Posted by jeanette on June 2, 2007, 4:18 am
I have a cat, a great big lazy, lardy lump of fur, who can barely climb
into the conservatory chair, never mind climb a tree..
Unfortunately, this killer beast can be seen by a nesting blackbird,
through the glass. Have you heard a blackbird's alarm call? Imagine a
megaphone strapped to a squeaky wheelbarrow, running round the garden at
full pelt, from three in the morning 'til after dark, and you'll see the
scale of the problem.
I have to confess that my first google for a solution included 'Webley'
and '.22' but can anyone suggest a humane equivalent to a feathered
'ASBO', to persuade blacky that it doesn't need to scream "there's a
cat!" all blasted day!
--
Jeanette
Posted by Kate Morgan on June 2, 2007, 5:17 am
>I have a cat, a great big lazy, lardy lump of fur, who can barely climb
>into the conservatory chair, never mind climb a tree..
> Unfortunately, this killer beast can be seen by a nesting blackbird,
> through the glass. Have you heard a blackbird's alarm call? Imagine a
> megaphone strapped to a squeaky wheelbarrow, running round the garden at
> full pelt, from three in the morning 'til after dark, and you'll see the
> scale of the problem.
> I have to confess that my first google for a solution included 'Webley'
> and '.22' but can anyone suggest a humane equivalent to a feathered
> 'ASBO', to persuade blacky that it doesn't need to scream "there's a cat!"
> all blasted day!
> --
> Jeanette
What a lovely story and one I can sympathize with, we have a neighbors
ginger moggy who just sits under a big bay tree where the blackbirds live,
the noise in amazing isn't it, I have to resort to a bucket of water over
the cat before we get peace and quiet altho the blackbirds chatter on for
ages - did you see the size of that cat - sort of thing :-)
kate
Posted by Muddymike on June 2, 2007, 5:36 am
> Unfortunately, this killer beast can be seen by a nesting blackbird,
> through the glass. Have you heard a blackbird's alarm call? Imagine a
> megaphone strapped to a squeaky wheelbarrow, running round the garden at
> full pelt, from three in the morning 'til after dark, and you'll see the
> scale of the problem.
> I have to confess that my first google for a solution included 'Webley'
> and '.22' but can anyone suggest a humane equivalent to a feathered
> 'ASBO', to persuade blacky that it doesn't need to scream "there's a cat!"
> all blasted day!
Get the cat a disguise.
Mike
Posted by Malcolm on June 2, 2007, 6:57 am
>I have a cat, a great big lazy, lardy lump of fur, who can barely climb
>into the conservatory chair, never mind climb a tree..
>Unfortunately, this killer beast can be seen by a nesting blackbird,
>through the glass. Have you heard a blackbird's alarm call? Imagine a
>megaphone strapped to a squeaky wheelbarrow, running round the garden
>at full pelt, from three in the morning 'til after dark, and you'll see
>the scale of the problem.
>I have to confess that my first google for a solution included 'Webley'
>and '.22' but can anyone suggest a humane equivalent to a feathered
>'ASBO', to persuade blacky that it doesn't need to scream "there's a
>cat!" all blasted day!
Please reassure me that the .22 is for the cat and not for the blackbird
:-))
--
Malcolm
Posted by Broadback on June 2, 2007, 8:55 am
Malcolm wrote:
>
>> I have a cat, a great big lazy, lardy lump of fur, who can barely
>> climb into the conservatory chair, never mind climb a tree..
>>
>> Unfortunately, this killer beast can be seen by a nesting blackbird,
>> through the glass. Have you heard a blackbird's alarm call? Imagine a
>> megaphone strapped to a squeaky wheelbarrow, running round the garden
>> at full pelt, from three in the morning 'til after dark, and you'll
>> see the scale of the problem.
>>
>> I have to confess that my first google for a solution included
>> 'Webley' and '.22' but can anyone suggest a humane equivalent to a
>> feathered 'ASBO', to persuade blacky that it doesn't need to scream
>> "there's a cat!" all blasted day!
>
> Please reassure me that the .22 is for the cat and not for the blackbird
> :-))
>
It's your cat, why not move it?
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>into the conservatory chair, never mind climb a tree..
> Unfortunately, this killer beast can be seen by a nesting blackbird,
> through the glass. Have you heard a blackbird's alarm call? Imagine a
> megaphone strapped to a squeaky wheelbarrow, running round the garden at
> full pelt, from three in the morning 'til after dark, and you'll see the
> scale of the problem.
> I have to confess that my first google for a solution included 'Webley'
> and '.22' but can anyone suggest a humane equivalent to a feathered
> 'ASBO', to persuade blacky that it doesn't need to scream "there's a cat!"
> all blasted day!
> --
> Jeanette