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OT? Help with detering cats
How can I deter the local cats from using my garden as a toilet? I've bought
pepper, proprietary repellents and even tried putting the hose on them but they keep coming back. In the hot weather the smell was awful! Short of buying an airgun I'm out of ideas. Any help appreciated! Adam |
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"Adam" ] wrote in message ... How can I deter the local cats from using my garden as a toilet? I've bought pepper, proprietary repellents and even tried putting the hose on them but they keep coming back. In the hot weather the smell was awful! Short of buying an airgun I'm out of ideas. Any help appreciated! Adam |
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Get yourself a cat. That'll sort the others out AND provide you with hours
of entertainment! "Adam" ] wrote in message ... How can I deter the local cats from using my garden as a toilet? I've bought pepper, proprietary repellents and even tried putting the hose on them but they keep coming back. In the hot weather the smell was awful! Short of buying an airgun I'm out of ideas. Any help appreciated! Adam |
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On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 17:28:53 +0100, "Neil"
wrote: refer to post in free.uk.diy.home Only useful if the OP can access this group - many ISPs don't carry the free.uk.* hierarchy. "Adam" ] wrote in message ... How can I deter the local cats from using my garden as a toilet? I've bought pepper, proprietary repellents and even tried putting the hose on them but they keep coming back. In the hot weather the smell was awful! Short of buying an airgun I'm out of ideas. Any help appreciated! Airgun = Really Bad Idea Are the cats "owned" (i.e., do the cats permit humans to share a house with them)?. If so, try talking to the cats' humans - if the cats are habitually using your garden as a toilet its possible that their humans aren't providing a litter tray for them (which they should). If the cats are feral, try contacting your local Cats' Protection League - they should be able to arrange to catch the cats, have them neutered, and find homes for them. HTH Julian -- Julian Fowler julian (at) bellevue-barn (dot) org (dot) uk |
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"Julian Fowler" wrote in message ... On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 17:28:53 +0100, "Neil" wrote: refer to post in free.uk.diy.home Only useful if the OP can access this group - many ISPs don't carry the free.uk.* hierarchy. Sorry. Didn't realise. I'll try to not do it again. |
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I like that ;}
"James Salisbury" wrote in message ... "Adam" ] wrote in message ... How can I deter the local cats from using my garden as a toilet? I've bought pepper, proprietary repellents and even tried putting the hose on them but they keep coming back. In the hot weather the smell was awful! Short of buying an airgun I'm out of ideas. Any help appreciated! Adam Obtain a large balloon, inflate, dig where they have been digging , bury the balloon so the skin is just below the surface and wait...... |
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On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 18:46:38 +0100, "James Salisbury"
wrote: Obtain a large balloon, inflate, dig where they have been digging , bury the balloon so the skin is just below the surface and wait...... Filling the balloon might work well too. -- John |
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On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 17:45:53 +0000 (UTC), Mike Ring
wrote: "Adam" ] wrote in : How can I deter the local cats from using my garden as a toilet? I've bought pepper, proprietary repellents and even tried putting the hose on them but they keep coming back. In the hot weather the smell was awful! Short of buying an airgun I'm out of ideas. Any help appreciated! Adam I think an air pistol may help, as long as it's not powerful. I resorted to one to protect our timid moggie against a couple of tough toms; the gun was not accurate, but rattling a slug off the fence made them jump, and as long as I was careful to avoid eyes and ears, the occasional hit obviously stung, but did not injure, and reinforced the gun's spit; it did deter them, but I was not on 24hr purrtrol, so don't know if it would help in your case Difficult to avoid eyes/ears when it isn't very accurate. A super soaker type water pistol would be safer and probably as/more effective and much cheaper. -- John |
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Have you tried ground coffee?
