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31/7/2021 at 8:53am
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We have two dogs and two cats and live in a rural village. This morning near our back gate we noticed two lumps of something on the ground. Closer inspection revealed that the two lumps were the contents of a corned beef tin. One of the halves looked as if something had taken a bite out of it on the corner.
We have no idea if one of our dogs or cats had a nibble and I guess only time will tell if the meat has any nasties in it. This is the second time we have had raw food thrown over our fence. Last time was some uncooked sausages.
Our dogs are small and luckily fussy about what they eat so hoping that they have not had a nibble. Doubt if the cats would touch corned beef.
The issue here is we have a rat problem due to the person next door to us in the council house managing a hedgehog rescue centre and the housing association do not seem to be bothered although we have complained about rats, flies and the stench!
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31/7/2021 at 9:57am
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With regards to the problem of meat products in your garden, do you by any chance have rooks or crows, magpies etc; living nearby? There is a chap down the road from me who feeds them on meat products as well as large chunks of bread and the birds sometimes drop meat or bread in our garden. I have to go out every morning before letting the dog out to look for anything that could be harmful. Fortunately it doesn't happen very often.
If you think it is malicious then I would certainly invest in CCTV. Even if it turns out to be the local cat or even a rat bringing stuff into the garden at least you will know.
Our dog has a free run of the garden although we keep a regular eye on her, and one night after dark I found her eating the remains of a pigeon. I don't think she could have caught it herself because it was after dark and pigeons are normally roosting by then, and she barks when she chases anything. I can only assume a cat brought it into the garden and the dog thought it was Christmas! Needless to say she had diahorrea for a couple of days after that.
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01/8/2021 at 8:44am
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Quote: Originally posted by Fiona W on 31/7/2021
Wasn’t there a long discussion here about this hedgehog lady a while back?
We had rats during lockdown when the takeaway closed. Tried traps but they caught birds as well as rats. So we put a bait box down on the rat run. It’s pet proof & effective.
People sometimes throw takeaway leftovers over our wall. Our dog is trained to obey the “leave” command. The cat is far too fussy to be interested in cold congealed curry.
Correct, but doubt if she would do it as she also has cats although they cannot access our garden as we have an electric fence around the garden to stop one of our cats leaving the garden and also keep the tree rats away. The electric fence is at the top of a normal wooden fence and inside the property.
To throw something over our fence is a bit of a walk and there are other properties nearer and easy to access that have dogs.
The meat was as if someone had opened a tin of corned beef, cut the contents in half and then thrown both halves over the fence which is what made us suspicious of the contents and wondering if it had been laced with nasties.
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02/8/2021 at 7:42pm
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Not a fox is it?
My Bro had a fox visiting their back garden, twice it left an unbroken egg. The third time it left a china plate.......
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03/8/2021 at 7:46am
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Quote: Originally posted by franbee on 02/8/2021
Not a fox is it?
My Bro had a fox visiting their back garden, twice it left an unbroken egg. The third time it left a china plate.......
The cats would chase off a fox however I doubt very much if a fox can scale a 6' fence. LOL!
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