Cat deterrent...low-powered BB-gun or Airsoft?

[Indy_Guy_77]

She shot him in the technicals!!!

 

[AtTheMurph]

Relocate one by one. Where you take them is up to you. If they are collared and chipped, maybe the Humane Society and force the owners to pay the recovery fee?

Of perhaps find a farmer who would like to have a large number of cats around for rodent control?

Or simply find an area away from you that a cat could either find a place to live as a feral, find a new home or get eaten by a predator?

 

[Elcardo]

My kid has a full auto airsoft m4 ...I think that would be perfect and it's pretty fun to shoot even when you're not defending your lawn from cat sh#t

 

[femurphy77]

I guess it IS Halloween weekend so why not a zombie thread?

 

[BR8818]

I bet time solved the cat problem.

 

[dvd1955]

Seems like there have been a lot of ancient threads revived recently. And unexpectedly, in a lot of cases, it's not the new members doing the reviving. I do like the idea of a full auto m4 though, so I'm glad these are getting resurrected. I gotta look into that one.

 

[Hatin Since 87]

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

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This stuff, and mothballs. And don't waste the opportunity to buy an airsoft
gun. They really hate getting dinged by one, and it takes them awhile to associate it with you. But it doesn't hurt them.
Sprinkle the repellent of choice in your beds, and along property lines. And between your lawn suddenly being olfactorally a lot less attractive, and the unpleasant experience of being occasionally sniped, you'll find your cat population greatly reduced.

 

[ancjr]

All the neighbors whose pets come here to poop have NO TRESPASSING signs all over their fences and houses.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Yes, airsoft only. BB can hurt them and break the skin.

Another vote for the motion activated sprinklers.

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[PistolBob]

Johnson County has an ordinance. 15-1-2-2

Put out a live trap, once captured call Johnson County Animal Control in Franklin. They will come get it or might ask you to bring it in. If it is chipped the owners will be notified. If it is not chipped, well, it will need to be adopted after it is spayed or neutered. The animal will be destroyed if no one adopts it within their timeframe. The owners, if identified will have to pay for the spay/neuter job, plus a $100 fine for allowing their animal to run loose. The 2nd time the animal ends up in the JCAC the fine is $500 or off to the gas chamber.

 

[rugertoter]

When I was a kid, and my dad still lived on a farm in Ohio, we used to spend a weekend doing nothing, but picking off feral cats. You had to, they were everywhere.

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

When I was a kid, and my dad still lived on a farm in Ohio, we used to spend a weekend doing nothing, but picking off feral cats. You had to, they were everywhere.

One of the few good points of having a thriving coyote population. Back when I lived in town I would find coyote tracks coming right up the street after the first couple of dusting snows. Presumably looking for a tasty cat or town rabbit.

 

[manifest destiny]

I live in rural wooded area. Some neighbors allow their dogs to run free. I find this offensive. I know fido likes it, but their fido shouldn't require my attention. Not to mention my dog gets all worked up when a free-ranger saunters through.

 

[Tactically Fat]

Holy thread resurrection, Batman!

 

[dieselrealtor]

We had a cat issue when we lived in town a few years ago, their favorite litter box was the landscape area right next to the front porch & house. The smell was bad. Started live trapping them, called animal control & they would come get them. I believe there was such an issue with loose cats in Martinsville a few years ago that there was an ordinance against it. After trapping a few the problem went away.

I now use a bb gun as a squirrel on the bird feeder deterrent.

editl; LOL, just noticed this was a necropost

 

[bcannon]

I've used a paintball gun for years with great success. I have a few that still venture onto my property, likely strays, but for the most part the neighborhood cats will skirt the property line now or avoid the area completely.
A few neighbors have came by and complained because their cats come home all painted and limping around. I tell them to thank God they still have a cat, they could've wound up fishbait. I ask them also do you have any issues with my pets and some say they don't like them, mainly because of the breed of dogs I have. I then reply atleast I keep them on my property and not letting them on theirs to crap all over their yard or being a nuisance to them. I really am a pretty good neighbor, I think. I mind my own business and take care of my responsibilities. One of my responsibilities is not to take care of theirs.

 

[Tbell7]

Dpms makes a nasty full auto bb gun fyi

 

[Mongo59]

308 works for me...

 

[Michigan Slim]

Just a note to all the posters suggestions to dump kitties in the country: The cats die. Either by arrow, rifle, hawk or coyote, their dead. After seeing several hunting bluebirds they became priority targets.
Take care of your own problem. Don't make it mine.