Input & feedback welcome...


Cats sometimes cause problems with flower beds and vegetable
plantations, and are especially fond of digging in fresh seed beds.

Uk.d-i-y contributors have used the following approaches with some
success.


==Sticks==
Putting sticks in the ground, spaced 4" apart, makes it awkward and
uncomfortable for cats to walk the area.
* works well
* can use garden litteer and prunings for the sticks
* only practical for small areas

==Sonic & Ultrasonic repellants==
* Cost high
* Effectiveness questioned
* sometimes triggered at the wrong times

==Electric fence==
* You'll lean on it sooner or later

==Pepper dust==
* Very irritating if the wind blows it

==Dog==

==Cat==
* Cats guard their territory, and usually do their business in someone
else's garden - but no guarantees!

==Tiger turd==
* effective repellant for cats & several other species
* stinks though
* doesn't last well
* available from zoos, circuses and some garden centres.

==Mothballs==
* they whiff
* need occasional replacement
* will also deter many insects

==Electronic water spray==
Electronic detector plus sprayer. A car windscreen sprayer can be
used, or a solenoid on a mains pressure system.
* sometimes effective

==Hand held spray==
Eg an empty washing up liquid bottle
* effective against the most nervous cats
* costs nothing
* a fair bit of hassle to train a cat though

==Bottles of water==
Half fill some clear 2 litre plastic drink bottles. Place them on
their side.
* the exact reason for deterrence is uncertain, maybe the sight of
water is offputting, or perhaps the reflections.

==Toy snake==
A plastic snake may look like a toy to us, but cats naturally regard
them as dangerous.
* effective with some cats

==Diversion bed==
Since cats love seed beds, they can sometimes be diverted from one
area by raking over another area that acts as a diversion.


==See Also==
* [[Special:Allpages|Wiki Contents]]
* [[Special:Categories|Wiki Subject Categories]]



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I had a cat that was terrified of a cardboard model owl that I made,
hanging indoors. All cats are different but something hanging with big
eyes might work. I am sure I have seen plastic models on sale for that
purpose.

Peter Scott

On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 09:28:27 UTC, Peter Scott
wrote:

I had a cat that was terrified of a cardboard model owl that I made,
hanging indoors. All cats are different but something hanging with big
eyes might work. I am sure I have seen plastic models on sale for that
purpose.

Talking about the snake ideas...we had a cat that was terrified of a
cylinder vacuum cleaner - specifically the hose. We used to call it 'the
vicious carpet snake'.

****ed off my competitive sister-in-law when we were playing Pictionary
- my wife had to describe 'a snake' to me before SIL and husband guessed
it. She drew a cat and a vacuum cleaner...

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Huge wrote:
On 2009-02-02, wrote:
Input & feedback welcome...


Cats sometimes cause problems with flower beds and vegetable
plantations, and are especially fond of digging in fresh seed beds.

Uk.d-i-y contributors have used the following approaches with some
success.

1oz of #9 lead shot travelling at 1200fps.


Cat crap is superb fertilizer. You want as much in your garden as you
can get.

The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Huge wrote:
On 2009-02-02, wrote:
Input & feedback welcome...


Cats sometimes cause problems with flower beds and vegetable
plantations, and are especially fond of digging in fresh seed beds.

Uk.d-i-y contributors have used the following approaches with some
success.

1oz of #9 lead shot travelling at 1200fps.


Cat crap is superb fertilizer. You want as much in your garden as you
can get.

Do you wish to come and collect? :-)

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Huge wrote:
On 2009-02-02, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Huge wrote:
On 2009-02-02, wrote:
Input & feedback welcome...


Cats sometimes cause problems with flower beds and vegetable
plantations, and are especially fond of digging in fresh seed beds.

Uk.d-i-y contributors have used the following approaches with some
success.
1oz of #9 lead shot travelling at 1200fps.


Cat crap is superb fertilizer. You want as much in your garden as you
can get.

The olfactory burden is excessive.

Huh? Bury it then.

In article ,
writes:
==Sonic & Ultrasonic repellants==
* Cost high
* Effectiveness questioned
* sometimes triggered at the wrong times

Spills indescriminately over many gardens, which isn't fair
on cats or people who actually enjoy them in their garden (me!).
Probably affects much wildlife too.

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Huge wrote:
On 2009-02-02, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article ,
writes:
==Sonic & Ultrasonic repellants==
* Cost high
* Effectiveness questioned
* sometimes triggered at the wrong times
Spills indescriminately over many gardens, which isn't fair
on cats or people who actually enjoy them in their garden (me!).
Probably affects much wildlife too.

Not as much as being tortured to death by the cats.


As opposed to freezing to death, starving or dying of disease you mean?
Or being slaughtered pointlessly by a fox?

On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:23:21 +0000, Paul Matthews
wrote:

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You seem to have missed human urine. Seems effective, and the smell is not
noticable for long to humans.

How do you hold them still whilst ****ing on them?

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On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:23:21 +0000, Paul Matthews
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Input & feedback welcome...

You seem to have missed human urine. Seems effective, and the smell is not
noticable for long to humans.

How do you hold them still whilst ****ing on them?

I think you need a bucket with a lid and a funnel.
However I think it cruel, it could take days to fill a bucket and the cat
won't be happy while its in there.
I suggest just filling it from a garden hose as it works in a few minutes
and the cat suffers less.
It also works with squirrels and rats.

On 9 Feb, 10:42, "dennis@home" wrote:
"Mark" wrote in message

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On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:23:21 +0000, Paul Matthews
wrote:

wrote:

Input & feedback welcome...

You seem to have missed human urine. Seems effective, and the smell is not
noticable for long to humans.

How do you hold them still whilst ****ing on them?

I think you need a bucket with a lid and a funnel.
However I think it cruel, it could take days to fill a bucket and the cat
won't be happy while its in there.
I suggest just filling it from a garden hose as it works in a few minutes
and the cat suffers less.
It also works with squirrels and rats.

I put hoops of chicken wire over my seed beds, until the seedlings are
large enough to survive.

Jonathan