Keep the cats inside. I like cats and indoor cats live longer and have much fewer health problems than outdoor cats.
I saw one report that said an outside cat has an average life of 2 years. An inside one averages 10 years. For a clawed indoor cat that scratches the furniture, it's more like 10 minutes.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
Our cat that was given to us when we were Married started out as a barn cat, she has been an indoor cat since we got her. She is 16 years old now. Dammit, I didn't realize cats lived this long.
3 or 4 years ago I was out antelope hunting and came across an electric wire hung up along side a 4 wire barbwire fence.
No idea if it was hot or not so I touched it real quick like and didn't get a shock. Cool, climbed on over with no issues. Hunted for a couple hours and came back to cross the fence. Got exactly halfway over the barbwire when all of a sudden....KAZZAM!
2 or 3 seconds of shockage until I managed to get my other leg over the barbwire and let go of the phuggin' wire. Why I grabbed the electric wire in the first place illudes me. Anyway thought I was gonna have a [bleep]' heart attack, took my breath away. Never will forget that as long as I live. Told my dad about it and he said some old rancher was probably watching and hit the switch at just the right time.
Yeah, my initial thought also. However, there is a trust issue that would be tried for certain, and no woman who truly loves her felines would miss that fact. I'm sure kitty, kitty, kitty, and kitty, will all figure it out in due time, and won't be any worse for wear as a result.
Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.
Keep the cats inside. I like cats and indoor cats live longer and have much fewer health problems than outdoor cats.
I saw one report that said an outside cat has an average life of 2 years. An inside one averages 10 years. For a clawed indoor cat that scratches the furniture, it's more like 10 minutes.
I don't want 'em outside eatin schit I like to hunt....
I did put a cattle fence in a puddle the cows were drinking out of.....
I hope men don't go to hell for things little boys do!
They spend most of thier time inside, happily. But they love to go out and play big bad huntercat for a few hours each day.
you sir, are surmising that having them live a long time is, to me, a GOOD thing. Of this I am not entirely sure.....
Does your wife have an email address?........I heard she makes a mean potato salad. Shucks, I won't make a peep.
Originally Posted by HawkI
I did put a cattle fence in a puddle the cows were drinking out of.....
I hope men don't go to hell for things little boys do!
I won't print what I did to creatures, brothers, and other worthy test subjects with electric fences when I was a kid. I, apparently, had poor conductivity which meant I didn't fully appreciate the suffering I inflicted on others. I sure don't want to remind the Omniscient of anything he may have forgotten.
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Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.
. Told my dad about it and he said some old rancher was probably watching and hit the switch at just the right time.
No way in hell would I have passed up the opportunity if I saw somebody crossing an electric fence and I was able to turn it on. THats just common sence lol
Rock chuck what kind is your fence charger? Thanks
Parmak SE-4. It has a digital meter that shows the output. If it drops way down, you know you have a short so it's easy to monitor what's going on with the fence. It's supposed to be good for 50 miles but I don't use a fraction of that capacity. I just need something that a goat will understand and this sure fits the bill. I've heard it pop a nose from 10 yards away. Before, I had a Parmak Horse Surround and it was useless for goats. They'd just lean over it. They can take a lot more juice than a horse.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
I don't know about a cat but it must really do something to a guy's bare bottom. This happened probably 65 years ago.
I had an uncle who would give my two older brothers a hard time and get them in trouble with my Dad. They decided to get even. They pounded some nails into the perimeter of the hole in the outhouse. Wired the nails up to the electric fence transformer in the barn. They waited until my uncle was sitting in the outhouse taking a dump with the door between his legs. Then my brother gave the signal to my other brother to hit the switch.
My uncle flew off the hole in the outhouse and almost ruined himself on the door between his legs. He chased my brothers up a tree and they couldn't come down for a few hours.
Finally, something here that I know something about.
Never seen a fence charger kill a cat, and we've got some 500 to 1000+ acre unit boxes here. That's not to say if one of them had a weak heart that it couldn't be sent into shock, possibly killing them. Electric fence wires also put off a stray voltage that animals can detect from various distances away. If your cat is intelligent, it'll likely never "test" the wire. If he/she is a bit on the slow side, well, you know the saying: "If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough."
God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy...
I'd like to know what it is about a charged fence that some animals can detect. After they have some experience with it, a horse will seldom touch a hot one. Turn it off, though, and they'll be right into it. I've been told that the current generates ozone that they can smell, but I've never seen any info to substantiate it.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
Dammit, I didn't realize cats lived this long. 
Shucks, I won't make a peep.
Likely would after the ninth time. Liklely they would get the message after a couple of times. GW 