"Adam" ] wrote in message ... How can I deter the local cats from using my garden as a toilet? I've bought pepper, proprietary repellents and even tried putting the hose on them but they keep coming back. In the hot weather the smell was awful! Short of buying an airgun I'm out of ideas. Any help appreciated! Adam |
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Mike Ring wrote:
"Adam" ] wrote in : How can I deter the local cats from using my garden as a toilet? I've bought pepper, proprietary repellents and even tried putting the hose on them but they keep coming back. In the hot weather the smell was awful! Short of buying an airgun I'm out of ideas. Any help appreciated! Adam I think an air pistol may help, as long as it's not powerful. I resorted to one to protect our timid moggie against a couple of tough toms; the gun was not accurate, but rattling a slug off the fence made them jump, and as long as I was careful to avoid eyes and ears, the occasional hit obviously stung, but did not injure, and reinforced the gun's spit; it did deter them, but I was not on 24hr purrtrol, so don't know if it would help in your case mike r Or a Black Widow slingshot ;-)) Tony |
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buy some cats like i did :-) nobody elses cats in my garden
"Martin" wrote in message ... Have you tried ground coffee? "Adam" ] wrote in message ... How can I deter the local cats from using my garden as a toilet? I've bought pepper, proprietary repellents and even tried putting the hose on them but they keep coming back. In the hot weather the smell was awful! Short of buying an airgun I'm out of ideas. Any help appreciated! Adam |
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That is just wonderful! I'd love to see it.
-- "James Salisbury" wrote in message ... "Adam" ] wrote in message ... How can I deter the local cats from using my garden as a toilet? I've bought pepper, proprietary repellents and even tried putting the hose on them but they keep coming back. In the hot weather the smell was awful! Short of buying an airgun I'm out of ideas. Any help appreciated! Adam Obtain a large balloon, inflate, dig where they have been digging , bury the balloon so the skin is just below the surface and wait...... |
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A good waterpistol, or a hosepipe with the gun-like thing on the end so it
will throw the water well. Once they think they may get an unexpected soaking, they'll be more cautious. Davey -- "Adam" ] wrote in message ... How can I deter the local cats from using my garden as a toilet? I've bought pepper, proprietary repellents and even tried putting the hose on them but they keep coming back. In the hot weather the smell was awful! Short of buying an airgun I'm out of ideas. Any help appreciated! Adam |
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On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 18:26:07 UTC, John Armstrong
wrote: A super soaker type water pistol would be safer and probably as/more effective and much cheaper. We found a small water pistol kept near the door of the kitchen was useful to 'train' [1] the cats not to come into the kitchen; after a while we didn't even have to fill it! [1] OK, it may well be that the cats actually trained us to pick up a water pistol... -- Bob Eager rde at tavi.co.uk PC Server 325*4; PS/2s 9585, 8595, 9595*2, 8580*3, P70, PC/AT.. |
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"John Armstrong" wrote in message ... On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 18:46:38 +0100, "James Salisbury" wrote: Obtain a large balloon, inflate, dig where they have been digging , bury the balloon so the skin is just below the surface and wait...... Filling the balloon might work well too. You can get them up to 72" diameter! |
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On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 19:24:01 +0100, John Armstrong
wrote: On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 18:46:38 +0100, "James Salisbury" wrote: Obtain a large balloon, inflate, dig where they have been digging , bury the balloon so the skin is just below the surface and wait...... Filling the balloon might work well too. The words "with water" were supposed to go in that sentence. -- John |
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John Armstrong wrote in
: Difficult to avoid eyes/ears when it isn't very accurate. A super soaker type water pistol would be safer and probably as/more effective and much cheaper. I only shoot at rear quarters; as for water, I find they can anticipate the trajectory and dodge easily, and have a good laugh - my only score was when I guessed the direction he'd go, and aimed off about 2 - 3 yards, the b***r ran right into it. Nuff to make my cat laugh m r |
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On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 21:09:34 UTC, Tony Hayes
wrote: Bob Eager wrote: On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 19:53:15 UTC, "James Salisbury" wrote: You can get them up to 72" diameter! They're the big white ones that roll around on their own, menacing everyone...? Especially Number 6 (I think)?............ Indeed....! -- Bob Eager rde at tavi.co.uk PC Server 325*4; PS/2s 9585, 8595, 9595*2, 8580*3, P70, PC/AT.. |
