Another suggestion about cats, not to stop them chasing bats, but to get them used to a change of home is to smear their paws with butter. By the time they wash it off and they are more settled at their new address.
> Marnie wrote: >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Dorothy Robbie >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 10:49 AM >> Subject: Re: [canals-list] Bats >> >> >> i was reading something about bat consevation the other day...said >> to keep cats inside between dusk and dawn....not very practical on a >> NB with the current temperatures > > Not practical at any time or place IMHO. I've moved house a few times, > and > the normal trick, to keep the cat, is to keep it in for a fortnight - then > it is unlikey to try to wander home. As time progresses, the cat slowly > decides on a plan of action looking for any weak spot in the defences - > and > just when you least expect it, and through some small opening you thought > was safe - whoosh, they're out. We had a cat that was three days in a new > house, there was a tiny window 7ft from the ground, nothing to climb, we > had > it open a crack - the cat came down the stairs shot across the hall at > full > tilt and ran straight up the wall, hit the window stay with a bang, and > was > out. Took us *seven* days of wandering around the estate every evening, > shaking boxes of munchies, before we found her about 3/4 mile from home. > > > Ron Jones > Process Safety & Development Specialist > Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near missesa at > http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and > human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert > Einstein > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/ygtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
