The Poultry Keeper

Bhindi · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 7:30 pm Post subject: Is this a trap

I noticed 3 gardens along from me, there are what look to be 2 traps, The garden is about 200' long and is given up to growing veggies totally. I heard last years crop was munched ruthlessly by the local bunnies, and I assume old George has now decided to get equal. I am VERY worried as my cat walks through this garden. I don't mind so much if it causes no injury, and he just releases my cat, as I'm sure the cat wouldn't fall for it twice, but I'm fretting about it being a 'killing' machine.

Its a wire cage, approx 2' long by 1'. About 1/3 from the closed end, there is a metal rod that goes from the corner to the top at about a 45 degree angle. The other end is fully open.

Does this sound like a trap to you.. and if so will it maim? Crying or Very sad

debcat · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 7:36 pm Post subject:

it sounds like a live trap to me,
if so there will be no harm to your cats and he can just let them go if they get in there
you could always ask him

Henwife · Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 3457 Location: Monmouthshire

It might be as well to have a word with your neighbour anyway. It's a live trap, but he could be fed up with cats using his freshly dug veg garden (as well as rabbits eating his produce)

Spana · Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 2240 Location: North Cornwall

It does sound like a live catch trap to me also. Cant you go and ask just to put your mind at rest. If its any help to you, I can take some pics of live catch traps tomorrow, just say.

Bhindi · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 9:39 pm Post subject:

Thanks all, I think Ive just tracked it down, and as you all said its a humane one. At least I can sleep tonight now...

I keep my cats in at night, but a 14 year old cat who every day has had access to the outside, would not have been happy if I'd turned him into a house cat (nor would I)

I will have a word with Ol George, I gave him a couple of bags of chook pooh a couple years ago, I think I will take him two bags of my 'prime' aged chook pooh, hope that will keep him sweet, if he catches my ginger Thomas.

Thanks x

Sparklepeeps · Joined: 17 Jan 2007 Posts: 1960 Location: Cheshire

Perhaps tell him about these

. He would need a few fo a garden that size so it would be an investment, but they are very effective if moved around regularly (i.e. weekly)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ultrasonic-Cat-Repeller-Deterrent-Scarer-BNIB_W0QQitemZ130171812148QQihZ003QQcategoryZ50365QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

thehenman · Joined: 12 Oct 2007 Posts: 171 Location: lincolnshire

those sonic pest things dont work ,i bought one for cats once we put it on in our neighbors house who had a cat annd the cat just layed there like nothing was bothering it ,totall waste of money Confused