Steve_uk
132 posts
Apr 13, 2007
12:21 PM
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I no how everyone feels ive lost so many birds to a cat and then wednesday i worked real hard to get home early to get the birds out and a peregrine turned up for lunch before the kit landed i said to my mrs i'd bet my wages its taken either my bronze barred blue hen or my 2002 grizzle hen wich i was very fond of and you guessed it the grizzle hen is now gone : (
I'm so pissed of with it all why cant someone invent a deterant that works it would make them so rich.
R.I.P
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W@yne
363 posts
Apr 13, 2007
12:41 PM
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Ste
You are sure getting some bad luck. Like you said the other day they always take yer best birds for some unknown reason. With the sound of it everyone is sick n tired of the bops atm. I do have problems with the sparrowhawks in past years but no peri has troubled me (fingers crossed) in the last 10 years. Ste 1 idea how about moving to sunny Wigan Lol.
Yer m8
W@yne
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Last Edited by on Apr 13, 2007 12:42 PM
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nicksiders
1582 posts
Apr 13, 2007
12:44 PM
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Not a good day for you, Steve. Makes you heart sick doesn't it? Falcons are the worse. They are swifter; more manuverable; and more cunning than a hawk.
I actually hope that a Redtail pair nests near by. My birds can outdue them and they will make sure no other BOP nest nearby, especially the falcons. I do have a Buzzard pair that lives nearby and I am hoping they will keep the hawks and falcons in check somewhat.
Sorry to hear about the bird.
Nick
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Snicker Rollers
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spinner jim
81 posts
Apr 13, 2007
1:03 PM
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Sorry about your bit of bad luck Steve,we all get em,once them bas---- peregrines start coming its awful,its like ringing the dinner bell here in gloucester,they overlook my place from high up on the high rise hospital two miles away (they must have amazing sight) sponcered by the bloody nurses lottery fund ??,i once flew them last thing at night in twilight and they still came over and swooped through my kit,chin up steve plenty of good days will come im sure, jim ( your west country mate) glawster. ps its a good job you got them fantails to fall back on lol.
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Steve_uk
135 posts
Apr 13, 2007
1:11 PM
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Cheers guys i have the dewlaps to fall back on they are peregrine proof but rollers are my life.
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Steve_uk
136 posts
Apr 13, 2007
1:24 PM
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This cat is a serious piece of work its next door but ones ive set a trap no luck its so cuning if i turn my back for 1 min its got 1 if any roll in to the field at the back its got it before i can get over the 7ft fence ive borrowed a gas rifle but its been nowere near since i borrowed it.
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W@yne
364 posts
Apr 13, 2007
1:29 PM
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Ste
Wigan pies are tops.
They don't call us Wiganers PIE EATERS for nothing.
We are famous for our delicious pies.
I think Ive ate far too many in the past Lol.
Spinner Jim you dont know what yer missing.
Shaun you will find that you have one clever sparrow hawk just like i had 2 years ago.
Take care guys
W@yne
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Last Edited by on Apr 13, 2007 1:38 PM
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Shaun
471 posts
Apr 13, 2007
1:39 PM
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It's funny, Steve, but when I first took up with rollers a couple of years ago, cats were my main worry. I never imagined the sparrowhawk would cause all my trouble and the cat absolutely none. One of the first threads I dropped in on this site was about dear kitty and it was one of the most heated which I can remember. You might want to wind back to the summer of 2005 archives and take a look.
Shaun
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spinner jim
82 posts
Apr 13, 2007
1:59 PM
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Steve here is a remedy for cats without hurting them and it works on rats and mice too im told ,if you have a friend with ferrets ,spread the ferret s--t on the top of the fence where the cat normally patrols ,he wont lick that off his paws twice,we did it in my mates garden when he had cats killing birds on his bird table,the only down side was the birds could smell it and they did not want to come back either,but the cats have gone with no sign of them since,jim .
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trevsta65
103 posts
Apr 14, 2007
2:30 AM
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i wish that i only had cats to deal with. being a non cat person and so is the rest of the family my jack russell goes ballistic at the mongrels so they dare not set one lousy paw in our yard the old girl is getting on now so i think its time she got an apprentice.cheers trev
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motherlodelofts
1726 posts
Apr 14, 2007
7:29 AM
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One of the best ways to deal with cats is with another cat, first, cats are easy to train when it comes to pigeons , chickens ect.
In fact I have three , they are very teritorial and they don't like other cats in thier domaine at all , in fact they just plain won't tolorate it.
plus they are a real assett around the loft as far as keeping rodents away.
My birds know my cats and they don't react to them at all, I have one that I can't keep out of the kitbox when I'm feeding and follows me into the breeding loft, she is just part of the loft where the birds are concerned.
Scott
Last Edited by on Apr 14, 2007 9:29 AM
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fhtfire
892 posts
Apr 14, 2007
9:06 AM
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I totally agree with Scott on this one. Get your own cat and as a kitten..take it with you in the loft...it will learn to like the birds....plus..if you hold a cats front legs and let a mean old hen...whach him a couple times in the face...the cat learns to fear the birds...only do the whacking thing if the cat messes with your birds at all.
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kcfirl
79 posts
Apr 14, 2007
4:04 PM
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I have always had cats around my pigeons. They serve two purposes; they eat mice and rats, and they keep other cats away.
If you can't train your own cat to leave your birds alone, you got biogger issues than keeping cats away.
Firl
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