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Arron Super Member
Joined: Nov 20, 2006 Posts: 352 Location: Cen.Iowa, by way of SWIowa
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 9:58 pm Post subject: Friend near Modesto, CA needs some help with feral cats. |
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Hey folks.. just got out of a "chat" with some widow/er friends on the internet. And one widow friend out in Central Valley, CA is loosing her brooding stock to feral cats! And at this time it is her only scource of income. If anyone is close by and could be of assistance would you PM me on here. Sorry if this out of line; but this gal is trying really hard to make ends meet and keeps getting chewed up and spit out. I am only asking on here because I am too far away to be of much help to her directly. otherwise I would take of said problem pretty quickly. Thanks all. Much obliged.
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15715 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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dhc4ever Super Member
Joined: May 26, 2011 Posts: 2944 Location: Ipswich, Queensland Australia
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:47 pm Post subject: Re: Friend near Modesto, CA needs some help with feral cats. |
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Pick me, Pick me!!!
Cats go off like a frog in a sock when you hitem in the head.
Same problem as Vince too far away.
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gelandangan Super Member
Joined: May 07, 2006 Posts: 6398 Location: Sydney Australia
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 1:01 am Post subject: Re: Friend near Modesto, CA needs some help with feral cats. |
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+1 from Aussie..
besides loving to shoot/hunt, I also H A T E cats!!!!
I'll KILL em all..
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Pumpkinslinger Super Member
Joined: Sep 22, 2007 Posts: 5002 Location: NC foothills
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 3:11 am Post subject: Re: Friend near Modesto, CA needs some help with feral cats. |
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I'd love to help too but a bit too far away, even if I'm not as far as Vince, DHC and Gelan.
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Aloysius Super Member
Joined: Nov 03, 2009 Posts: 2440 Location: B., Belgium
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 3:30 am Post subject: Re: Friend near Modesto, CA needs some help with feral cats. |
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I'll help a little from a distance:
make this:
www.frankonia.de/36895...oryId=7356
and use a left-over-chickenwing or some smoked fish as bait. Works for me.
And since we are no longer allowed to shoot these cats - the red/green-people wants them to be sterilized and put back where you caught them - we also sterilize them now: 15 minutes on about 100 °C works fine...
let there be no misunderstanding: this last part was a joke
And the nice thing about this catching method: when it's the expensive cat of your neighbour you can avoid war in your street. If by accident something happened that shouldn't have happened: put it on the street and drive over it with your car. A car still seems to make people more forgivable than a bullet...
by the way: I-ve been told that cats taste about the same as rabbits, it only smells nasty when slaughter them. And for people getting a little afraid now: you can see the difference on the boneleggs: cats have round leggbones, rabbits oval shaped. I have a friend in a bikerclub who used to have this kind of New Year's dinner. And after the "meal" they always showed the fresh furs...
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Arron Super Member
Joined: Nov 20, 2006 Posts: 352 Location: Cen.Iowa, by way of SWIowa
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 10:53 am Post subject: Re: Friend near Modesto, CA needs some help with feral cats. |
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Thanks guys. "preciate the ideas the live trap had all ready come to mind. As well as running a "hot wire" with an electric fence. She is in a total world of hurt and getting alot of disconeect notices. As happens alot when some looses(SP?) a spouse the "family and friends" go away shortly. Sucks but it is reality for far too many. Again thanks folks.
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Elvis Super Member
Joined: Jul 27, 2008 Posts: 9253 Location: south island New Zealand
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:24 pm Post subject: Re: Friend near Modesto, CA needs some help with feral cats. |
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I would be there in a heart beat too. my .223 loves cats almost as much as the 12ga.
a cage trap is probably the best method for an ol gal to use. if the cat caught is feral drop trap and all in a deep bit of water then go have a cuppa tea. fish it out, empty it and reset it. if its the nieghbours prise persian get stuck in with the garden hose till its howling then spin it round n round till you are dizzy then let it go it wont be back in a hurry.
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15715 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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DallanC Site Admin
Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3572 Location: Utah
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 9:53 pm Post subject: Re: Friend near Modesto, CA needs some help with feral cats. |
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Too bad its in gun unfriendly CA. I'd suggest a couple of live catch traps and just take them to the local animal shelter.
I still chuckle at a crazy wild cat I took down to our local shelter... they were removing it from my trap when it got loose in the back room and went absolutely ballistic in there knocking over equiptment and attacking anything that moved.
Poor girl came back out with my trap and scratches all over her and said "here's your trap back, I'm going to lock up, call my manager and go to lunch and let him take care of it" hahahah.
-DallanC
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15715 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:17 am Post subject: Re: Friend near Modesto, CA needs some help with feral cats. |
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_________________ Cheers, Vince
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eeyouelder Member
Joined: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 123 Location: Quebec
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 3:37 am Post subject: Re: Friend near Modesto, CA needs some help with feral cats. |
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In 2007-08 we had an outbreak of racoon rabies. I was hired by the government to trap and inoculate the racoons. On my first day on the job I caught ten racoons and ten cats. All twenty animals had to be inoculated with an IM vaccine and then tagged. The racoons had a numbered ear tag put on but the cats had a red colored dye sprayed on them as a marker. During that summer I caught more cats than racoons and some of the cats would come back for the free sardine lunch the next day.
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stovepipe Super Member
Joined: Sep 25, 2008 Posts: 4877 Location: Pine, Az.
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 8:28 am Post subject: Re: Friend near Modesto, CA needs some help with feral cats. |
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Get a predation permit and call me I'll be right over with a few varmint rifles. Otherwise, yer looking at jail time.
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Arron Super Member
Joined: Nov 20, 2006 Posts: 352 Location: Cen.Iowa, by way of SWIowa
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:31 pm Post subject: Re: Friend near Modesto, CA needs some help with feral cats. |
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I WILL PASS THIS ON TO HER!!
Thanks folks! And thanks for the use of the forum to try find some help for her.
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radar Super Member
Joined: Oct 01, 2008 Posts: 1109 Location: North Island New Zealand
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Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 4:44 pm Post subject: Re: Friend near Modesto, CA needs some help with feral cats. |
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I said it once before, if a "good" cat ends up in the cage trap, piss on it then throw flour on it then let it go home to mumsy, vets hate it, cats hate it and will never return. Otherwise for mangy strays half a 44 gallon drum filled with water and see if they swim while in the cage. I'm like elvis .22 .223 and 12g all love fresh kitty
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