My neighbour's cat was shot with a pellet gun. She knows we have a BB gun and this is uneasy :/

[rcx132]

Does anyone have any experience with a similar situation?

I'm on good terms with this neighbour. She knows the cats have caused damage in our garden and she knows we have a BB gun. She asked me if I could have accidentally shot the cat or a ricochet could have caused it. I told her that our BB gun is a very low powered "Daisy" and hasn't been used recently. It seems like she believes me. This morning I text her that she should report it to the Police and not worry about any impact it has on me. She thanked me, but I still feel uneasy. She has an elderly mother who loves the cats and lets say isn't the world's most smart thinker, and in her head there's probably only one conclusion to who did it.

The cat's OK. There's no bone damage, but a nasty wound about 10mm across.

Half expecting the police to come knocking. I have CCTV in the garden, I'm going to save the last few days footage just in case, but it's not a continious feed, it just records when there's motion.

 

[GraemeVW]

The daisy is bb though right?

Anything with enough power to have hurt the cat will be firing diablo pellets.

The police coming round wpuld be the best thing, then ask them if they can drop it into convo with the neighbours that it couldn't possibly have been your gun

 

[Migmac]

I have been accused of this by neighbours and others over the years. I have never done it though. Like you I have told them to report it to the police, I’ve never yet had a visit. Sadly idiots will shoot at cats and the law abiding people like us take the crap for it.

 

[Shox Dr]

I take it a Vet found a pellet?

 

[Keith 66]

If yours is a .177 BB gun it will be a smoothbore. If puss was shot with a pellet with rifling marks on it either .177 or .22 you didnt do it. Assuming the vet retrieved the pellet of course.

 

[steveo3002]

throw the gun in the river lol

 

[JOEPRO]

Is the cat talking or is it a case that snitches get stitches?

 

[Kram]

Could have been a slingshot, unless they found a pellet?

We have problem cats leaving mess and attacking birds here, Im tempted to get a slingshot with some soft foam pellets. Or a decent water pistol. I would not intentionally hurt the buggers but to scare them away is fair.

 

[Migmac]

Could have been a slingshot, unless they found a pellet?

We have problem cats leaving mess and attacking birds here, Im tempted to get a slingshot with some soft foam pellets. Or a decent water pistol. I would not intentionally hurt the buggers but to scare them away is fair.

Water pistol is a great deterrent, the cats don’t like it all

 

[northwest]

The police coming round wpuld be the best thing, then ask them if they can drop it into convo with the neighbours that it couldn't possibly have been your gun

You are assuming the police are intelligent reasonable people, it is a fatal mistake most reasonable intelligent people make.
On a personal note (and just about everyone here knows what I do) I have seen my minion physically eject people from the shop when they come in for a gun because of a cat problem. I quite simply don't need to make £30 at the risk of having the Cat Protection league parked outside. Besides, my family wouldn't let me back into the house if I had been involved in anything that hurts a cat (or most other animals for that matter).

 

[Erie Fred]

How about flourescent paintballs, set the pressure/velocity down low ?
No injuries, but the owner will know (and be mad with wet paint getting
tracked in their house)

FWIW I have a neighbor hood black & white cat that is hilarious.

Seeing him start across the road to my place, I simply tap on the window glass in the kitchen. Nothing loud, just with my finger.

He will stop dead in his tracks and look around, but never at me.

So I wait...and then in 5 seconds or so, he starts across, and then I tap tap tap again...he shoots back across the road like a shot.

"I'm watching YOU !"

 

[Robotstar5]

Could have been a slingshot, unless they found a pellet?

We have problem cats leaving mess and attacking birds here, Im tempted to get a slingshot with some soft foam pellets. Or a decent water pistol. I would not intentionally hurt the buggers but to scare them away is fair.

One of my aunts neighbours was a very keen gardener and hated cats coming into his garden, he was a crack shot with a slingshot and small pebbles, the cats soon got the message.

