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VANITY: I HATE FREE Roaming CATS
SandRat

Posted on 04/10/2010 3:50:39 PM PDT by SandRat

I've used commercial cat repellent, cayenne pepper, and now just put out an electronic device that's supposed to detect motion and emit an ultrasonic sound to repel them.

I'm furious, I spend 2 wasted hours every Saturday to just clean up the cat scat in my front yard.

Any suggestions out in Freeperland for chasing away the cats without hurting them that I haven't already thought of.


TOPICS: Gardening; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cats; kittyping; litterbox; yard
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To: SandRat

I love my cat but he is kept inside. If my neighbor had cats and I could smell them when I went outside that would be gross. He keeps them in cages? How many does he have? Is there a law as to how many he can have?

You have to get that smell out of your yard. How do you do that with your neighbor breeding the smell and it is wafting your way? Once the smell is there, they will come. Once they pee and mark their territory others think it is home.

Do you have field mice in the area where they are eating well around your home? Does your house have a area they can find shelter? Like underneath your home?

I have heard of coyote urine. You could milk a coyote and spread it around your yard. Hee! Takes care of deer and rabbit too. Or order it online. *wink*

I have trained puppies to not dig by placing balloons in the yard with just a little dirt over them. They don’t dig for long. Doesn’t harm them but scares the bejeezus out of them.

Cats do not like aluminum foil. They also hate sticky. Like sticky tape.

The clear carpet runner to protect traffic areas in your home? You can buy at Lowes or Home Depot by the yard? Turn it upside down with the pointy things up. Cats hate it and won’t walk on it. Those are my inside tricks but I don’t know why they would not work in those special areas they like.

Look into cat unfriendly landscaping. Things with thorns or smelly plants they hate. If they hate oranges, grow orange trees. Orange rinds will keep the snails away too. Eucalyptus leaves, monkey balls, citronella.

They like you, they really like you! The electronic thing you placed only works if the cat has the collar on, no? Anyone who comes into your yard will get a shock?


141 posted on 04/10/2010 5:17:41 PM PDT by OafOfOffice (W.C:Socialism:Philosophy of failure,creed of ignorance,gospel of envy,the equal sharing of misery)
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To: stefanbatory

Chase them kitties clear into the next township by golly.

142 posted on 04/10/2010 5:19:24 PM PDT by Seven plus One
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To: Cacique

That picture is horrible. Makes me sad anyone thinks that is funny.


143 posted on 04/10/2010 5:19:24 PM PDT by OafOfOffice (W.C:Socialism:Philosophy of failure,creed of ignorance,gospel of envy,the equal sharing of misery)
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To: mozarky2

“”I had a friend who sneaked up on a nuisance cat once; are there any other kind? Shot it in the a** with some electrical contact cleaner-never saw it again!””

I grew up on a farm and it was common practice for the hired men to use turpentine on stray cats (same place you mentioned) OR tin can them. That may sound familiar with some oldsters here - tie a tin can (aluminum today) to their tail and they’d hightail (no pun) it and never return...


144 posted on 04/10/2010 5:20:21 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: SandRat

Free roaming catz are feral, by any other name. If you can’t catch them for neutering, then you must do what needs to be done. So my Daddy said.


145 posted on 04/10/2010 5:20:27 PM PDT by Monkey Face (I wear a yellow ribbon for my Army Hero grandson and the warrior goddess of the Coasties)
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To: SandRat

I like the free-roaming cats. The caged cats are typically so full of growth hormones and chemicals that they taste funny.


146 posted on 04/10/2010 5:21:08 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: Irenic

I like the idea of water guns. Our indoor/outdoor cat, when he would get into mischief indoors, I had a spray bottle with water. It got so all’s I had to do was show him the spray bottle and he stopped. You could dedicate several hours on 2 days over a week end and spray them with a hose whenever they come onto your property. One week end of that would probably stop that. I, too, am surprised that they poo in your yard in plain sight. Cats usually dig privately someplace you have no idea about. Maybe it’s a fertilizer you use they like.


