[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Stray cat problem (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 2/10/2011 5:50:29 AM EDT
What's the best way to remove cats in an urban area where people are feeding them? I was thinking of getting one of these:
and bringing the bastards into the animal shelter. I'll probably have to chain the thing to my car to keep people from stealing it. |
These are very effective, just put a can of cat food in it (strong smell, cats love it  ). You could also check with the local shelter, they sometimes know of groups that specialize in capturing feral cats and they'll spay/neuter it and give it to someone for a barn cat.
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A lady over in Glenpool (south of Tulsa) is going to prison over one of those things.
She was trapping the neighborhood cats and then one of her neighbors videotaped her dunking the trap in a garbage barrel full of water in her back yard until the bubbles stopped. I'm glad the neighbor saw her and not me. I'd have just shot the bitch and been done with it. |
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A lady over in Glenpool (south of Tulsa) is going to prison over one of those things. She was trapping the neighborhood cats and then one of her neighbors videotaped her dunking the trap in a garbage barrel full of water in her back yard until the bubbles stopped. I'm glad the neighbor saw her and not me. I'd have just shot the bitch and been done with it. Uh, what's the problem with that solution? Drowning is pretty humane all things considered. |
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A lady over in Glenpool (south of Tulsa) is going to prison over one of those things. She was trapping the neighborhood cats and then one of her neighbors videotaped her dunking the trap in a garbage barrel full of water in her back yard until the bubbles stopped. I'm glad the neighbor saw her and not me. I'd have just shot the bitch and been done with it. When I was a kid we had a friend with an outdoor shed that had a HUGE rat problem, we would catch them in a live trap and then drop it in the creek......then go catch another one ! |
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A lady over in Glenpool (south of Tulsa) is going to prison over one of those things. She was trapping the neighborhood cats and then one of her neighbors videotaped her dunking the trap in a garbage barrel full of water in her back yard until the bubbles stopped. I'm glad the neighbor saw her and not me. I'd have just shot the bitch and been done with it. Seems like an old-timer's way of doing things. I don't know how many times I've heard second-hand stories of dads taking weighted bags of kittens and throwing them in the water. I'd bet she didn't even think she was doing anything different than wringing the neck of a chicken. |
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A lady over in Glenpool (south of Tulsa) is going to prison over one of those things. She was trapping the neighborhood cats and then one of her neighbors videotaped her dunking the trap in a garbage barrel full of water in her back yard until the bubbles stopped. I'm glad the neighbor saw her and not me. I'd have just shot the bitch and been done with it. Seems like an old-timer's way of doing things. I don't know how many times I've heard second-hand stories of dads taking weighted bags of kittens and throwing them in the water. I'd bet she didn't even think she was doing anything different than wringing the neck of a chicken. I would have burned her house down, no shit serious. |
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A lady over in Glenpool (south of Tulsa) is going to prison over one of those things. She was trapping the neighborhood cats and then one of her neighbors videotaped her dunking the trap in a garbage barrel full of water in her back yard until the bubbles stopped. I'm glad the neighbor saw her and not me. I'd have just shot the bitch and been done with it. From what you said, she's actually going to prison for what she did after she trapped the cat. And I agree, I would have just shot the cat(s) and been done with it. |
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Dad's friend had a stray cat problem, getting in his barn and pissing all over the hay, then the horses wouldn't eat it. Caught it in there one day and chased it across the yard and up a tree with a shotgun and took care it out. Only problem was, the crazy stalker neighbors up the road caught it on their CCTV and he now has a criminal record for shooting a pest...  |
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A lady over in Glenpool (south of Tulsa) is going to prison over one of those things. She was trapping the neighborhood cats and then one of her neighbors videotaped her dunking the trap in a garbage barrel full of water in her back yard until the bubbles stopped. I'm glad the neighbor saw her and not me. I'd have just shot the bitch and been done with it. Gotta link? |
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A lady over in Glenpool (south of Tulsa) is going to prison over one of those things. She was trapping the neighborhood cats and then one of her neighbors videotaped her dunking the trap in a garbage barrel full of water in her back yard until the bubbles stopped. I'm glad the neighbor saw her and not me. I'd have just shot the bitch and been done with it. Uh, what's the problem with that solution? Drowning is pretty humane all things considered.
Its a humane method to deal with feral cats |
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A lady over in Glenpool (south of Tulsa) is going to prison over one of those things. She was trapping the neighborhood cats and then one of her neighbors videotaped her dunking the trap in a garbage barrel full of water in her back yard until the bubbles stopped. I'm glad the neighbor saw her and not me. I'd have just shot the bitch and been done with it. Uh, what's the problem with that solution? Drowning is pretty humane all things considered. Short of gassing them with CO or argon or something like that, can you name any other method of dispatching them that is less traumatic than drowning? |
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I've been putting cat food in a bowl on the front porch for the feral cats. It helps keep them away from the songbirds and doves at my bird feeders.