 

[brightspark]

Does anyone have any experience with a similar situation?

I'm on good terms with this neighbour. She knows the cats have caused damage in our garden and she knows we have a BB gun. She asked me if I could have accidentally shot the cat or a ricochet could have caused it. I told her that our BB gun is a very low powered "Daisy" and hasn't been used recently. It seems like she believes me. This morning I text her that she should report it to the Police and not worry about any impact it has on me. She thanked me, but I still feel uneasy. She has an elderly mother who loves the cats and lets say isn't the world's most smart thinker, and in her head there's probably only one conclusion to who did it.

The cat's OK. There's no bone damage, but a nasty wound about 10mm across.

Half expecting the police to come knocking. I have CCTV in the garden, I'm going to save the last few days footage just in case, but it's not a continious feed, it just records when there's motion.

well it would have picked the cat up if it was in the garden and if u had. it would have flew off at a great rate of knots

 

[Keith 66]

Catapults & indeed real slings as used by David to slay Goliath have an uncanny magnetic attraction for windows often at considerable distances.
Just saying.

 

[tom2207]

are sub 12ft lb guns not unregulated ,, or guns can be borrowed , non of the arguments stand up really .

either they believe you and take you at your word ,,,, or they dont.

awkward situation and I doubt anyone will come out of it looking well no matter what the truth is.

 

[Erie Fred]

Does anyone have any experience with a similar situation?

I'm on good terms with this neighbour. She knows the cats have caused damage in our garden and she knows we have a BB gun. She asked me if I could have accidentally shot the cat or a ricochet could have caused it. I told her that our BB gun is a very low powered "Daisy" and hasn't been used recently. It seems like she believes me. This morning I text her that she should report it to the Police and not worry about any impact it has on me. She thanked me, but I still feel uneasy. She has an elderly mother who loves the cats and lets say isn't the world's most smart thinker, and in her head there's probably only one conclusion to who did it.

The cat's OK. There's no bone damage, but a nasty wound about 10mm across.

Half expecting the police to come knocking. I have CCTV in the garden, I'm going to save the last few days footage just in case, but it's not a continious feed, it just records when there's motion.

You know you didn't do it.

If she blames you, tell her to "Put up or shut up".

Plain & simple, direct approach.

It ends right here, right now.

Otherwise, she'll be all around the neighborhood blaming you, and you'll never get a chance to defend yourself from a thousand judges.

 

[tom2207]

You know you didn't do it.

If she blames you, tell her to "Put up or shut up".

Plain & simple, direct approach.

It ends right here, right now.

Otherwise, she'll be all around the neighborhood blaming you, and you'll never get a chance to defend yourself from a thousand judges.

then they just say they were bullied ,,,

Mud Thrown is Ground Lost.

 

[Erie Fred]

then they just say they were bullied ,,,

Mud Thrown is Ground Lost.

Yes, that is a problem.

But cowering away from a false accusation makes one look guilty.

And if not getting to the bottom of it, will have this hanging around your neck
forever, long after the accusing neighbor is gone.

 

[Ross365]

I hope that she is truly repentant about the damage this cat has done in you garden and the distress this has caused you and your family. Hasn't she taken measures to prevent re-occurrence?

I think she is the sinner and you the sinned against; I'd be inclined to put her straight in that regard. I don't think this is a time to be mild-mannered. Be extremely careful in any interaction with the police; work on the basis that they would like to arrest you.

I think that using air rifles in back gardens is now frowned upon, even if they are legal.

 

[steveo3002]

You know you didn't do it.

If she blames you, tell her to "Put up or shut up".

Plain & simple, direct approach.

It ends right here, right now.

Otherwise, she'll be all around the neighborhood blaming you, and you'll never get a chance to defend yourself from a thousand judges.

easy to say but what when the police are turning his house upside down looking for the big mean gun and mateys name gets spread around town as a cat killer

i dont trust the police to handle things like this one little bit