Bill Ranseen
In article , "Tmcl"
wrote:

how do you keep cays out of a vege plot without using a 12 bore shotgun.

You need something silent???

You might try one of those sprayer-hooked-to-motion-sensor thingys.
Kinda spendy, but every cat I've ever known hated getting wet. Never
tried one myself but the some of the folks in rec.ponds seem to find
them effective for raccoons.

My understanding is that getting the cat wet is HALF the solution, and the
other half is to make the solution nasty-tasting so that as the fastidious
cat cleans itself of the distasteful water the repulsion it feels for that
part of the garden is indelibly reinforced. A few spoonsful of vinegar in
with the water should do the trick.

For a truly persistent trespasser, I might be tempted to add a small
measure of Icapec Syrup. See whether it returns for more medicine...

Acting on advice in one of the other threads, you could try planting
catnip in the middle of any traffic roundabout in your neighbourhood. ;-)
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