I could have said all that about pussies. I stop short of the air rifle bit. Now those big Soaker Water Guns, they are fun.

I put old engine oil and creosote along the tops of fences, go home with that on you feet, or lick it off. :-)

Just their creeping sniffing mannerisms annoy me when they are contemplating scratching up my seeds. Any nice clean disinfectant smells seem to keep them away, as does marking the territory with other pee than their disgusting pong.

Yes us few must stick together, thanks for the invite. I knew you were a 'sod turner'.

Ants, now they are nice clean pets.

*digs out discarded plant catalogue*

There is a plant called the coleus canina which apparently emits a smell which cats can't stand. Discernable to humans only when the plant is touched. Don't know how effective it is.

Also orange peel can be used to keep cats away.

Personally wood pigeons are the pest I love to hate.

Yup, cats are one of my pet hates. However I find that use of a soft-air pistol is very effective - no way its going to be fatal, or even break the skin, but it doesn't half make the buggers jump. As an adjunct, if I see them I hiss at them, which either gets them running or else so disconcerts them that they have to go home to have a lie down. And I have been known to piss in the appropriate areas of the garden. These days it is rare to see any of the pests in the garden, although some are brave enough to go along the top of the fence ... looking over their shoulders all the time.

Yes, I also hate pigeons ... eating the young shoots and crapping enormously to show their appreciation. The air rifle sorts them out (and those damn collared doves) but they breed incessantly.

We haven't seen the muntjak deer - which really knew how to dine well at our expense - since I shot it in the haunch. I reckoned a head shot would wound it too much but probably without killing it, and I wouldn't inflict that upon it. But it really took off will a pellet in the bum!

Yesterday I shot a rabbit in the garden - it was grazing in broad daylight so I guess it was miximatosed and thus I did it a service.

Dogs are fine though.

I wonder how many blogfreinds I'll now lose?

Cats killing birds- it's the circle of life my friend

I have a kitty - Persian - called Peso who is an indoors kitty. I have had many cats before and never let them roam outside. I was too worried about them getting hurt or runnign away.

No matter how you look at it, Cats are vermin - Fact.

Our last dog, a border collie called Tina was a great cat hater. She ended up jumping over the 5 foot 10 wall into our neighbours garden/yard about 3 times going after a cat sitting on the top of the wall. After the third time we didn't see a cat anywhere near our walls again.