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- From: lusol@Lehigh.EDU (Stephen O. Lidie)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
- Subject: Re: Cat Repellant
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.132851.18723@Lehigh.EDU>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 13:28:51 GMT
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- In article <P7BPXB1w161w@cdthq.UUCP> gary@cdthq.UUCP (Gary Heston) writes:
- >brad@ssd.intel.com (Brad Rullman) writes:
- >
- >>
- >> I have a problem: a neighborhood cat likes to hang around under the
- >> cover of a cedar tree near my bird feeder, and pounce on unsuspecting
- >> birds that fly to the ground below to pick up dropped seeds.
- >>
- >> Is there some kind of repellant I can use on the ground under the
- >> cedar tree to discourage this kind of anti-social activity?
- >
- >Yes. A dog on a leash tied to the base of the cedar tree should be
- >quite effective.
- >
- >A second possibility would be to use chicken wire to enclose the area
- >under the tree, so the cat isn't able to pounce out. All this would
- >take is a ring the same radius as the branches (or perhaps a little
- >less) about a foot high. If kitty has to stop and climb a small fence,
- >the birds will have lots of time to get away.
- >
- >If all else fails, a live trap and trip to the local animal pound
- >will solve the problem.
- >
- >Gary Heston, at home....
- >gary@cdthq.uucp
- >
-
- Geez..... if you know the owners talk to them about the problem..... sending
- the cat to the pound to be put to sleep is the usual short-sighted solution..
-
- SOL
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