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Gigi3000 12-19-2019 05:34 PM
Maybe my cat should stay in the house to protect me from snakes.. :)

Gigi3000 12-19-2019 05:35 PM
Thank you for relocating and not killing!

Gigi3000 12-19-2019 05:40 PM
My cat is an indoor/outdoor cat now. Hes survived 4 plus years. Obviously, I put a great deal of thought into keeping my cat safe. Very snarky remark.

CFrance 12-19-2019 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by n8xwb (Post 1702954)
Anyone who thinks a walled Villa will keep his cat "in" needs his head examined!!!
It's a bad idea! We don't have a cat, but we were sitting in our CYV lanai earlier this week, and here comes a beautiful, well-fed white cat prancing along the wall. Who knows where it came from, but they are jumpers and escape artists. I agree with whoever said they will find a way out.


We had a cat who would jump from a sitting position on the floor to eight feet at the ceiling to catch a fly. He would have looked at our wall and thought, "Pfft... no problem."



Also, I've yet to see a mouse in The Villages, and we bought in 2011.

JSR22 12-19-2019 05:50 PM
Safety
 
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Originally Posted by Gigi3000 (Post 1703184)
My cat is an indoor/outdoor cat now. Hes survived 4 plus years. Obviously, I put a great deal of thought into keeping my cat safe. Very snarky remark.
We moved here from NJ and our dogs had 1/2 acre fenced play area. We did not have the birds of prey that are in TV. I had to change my way of thinking. The dogs are allowed in the bird cage if one of us is in the cage. Our lanai is enclosed so they have free run of the lanai. It is definitely different for the dogs but no more snow!

Gigi3000 12-19-2019 05:51 PM
I was planning to look for property no where close to water or woods.

Gigi3000 12-19-2019 05:52 PM
Aww
.so sad

Gigi3000 12-19-2019 06:06 PM
I plan to put invisible fence around courtyard

JSR22 12-19-2019 06:14 PM
Why?
 
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Originally Posted by Gigi3000 (Post 1703197)
I plan to put invisible fence around courtyard
Why would you put an invisible fence in the courtyard?

vintageogauge 12-19-2019 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by JSR22 (Post 1703075)
The Canada Geese are here. I have seen them on 2 golf courses.
I hope they stay where you saw them. People complain about dogs pooping on their lawns, these are 100 times worse than dogs.

Gigi3000 12-19-2019 06:40 PM
To keep the cat in the courtyard

Bjeanj 12-19-2019 07:07 PM
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We returned after Thanksgiving and found this on our kitchen floor. Can only think it got in when we had the door to the garage open to get some air flow on a nice day. We also have a loooong blacks snake in our back yard as well as had a corn snake in our grill, presumably to get warm.

Velvet 12-19-2019 07:46 PM
So, how did you get rid of them? I would probably use tongs, maybe two tongs.

JSR22 12-19-2019 07:48 PM
Okay
 
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Originally Posted by JSR22 (Post 1703198)
Why would you put an invisible fence in the courtyard?
It will not keep predators out.

Velvet 12-19-2019 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Gigi3000 (Post 1703210)
To keep the cat in the courtyard
It will not keep predators from the cat. Especially flying ones. Eagles, hawks, etc.

Gigi3000 12-19-2019 08:06 PM
I know.

Gigi3000 12-19-2019 08:08 PM
I know. I need ideas to protect from flying critters. The invisible fence is to keep MY cat in.

Gigi3000 12-19-2019 08:11 PM
Where is your creativity?

JSR22 12-19-2019 08:12 PM
Absolutely will work for your cat. The birds scare me. I now have a 10 lb dog. I am totally nervous!

Gigi3000 12-19-2019 08:24 PM
Do you live in a newly developed area or by water or woods?

Gigi3000 12-19-2019 09:00 PM
Do you live on the edge of the village or near woods/water?
 
[QUOTE=Bjeanj;1703222]We returned after Thanksgiving and found this on our kitchen floor. Can only think it got in when we had the door to the garage open to get some air flow on a nice day. We also have a loooong blacks snake in our back yard as well as had a corn snake in our grill, presumably to get warm.[/QUO

Do you live on the edge of TV or near water/woods?

Bjeanj 12-19-2019 09:44 PM
Nope. We have some big bushes, though, which I think they like. And my *husband* (not me!) used tongs to get the corn snake out of the grill! And I told him to wash the tongs really good!

The snake in the kitchen was dead, so he used a broom for that one.

Gigi3000 12-19-2019 09:49 PM
South Carolina
 
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Originally Posted by Bjeanj (Post 1703272)
Nope. We have some big bushes, though, which I think they like. And my *husband* (not me!) used tongs to get the corn snake out of the grill! And I told him to wash the tongs really good!

The snake in the kitchen was dead, so he used a broom for that one.
I think retirement in South Carolina is looking better...... :)

CFrance 12-19-2019 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Gigi3000 (Post 1703274)
I think retirement in South Carolina is looking better...... :)
Ha ha! We did a month in Beaufort SC in March one year while trying to decide where to retire. The bugs were bigger than our Cockatiel. (Okay, half as big...)


