war on neighbors cat

[Spinnaker]

I am not condoning any thing that will cause injury to your neighbor's cat, since I like most of them and have even had a cat or two parked in the house at times. But, like anything else, they need to know their place and sometimes need some discipline.
I used to feed my cat outside, so she could eat while I was at work. Other cats would come around and eat her food. I didn't want to injure the other cats, but I wanted them to leave her food alone.
After much thought and problem solving head scratching, I came up with this. I took an old ignition coil I had laying around and wired it to a section of cardboard covered with a grid of aluminum foil and put it in front of her food dish. The spark lead goes to one section of the grid, and the ground went to the other section of the grid. I hooked up a micro switch to the 12 volt power lead in order to cycle the power (to simulate opening and closing the points) and used a battery charger for power.
So on weekend, when I was home, I would keep watch for the free loaders. Once they were on the foil pad, I hit the micro switch and you have never seen a cat jump so high in your life.
Nothing like a little electroshock therapy to change some behavior.

[JayG]

Originally Posted by Spinnaker

I am not condoning any thing that will cause injury to your neighbor's cat, since I like most of them and have even had a cat or two parked in the house at times. But, like anything else, they need to know their place and sometimes need some discipline.
I used to feed my cat outside, so she could eat while I was at work. Other cats would come around and eat her food. I didn't want to injure the other cats, but I wanted them to leave her food alone.
After much thought and problem solving head scratching, I came up with this. I took an old ignition coil I had laying around and wired it to a section of cardboard covered with a grid of aluminum foil and put it in front of her food dish. The spark lead goes to one section of the grid, and the ground went to the other section of the grid. I hooked up a micro switch to the 12 volt power lead in order to cycle the power (to simulate opening and closing the points) and used a battery charger for power.
So on weekend, when I was home, I would keep watch for the free loaders. Once they were on the foil pad, I hit the micro switch and you have never seen a cat jump so high in your life.
Nothing like a little electroshock therapy to change some behavior.

You are crazy too.
How about I put that same contraption on your seat and zap you

[TypeA]

Originally Posted by JayG

You are crazy too.
How about I put that same contraption on your seat and zap you

He's not trespassing, your argument is invalid.

[Spinnaker]

Originally Posted by JayG

You are crazy too.
How about I put that same contraption on your seat and zap you

I have been zapped plenty of times while working on cars when they are running, and I have survived just fine.

[JayG]

Originally Posted by Spinnaker

I have been zapped plenty of times while working on cars when they are running, and I have survived just fine.

Must have affected your brain

[Spinnaker]

Originally Posted by JayG

Must have affected your brain

You know, I agree with you about being cruel to any animal. I would never shoot a cat or other animal. But, I knew that getting zapped by a car coil is highly uncomfortable, but more or less harmless since I have experienced it first hand. I did not want to cause any injury to the other cats but they were eating my cats food, on my back porch, on my property, in a totally fenced in yard. I'm I any less cruel than dog owners who put an "invisible fence" on their property and a collar on their dog, so it get shocked every time it runs one foot past the edge of the yard of its own house? Ever been on a farm that has an electric fence to keep the live stock from roaming out of bounds? Is that farmer being cruel to his animals, or is he keeping them from becoming road kill?
I have read news reports about people poisoning animals that roamed onto their property. Talk about being cruel, a slow painful death.
Are the police cruel for using a Taser instead of shooting a criminal with a bullet?
You have the right to your own opinion, but I don't go around zapping cats just for any reason or torturing any animal. I left the food out for my cat in my back yard. If I wanted to feed all of the neighbors cats, I would have left the bowl of food out in the front by the street.
This will be my last response to you, we have hijacked enough of the OP's original thread.

[JayG]

Originally Posted by Spinnaker

You know, I agree with you about being cruel to any animal. I would never shoot a cat or other animal. But, I knew that getting zapped by a car coil is highly uncomfortable, but more or less harmless since I have experienced it first hand. I did not want to cause any injury to the other cats but they were eating my cats food, on my back porch, on my property, in a totally fenced in yard. I'm I any less cruel than dog owners who put an "invisible fence" on their property and a collar on their dog, so it get shocked every time it runs one foot passed the edge of the yard of its own house? Ever been on a farm that has an electric fence to keep the live stock from roaming out of bounds? Is that farmer being cruel to his animals, or is he keeping them from becoming road kill?
I have read news reports about people poisoning animals that roamed onto their property. Talk about being cruel, a slow painful death.
Are the police cruel for using a Taser instead of shooting a criminal with a bullet?
You have the right to your own opinion, but I don't go around zapping cats just for any reason or torturing any animal. I left the food out for my cat in rbof memy back yard. If I wanted to feed all of the neighbors cats, I would have left the bowl of food out in the front by the street.
This will be my last response to you, we have hijacked enough of the OP original thread.

Fair enough, I apologise to you. My anger at the other one got the better of me
I just have a short fuse about cruel treatment of animals.

[Beer]

Originally Posted by JayG

Must have affected your brain

I hear they make a good meatloaf.

[JayG]

Originally Posted by Beer

I hear they make a good meatloaf.

Originally Posted by mump

I would try to notify the owner of the issue and then hope he resolves it.

... if that doesn't work a little bit of antifreeze in some tuna should take care of the problem.

Come on guys, there is nothing funny about poisoning or cooking a cat

[Perfectlap]

This

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with a little bit of this sprayed on the ground near the car

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I can't belive this is still a problem. We have technology now.

[mump]

Originally Posted by JayG

Come on guys, there is nothing funny about poisoning or cooking a cat

I never said anything about poisoning a cat. I just said to put antifreeze-laced tuna out... Cats make their own decisions, where they lay, what they eat, where they walk.

[Timco]

Originally Posted by JayG

You are crazy too.
How about I put that same contraption on your seat and zap you

If I was walking into your back yard and taking what I wanted, and crapping in your flower beds, you would certainly not be out of line....