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Post by colin12303 on Mar 10, 2012 4:37:58 GMT -8
Have to agree with Dave on this one. I had neighbours who have just thankfully moved away who were out all day inc weekends,and left their two labradors locked indoors howling for hours on end. When they took them up the back of our gardens for exercise they used to crap everywhere.You found this out when you went to get in your car at night and slid the last three feet. The stuff is disease ridden and smells like the bowels of hell. I have attached a pic of my cat who is so cute,causes no trouble and buries his crap in the garden. Anyway i think the problem will go away as the economic state of the UK and the US is now getting so bad we will not be able to afford to keep pets and the ones we have got we will end up having to eat,unless the swarms of undesirables we have coming in to the country get to them first Attachments:
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Post by saturniidave on Mar 10, 2012 9:00:07 GMT -8
Wingedwishes, yes those rules are in place here. But as Colin has shown they are largely ignored. People can be prosecuted for letting their dogs crap and not pick it up, but unless you have actual photographic evidence they will do nothing. I have lost count of how many times I find a large dog turd outside my front gate, usually smeared around as others have trodden in it. They walk their dogs late at night and don't bother to clear up.
It is the same with the barking, unless you can prove it was their dog the people concerned will just deny it.
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Post by wingedwishes on Mar 10, 2012 17:01:58 GMT -8
As an active animal control officer, I can tell you that it is not that way at least in the dozen or so counties where I train other officers. The diseases you mention regarding dogs is not so prevalent as other beasties in outdoor cats (though still there). One of the cat illnesses can cause a miscarriage in a pregnant person. Your cat may bury waste in your garden but they also do it in my garden as they wait for the Polydamas. I won't attach a photo I took of vultures eating road kill cats, or of the Osprey dropping a 3 month old kitten from a great height so that it will be easier to eat, or of the coyote catching adult cats as they come to their outside food dish (or as I call it, the ambush zone). Pet waste contributes to massive algae blooms in run off so there is no excuse to not pick up after a pet. BTW - most code enforcement officers can cite a pet owner based on affidavits from 2 or more households. Pooping in your yard can be a public nuisance citation for around $150 for the first offense.
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Post by saturniidave on Mar 10, 2012 18:28:10 GMT -8
Things are obviously very different in the U.S.
Oh, and I am most grateful you did not post any of those photos otherwise I would have had to file an official complaint. Just the thought of them makes me very sad as a lifelong cat lover (who had a dog as a kid).
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Post by prillbug2 on Mar 10, 2012 19:05:06 GMT -8
I never allow my cat out of the house unless it's on a leash and halter. Too many possibilities of them being hit by cars, or being killed by cat haters in my area. She loves to get out, but she only goes out when I'm with her. She eats grass, rolls in the dust sometimes, and definitely enjoys her time out. I don't allow her out by herself, since she's 21 years old and is blind in her right eye. I don't want harm to come to her. She's a very good friend.
Jeff Prill
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Post by ckswank on Mar 11, 2012 12:30:21 GMT -8
Jeff, you sound like a very responsible pet owner. Very few pets get to live to this age when they are left to fend for themselves in the outdoors. I am also partial to cats, but since my wife is deathly afraid of all animals, I have to refrain from owning one. I suspect that she was traumatized by an animal when very young and grew up not realizing how much enjoyment they can bring.
Charlie
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Post by Khalid Fadil on Mar 13, 2012 5:37:56 GMT -8
Your wife is terrified of animals? How does she cope with your bug collecting?
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Post by jackblack on Mar 13, 2012 6:16:48 GMT -8
Hi Rev Farrier,
Haven`t heard from you a while ?
Did the cat get your tongue ?
Just a figure of speech.
Anyway I`m wonderin did your cat calm down a bit now?
My son is in the US on holiday from Australia now and says he`s a freezin so I guess there`s no insects for your cat to eat.
Not meaning any sarcasim just jokin .
I did enjoy your threads but you have been a bit quiet for a while now?
Cheers from Australia
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Post by ckswank on Mar 13, 2012 19:32:36 GMT -8
I've been missing your posts as well. Hope everything is OK. I think the winter doldrums have an adverse affect on all of us. Nice to see life returning in the spring. Things should be starting to fly there in Georgia.
@khalid - I very seldom bring any live ones into the house, & when I do, they go straight to the freezer. Brought about 10 live Strategus aloeus home a couple of years ago. Somehow the lid on the plastic container came loose & I discovered them the next day after work wandering around the room where I've got my computer & collecting stuff. Needless to say, she was not pleased! LOL
Charlie
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2012 15:04:06 GMT -8
we have a bengal cat and man that cat is vocal.....With it being a cross breed from an asian leopard and a domestic feline, they don't really meow. it's more of a groan. The hights they can jump is incredible. The only problem is, it sleeps until around 4 in the morning, then decides it wants cry around the house... never again!!!! Attachments:
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Post by prillbug2 on Mar 14, 2012 19:53:09 GMT -8
pretty cat.
Jeff Prill
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2012 16:06:56 GMT -8
Thanks jeff. He's one of a kind.
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Post by Rev. Redmond Farrier on Mar 18, 2012 0:03:20 GMT -8
Greetings all! Yeah, I know I have been away a while. Winter took it's toll on me. There was next to nothing to collect so my newfound hobby was put on hold for a while. I kind of stayed away from here so as not to torture myself by feeding the desire to collect when there is nothing to collect. I netted my first lep of the season Feb 25 (nothing fancy, just something to practice spreading with) so the new season has finally begun.  As for the cat, Luna has calmed down a bit. She still has a taste for bugs though. On more than one occasion she has eaten a couple of mealworms when I had the bin open to tend to them. I brought a couple of grubs that I found when digging in the yard into the house the other day. I let her sniff the large one and the look on her face was priceless! I have only seen her eyes get that big once before, when I killed a squirrel in the attic and had to carry it through the house to take it outside to clean it. Hopefully this season I will have the presence of mind to keep my eyes on my insects whenever they are in her reach.  Rev. R. Farrier |
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Post by colin12303 on Apr 9, 2012 5:17:35 GMT -8
Referring to the fact some people keep cats to catch vermin ie mice.I have found the opposite to be true.Our cat catches them alive and lets them go indoors,and they are a real pain to get rid of.
On the other hand i let my pet ferrets loose in the shed the other day and within minutes a small female had a mouse by the scruff of the neck(dead)and brough it out to show me.
I suggested letting them loose in the house to get rid of anything the cat had brought in but the wife wasn't kean,something about the smell.
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Post by prillbug4 on Sept 9, 2012 19:36:47 GMT -8
I have bad news about my cat, Mandy. She died today at the age of 22. I came home from work last night, and found that she was fading away. I picked her up and took her to bed with me. She drew her last breath around 12 noon, today. I miss her, was shocked when I came home and found no cat waiting for me at the door. This was a cat that always purred, even when she seemed angry, but she was such a sweet, loveable girl, and I don't know what I'm going to do without her. When I brought her home she had the prettiest blue eyes, and since she was a persian mix, her fur was very soft to the touch. I had her for forteen wonderful years, along with her housemate, Sheba, who died on November 26th, 2011. She was 21, was a blue point Burmese also with blue eyes. This cat was also very sweet and wanted to come home with me when I saw them at the pet shelter, so I took them both. She always used to follow me around the house and would sleep with me in bed. So, now I have no cats and maybe I'll search for another cat or two if they are house mates and had been living together. I miss them, but have some photographs to remember them by.
Jeff Prill
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