Night Time Nest Box

Rowan · 07-04-2014, 08:07 AM

Well my usual routine of reviewing images from nest box cam this morning over my cuppa and look

Gutted to say the least although the Tits are still in and out this morning. I'll have to get the other half to think of a cage thing to put round it......

This may happen every year but now we have the camera thing we're only seeing it for the first time......

Click on the pics - they're videos but only last 1 second but you'll see...

If any of you have any idea's of how to protect the nest box let me know, thank you

alley cat · 07-04-2014, 08:12 AM

I would get some small spiky twigs (prettier than barbed wire!) and staple to the top, if the cat is coming at it from above he wont put his paws on them

Merlin M · 07-04-2014, 08:13 AM

Grr!

Trouble is anything to cover it would still need a hole big enough for the birds to get in and out so a paw will fit in...

Maybe a little tunnel so the cat wont reach in? Or bird spikes on to so it can't sit on it

Rowan · 07-04-2014, 08:16 AM

I know it sounds silly but I really love cats, OH illergic, so don't want to hurt the cats.

I was thinking maybe a cage of some sort out of wire mesh???? What do you think??

I'll put him to work.

There are 2 different cats, I only posted one. I'm really pissed off lol

Merlin M · 07-04-2014, 08:21 AM

Hmm you could get something soft and spiky so they wont get hurt but can't sit on it...
Not fair to hurt the cats, just need to stop them sitting on the box!

becciwales · 07-04-2014, 09:27 AM

Something spikey would do. He can't sit there then. I wouldn't want to hurt one, but I hate cats. Grrrr

alley cat · 07-04-2014, 10:30 AM

I have an idea

Buy 2 of those large paddle hair brushes with rubber spikes and remove the rubber secion from each brush then pin them to the top of the bird box

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Head-Jog-3...item461c28c62f

Like these but from some £ shop!

Gordon · 07-04-2014, 11:57 AM

Carpet gripper rods cut into strips then stuck on works a treat

wigwamman · 07-04-2014, 12:53 PM

the cat will not be able to access the nest box but will have a try,any intervention on your part now will probably result in the birds abandoning the nest box.

becciwales · 07-04-2014, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wigwamman

the cat will not be able to access the nest box but will have a try,any intervention on your part now will probably result in the birds abandoning the nest box.

True. May be best to wait until the birds have fledged? x

07-04-2014, 08:07 AM	#1
Rowan Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bury St Edmunds Posts: 1,703	Night Time Nest Box Well my usual routine of reviewing images from nest box cam this morning over my cuppa and look Gutted to say the least although the Tits are still in and out this morning. I'll have to get the other half to think of a cage thing to put round it...... This may happen every year but now we have the camera thing we're only seeing it for the first time...... Click on the pics - they're videos but only last 1 second but you'll see... If any of you have any idea's of how to protect the nest box let me know, thank you __________________ Row xx

07-04-2014, 08:13 AM	#3
Merlin M Senior Member Adult Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 4,186	Grr! Trouble is anything to cover it would still need a hole big enough for the birds to get in and out so a paw will fit in... Maybe a little tunnel so the cat wont reach in? Or bird spikes on to so it can't sit on it __________________ 1:1:1 Horsfields (Misha, Amber and Teabag) 1:0:0 Dog: Rocco, Rottweiler cross 1 husband (Russ)

07-04-2014, 08:16 AM	#4
Rowan Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bury St Edmunds Posts: 1,703	I know it sounds silly but I really love cats, OH illergic, so don't want to hurt the cats. I was thinking maybe a cage of some sort out of wire mesh???? What do you think?? I'll put him to work. There are 2 different cats, I only posted one. I'm really pissed off lol __________________ Row xx

07-04-2014, 08:21 AM	#5
Merlin M Senior Member Adult Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 4,186	Hmm you could get something soft and spiky so they wont get hurt but can't sit on it... Not fair to hurt the cats, just need to stop them sitting on the box! __________________ 1:1:1 Horsfields (Misha, Amber and Teabag) 1:0:0 Dog: Rocco, Rottweiler cross 1 husband (Russ)

07-04-2014, 09:27 AM	#6
becciwales Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: South Wales Posts: 3,438	Something spikey would do. He can't sit there then. I wouldn't want to hurt one, but I hate cats. Grrrr __________________ Becci 1:2:0 Testudo Hermanni Boettgeri - Darwin, Galileo, and Einstein. Archimedes (THB) RIP June, 2018

07-04-2014, 08:12 AM	#2
alley cat Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Somerset Posts: 3,150	I would get some small spiky twigs (prettier than barbed wire!) and staple to the top, if the cat is coming at it from above he wont put his paws on them

07-04-2014, 10:30 AM	#7
alley cat Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Somerset Posts: 3,150	I have an idea Buy 2 of those large paddle hair brushes with rubber spikes and remove the rubber secion from each brush then pin them to the top of the bird box http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Head-Jog-3...item461c28c62f Like these but from some £ shop!

07-04-2014, 11:57 AM	#8
Gordon Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 5,675	Carpet gripper rods cut into strips then stuck on works a treat

07-04-2014, 12:53 PM	#9
wigwamman Member Juvenile Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: west midlands Posts: 800	the cat will not be able to access the nest box but will have a try,any intervention on your part now will probably result in the birds abandoning the nest box.

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