Would a paintball kill a cat?

You might also want to realize, even if most times the paintball wouldn't injure the cat, what if you get my luck, and hit the cat just so, and suddenly have a thrashing flopping screaming cat in your yard? Then what? Are you going to finish it off? Take it to a vet? What? It's FAR more safe for YOU to call animal control,a nd they will talk to the owners, possibly fine them, and probaly remove them, even if they do have to leave humane traps that you have to call them and say "Yep, caught another one."
And if kids came bursting into my house, I might just shoot them. Depends.. teens, yeah, they break in(rush past an open door) bah.
Monkeys might be cute, but no way.. not a good pet.
I'll stick with my very contained snake.
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My neighbours shoot paint balls at the squirrels if it kill them it will kill the cats. Besides even though they are annoying why shoot them its mean. call the animal control they will look for a new home most rescue centres do not put down a healthy cat.

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Originally Posted by samila18

My neighbours shoot paint balls at the squirrels if it kill them it will kill the cats. Besides even though they are annoying why shoot them its mean. call the animal control they will look for a new home most rescue centres do not put down a healthy cat.

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Rephrase what you said, most rescues that don't have an overabundance of cats do not put them down. If your shelter has more than it can cater to, they start getting gassed if they do not find homes.

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Originally Posted by BD1

Stick with the paintball gun, you could get more shots off. (again not recommending it....just stating a fact.):D

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Heh, my airsoft (KWA brand) MAC-11 fires off 20 rounds per second, each at about 320 feet per second. Of course, I don't know anything about paintball, so maybe you have some pumping out 30 a second?? LOL

My answer to the original question: If one round from a 350-450 feet per second airsoft pistol (I do NOT speak from experience) can kill a small bird from 20-30 feet away, a paintball gun could very well kill a cat.

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Originally Posted by JasonGranger

Heh, my airsoft (KWA brand) MAC-11 fires off 20 rounds per second, each at about 320 feet per second. Of course, I don't know anything about paintball, so maybe you have some pumping out 30 a second?? LOL

My answer to the original question: If one round from a 350-450 feet per second airsoft pistol (I do NOT speak from experience) can kill a small bird from 20-30 feet away, a paintball gun could very well kill a cat.

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20 rd/sec? Can you link me to this?

Actually feral cats can be succesfully rehomed. One of the large cat rescues in the area takes them in, suprisingly most are very healthy besides worms. They are spayed/neutered before being rehomed.

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Originally Posted by JasonGranger

Heh, my airsoft (KWA brand) MAC-11 fires off 20 rounds per second, each at about 320 feet per second. Of course, I don't know anything about paintball, so maybe you have some pumping out 30 a second?? LOL

My answer to the original question: If one round from a 350-450 feet per second airsoft pistol (I do NOT speak from experience) can kill a small bird from 20-30 feet away, a paintball gun could very well kill a cat.

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Uh, you got me on the airsoft guns, forgot about those, However... how many of those little pellets would it take to match the overall mass and impact size of your average paintball (approx .688" in diameter) I don't know how many my Tippman can shoot per second, (admittedly probably not 30) but I bet it would hit a target more and cause more damage if we both took the same amount of shots.

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Actually feral cats can be succesfully rehomed. One of the large cat rescues in the area takes them in, suprisingly most are very healthy besides worms. They are spayed/neutered before being rehomed.

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It's very uncommon around here to find homes for ferals; I don't even try anymore. If I can catch them, they get nuked (humanely).

Our local shelter here euthanizes over 1,000 cats and dogs monthly, and that's just the city shelter. That doesn't include the ones who get put down by other rescue groups, get mauled by dogs, and hit by cars. Ferals are unfortunately casualties of irresponsible people who allowed them to breed in the first place. We don't have enough adopters for the young cute healthy well-socialized cats, let alone the crazy wild ones.

As far as the original question: Do not shoot them with paintballs. Not only can you cause tremendous damage from the impact, the paint itself can be highly toxic, causing seizures if ingested when the cat grooms itself. This is not true of all paintballs, but some of them are quite dangerous.

Try animal control first, but be aware that they are probably understaffed and overworked and may not be able to help immediately. If they cannot do anything, ask them for help live-trapping the cats. Our local shelter, numerous rescue groups, and some of the pets stores loan or rent out live traps (usually require a large refundable deposit). Bait them with bacon, sardines or similar fatty strong-smelling foods.

Do not feel guilty about the cats being euthanized. Breeding populations of outdoor cats live short miserable lives and usually die horribly painfully in the end. I know this first hand, and I'm frequently the person administering the final injection that eases their pain. They fight, breed, kill, and are killed. If they cannot live indoors safely then they should be sent to the shelter.

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Originally Posted by BD1

Uh, you got me on the airsoft guns, forgot about those, However... how many of those little pellets would it take to match the overall mass and impact size of your average paintball (approx .688" in diameter) I don't know how many my Tippman can shoot per second, (admittedly probably not 30) but I bet it would hit a target more and cause more damage if we both took the same amount of shots.

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Something makes me feel that the discussions of guns in a thread that started with questions related to a living animal doesn't seem right. :confused:

Although I hate cats and have shot at them in the past, I since changed my mind about shooting anything at the cats. Just call the animal control or let your dog go at em'. Stray cats are a pain.
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