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oooo... don't know if I should thing that was a special post just for me or not, but it sure seems like it. bit of a sharp edge on this, don't you think?
and here I thought people mostly play nice in this forum.
ooooor maybe not.
I have a feeling that was snarky, or that perhaps I was being mocked.
or maybe I'm just misreading that because I'm "pro-cat".
wait, did I say that I was? don't remember that I did, because I'm not "pro-cat" at the expense of everything else. I'm "pro-considering-useful-solutions", since you're interested in defining the "pro-..." positions.
really, I pretty much just reported my particular circumstances. thought it might be part of an ongoing civil discussion about cats and chickens. must have been mistaken about that. sorry if my cats sharing a snack with the turkeys and chickens and killing my local rodents gets on your nerves. doesn't seem to be causing any stress over here.
I do know neither my neighbors to the east or west ever see my cats, I did ask. the cows to the north and south haven't mentioned seeing them either. 40 acres seems to provide enough area for them.
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well I can't speak for the folks who lived in this house before I did, but we don't actually have unsecured food laying around all over the place. not in the barn either. we didn't create the mouse-in-the-house issue, but we still have to deal with it.
aside from that, we do have mole tunnels *every*where. can't take two steps within 50 feet of the house without hitting one. since it's rained enough in the last two weeks to really soften the ground, I'm finding out just how many there are by sinking into the mud over their tunnels up to my ankles. not sure what brings moles, but probably not usecured food laying about. I'll have to look it up, since I don't know. regardless, I still have to deal with it.
anyway, I'm pretty sure my barn cats aren't creating an ecological crisis, especially since they're fixed. most of the issues with mongoose et al have to do with introduced animals breeding and the effect of their uncontrolled population growth on the local environment. I'm pretty sure if neutered mongoose were introduced, the problem would be self-limiting.
to the OP, sorry if my post got some folk's undies in a bunch. getting out of your thread now, since it's clear I'm no help here. hope you get your problem solved.
oooo... don't know if I should thing that was a special post just for me or not, but it sure seems like it. bit of a sharp edge on this, don't you think?
and here I thought people mostly play nice in this forum.
ooooor maybe not.
I have a feeling that was snarky, or that perhaps I was being mocked.
or maybe I'm just misreading that because I'm "pro-cat".
wait, did I say that I was? don't remember that I did, because I'm not "pro-cat" at the expense of everything else. I'm "pro-considering-useful-solutions", since you're interested in defining the "pro-..." positions.
really, I pretty much just reported my particular circumstances. thought it might be part of an ongoing civil discussion about cats and chickens. must have been mistaken about that. sorry if my cats sharing a snack with the turkeys and chickens and killing my local rodents gets on your nerves. doesn't seem to be causing any stress over here.
I do know neither my neighbors to the east or west ever see my cats, I did ask. the cows to the north and south haven't mentioned seeing them either. 40 acres seems to provide enough area for them.
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well I can't speak for the folks who lived in this house before I did, but we don't actually have unsecured food laying around all over the place. not in the barn either. we didn't create the mouse-in-the-house issue, but we still have to deal with it.
aside from that, we do have mole tunnels *every*where. can't take two steps within 50 feet of the house without hitting one. since it's rained enough in the last two weeks to really soften the ground, I'm finding out just how many there are by sinking into the mud over their tunnels up to my ankles. not sure what brings moles, but probably not usecured food laying about. I'll have to look it up, since I don't know. regardless, I still have to deal with it.
anyway, I'm pretty sure my barn cats aren't creating an ecological crisis, especially since they're fixed. most of the issues with mongoose et al have to do with introduced animals breeding and the effect of their uncontrolled population growth on the local environment. I'm pretty sure if neutered mongoose were introduced, the problem would be self-limiting.
to the OP, sorry if my post got some folk's undies in a bunch. getting out of your thread now, since it's clear I'm no help here. hope you get your problem solved.
he best deterrent I've found for mice or rat snakes. I can't keep cats off the vehicles. That's when the .22 is so nice. Lets see now, how many have I shot off my trucks?