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"Adam" ] wrote in message ... How can I deter the local cats from using my garden as a toilet? I've bought pepper, proprietary repellents and even tried putting the hose on them but they keep coming back. In the hot weather the smell was awful! Short of buying an airgun I'm out of ideas. Any help appreciated! Adam Chicken manure pellets such as 'rooster booster' work in my garden. I have two cats that love to toilet in the newly dug flower beds - spread a few of the above pellets about and it certainly deters them. One problem with these - is the stink for a couple of days after - but once this is gone the deterrent effect still works Bri |
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On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 17:26:50 +0100, "Adam" ]
wrote: How can I deter the local cats from using my garden as a toilet? I've bought pepper, proprietary repellents and even tried putting the hose on them but they keep coming back. In the hot weather the smell was awful! Short of buying an airgun I'm out of ideas. Any help appreciated! Adam I've heard of Jeyes fluid recommended here a while ago. Failing that, a paintball gun with a laser sight. MJ |
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On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 17:26:50 +0100, "Adam" ]
wrote: How can I deter the local cats from using my garden as a toilet? I've bought pepper, proprietary repellents and even tried putting the hose on them but they keep coming back. In the hot weather the smell was awful! Short of buying an airgun I'm out of ideas. Any help appreciated! Adam Try searching "trebuchet" on google - construct as required. I want to find plans/details of the "spring guns" as allowed in the laws of this land with a view to a "non fatal" adaptation - I understand the wording allows for the setting of "spring guns" and "man traps" after sundown by a property owner as a legitimate deterrent to any (but not specified) intruder. I can't currently be sure which type they meant in that wording as there are a fair few types and they do vary rather a lot on the odd time when I've seen anything on them - not looked in quite a while actually, so I may go have a browse to see it things are any clearer now! Failing this, there' always the old "drainpipe" wheeze, sure sorts the problem, but not all that nice, certainly not for the cat anyway! Take Care, Gnube {too thick for linux} |
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If they come into the garden via the same route, a cardboard cutout of
a prowling cat with marbles for eyes (this detail important!) will deter them. They also don't like the smell of citrus fruit, so a good sprinkle of Citronella oil (local health food shop) will put 'em off. Stops them shredding bin bags too! |
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I found my Rottweiler dogs pretty good deterrent
"Gnube" wrote in message ... On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 17:26:50 +0100, "Adam" ] wrote: How can I deter the local cats from using my garden as a toilet? I've bought pepper, proprietary repellents and even tried putting the hose on them but they keep coming back. In the hot weather the smell was awful! Short of buying an airgun I'm out of ideas. Any help appreciated! Adam Try searching "trebuchet" on google - construct as required. I want to find plans/details of the "spring guns" as allowed in the laws of this land with a view to a "non fatal" adaptation - I understand the wording allows for the setting of "spring guns" and "man traps" after sundown by a property owner as a legitimate deterrent to any (but not specified) intruder. I can't currently be sure which type they meant in that wording as there are a fair few types and they do vary rather a lot on the odd time when I've seen anything on them - not looked in quite a while actually, so I may go have a browse to see it things are any clearer now! Failing this, there' always the old "drainpipe" wheeze, sure sorts the problem, but not all that nice, certainly not for the cat anyway! Take Care, Gnube {too thick for linux} |
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Rick Hughes wrote:
I found my Rottweiler dogs pretty good deterrent Alternatively get yourself a cat. It will keep others away and as you have discovered it wont crap in your own garden. Paul |
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"P.A.Osborne" wrote:
Rick Hughes wrote: I found my Rottweiler dogs pretty good deterrent Alternatively get yourself a cat. It will keep others away and as you have discovered it wont crap in your own garden. Yes, you can have a stinky "litter tray" indoors for the thing to soil and scratch in, which you'll have to clean, cat food to buy, feeding equipment to clean, vets bills to pay, possibly cat excrement in the house, a very unhygienic animal walking on your surfaces, possible incoming "foreign" animals coming in through the cat flap you've had to buy, fit, and clean/ maintain that promptly "spray" everywhere, furniture damage, and so on. You could just shoot the interlopers for a permenant and simple solution. I have heard that a pressure washer with a "jet" nozzle is highly effective. __________________________________________________ ______________ Sent via the PAXemail system at paxemail.com |
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