02-13-2014, 08:04 AM
Aloha Steven,
Such important advice to avoid the potential blinding by LFA. I am so glad not to have fire ants any more (Amdro got rid of what I had). I stopped bringing in plants and never got them again. I really think that transporting plants does a lot to spread these pests. The Ant lady (the one who knows all about LFA) says that the free green mulch spreads them.
So true about outside feeding bowls. I tried feeding the feral cats, outside of course, but the mongoose and rats raided the bowls and multiple cats fought over which got the food, so I gave it up.
Delta, your story of the PepeÔekeo storekeeper made me smile. [
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MichaelH, I would not be concerned about the centipedes. Cats are smarter than dogs when it comes to learning about toads, for example. You know about the poisonous bufo toads, right? Cats try to catch and play with centipedes same as lizards, but they learn it is no fun. Centipedes arenÔt aggressive, so once the cat gets stung it will be fine. The venom is not lethal. It just hurts like hell. My place has plenty of centipedes and hundreds of toads, and the cats are fine.
If you get your cat a collar with a bell, it will help save the birds. Seems not to interfere with catÔs rodent hunting chops, just the bird predation.
Such important advice to avoid the potential blinding by LFA. I am so glad not to have fire ants any more (Amdro got rid of what I had). I stopped bringing in plants and never got them again. I really think that transporting plants does a lot to spread these pests. The Ant lady (the one who knows all about LFA) says that the free green mulch spreads them.
So true about outside feeding bowls. I tried feeding the feral cats, outside of course, but the mongoose and rats raided the bowls and multiple cats fought over which got the food, so I gave it up.
Delta, your story of the PepeÔekeo storekeeper made me smile. [
]MichaelH, I would not be concerned about the centipedes. Cats are smarter than dogs when it comes to learning about toads, for example. You know about the poisonous bufo toads, right? Cats try to catch and play with centipedes same as lizards, but they learn it is no fun. Centipedes arenÔt aggressive, so once the cat gets stung it will be fine. The venom is not lethal. It just hurts like hell. My place has plenty of centipedes and hundreds of toads, and the cats are fine.
If you get your cat a collar with a bell, it will help save the birds. Seems not to interfere with catÔs rodent hunting chops, just the bird predation.