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- From: maoh@phyast.nhn.uoknor.edu (Maureen O'Halloran)
- Subject: Re: Cat Repellant
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:13:41 GMT
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- Keywords: Cat, Bird, Pounce, Kill
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- guppy@wixer.cactus.org (Jennifer Mery) 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.
-
- >The dog will scare away the birds. I'm still having trouble deciding if
- >I want a dog or birds in the backyard.
-
- My dog totally ignores birds although he goes nuts over squirrels.
- ("If I keep dancing around under the tree barking, one of thems BOUND
- to fall down sooner or later") Birds on the other hand are totally
- boring. His ancestory is a total mystery but apparently doesn't
- include bird-dog. There are lots of birds at my feeder, including
- eating off the ground, they just fly off momentarily if he wanders too
- close.
-
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- Maureen O'Halloran
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