rare (droppings, food bins gnawed, etc), and when it does happen you'll find in short order (2-3 days) the cats have killed and left rats under one of the cars, by the house door. No more rat sign, so they're certainly effective at their job. Ha, I am thinking about one particular big white one that used to terrorise dogs and guests- indeed I was the only person in the house that thing never sunk its fangs into! It was actually the only one I actually liked still no rats. If you want a pet that kills rats get a darn terrier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sha Bu Le Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 (edited) Some years ago a friend who had a whippet type lurcher would walk down to the docks for work. In the road leading to the docks there lived a cat who enjoyed sitting in the gate way taking in the early morning air. Now said lurcher clocked the cat and for 3 or 4 mornings chased it the length of the road. Never caught it, cat was too clever. One morning dog and owner walking down to the dock, dog looks for cat no cat there so dog starts sniffing around. Next moment accompanied by a loud hissing cat snarling noise the cat launched itself from the top of the gate post where it had been waiting to ambush the dog. Finished up with dog running at full tilt down the road howling like a banshee with cat clung to its back by 4 sets of claws . Even the owner saw the funny side, dog gave the gateway a body swerve thereafter. Edit = Sorry if I hijacked the thread slightly but thought you may enjoy a cat/dog anecdote. Edited September 16, 2014 by Sha Bu Le Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 That image made me laugh. Our cat and dog curl up for love ins in the dogs basket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxie Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 (edited) Years ago when I worked on a farm we had a feral cat who used to store the rats he killed in one big heap under a pile of hessian potato sacks.Sometimes there would be fifty or more, all headless for some reason.We very rarely saw the cat but boy could we smell him, he was rotten. Edited September 16, 2014 by maxie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy177 Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 Heaven for anti gun campaigners. A lot of my family work for the police and all are in agreement that unless they were certain it was a rimfire round they wouldnt have said so. Hope they take his ticket away and throw away the key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krugerandsmith Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 the "cat haters" ought to consider turning their bile to the corvids, in rural areas at least corvids destroy FAR more songbirds than cats..... as do grey squirrels Yes but .... they don't dirty all over my garden .... never their own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victorismyhero Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Yes but .... they don't dirty all over my garden .... never their own. there is an easy solution to that...get a cat of your own.....It will stop the others crapping in your garden and will go an do its mess in everyone elses.... either that or visit your nearest zoo and beg some lion poo from them, soak in water for a day or two and spray the liquid round your boundary....THAT will pursuade them to go else where (apparantly) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Were do folk get this thing about cats not doing there stuff in there own garden what do the owners do walk there new kitten around the boundary's of there property or put a nappy on it if your stuck in the middle of 250 acres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 The word being "garden" 250 acres is not a garden that's a farm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victorismyhero Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Be nice to have 250 acres to be "stuck in the middle of" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Especially if it had a few backstops for FAC and a bit of woodland with some deer and a well stocked river and...... Well its nice to dream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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