North American Fruit Explorers mailing list at ibiblio

[Road's End Farm <organic87@frontiernet.net>]

Cats are interested in getting into boxes.

This is true even if there's nothing they want to eat in the box.


-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale


On Aug 7, 2013, at 12:23 PM, david.maxwell@dal.ca wrote:

> According to Kania this is not a problem, presuming you bait the  
> traps with peanut butter,
> nuts, grain, etc., because cats are not interested in fruit and  
> nuts, so ignore the traps, even if
> they could potentially climb the post upon which the trap is  
> fastened.  They will trap 'possums,
> though.  (Not a problem for us in Canada!)
>
> > Theses sound like good traps-- but have to think where to put them so
> > that my cats cannot get into them by mistake--any suggestions?
> >
> > Idell Weydemeyer