19-08-2010, 11:39 AM | #21 |
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Thats a good idea Cath & dont forget good old cheap & cheerful carpet gripper too Claire, thats easy & instant.
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Thanks for all your replies
Some really fab ideas, we should start a thread Beat the Burglar Its turned really cool here so I doubt that the torts will be back out overnight again this year, but next year I will be so prepared Just goes to show Alan, modern technology can be a bad thing
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You have to stay inside the law. I think carpet gripper is a bit too dangerous, you have to consider the poor burglars wickle pinkies. and also it could do untold damage to a cats feet, and although we don't want cat's harming our torts I think maiming them is going a bit too far.
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Sorry to hear this but so glad that your tortoises were safe and sound indoors.
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Hi Clare, you have my sympathy. I had a very similar incident earlier in the year. They did break the lock of my pen. but the torts are taken in at night because we have foxes and badgers in the area! I now have a motion detector in the back garden and security lighting what i would like is a electric fence to zap the little git's. Im glad yours where safe and sound indoors, i just find it so sad that your pets are not safe even in your own garden!
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So sad that this has happened
I would speak to your local police officer and ask what can and cant be done to your garden like the barbed wire ......it will also ensure they are aware that people are snooping around!! xxxx |
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Thank you all for the great ideas I will def get a crime prevention officer in to see what ideas they can give me, I feel a little less freaked out now but should we get any nice September weather they will not be left outside unattended. Its sad but I can't take any chances I would be sick if they were stolen, they are all very much part of our family now
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you can get dummy CCTV cameras pretty cheap. I know you are not allowed broken glass these days but I can't understand when you are not allowed that, you are allowed spikey railings
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