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Talkback: Unwelcome wildlife

On 02/02/2012 in forum

The neighbours cats are my allies against mice, Adam. They are all well fed at home but just love scouting round my garden and jump up on the manger and through the open window into the garage which is my potting shed and store. I do have to put


Breeding newts

On 13/04/2011 in Wildlife

One of our cats sat motionless on the edge of the pond today, head drooped down almost touching the water as if he were asleep. But the occasional tic gave him away: he was watching newts. The bright sunshine lit up a corner of our triangular pond


Garden lowlife

On 01/10/2008 in Unassigned

The only wildlife I've seen this week has been the rather dead-life brought in by the cats - three and a half mice and a rat not much smaller than our guinea pig. I'm more or less calm that we have mice in the compost bins, but I'm uneasy about


Autumn lawn care

On 02/10/2008 in Unassigned

on the grass seed and that I can continue to persuade our cat that the area is not a huge purpose-built litter tray.


Pussy galore

On 17/09/2007 in Gardeners' musings

Like Richard I too own a cat of which I am quite fond - she is what my daughter calls "middle sized" in other words tending towards the tubby. She is very good at sleeping and dismembering mice on my office floor.In spite of all this feline bonhomie


rose clear

On 18/05/2012 in forum

can anyone tell me if rose clear is harmful to cats and dogs? What do the instructions on the packaging say?


Talkback: Death in mysterious circumstances

On 28/11/2011 in forum

When I first moved here I purchased a bird bath and table to encourage the birds but have had no visitors because the neighbouring cats love to sit in my garden. So since a cat caught a bird I have disposed of the bird assessories and now enjoy


Help

On 12/09/2012 in forum

I haveĀ  a wildlife pond in my garden and have lots of lovely frogs. I also have 3 cats, 2 of which like to catch them, bring them indoors and then let them go. Im not sqeemish but my daughter has said that you shoudldnt touch the frog with bare


Talkback: Garden birds and their predators

On 22/04/2012 in forum

Funny - a friend of mine (in Kent) just posted on Facebook that he had buzzards hunting the woods behind his house this morning. They get about. My garden is usually visited by the smaller birds and nextdoors cats, that sit under the Butterfly bush


We've found the nest thief

On 05/05/2012 in forum

of would take them for food so why would they just be left on the grass. Ok maybe once if they where disturbed, but on 6 different occasions, and they're just the ones we know about. Last night we caught next doors cat in the laurel up at Bobs nest (Bob


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