One of them is living under our 161-year old house. I'm trying to get it used to seeing me and being less afraid so I can catch it and seal up the opening under the house. It will come up to the front door now, so I believe it will be soon calm enough that I can catch it and take it to the Humane Society. 
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So killing a cat is a crime now? 
What if it was in my fan when I started the truck, and it comes out all fucked up..... What if it gets run over in the yard and is yowling. What if a deer gets smacked by a car. Fuck all of you city dwelling law making pussies. Welcome to the real world of life and death. 
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I've been putting cat food in a bowl on the front porch for the feral cats. It helps keep them away from the songbirds and doves at my bird feeders. One of them is living under our 161-year old house. I'm trying to get it used to seeing me and being less afraid so I can catch it and seal up the opening under the house. It will come up to the front door now, so I believe it will be soon calm enough that I can catch it and take it to the Humane Society. http://www.fototime.com/DEAE4D4643D78B4/standard.jpg Awwww, why don't you bring the little guy in the house? |
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I live a heavily populated urban area with the same situation as the OP.
Wait for nightfall and hide with a clear line of sight of the cats usual stake out spot. Hit them with a suppressed .22 rifle using subsonic ammunition. This will end you cat problem very quickly. Trust me.  More and more feral cats seem to keep coming though.
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I've been putting cat food in a bowl on the front porch for the feral cats. It helps keep them away from the songbirds and doves at my bird feeders. One of them is living under our 161-year old house. I'm trying to get it used to seeing me and being less afraid so I can catch it and seal up the opening under the house. It will come up to the front door now, so I believe it will be soon calm enough that I can catch it and take it to the Humane Society. http://www.fototime.com/DEAE4D4643D78B4/standard.jpg That's a nice looking kitty, maybe you can introduce it to the owl and they can play together. 
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The other cats are afraid of my crow. He pulls their tails and steals their food and they are afraid of him.
I don't know that feral cat would do good around my crow. I think he may be narcoleptic. Everytime he gets excited he falls asleep.
I think he must be a Norweigian Forest Cat. |
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A lady over in Glenpool (south of Tulsa) is going to prison over one of those things. She was trapping the neighborhood cats and then one of her neighbors videotaped her dunking the trap in a garbage barrel full of water in her back yard until the bubbles stopped. I'm glad the neighbor saw her and not me. I'd have just shot the bitch and been done with it. Uh, what's the problem with that solution? Drowning is pretty humane all things considered.
 They are a fucking pest, who gives a shit how they die....
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I live a heavily populated urban area with the same situation as the OP. Wait for nightfall and hide with a clear line of sight of the cats usual stake out spot. Hit them with a suppressed .22 rifle using subsonic ammunition. This will end you cat problem very quickly. Trust me. More and more feral cats seem to keep coming though. Would probably make for some excitement the next morning when someone found a shot cat. |
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So you want to get rid of some of your neighbors pets because you don't like them? What exactly are the cats doing that pisses you off that the raccoons, possums, skunks, squirrles, and rabbits aren't doing?
These threads always bring out some of the sick minded people on this board. |
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So you want to get rid of some of your neighbors pets because you don't like them? What exactly are the cats doing that pisses you off that the raccoons, possums, skunks, squirrles, and rabbits aren't doing? These threads always bring out some of the sick minded people on this board. I didn't read it as pets. Feral cats are a royal PITA. They piss and shit on everything including automobiles. They find ways into basements, cellars, and crawlspaces and breed, shit, piss, and die under your house. You turn your car on and they get chopped up in the fan. They kill all the squirrels and birds. They fucking make tons of noise at night whether fighting or fucking. Lastly, they breed like fucking rabbits. The only animal you listed that I hate as much as feral cats are possums. Nasty bastards! 
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I hate cats but how is it they become a "problem"? There's a ton in my neighborhood but I haven't seen a snake or a mouse in several years. 2-3 isn't really a problem. Wait until there are 10+ and they become like an unruly gang hanging out and making trouble. God help you if you actually have a cat of your own and feral cats take over your area.
