Lary,
Why go thru the expense of getting a new dog and the bills that go with them. Just go to Jack's and get some of Thorpe's golden elixir and spray profusely around your grille. That should stop em, but also, next time you have a get together for a DTR soiree, I think I'll pass on the burgers and hot dogs......HMMMMMMM

Gary

 

I had a skanky tom cat tearing up my garage and tormenting my dogs from the other side of the fence for a little while. I put a rat trap out with cat nip on it. Got rid of him that night and have never seen him since.

 

Why Gary...I am shocked! that you would think I would put Cat in the burgers or hot dogs Everybody knows it is MUCH better on Kabobs

 

Its best with a bit of Worcestershire sauce and egg fried rice..

dang, I miss Brunei...

 

Run a wire to the grill? Don't forget to put a sign on it to remind you.

 

Here is California if they do not have a collar on them then they are considered feral and are fair game, the County Animal Shelter will loan you a trap to catch them and you can drop them off 24 hrs a day.
I recently got attacked by a local cat, probably weighed 4-5 pounds it jumped out at me in my garage when I put my arm out to block it from hitting me in the face it wrapped around my arm and I got 13 deep puncture wounds on my arm, I slammed it into the ground to get it off, I went to the ER and they send a report to the health department. If I were not able to ID and catch the cat I would have had to get Anti Rabies Treatment.

I still have several cats that have scratched up my truck, spray on my truck, at my front door poop in my garage, under my air conditioner and on my roof of my house.
There used to be a Great Dane that used to pee on the fender of my truck and so I connected a fence charger to it but it kept coming back so I built my own using a flyback transformer, a few transistors and capacitors. Think Taser

BTW Harbor Freight sells a trap.

 

i have had cat problems for over 30 years. only thing i have seen to work is a fence charger. that only stops them from that particular item. i give them 4 chances to stay away then all bets are off.

 

Have you contacted the folks to see if there's a Smarty version available for Cat Traps?

 

If its feral shoot it....They kill more small birds than almost all other predators...If you want a pet then keep it in your house/yard...any non indigenous animal running free in the wild is target practice for me...

 

why, you men.......

put a fake, leather clad, perfumed FEMALE cat on the back door area.....

with the appropriate sign that no minors allowed, you only serve juice, and have a bouncer watching.....cover charge optional.....


jeesh guys, so simple.......tsk tsk




heidi, the problem solver

 

Sorry Lary, have to agree with most that I saw. Kill the cat, half a mile from home tinklin' on my gear, bye bye kitty or at least I'd start chucking rocks at him, chasing him but the chuckin' rock's works good especially when you practice and you can usually hit something pretty hard on the first or second try like I usually do.

Killing the cat? Well, had a HUGE orange and white thing from where I do not know that would come around here. He started laying into our cat in our driveway. I was in the shop, steel toe boots on. They went tumbling across the lawn and I took off out there cause my cat was getting a few lives removed. He had my cat pinned down and reared up to swat him with his right paw. As he dropped his paw my right boot was moving up. Caught the sucker right in the side with the toe of my boot and launched his butt about 20 feet up the side of the hill. It was funny cause he had no clue whatsoever that I was gonna drop the hammer!! He didn't make and noise and my cat kinda looked at me with huge eyes for a second then split. Unfortunately he must have made a trip back cause he killed our cat, beat him up so bad he died from his wounds.

My boy said he's seen that big orange and white cat wandering our yard and fields. Told him it's open season with the bb gun. Hope to catch him down around my target area for my 22 mag, about 125-150 yards off my front porch and my scope is ready, hehe. Around here most likely a stray anyhow, besides buzzards got to eat too.

 

being you have had such great advice i hope you don't mind a story. my grandfather was working in the shipyards in portland ore. during ww2. he had a fellow there that was always bragging during lunch about some nasty animal that he ate trying to upset everyones lunch. grandpa invited this guy out to a home cooked supper . cat was on the menu. looks and taste like rabbit. so grandpa makes dinner with all the fixings , mash potatoes and gravy. this guy assumes its rabbit and digs in. grandpa saw him enjoying it and gave it a try and said it was dang good. he let loudmouth get his fill then showed him the bucket with the remains in it . said the guy lost his supper on the front lawn , end of lunch time stories and grandpa never ate cat again. you had to know my grandpa , grew up orphaned and tough. sorry for the long story. i hate cat pee.

 

Isn't a mothball close to the diameter of a 12ga slug? Might have to change out that rock salt load for a mothball load.

 

Not so simple if the cat is of a different orientation. I mean that in the politically correct way so no cats need take offence.

 

Update, finally warmed up above single digits and the purloining feline returned to the scene of the crime. I followed his tracks in the snow and found where he lives.

Had a talk with my neighbor and basically was told it was a dog and not a cat and that he could not fence it in or chain it up. I explained that I fully understood that but cat **** all over my BBQ was NOT an acceptable end to the story.

He of course is concerned that I will kill his cat and I assured him that was the last thing I wanted to do and that a simple solution is for him to keep his pet indoors and buy a litter box like everyone else. He did not seem to be receptive to my idea so the trap will have to go out in the AM.

I intend to trap him and return him to his owner so he can understand how serious I am about not liking my BBQ to be used as a litter box. After that, all bets are off......