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November 13, 2010
Nightly Patrol
Today, I replaced Timmy's cat door with a battery powered cat door that only Timmy can open. He wears a little magnet on his collar which activates the door somehow. So, Timmy can get in, but not Tiger Lilly, Gato, or any other stray animals (foxes, coons, etc.) The door we got him is this one by Cat Mate.
So, to recap, to try to save Timmy, we:
- Set a live animal trap to try to catch animals harassing Timmy.
- Bought and installed a Wildgame Innovations IR2 Infrared Digital Game Camera to identify the local predators.
- Bought a new spotlight, the Stanley HID 3000.
- Started nightly patrols of the compound with an AR-15
- Ordered a live animal trap big enough to trap orangutans.
- Purchased and installed a new electronic cat door that only Timmy can open.
Jen and I have been doing nightly patrols of the compound. We lock Timmy inside and then take turns carrying the flashlight and the AR-15 as we walk around the perimeter of the property. Funny how now we don't seem to see anything when we go on patrol. I used to see lots of eyes looking back at me. Not so many these days. And it isn't because of anything we've done. We haven't fired a shot. Maybe the cold has them holed up somewhere warmer?
So then, tonight, we're ready to go to sleep and Jen can't find Timmy, so I have to go find him.
"Did you look in the dryer?"
"Yes. He's not there."
"Did you look in the abandoned bedroom?"
"Yes."
So, I go down in the basement and find him sleeping under the fold-out sofa-bed.
"I can't keep doing this, Jen. I can't keep track of where Timmy is every second of the day. It's too much."
I suppose next I'll have to get some kind of tricked-out real-time tracking device so we can track him day and night. Sheesh.
Posted by Rob Kiser on November 13, 2010 at 10:02 PM
Comments
I remember a while back you put something on Timmy that tracked him. You posted his wanderings.
Posted by: sl on November 14, 2010 at 10:16 AM
The problem with the CatTracker is that you have to hook it up to the computer to see where the cat has been. It's not updated real-time. So, if you don't know where the cat is, it's useless. If you can find the cat, you can see where he's been. But if you're staring at a pair of eyes in the yard at night through the open sights of an AR-15 wondering if it's Timmy you see or another animal, the cat tracker I have now is as useless as tits on a bull.
Posted by: Rob Kiser 
on November 15, 2010 at 11:08 PM