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Just because you have a cat in your yard that appears to be "wild" doesn't mean it's feral. A lot of domesticated animals are leery of strangers. Do those of you with dogs or cats have your pets happily run up to greet strangers at your house? Or does your dog growl and act skittish/defensive? Cat run and hide? Maybe some of you should have a talk with your neighbors about their pet raising habits and start calling animal control if it's available
The term feral is sometimes used to refer to an animal that does not appear friendly when approached by humans, but the term can apply to any domesticated animal without human contact. |
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Quoted: Quoted: I hate cats but how is it they become a "problem"? There's a ton in my neighborhood but I haven't seen a snake or a mouse in several years. 2-3 isn't really a problem. Wait until there are 10+ and they become like an unruly gang hanging out and making trouble. God help you if you actually have a cat of your own and feral cats take over your area. -ZA There's at least 10. Probably more. My wife and I walked outside the other night and there was a freaking gang bang going on under one of the dusk-to-dawn lights. These damn things have lost all modesty. |
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Quoted: I hate cats but how is it they become a "problem"? There's a ton in my neighborhood but I haven't seen a snake or a mouse in several years. This town has a pretty large feral cat population. Cat urine isn't a pleasant smell (most noticeable in the alleys), I've been woken up a few too many times by a couple of cats going at it (either fighting or screwing) in the middle of the night, the paw prints on my truck don't bother me particularly but they do piss off other residents of my building. Now that you mention it I haven't seen any rats around the dumpsters out back. No snakes either. I'd rather find some of that cat repellant someone mentioned they saw in feed stores but if that weren't an option and I wasn't inside of city limits a quick shot to the head would be the most humane way of doing it. |
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Let's be clear , there's a difference between a feral cat and a domestic house cat. Whether people realize it or not (Maybe it's whether they want to recognize the problem or not) but there are plenty of feral cats out there that do TONS of damage. There are also many feral dogs out there, in fact I almost got in a sticky situation this week when SIX approached my car that was partially stuck in a snow drift. |
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A lady over in Glenpool (south of Tulsa) is going to prison over one of those things. She was trapping the neighborhood cats and then one of her neighbors videotaped her dunking the trap in a garbage barrel full of water in her back yard until the bubbles stopped. I'm glad the neighbor saw her and not me. I'd have just shot the bitch and been done with it. Uh, what's the problem with that solution? Drowning is pretty humane all things considered. Short of gassing them with CO or argon or something like that, can you name any other method of dispatching them that is less traumatic than drowning? CCI CB Short to the head. Nearly silent and almost instantaneous. |
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I hate cats but how is it they become a "problem"? There's a ton in my neighborhood but I haven't seen a snake or a mouse in several years. How do they become a problem? They're a nearly unchecked predator. Stray cats are a huge part of the reason Iowa's pheasant population is so low lately. Coyotes eat the adult birds and stray cats get the babies. The state refuses to do anything about the cats so the problem just gets worse. |
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A lady over in Glenpool (south of Tulsa) is going to prison over one of those things. She was trapping the neighborhood cats and then one of her neighbors videotaped her dunking the trap in a garbage barrel full of water in her back yard until the bubbles stopped. I'm glad the neighbor saw her and not me. I'd have just shot the bitch and been done with it. Uh, what's the problem with that solution? Drowning is pretty humane all things considered. With it being inside city limits it also avoids any charges of her discharging a firearm. A strong air-rifle would have been a better (read: quicker) solution. How is shooting it going to be quicker than drowning? Unless you nail the animal in the CNS you're waiting for bloodloss, shock and eventually, death. |
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Quoted: Quoted: I hate cats but how is it they become a "problem"? There's a ton in my neighborhood but I haven't seen a snake or a mouse in several years. How do they become a problem? They're a nearly unchecked predator. Stray cats are a huge part of the reason Iowa's pheasant population is so low lately. Coyotes eat the adult birds and stray cats get the babies. The state refuses to do anything about the cats so the problem just gets worse. Pheasants are an invasive species that have no business being here either. The dumb Brits took them everywhere, and before that, the dumb Romans. The cats are doing the natural balance a favor in that case. Anyway, pheasant eggs are probably getting eaten by raccoons, possums and such. It's not a good idea to get caught or thought to be the neighborhood cat killer. If /b/ finds out about it, you could find your property destroyed and your relatives in physical danger. Maybe call the city and bitch about it. Around here, they will fine people for feeding wild or feral animals, so maybe go that route. WTF is the difference between a pile of dog shit, and spots of piss all over and a pile of cat shit, and smaller (abit smellier) cat piss? Sure you're not just being a vindictive twat because your neighbors are getting some joy out of something?
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A lady over in Glenpool (south of Tulsa) is going to prison over one of those things. She was trapping the neighborhood cats and then one of her neighbors videotaped her dunking the trap in a garbage barrel full of water in her back yard until the bubbles stopped. I'm glad the neighbor saw her and not me. I'd have just shot the bitch and been done with it. Uh, what's the problem with that solution? Drowning is pretty humane all things considered. With it being inside city limits it also avoids any charges of her discharging a firearm. A strong air-rifle would have been a better (read: quicker) solution. How is shooting it going to be quicker than drowning? Unless you nail the animal in the CNS you're waiting for bloodloss, shock and eventually, death. iT'S NOT, you have to take the time clean your gun afterward
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