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Liquid That Repels Cats?
Daughter and husband live in a city house where both stray and
neighbor's cats keep them up until all hours of the night yowling in their courtyard. Somebody, somewhere, suggested that cats find vinegar tb repellant and will avoid any thing/place that smells of it. Since then, a couple of people have claimed to have tried vinegar without success. Can anybody suggest something? It has tb totally harmless - both to animals and plants. i.e. no bleach. "Liquid" because, in the end, loading it into a super-soaker would promise some emotional satisfaction to the afflicted... -- Pete Cresswell |
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Liquid That Repels Cats?
On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 21:43:13 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)"
wrote: Daughter and husband live in a city house where both stray and neighbor's cats keep them up until all hours of the night yowling in their courtyard. Somebody, somewhere, suggested that cats find vinegar tb repellant and will avoid any thing/place that smells of it. Since then, a couple of people have claimed to have tried vinegar without success. Can anybody suggest something? It has tb totally harmless - both to animals and plants. i.e. no bleach. "Liquid" because, in the end, loading it into a super-soaker would promise some emotional satisfaction to the afflicted... They yowl because of sex and related territorial issues. Get them TNRd and they won't yowl anymore. Plus, you won't have more cats being born. I've read here about coyote urine being a good repellant. It is sold online for that purpose. |
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Liquid That Repels Cats?
Like dgk said, these cats are obviously not spayed/neutered, hence the
all-night yowling. Trapping these cats in a live trap and getting them altered would sure help (and prevent more kittens). You can buy a motion-actived device that sprays water. One brand is called the Scarecrow. There is another device that emits a sound only cats can hear (motion activated) called the Cat Stop. We have this one in our basement (to keep the cats off my husband's model-train layout) and it does work. I use a homemade critter repellant, but I am not sure if it works for cats (it does seem to work for dogs). The recipe is: one bag of blood meal one bag of bone meal 1 small container crush cloves 1 large container garlic powder (not garlic salt) 1 large container chili powder Mix together and sprinkle around areas you want to keep animals away from. It does have the added benefit of adding nutrients to the soil. Replenish every two months or after a hard rain. good luck. |
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Liquid That Repels Cats?
"Rene" wrote in message ... Like dgk said, these cats are obviously not spayed/neutered, hence the all-night yowling. Trapping these cats in a live trap and getting them altered would sure help (and prevent more kittens). You can buy a motion-actived device that sprays water. One brand is called the Scarecrow. There is another device that emits a sound only cats can hear (motion activated) called the Cat Stop. We have this one in our basement (to keep the cats off my husband's model-train layout) and it does work. I use a homemade critter repellant, but I am not sure if it works for cats (it does seem to work for dogs). The recipe is: one bag of blood meal one bag of bone meal 1 small container crush cloves 1 large container garlic powder (not garlic salt) 1 large container chili powder Mix together and sprinkle around areas you want to keep animals away from. It does have the added benefit of adding nutrients to the soil. Replenish every two months or after a hard rain. good luck. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I once dug blood meal into the soil as a fertilizer (not as a repellant). I soon had dogs digging all through that area!! Of course, I did not mix it with the other ingredients you listed, but I have not used it since that time. MaryL |
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Liquid That Repels Cats?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I once dug blood meal into the soil as a fertilizer (not as a repellant). *I soon had dogs digging all through that area!! *Of course, I did not mix it with the other ingredients you listed, but I have not used it since that time. MaryL Oh no! I have to say that the recipe I listed does smell pretty stinky. Our neighbors next door have a dog, and I've watched him sniff areas I've applied this stuff to. He always walks away after smelling. |
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