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17th September 2007, 09:39 PM #16
Best of luck trying to stuff a cow with a spotty teenager.
Cliff.
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18th September 2007, 12:51 AM #17GOLD MEMBER
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I believe that its the paracetemol (sp?) in Panadol that gets rid of the cat - and not very nicely either.
The cage trap is for those who want a live critter to flog to the media - a dead one is MUCH easier to arrange.
Yeah, a mechanical release like a tipping floor would work, but you want something that closes FAST and can't be forced back open with teeth, paws etc. and won't move around & spook off the 'customer' before he's all the way in - therefor a chook shed sized cage.
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18th September 2007, 06:37 AM #18
thats a big cage....
I see what you mean about closing the door fast and tight.....but I don't think I've got the expertese (how do you spell that) to work out IR Sensers ....etc. So, I'll have to rely on gravity. Got any mechanical ideas on how to make a lever sensitive......uno, that doesn't take much to activate a door laiden with rocks ?
had a weird dream last night.......was skipping around the bush in a safari suit with a butterfly net over my shoulder, yelling ......puss puss ! here puss puss !
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18th September 2007, 07:38 AM #19
Maybe the dream is telling you to take a lead from the old Tarzan movies. Dig a big hole and stake a goat at the bottom.
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18th September 2007, 07:57 PM #20
.... ok. who knows.
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18th September 2007, 08:17 PM #21I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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19th September 2007, 04:58 AM #22GOLD MEMBER
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For the gate, I think a couple of re-cycled springs & some rope/cable would do the trick. You could make a simple no-return ratchet that either runs on the mesh or in a simple ladder on one side.
As for the release, a simple tipping floor would be best - make it fairly large so he gets well in & provide a stable platform at the 'back' for him to jump onto when the floor does drop. For the lock to keep the door open - two plates, one pivoting out of the door track and the other tied to the tilting floor mechanism. When the floor tilts it pulls the string which pulls the plain plate out of the way of the pivoting plate (this is how most modern bolt action rifle triggers work). The lock pivots, the spring pulls the gate down FAST and the ratchet makes a hell of a noise which should scare the target away from the opening.
Its up to you to figure out what to do with it now
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19th September 2007, 09:12 AM #23
Not all panthers look like a dog
Cheers
TEEJAY
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19th September 2007, 08:30 PM #24
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19th September 2007, 08:53 PM #25
Remember, if there are no pics, it didn't happen.
Cliff.
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19th September 2007, 09:30 PM #26There was a young boy called Wyatt
Who was awfully quiet
And then one day
He faded away
Because he overused White
Floorsanding in Canberra and Albury.....
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27th December 2007, 09:54 PM #27
Just a revival on your stories.
My son-in-law and I were four wheel driving in the Kinglake
area a few months ago on a back road.
As we came around a corner a jet black animal lumbered
into the scrub. It was certainly not a kangaroo or wallaby
and was far too big to be a dog. We only had a fleeting
glimpse of it before it disappeared.
The walking action did not resemble a kangaroo type
animal but more of a cat.
It certainly had us talking about it for some time.
Allan
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28th December 2007, 12:57 AM #28
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28th December 2007, 11:49 AM #29
Over sized Moggie trap with foot trip and a drop down door .
My trap has a trip plate at the dead end which is connected to a lever that pulls a rod ,which allows the door to drop .I just have a bait on the floor ,some chicken bones or sardines .
If the moggie goes to the bait I have it set up so it has to step on the plate to get at the it.Once the moggie steps on the plate the rod slides back and the door drops straight down , no escape . A 22 z to the head and its all over. Fertilizer .
I caught the neighbour's blue heeler one time , when I let the dog out it was the same shape as the trap ,sort of a long rectangle .What had me beat is how the dog turned around in the trap , unless it backed in .
Some useless info ,
A black panther can either be a Jaguar or a Leopard ,both cats have the melanistic gene that cause them to be that colour .It's the yellow colour in the coat that is over come by the darker melanin , they still have the spotted coat which can be seen in bright sunlight.
Kev."Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend ,inside a dog it's too dark to read"
Groucho Marx
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13th April 2008, 08:02 PM #30
Big cat story #99546-45k
I remember years ago driving up the Collie hill (WA)one night and seeing this big drum shape bang on the white line in the middle of the road. I thought it was a log or a weird size drum(60l). As I was about 10m away from it the top turned and this huge cat was looking at me! And I mean HUGE. It definetly wasnt no panther, just an extremely large feral cat.
Goodluck with the trap and I imagine a chook would make a great bait."Ya cant trust a pig with watermelon ya know"
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