> I think it may seem over the top until you deal with a bastard of an animal. > I've generally never minded all of this until "Mr Kitty" moved in across the > street.
You are assuming that I've never had to deal with a Mr Kitty myself. Actually, we've had several. Generally, they've been un-neutered toms that like to do things like shred our plants and screens, mark everything including any shoes left on the porch, and run up our vet bills by attacking our cats. Fortunately, the one time a Mr. Kitty messed with a skunk, it was far enough from the house that the stink was only on the outside. Just a tip: spraying Mr with a mild ammonia solution is even more effective than hosing. Not all animals are well-behaved or under control. But you seem to encourage shooting my parents' well-behaved cats because they may or may not be badly-behaved feral wanderers. In Soviet Russia, cats shoot you! --Ben > Mr Kitty would tear our vinyl car tops to shreds and piss on them, he would > leap and attach himself to screen windows (I presume to catch the insects > attracted to the light) startling the hell out of you and destroying the > screens. He left cat shit in all sorts of interesting places and dead, > mangled things in others. > > At least once that we're sure of and probably at least twice more Mr Kitty > went after one of the skunk kittens under our back shed causing mommy to > stink up our yard for a week. > > In short the cat was a huge pain the ass - emotionally and financially. The > owners claimed (rightfully so) that there are no leash laws for cats and > washed their hands of it. They did, however get mad as hell when we hosed > Mr Kitty out of our yard. > > I guess I'm just saying it's hard to judge a reaction if you live in an area > where all the animals are well behaved or under control. ;^) > > Jim Davis > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:153860 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
