I have a killer cat, a too effective predator

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I don't think that protector would work. My grandpa had a cat, who was accidentally ran over by my uncle's car, so she got blind. She was still able to hunt birds while blind...
 
Syzygys said:
I never heard of it for cats. I am not even sure it would work, maybe the cats just would freak out and jump over it.
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Nor I, but if it can work on small dogs, it might work on small cats. You might want to discuss this and perhaps some other options with your vet. I have never had an Invisible Fence, so I am not all that familiar with them. But if they give the animal a buzz before it crosses the boundary line, that might be enough to keep it inside. Dogs, especially big dogs, get real excited and sometimes run through the Invisible Fence. But I think cats are more sensible and deliberate animals. So it might work better for them.
 
I have just found a dead chipmunk on the porch, probably has been dead for a week or so. Thus Bryce's killratio has improved:

Bryce vs. chipmunks: 2:2
 
joepistole said:
Dogs, especially big dogs, get real excited and sometimes run through the Invisible Fence.
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The invisible fence is not a line, it's a field. A dog would have to put up with a rather long period of zapping, during which it would become stronger until he made it to the halfway point.

Only dogs that have been bred to ignore pain like the pitbull and the Presa Canario would be willing to do that. And anybody dumb enough to "secure" one of those dogs with nothing more than an electric fence should probably be thrown to the wolves himself.

Electric fences are not very popular with humans! They see a large snarling dog running straight at them, and they don't understand that there's an electric field there, which the company who manufactures it promises will stop the dog in time.
 
Syzygys said:
I have just found a dead chipmunk on the porch, probably has been dead for a week or so. Thus Bryce's killratio has improved:

Bryce vs. chipmunks: 2:2
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It sounds like there is the making of a Stephen King style novel here. Perhaps you can use the experience to write a horror novel and make a few bucks with the experience.
 
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We have came to the conclusion, that the damn cat learnt how to open the door. Sometimes for the night I close the door of his room where he has food and a litter box, so he wouldn't roam around the house ringing his bell during the night. Several times by the morning the door was open, just like this morning, and the cat is who knows were. Now I have seen him messing with the doorknob, but I always assumed since it is a knob not a lever, that he is just trying. But all evidence shows that yes, he is able to turn the knob and open the door.

Damn cat.... This is his "you asshole, you really thought a closed door is going to stop me?" look:

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Syzygys said:
I never heard of it for cats. I am not even sure it would work, maybe the cats just would freak out and jump over it.
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It would work but they are expensive. And you have to take the time to teach them the boundries.

Have you tried a second bell on opposite side of collar yet?
 
Fraggle Rocker said:
The invisible fence is not a line, it's a field. A dog would have to put up with a rather long period of zapping, during which it would become stronger until he made it to the halfway point.

Only dogs that have been bred to ignore pain like the pitbull and the Presa Canario would be willing to do that. And anybody dumb enough to "secure" one of those dogs with nothing more than an electric fence should probably be thrown to the wolves himself.

Electric fences are not very popular with humans! They see a large snarling dog running straight at them, and they don't understand that there's an electric field there, which the company who manufactures it promises will stop the dog in time.
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So Labs are dogs bred to ignore pain? I have friends with a Labrador Retriever who tried the Invisible Fence and it didn't work for them. They eventually scrapped the Invisible Fence in favor of a traditional fence as the Lab kept escaping. Last time I checked Labs were family dogs and have not been bred to ignore pain. But they are a very excitable dog. And yes anyone who would use an Invisible Fence to secure dangerous dogs needs to have his head examined or be behind bars. But we are not talking about dogs here. We are talking about a potential new use for the fence - using it to secure a cat. And last time I checked the cat in question here was not hunting humans.
 
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"Static Correction".
Thank goodness for that.
I thought it might involve electric shocks.
 
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