greybeard
Well-known member
Thought about putting this in 'gardening' but since the subject matter is more closely related to firearms...
Wife has several flowerbeds we've worked hard on this year, but we have a couple of feral cats around that have decided to make the beds their toilet and they're killing plants with their poop and digging. I don't mind the cats being here, they keep the mice at a manageable level but the plant killin has to stop. Wife is tired of going out to weed the beds and having to deal with the shhet clumps too.
Dog catcher/Animal control in this part of the county is not an option.
My first option:
I know they make some granules you sprinkle around that is supposed to repel the cats. Does it work?
Second option:
.22 rat shot. We used to use it to kill rats in my uncle's and grandfather's corn cribs, but we didn't care what harm or injury or death it caused. I'm not really interested in killing cats tho, or even seriously injuring them.
How much penetration power does .22 ratshot have? What's it's range?
What's the realistic chance I have of it keeping them out of the flowerbeds by this option without grievous harm and excessive pain?
(no, I don't want to trap them and haul them off to make my problem someone else's problem. That's how they became my problem to begin with)
My 2nd to last option:
.22 lr/20 ga buckshot. I really really truly don't want to do this.
Last resort:
A new wife that doesn't care about flower beds. (A bit extreme just over a bit of catshheet)
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Wife has several flowerbeds we've worked hard on this year, but we have a couple of feral cats around that have decided to make the beds their toilet and they're killing plants with their poop and digging. I don't mind the cats being here, they keep the mice at a manageable level but the plant killin has to stop. Wife is tired of going out to weed the beds and having to deal with the shhet clumps too.
Dog catcher/Animal control in this part of the county is not an option.
My first option:
I know they make some granules you sprinkle around that is supposed to repel the cats. Does it work?
Second option:
.22 rat shot. We used to use it to kill rats in my uncle's and grandfather's corn cribs, but we didn't care what harm or injury or death it caused. I'm not really interested in killing cats tho, or even seriously injuring them.
How much penetration power does .22 ratshot have? What's it's range?
What's the realistic chance I have of it keeping them out of the flowerbeds by this option without grievous harm and excessive pain?
(no, I don't want to trap them and haul them off to make my problem someone else's problem. That's how they became my problem to begin with)
My 2nd to last option:
.22 lr/20 ga buckshot. I really really truly don't want to do this.
Last resort:
A new wife that doesn't care about flower beds. (A bit extreme just over a bit of catshheet)
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