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There are also sprays you can get from garden centres, and probably from Innovations-style catalogues.

Or you could put a sign up telling it to keep away ;-)

Yeah I agree, while I'm sure you're tempted to get that old air rifle down from the attic, bear in mind it's only doing what nature always intended it to instinctively do.

I've heard good reports on the ultra-sonic devices.

Another idea is to plant some cat nip away from the nests so the cats would stay over there.

We bought some cat nip-infused chocolate for our cat. It spent the whole time playing with them, and never eating them.

Hmmmm. that could be as problematic ;)

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>>Macguru - is there a Lion khasi for this sort of thing?

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Vote for: 1) The birdies; 2) The precious kitty

PayPal gladly accepted in lieu of lion's dung?

There's got to be a remedy that doesn't involve me having to pay for someone else's cat having the joy of coming on my property and killing my bird friends.

What is it that cats just really don't like that won't stink up the place or annoy the neighbors AND that I won't have to pony up $50+ for?

Let's not forget this is not a cat vs dog issue. What do you bird lovers advise? There are innocent birds involved here. What did a bird ever do to hurt any of us . . . besides pooping in massive numbers and quantity on the cars parked anywhere near the birdfeeders . . .

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There is probably a legion of "precious kitties" around, all innocent as baby bird killers. Those hunting for birds (and else) at night are probably stray cats with no owners. They just follow their instincts, and will keep on doing so for centuries (given that mens wisen up not to kill the planet in the mean time). Problem is, mens are creating artificial, but ideal breeding microclimates for both birds and cats in the burbs...

Mac, if I seriously entertained catthenasia, there'd be no cat to talk about, so no, I'm not going to do the cat in.

I understand it's their nature. I'm more p.o.ed at the cat's owner for putting me through this. I know, from friends, that many cats that hunt do their owner's the favor of bringing their kill home and dropping it somewhere in plain sight. If that's the case here then this cat's owner must be witness to a large pile of dead carcasses - and the owner is not doing much about it since the darned feline keeps coming back for more.

I'm a bird lover. Especially roast chicken.

You got 4 choices to achieve the goal :

Get serious cat repellent hardware ;
Get a job at the Zoo to get cheap Lion dung ;
Grow catnip to have hordes of half baked stray cats drooling around ;
Shoot a cat, get arrested, deal with it, and buy tons of personal lubricants.

Oh crikie! Cat extortion? Payola?

Here's the rub: The device doesn't distinguish between dogs and cats, so whilst it was busy scaring off the cats it would be doing the same to our chocolate Lab. Next thing I know our Lab will be afraid to go near the front of the house. Not good. Need to her to have full range and run of the property to keep the burglars at bay.

Cats hate sticky stuff on their paws?

Cats don't like anything that "smells them up"? How do I place something to "stink up the cat"?

Unbelievable how little there is that 1) works on cats and, 2) doesn't have "side effects". Might mean that cats would do well in battle? Send all the local cats to the <war zone du jour>?

Think I may have to fall back on the local pet control agency. Probably catch the wrong cat IF the trap ever works.

Next year I think I'll put up some 2x2 wire fencing near the porch eves - large enough for birds to come and go but not large enough for cats to easily get in and out.

"Your #%!# Condors keeping eating our cats!"

"Well, it's their nature, cats are food to Condors . . . "

As noted, the cat's just doing what cats do. And this one is to be admired for doing it well.

Nope the device cannot do this.

That just sounds like a reasonable solution to me. And fun to watch.

A few years back I wrestled a baby bird loose from the jaws of a 6+ foot long black snake that slithered up the same wisteria to get to a bird's nest. I heard the mom and dad birds squalking up a storm whilst I sat in my office next to the porch, so naturally I had to investigate. To this day I don't know what compelled me to grab that damned snake, except for some sympathetic response to the cries of momma and poppa bird.