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Possums and cats

To: "Philip Veerman" <>, "Val Ford" <>
Subject: Possums and cats
From: <>
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 17:26:56 +1000
Val
If a Brushtail has a small baby there is a chance the cat will take it. What 
about little feathertail and Sugar gliders, you probably wouldnt see them too 
much but they would be around. They take and kill a lot of Ringtails. It is 
very sad as we see a lot of what cats destroy.

Marian
> 
> From: "Philip Veerman" <>
> Date: 14/07/2005 14:48:38
> To: "Val Ford" <>
> CC: "Birding-aus (E-mail)" <>
> Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Possums and cats
> 
> Hi Val,
> Of course cats kill and eat Ringtail Possums (I don't know about Brushtails) 
> so if that is deterrence, then I guess it will work. That leaves the problem 
> of stress caused by the cat's poo, which being predators is much worse than 
> possum poo. The other obvious thing is that cats don't poo on the patio or 
> anywhere else, if you push a rubber stopper very tightly up their bottoms.
> 
> Philip



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