Thread: Is it possible to permanently deter a stray cat from being on your property?

Originally Posted by trout1105

100% of feral cats were once someone's pet or the progeny of someones pet and they do untold harm in the bush.

Apparently, if you take your cat out to the bush and dump it, it won't survive long as foxes like them and feral cats - which can be huge - also kill them.

Originally Posted by trout1105

The feral cats are a whole different animal and can be quite savage when cornered and some of them that I have shot here were bloody big buggers as well.

Yes, I've seen some huge ones, including one that was all-black, and you can see where people get their notions of wild panthers from. One of the Departments here used to have a cat-skin they took around for education, and it was about a metre from tip to tip.

Years ago they had the army out in Western Queensland doing a feral animal eradication program. It was a point and shoot event which am not sure would be acceptable today. There was one cat they had shot that held by the tail at shoulder level the paws reached the ground

Had cats entering my yard as all around had them and we did not. They were using the gardens as a toilet to mark territory. When I tired of using various super soakers on them found that scattering the barbed rose cuttings around the area when they were using as a toilet was an effective deterrent. Also placed them where they were entering the yard

Apparently, if you take your cat out to the bush and dump it, it won't survive long as foxes like them and feral cats - which can be huge - also kill them.

The same can be said about European carp and redfin perch But now our waterways are infested with them
Rabbits and cane toads are another example of innocently introduced species can create havoc in our ecosystems.

Originally Posted by Arapiles

Yes, I've seen some huge ones, including one that was all-black, and you can see where people get their notions of wild panthers from. One of the Departments here used to have a cat-skin they took around for education, and it was about a metre from tip to tip.

Yet the ones out at the property,which is in SW Qld,are relatively small.

When lambing is on,and baiting is being done for the foxes,it seems to sort out the cats as well.
But once it’s stopped,the cats and foxes are back.

Originally Posted by scarry

Yet the ones out at the property,which is in SW Qld,are relatively small.

When lambing is on,and baiting is being done for the foxes,it seems to sort out the cats as well.
But once it’s stopped,the cats and foxes are back.

Lucy jet used to be the bees knees for fox/cat baits But unfortunately you can't get it anymore

well when the 2 billion native animals are all gone what will the cats eat then?

I hope the dingoes get them..... the cats , that is

Please don't shoot it!! Thats awful anyone who shoots a cat! It could be someone's pet! Please trap or catch and take it to a vet or pound and let them find if it has a home, or is able to be rehomed or it not, kindly put to sleep.
Disgusts me how folks think it's ok to just shoot cats. It's not ok! So many horrendous stories.
Its more likely catching mice than the native things and is much less of a danger than stray dogs could be.
I think all cats should not be allowed to wander and should be adequately and safely confined to their properties. Mine are indoor and go outside on leads or in a cat run.
Keeps them safe, keeps wildlife safe, numbers of mice increase outside, and no one can harm them like so many think is ok way to treat a cat!
Could always befriend it and have a new indoor lap warmer. Cats help regulate heart beats

Originally Posted by Arapiles

Apparently, if you take your cat out to the bush and dump it, it won't survive long as foxes like them and feral cats - which can be huge - also kill them.

Yes, I've seen some huge ones, including one that was all-black, and you can see where people get their notions of wild panthers from. One of the Departments here used to have a cat-skin they took around for education, and it was about a metre from tip to tip.

Please, please, please - nobody should even consider ever, ever, ever dumping a cat in the bush. Ever.

Well, not if it's alive, that is.

On a side note, whilst maybe some feral cats do attain surprising size .......most quite definitely don't.

Oh, and while we're here - I noticed that somebody wrote something about a cat being more likely to take "mice" than "natives". Prey selection and gut content analyses over many years would indicate pretty strongly how much native fauna goes down the gullets of cats. I've no doubt that most people now appreciate this - but nobody should ever kid themselves that pussy cats do not individually consume a hell of a lot of native animals. They don't sit around watching geckoes and skinks go past unmolested whilst waiting for a European rat or a tin of Whiskas to turn up.