Since my home invasion about 2 weeks ago, I have been a tad skittish and have kept a sleepless eye on the surveillance screen next to our bed,
The invasion started at 6:53am, and my circadian rhythm has honed me into looking at the screen around that time every morning since. No two-legged invader, however, what caught my eye prompted me to bee line to the office and check out my surveillance backup and prompted me to post this blog.
I’m no green thumb so I don’t have issues with dogs and cats in my garden… I seldom inhabit it… however one of my neighbours has 7 cats that seem to ignore our local curfews and I’m just too nice a guy to impose capital punishment on him, but his wondering cats keep killing our native fauna leaving the evidence on my property, crap on my concrete and seem to love the comfort of the urinal/crappery of my door mats. While I can manage to step over that (if detected), all night long they keep tripping my surveillance items and with my stupid Applewatch, it continually zaps me throughout the night.
Yes, I could throw the watch away, but I was looking for another alternative.
Furthermore, after constant abuse from delivery drivers about cat shit on their boots, I had to take some measures.
I invested in my first Sureguard ScareCrow 360° with apprehension and installed it on my back driveway,
which was one of their favourite pathways. The little blighters kept tripping the surveillance… and I realised that after their love fest, they returned from the other direction. I put on my cat hat
and realised that I needed a deterrent at the other end of their roaming path,
Surveillance alarms decrease by about 90%... however, it looks like the little shitters also the same path my home invader later discovered… up the side pathway with what I thought was lacking human entry point, however, cats are not human and will fit through the smallest crevices. Having the IQ of the smarter cats, I planted another deterrent at the start of that pathway,
So far cats 2, LBD 3…
After all this crapolla, this is the video I edited this morning to prove those deterrents do have an effect and posted it on YouTube,
Now let’s talk about the deterrents…
I bought mine from Bunnings, but I’m sure there is some sort of equivalent worldwide and this blog is to certify that they do work.
Primarily they are a motion sensor that when tripped, emits a sound wave that is not the favourite of felines and canines. They also emit a strobing light that is supposed to chase away birds… must work as there are no groupies/yuppies hanging around my house.
It has a strobing blue light… I haven’t RTFM’d enough to discover what that’s for, however, one of its functions is to indicate that the solar power is still charging and when it stops flashing, it needs to be recharged and replaced by my on-call spare
… c’mon, who only has 1 cordless battery.
One needs to take care of where it is placed as it has a 360° detection area, and close placement to footpaths may raise the ire of dog walkers when their little/big fur balls decide to do a runner after uncontrollably dropping a load on my outside footpath.
Don’t be crafty Craftisians,... SHARE your craft!
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
Fortunately he didn't enter the house and only entered that back area by removing 3 louvre glass panes.
He saw me and heard me calling 000 (your 911). Nevertheless he seemed to be unarmed and civil, and didn't destroy anything. If it wasn't for the "invasion concept" that video would earn me #1 in some of the funniest video shows.
At the end of the video where he spilled everything, he dropped his phone while trying to reload the trailer and the cops arrived. He got away with my $5 Bunnings straw hat (outran the cops), but left his phone behind for the cops. I was told they know who he is, but haven't had any more feedback.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
Dayum! That was bold on his part for sticking around so long. Fist impression was him not even flinching in the car port when the lights came on.
Good on you for having such good video coverage. I'd suggest pungi sticks or filling some "bait" lock boxes with any of the 1000's of killer critters in your neighborhood.
He saw me through the glass door and even acknowledged my presence... I was too stupid to realise at the time and only realised watching the videos. Took me about 15 minutes to manually turn my internal screamers on (only active inside the house)... he didn't flinch... and even rang the back door bell as he was trying to leave the property.
With our laws any punji stick damage would land me in jail for a month while he gets out the next day... our laws and judiciary are fucked rooted not good!
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
I wonder how he got his jeans zipped over his balls.....I have an old taser...I still think it works? " Let him ride the lightning" one time to break him of that....
Reading this, and LMAO as I went through. Moke has my nod of appreciation, tase the little bastiage.
Actually it requires feeding another mouth, and YES having another crap machine, but if you had a big honking Dog who thought the definition of fun was flipping strange GATO's in the air, and playing rag doll with them, the GATO would cease and desist. As you point out it is a smart critter, and you don't want to kill it outright, but F-ing with it mightily will give you something to watch in the wee hours, and I would think the Gato would look for greener pastures onto which to poop. Unless it is a supreme Masochist, then live traps may be a necessity.
Not too many years ago we had 2 such muttlies, and they loved our Gatos, who just went in a litter box, but God only knows the insults they inflicted on the neighboring Gatos with thoughts of soiling our land. Jake the smaller mini-shepherd, would run them to ground, and Max the huge Lab like creature would just sit on them. If they tried to move he would growl menacingly, and the Gato would calm. Usually he would finally fall asleep, and roll off, then Jake would be on their azz until they finally cleared the county line. Never did they actually harm the Gatos, just f'd with them.
Fun to watch, and no chit show to clean up. Thing was we didn't really need to train them. I think it's inherit to being a dog. My TURF, my Masters don't love you, so neither do I. Vs. Ohhhh yeah, thats one that Master loves. well I can't, well maybe just a little, got to make sure they get their exercise.........
Unfortunately, we will be arrested if we confront/assail a home invader. Mokey/DW, tasers and even capsicum spay is verbotten here, where our govermin takes the side of perpetrators and not the victims. I have my Ryobi chain saw as my 1st line of defense... cops warned me against that, if I didn't want to get locked up... I need to be slashed with a machete before I reach for the chain saw.... no dyb, dyb, dob... be prepared.
I'm hoping the next invader is a chicken and will get repelled by this cat/dog/bird deterrent.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
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