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06-04-2003, 10:56 PM

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can anyone offer advice on how to keep them off plants.

I don't know about the plants, but I'm having some luck keeping them
from defecating in the soil having buried wire mesh just below the
surface. Its the type with 20cm squares. A few have had a paw at the
soil, but having found the mesh didn't stay around. It's supposed to
be good for squirrels too. You can also use it hooped in a slightly
raised position around the top of a wall to stop them getting into the
garden that way. baiscally they can't tip-toe through it.

HTH

I have just ordered 6 "Scaredy Cat Plants" Coleus Canina from Thompson
Morgan Cost £7.99 I will see if that works . Supposed to scare the
hell out of cats - a smell that cats can detect but we can't.

We went to visit my sister on Saturday and I can iterate once again that
those "ultrasonic" cat scarers don't work. Our dog seemed a *bit*
uncomfortable up close to them, but a few cats wandered through the
garden happily.

In addition *I* can hear them. They're at the extreme end of the
frequencies I can hear, but standing in a garden with a loud high
pitched whine irritated the hell out of me.

There were two different models in use and I could hear them both. The
more expensive version was a bit higher in pitch, but a lot louder. The
cheaper ones were battery powered so that would explain the loudness
level.

I'm not *too* bothered about our's and neighbours' cats since their
scrabbling hasn't done much beyond the odd seedling and a few heathers
that they slept on to death. We have a dog who hasn't learned that the
incredible display of daffs that one boder was putting on is not to be
ignored when talking to next door's dog.

Warwick

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