Re: Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser
"[...] now I just want to zap the bleeding pigeon pests"
Are pigeons as unintelligent as they appear? I work on the assumption that any unwanted garden intruder can be conditioned into a Pavlovian response without actually hurting them physically. Doesn't work with the pigeons. No wonder that I occasionally have to bury the remains of one gutted by a neighbour's cat.
The cat has been somewhat conditioned using advice from a friend. "You have to run at them shouting - such that they believe you really would kill them". It now quickly scrabbles over the fence if I appear on the patio. Interestingly - when it encounters me in the street it behaves as if I might be persuaded to provide kitty treats.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