147 posted on 04/10/2010 5:21:12 PM PDT by Cordio
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To: Fred Nerks

Raccoons? They love cat food. They go next door to the neighbors with the cats, eat cat food and then come to neighbors and poop maybe.


148 posted on 04/10/2010 5:21:36 PM PDT by OafOfOffice (W.C:Socialism:Philosophy of failure,creed of ignorance,gospel of envy,the equal sharing of misery)
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To: Irenic

Thank you. There’s not a day goes by I don’t see some cat on my property and she’s part of the reason why. They sit outside her window looking in. That’s where I set the trap. I once caught one climbing up the screen. We have to be very careful NOT to leave any doors open as they’re watching and waiting for that opportunity.


149 posted on 04/10/2010 5:21:42 PM PDT by South40 ("Islam has a long tradition of tolerance." ~Hussein Obama, June 4, 2009, Cairo, Egypt)
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To: anton
If someone shot or drowned my cat, I go to their house and I would shoot their kids, then I’d shoot them, then I’d burn their house down. Just saying.

You wouldn't happen to be called "William Mummy?"

150 posted on 04/10/2010 5:24:12 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear (Does not play well with others.)
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To: SandRat
'Any suggestions out in Freeperland for chasing away the cats without hurting them that I haven't already thought of.'

I guess my suggestion about a Wrist Rocket and a bucket of steel ball bearings is out of the question, then?


151 posted on 04/10/2010 5:25:32 PM PDT by Viking2002 (Where the hell can I get a court injunction to keep my own government out of my life?!?)
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To: OafOfOffice
He keeps them in cages?

A big cage.

How many does he have?

At least 5 that I know of.

Is there a law as to how many he can have?

No.

Do you have field mice in the area where they are eating well around your home? Nope. They go home to eat and here to crap.

Does your house have a area they can find shelter? Like underneath your home?

Nope concrete slap Western Ranch Style flush with the ground.

The electronic thing you placed only works if the cat has the collar on, no?

No, motion sensor activated and emits a high frequency sound to drive them off.

152 posted on 04/10/2010 5:26:36 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

How many ways are there to skin a cat?


153 posted on 04/10/2010 5:26:48 PM PDT by 1010RD (First Do No Harm)
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To: SandRat

154 posted on 04/10/2010 5:27:27 PM PDT by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead.)
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To: Grizzled Bear

Thats right. William Munny out of Missouri. You know, when you kill a man you take everything he has and everything he’ll ever have. So, if a person wants to decorate his place with my cat, he will pay with his life.


155 posted on 04/10/2010 5:27:30 PM PDT by anton
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To: SandRat
1. Air Rifle

2. Rock Salt

3. Scope

4. Cheap, silent target practice

5. Doesn't piss off the neighbors.

6. Stings like hell

7. Cats are stupid.

8. Repeat steps 1-7

156 posted on 04/10/2010 5:27:35 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (3V3Ry71N' 084M4 D03z 83N3f17Z MU5l1mz. c01NC1d3nc3?)
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To: Doomonyou

LOL


157 posted on 04/10/2010 5:30:36 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Awwww, thanks for the video. Those were obedient cats. Mine are not so much. I think the oldest one taught the others to lay on the floor and trip us as we walk by and other nifty cat tricks (such as opening cupboard doors in the middle of the night). I have video of it to prove it’s not dementia on my part. :-)


158 posted on 04/10/2010 5:33:22 PM PDT by MamaDearest
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To: SandRat

Have you called the local humane society? If owners are not responsible for their pets, I think they can have their pets confiscated. However, be aware that shelters are overwhelmed, and most are euthanized. What is more important to you? A clean yard or a healthy animal put down for what it does naturally?


159 posted on 04/10/2010 5:34:18 PM PDT by DejaJude
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To: SandRat

You need to get cat of your own. It will make you lawn it’s territory and keep other cats away. Just make sure that you get an Alpha cat.


160 posted on 04/10/2010 5:35:03 PM PDT by Jeff Gordon (Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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