How do I get rid of a strong urine smell that occurs every morning in
the garden in front of my house? (I don't know what creature --cat,
dog, rat, possum or ??? -- is leaving the urine).

P.S.: I've used "Critter Ridder" Animal Repellent but it hasn't
helped; the smell continues.

On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 09:39:10 -0800 (PST), gary
wrote:

How do I get rid of a strong urine smell that occurs every morning in
the garden in front of my house? (I don't know what creature --cat,
dog, rat, possum or ??? -- is leaving the urine).

P.S.: I've used "Critter Ridder" Animal Repellent but it hasn't
helped; the smell continues.


Some kinds of Juniper smell like cat ****. Cats mark their territory
but there are numerous methods to make the area undesirable to cats.
Until then, determine what animal you are dealing with. A neighbor
rigged up an inexpensive camera to find out what animal was getting
into their trash can at night--it was a raccoon.

Different neighbors continually let their cats run loose at all hours.

Several months ago, a rat looked for water on my front patio. It came
only once.
Several months ago, a possum looked for food on my front patio. It
came only twice.

===========

The suggestion for me to urinate in my garden reminds me of this
dialog in Dean Koontz's "Velocity":

"Henry Friddle was a pig."
"You know what the pervert was doing on his roof? He was trying to
**** on my dining-room windows."
"Friddle, the pig, figured the altitude would give his stream more
distance," Ned explained.
The stranger shrugged. "He climbed on a roof to urinate on your
windows."
The tourist asked Ned Pearsall, "Vengeance? So you urinated on
Friddle's windows first?"
"Ned didn't do it from his roof," Billy said.
"That's right. I walked up to his house, like a man, stood on his
lawn, and aimed at his dining-room windows."

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,
gary wrote:

Different neighbors continually let their cats run loose at all hours.

Several months ago, a rat looked for water on my front patio. It came
only once.
Several months ago, a possum looked for food on my front patio. It
came only twice.

===========

The suggestion for me to urinate in my garden reminds me of this
dialog in Dean Koontz's "Velocity":

"Henry Friddle was a pig."
"You know what the pervert was doing on his roof? He was trying to
**** on my dining-room windows."
"Friddle, the pig, figured the altitude would give his stream more
distance," Ned explained.
The stranger shrugged. "He climbed on a roof to urinate on your
windows."
The tourist asked Ned Pearsall, "Vengeance? So you urinated on
Friddle's windows first?"
"Ned didn't do it from his roof," Billy said.
"That's right. I walked up to his house, like a man, stood on his
lawn, and aimed at his dining-room windows."

I'm reminded of Edward Abbey who said a man is not free unless he can
**** in his yard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Abbey

Bill

--

Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA
ICAO = KMIV Millvile Weather

"Bill" wrote in message
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I'm reminded of Edward Abbey who said a man is not free unless he can
**** in his yard.


Such freedom is essential to the proper growing of citrus trees.

David

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"David Hare-Scott" wrote:

"Bill" wrote in message
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I'm reminded of Edward Abbey who said a man is not free unless he can
**** in his yard.


Such freedom is essential to the proper growing of citrus trees.

David

Ah, gone from yard to orchard, eh? Do we have delusions of grandeur or
what? For an orchard, I think your gonna' need a lot of proper Ockers
who are properly ****ed. (I hope I didn't spray.)
--

Billy

Bush & Cheney, Behind Bars
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Sto...917874,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movemen...George_W._Bush

On Jan 26, 12:39*pm, gary wrote:
How do I get rid of a strong urine smell that occurs every morning in
the garden in front of my house? *(I don't know what creature --cat,
dog, rat, possum or ??? -- is leaving the urine).

P.S.: I've used "Critter Ridder" Animal Repellent but it hasn't
helped; the smell continues.

Do you have boxwoods in the front of your house? Boxwoods smell like
cat urine to some people.

Jim

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, McGerm
wrote:

On Jan 26, 12:39=A0pm, gary wrote:
How do I get rid of a strong urine smell that occurs every morning in
the garden in front of my house? =A0(I don't know what creature --cat,
dog, rat, possum or ??? -- is leaving the urine).

P.S.: I've used "Critter Ridder" Animal Repellent but it hasn't
helped; the smell continues.

Do you have boxwoods in the front of your house? Boxwoods smell like
cat urine to some people.

So do some barberries when in bloom/pollinating, but that wouldn't be this
time of year.

-paghat the ratgirl
--
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http://www.paghat.com.html
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http://www.weirdwildrealm.com

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Janet Baraclough wrote:

The message

from gary contains these words:

How do I get rid of a strong urine smell that occurs every morning in
the garden in front of my house? (I don't know what creature --cat,
dog, rat, possum or ??? -- is leaving the urine).

They are marking territory on an established travel route. Animals
are creatures of habit and often follow the same route every night if
nothing interrupts them, marking at the same spots. So, you need to
persuade that animal to take a different route.

You can reduce or prevent territory-marking behaviour by playing the
role of a dominant animal, marking the territory yourself with your own
urine each evening (before the animal visits). Of course you may still
smell pee there but you only need do it for a few days until the animal
establishes a new nocturnal route.

Janet

Just make sure your not facing traffic when you mark your territory, if
you don't want to be obliged to sign-up as a sex offender for the rest
of your life.
--

Billy

Bush & Cheney, Behind Bars
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Sto...917874,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movemen...George_W._Bush

In article , Janet Baraclough
wrote:

The message

from gary contains these words:

How do I get rid of a strong urine smell that occurs every morning in
the garden in front of my house? (I don't know what creature --cat,
dog, rat, possum or ??? -- is leaving the urine).

They are marking territory on an established travel route. Animals
are creatures of habit and often follow the same route every night if
nothing interrupts them, marking at the same spots. So, you need to
persuade that animal to take a different route.

You can reduce or prevent territory-marking behaviour by playing the
role of a dominant animal, marking the territory yourself with your own
urine each evening (before the animal visits). Of course you may still
smell pee there but you only need do it for a few days until the animal
establishes a new nocturnal route.

Janet

An unneutered cat will spray over human pee more often than not; it's not
urine they're spraying but a tarry musk that smells so bad because cats
can't smell terribly well and it needs to be pretty rank for them to find
the spot to mark again. They are not much bothered by familiar scents of
people or dogs.

Hunting supply shops sell coyote urine which can be used to mark territory
in a way that makes cats worry a bit about predators. I can't vouch that
it works on cats but some folks swear by it.

-paghat the ratgirl
--
visit my temperate gardening website:
http://www.paghat.com.html
visit my film reviews webiste:
http://www.weirdwildrealm.com