Thread: Feral Cats

I've shot them in the bush. I've trapped them and dispatched them.
I've seen grown men get excited when a feral cat gets shot.
Shoot all you can.

During lockdown last year I let the grand daughter who lives with us have a kitten, of course it needed a companion so ended up with 2 females and of course the feral males came a calling and several litters later I forked out the coin to get them fixed....seems to have fixed the mouse and rat problems that have plagued the property for many years....the chooks seem to be able to fend off the cats but I have seen a mallard duck and a pheasant dragged home as well as many rabbits including adults...thrush's, wax eyes and blackbirds seem to be the main diet...I have never really understood why the feral cats have never kept the mice and rats from the sheds.

Originally Posted by thatguy

Rough as. He sat on that cat for about 5 days before he moved geez

I don't see similarity between cats and dogs.

Dogs have Masters Cats have Slaves.

Even domestic cats kill of a night etc.

If people want them , look after them. I'm not sure what qualities they have as I am not a Cat person. I have a dog, the family dog.

Dogs are loyal and just want to be with us because we care for them. I've shot Wild dogs where they truly are wild and where they are shot as pests.

I don't want to eat cats or dogs.

i have a bumper sticker on my car, i love cats they taste like chicken

First responders can vouch for the mantra "Dogs have mates, cats have staff" If an old person dies alone in a house, their dog is usually found beside them. if its a cat they are usually looking well fed and the deceased is looking a little worse for wear

Originally Posted by Martin358

i have a bumper sticker on my car, i love cats they taste like chicken

Yeah there's always that mystery meat in a combination chowmein you can't quite place

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It's a controversial topic to some! CATS.
It's not that I can't handle the fall out, my skin is water proof.
Nor is it tall poppy to post something, given the numbers are in the hundreds.
I just quietly go about my job in pest control. I've posted here and there on a couple of our well known forum main articles from time to time to encourage others to take some care in there areas.
Most of the pests that we are cleaning up are after some human got a good idea thinking.
The rabbit plagues of past saw all sorts of witty inventions. Stoats weasels ferrets cats.
Infact documented release of 400 cats in one go to help against the rabbit plague.
I now run the policy no collar, its a pest and given some of the areas that we work it's a judgment call.
Cleaning up after man is a continual process and will continue even after I finish my course as it has with others.
KH

Originally Posted by Kiwi-Hunter

I now run the policy no collar, its a pest and given some of the areas that we work it's a judgment call.

That's the one

After all who would allow their beloved pet to wander aimlessly all times of day and night

Keep up the good work KH

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Seen a couple of feral cats out there, definitely not pets. Really big hard-looking felines.

Originally Posted by JessicaChen

Seen a couple of feral cats out there, definitely not pets. Really big hard-looking felines.

They will love a 7mm08

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Must remember that approach

Had the misfortune to find a cat inside my garage, where I had a lovely bit of veni hanging from the rafters. As I entered through the side door I saw it and slammed the door, and went off to get the 22, loaded with shorts.
Bloody cat was a mind reader. It knew the deal. So when I came back it proceeded to to destroy the inside of the garage, gluing itself to all four walls through centrifugal action, and binning pots of taps and dies, drill bits, pots of paint fishing lines etc etc, throwing them off the shelves and onto the floor

A flounder net eventually slowed it up, followed by a bit of lead centre of mass.
Little bastards. Took ages to get the garage back into shape, and clean off the cat piss and shite it ejected whilst circumnavigating the walls of my garage.

I've never had time for cats. ever since my Gran's obese cat killed my pet bunny when I was 12 years old

(The lack of a collar isn't a good indicator, Mauser308.)
Given the area I am in, some folks think it's s a good thing to drop the cat off in some attempt of humanity, in a semi rural setting.
Won't spend money at the vet for the blue needle, but will have it fixed for being released.
Then there is the problem the cat now knows what a cage or a box is and your are not likely to get them back into one.
This also brings about the problem of people they are used to and likely to avoid, but will sit and watch you from a distance.
The cat takes about three weeks to live off the land! if they have been a little old ladys cat living on only steak all it's life and in less than 3 months will be fully feral.
I can personal vouch for the above.
No collar is my ruling, unless its known to me and then its a conscience vote depending what it's doing.
Trouble is there's no shortage of replacements.
I saw another 3 in the small hours of today and I now have this clean up and to deal with as well, cage is out but more likely the 223 or the 17hmr for clean up.
I said before a sensitive subject.
I know a fellow close by me who decided to post on Facebook his cat kills, well in the end death threats and drive by, letter box taken to.
He ended up removing himself from Facebook. I know its not the smart thing social media. This also may or may not be a good place to post about your moggy work.
Twenty five years ago out the door was the last time I could hear the morepork.
Part of the plus of pest control is the sound of the bush, but still no morepork, stoats mainly the problem for this, but have seen cats 40 feet up.
I think that the cost of the blue needle at the vet should be subsidised for cats. But that's a different subject in some ways.
Most I come across would want homes for them, trouble is a cat has many homes and many snack bars on their way over to their nexted adoption.
A forum member who will remain nameless, thought their cat had died, only to turn up for Christmas.
Where it was! they must have gone on holiday and when the food went low home it went sort of.

KH

Got the local Morepork population about the house up to about 6 now. Shoot every cat that steps on the property. They are not here for the scenery

I have these guys in shed at home.
Zero tolerance on felines and rodents, thats why we still have them.

Yes ,free range.
Don't see them often, usually when I'm doing firewood.