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Cats and the garden.
Ok, I'm looking for a few good solid ways to keep these blasted cats from
using my beds as a place to "relieve" themselves. I've taken cuttings from my roses and tossed down -- there's not enough to go around and they just don't last forever. I'd prefer not to put chicken wire under the mulch. Any other suggestions? James |
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Cats and the garden.
Like I said before, cover the area with gravel or coarse bark mulch and they
will stop. If you make the soil like a litter box, the cats will use it as one. JNJ wrote in message ... Ok, I'm looking for a few good solid ways to keep these blasted cats from using my beds as a place to "relieve" themselves. I've taken cuttings from my roses and tossed down -- there's not enough to go around and they just don't last forever. I'd prefer not to put chicken wire under the mulch. Any other suggestions? James |
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Cats and the garden.
JNJ wrote:
Ok, I'm looking for a few good solid ways to keep these blasted cats from using my beds as a place to "relieve" themselves. I've taken cuttings from my roses and tossed down -- there's not enough to go around and they just don't last forever. I'd prefer not to put chicken wire under the mulch. Any other suggestions? James BB guns and dogs make great cat deterants! -- John S. DeBoo |
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Cats and the garden.
JNJ wrote:
Ok, I'm looking for a few good solid ways to keep these blasted cats from using my beds as a place to "relieve" themselves. I've taken cuttings from my roses and tossed down -- there's not enough to go around and they just don't last forever. I'd prefer not to put chicken wire under the mulch. Any other suggestions? Cats prefer dry places to urinate and defecate, so keep one place dry where it doesn't matter and keep all other places damp. A small sand box out of the way would prolly work best. I don't think anything will stop male cats from marking. -- Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington USDA Zone 8b Sunset Zone 5 |
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Cats and the garden.
trap them and take em to the humane society. let their owners pay to get em back and
maybe they wont let them outside. Ingrid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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Cats and the garden.
Here, Here...I am totally behind you on this one. I'm sick and tired of the
neighbors letting their dogs and cats run loose. Animals that I know aren't strays! I recently built a trap to catch the rabbit that has been eating my beans. Maybe I will try some domesticated beasts next. Good luck on your dilemma. S wrote in message ... trap them and take em to the humane society. let their owners pay to get em back and maybe they wont let them outside. Ingrid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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Cats and the garden.
It won't work.
Dogs are far too dumb to know how to shoot a BB gun! John S. DeBoo wrote in message ... JNJ wrote: Ok, I'm looking for a few good solid ways to keep these blasted cats from using my beds as a place to "relieve" themselves. I've taken cuttings from my roses and tossed down -- there's not enough to go around and they just don't last forever. I'd prefer not to put chicken wire under the mulch. Any other suggestions? James BB guns and dogs make great cat deterants! -- John S. DeBoo |
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Cats and the garden.
What a bitch!!!
Maybe somebody ought to trap you and take you to the humane society and have you euthanized!! wrote in message ... trap them and take em to the humane society. let their owners pay to get em back and maybe they wont let them outside. Ingrid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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Cats and the garden.
Another feral bitch!
If they caught your mother for being a stray, you wouldn't even be here! On second thought, that's not such a bad idea! Nonya wrote in message ... Here, Here...I am totally behind you on this one. I'm sick and tired of the neighbors letting their dogs and cats run loose. Animals that I know aren't strays! I recently built a trap to catch the rabbit that has been eating my beans. Maybe I will try some domesticated beasts next. Good luck on your dilemma. S wrote in message ... trap them and take em to the humane society. let their owners pay to get em back and maybe they wont let them outside. Ingrid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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Cats and the garden.
"JNJ" wrote:
Ok, I'm looking for a few good solid ways to keep these blasted cats from using my beds as a place to "relieve" themselves. I've taken cuttings from my roses and tossed down -- there's not enough to go around and they just don't last forever. I'd prefer not to put chicken wire under the mulch. Any other suggestions? Motion-detector sprinklers (batterey operated detector) aimed at the beds chicken wire OVER the mulch. Tsu -- To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection. - Jules Henri Poincaré |
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Cats and the garden.
JNJ wrote: Ok, I'm looking for a few good solid ways to keep these blasted cats from using my beds as a place to "relieve" themselves. I've taken cuttings from my roses and tossed down -- there's not enough to go around and they just don't last forever. I'd prefer not to put chicken wire under the mulch. Any other suggestions? James Grow catnip. They'll spend time in the garden, but they'll get a different kind of 'relief.' Mine never use the garden, they go for the new trees I've planted. Kate |
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Cats and the garden.
"Cereoid-UR12yo" writes:
Maybe somebody ought to trap you and take you to the humane society and have you euthanized!! yes, but only if she goes abd deficates in her neighbors yard... You wouldn't do that, would you ingrid? (owner of^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H owned by 8 *indoor* cats -- the octo-puss) -- be safe. flip ^___^ Count to three. Make a wish. Close your eyes. \^.^/ Wait. Scratch that, reverse it. ==u== - apologies to Roald Dahl |
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Cats and the garden.
Yep, motion detector water sprinklers.
Bonsai group agrees for both cats and squirrels. From what I hear, deer can get used to it, tho. Good luck, John Austin, Tex "Tsu Dho Nimh" wrote in message ... "JNJ" wrote: Ok, I'm looking for a few good solid ways to keep these blasted cats from using my beds as a place to "relieve" themselves. I've taken cuttings from my roses and tossed down -- there's not enough to go around and they just don't last forever. I'd prefer not to put chicken wire under the mulch. Any other suggestions? Motion-detector sprinklers (batterey operated detector) aimed at the beds chicken wire OVER the mulch. Tsu -- To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection. - Jules Henri Poincaré |
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Cats and the garden.
Any other suggestions? James Buy a dog, they enjoy keeping cats out. Colleen zone 5 Connecticut |
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Cats and the garden.
trap them and take em to the humane society. let their owners pay to get em back and maybe they wont let them outside. Ingrid I say it every time I see this, make sure you know your local laws, here it would net you jail time and charges of theft of personal property. Colleen zone 5 Connecticut |
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