I guess no place is perfect.

Velvet 12-19-2019 10:08 PM
People keep corn snakes as pets, well, I wouldn’t but some people do.

Two Bills 12-19-2019 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Gigi3000 (Post 1703246)
I know. I need ideas to protect from flying critters. The invisible fence is to keep MY cat in.
Scorpion 2 Radar Electronic Counter-Measures System for Self-protection and Area Defence could be usefull.:icon_wink:

Gigi3000 12-19-2019 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by CFrance (Post 1703276)
Ha ha! We did a month in Beaufort SC in March one year while trying to decide where to retire. The bugs were bigger than our Cockatiel. (Okay, half as big...)


I guess no place is perfect.
LOL @ bugs...I'm sure that's true! Seriously tho, I have heard that if you have snakes, they are there due to having a food source(ex: mice). Arent you totally freaked they're in your house? I couldnt sleep!

Gigi3000 12-19-2019 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Two Bills (Post 1703278)
Scorpion 2 Radar Electronic Counter-Measures System for Self-protection and Area Defence could be usefull.:icon_wink:
Anazon link?

sjsco 12-19-2019 10:22 PM
We just moved in to our new place in August, we inherited an out door cat. He doesn’t like it indoors, but is very friendly, and roams as he pleases. The people before us had his shots, he’s fixed and does as he pleases. We have seen coyotes behind our property. He does get mice, because he will bring the heads to us, he does get birds. Makes a big difference on how the cat has been raised I think. I’ve seen our cat in CO hit a snake in mid air striking at her, but she was raised as a barn cat and a hunter. The indoor cat we had at one time was never allowed out for her own safety. My biggest thing for an outdoor cat is to have them fixed to control the population.

patfla06 12-19-2019 10:36 PM
I would never let a cat out in Florida.

They probably would enjoy being out on the lanai
but would only do that if I were home.

Topspinmo 12-19-2019 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by JSR22 (Post 1703075)
The Canada Geese are here. I have seen them on 2 golf courses.

I see more Canada geese in the summer than I do in the winter. IMO some don’t summer bird in Canada anymore:duck:

sdeikenberry 12-20-2019 06:28 AM
Snakes are the least of your problems. A couple years ago the electric company had to remove an eagles nest from a high tension tower near Lopez CC for maintenance. They found 26 dog or cat collars in the nest. Just sayin...

Mmarr 12-20-2019 06:34 AM
Emotional help works..

Vtvillager 12-20-2019 07:46 AM
I thought it was a typical over-engineering joke

Gigi3000 12-20-2019 09:32 AM
Ahhhhhhhh.... :(

theruizs 12-20-2019 10:16 AM
Same thing happened to us first year our lanai screens were up. Landscaper placed some traps for us and we haven’t had a problem since.

Odysseus 12-20-2019 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Gigi3000 (Post 1703279)
LOL @ bugs...I'm sure that's true! Seriously tho, I have heard that if you have snakes, they are there due to having a food source(ex: mice). Arent you totally freaked they're in your house? I couldnt sleep!
Gigi3000 - I can't help but wonder where you are living now (and have lived in the past)....a bubble is what comes to mind as you don't seem to have any concept of life on this planet except for humans and cats. If you want the warmth and sun year-round, you'll get 'critters' and insects.

rcdqb 12-20-2019 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Gigi3000 (Post 1702934)
Ok, I had planned to buy a walled villa so my cat could roam inside the outdoor walled area to kill all these mice I hear about. Now, I am reading about snakes killing cats in TV. :0. Thoughts?) UPDATE: I plan to put an invisible fence around the courtyard to keep cat inside, plus I plan to have nooks and crevaices for him to hide. PLUS, I would look for a villa in the center of others houses, not close to water or woods. More thoughts? OR, HOW CAN I MAKE THIS WORK? This cat HAS to be outdoors, some anyway. I'm thinking some sort of netting to cover most of the courtyard, maybe 2 ft high. ALSO, a couple of 6 ft long wood boxes he could climb into if coyote got into the courtyard.
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asianthree 12-20-2019 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Gigi3000 (Post 1703248)
Where is your creativity?
Our creativity is never let your cat out side. Our remarks are to warn you that your cat is not safe outdoors. You do not need to be near water, to worry about the predators that live here.

Our cat is only allowed on our lanai when we are sitting there. Cats have been taken from screened lanais in CYV.

None of want anything to happen to your cat, our comments are made in hopes you will take them seriously, to protect you beloved pet, not as a snarky comment

New Englander 12-20-2019 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by asianthree (Post 1703376)
Our creativity is never let your cat out side. Our remarks are to warn you that your cat is not safe outdoors. You do not need to be near water, to worry about the predators that live here.

Our cat is only allowed on our lanai when we are sitting there. Cats have been taken from screened lanais in CYV.

None of want anything to happen to your cat, our comments are made in hopes you will take them seriously, to protect you beloved pet, not as a snarky comment
You are 100% right. But, Gigi doesn't want to hear it.


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