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Fed up with having walk across the rough lawn down to the compost bin like it was a minefield (and sometimes getting it wrong) and until I can breed my own 'cat hawk' g I've decided to look into cat repellents again. I thought I'd give one of the automatic vermin sensing water sprinkler jobbies, like the Scarecrow a go? http://tinyurl.com/mgejz There are other makes and models out there so does anyone have any recommendations re what model please? What have you got, how well does it work etc? Failing that I like the idea of the third paragraph from bottom on this page .. http://tinyurl.com/2eo573 do we have the same system over here (if not why not!) ;-)? "Hello, yes, I believe I have YOUR cat in MY garden. Could you come and get it and while you are here clean the mess off three pairs of shoes, two motorbike tyres and several places in the garden please". :-( All the best .. T i m p.s. I wouldn't actually hurt any animal but this cat thing is really starting to get on my nerves (and up my nose, it really stinks). I can understand that we (gardeners) often have to spend time and money protecting our plants from natural pests etc but why should we have to spend ANY time or money protecting ourselves from someone else's 'pet'? Maybe there could be some sort of 'cat tax' that would provide some funds to issue non cat owners these deterrent measures foc (like the car insurance fund to compensate us against claims issues on uninsured drivers)? |
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"T i m" wrote ((snip)) Fed up with having walk across the rough lawn down to the compost bin like it was a minefield (and sometimes getting it wrong) and until I can breed my own 'cat hawk' g I've decided to look into cat repellents again. I thought I'd give one of the automatic vermin sensing water sprinkler jobbies, like the Scarecrow a go? http://tinyurl.com/mgejz There are other makes and models out there so does anyone have any recommendations re what model please? What have you got, how well does it work etc? The water pistol/movement detector things do work but they will hit anything that moves, including you and yours and any local wildlife. Two things... Are you sure it is cats poo, I've never found it usually too smelly but foxes certainly is. Having lost all our sweetcorn and peas to mice/rats last year we would love some cats on our allotment site, had 27 on the last one and no trouble with rodents at all just a little poo occasionally. Be warned, they may be coming into your garden for a reason. -- Regards Bob Hobden 17mls W. of London.UK |
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On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 18:06:47 -0000, "Bob Hobden"
wrote: "T i m" wrote ((snip)) Fed up with having walk across the rough lawn down to the compost bin like it was a minefield (and sometimes getting it wrong) and until I can breed my own 'cat hawk' g I've decided to look into cat repellents again. I thought I'd give one of the automatic vermin sensing water sprinkler jobbies, like the Scarecrow a go? http://tinyurl.com/mgejz There are other makes and models out there so does anyone have any recommendations re what model please? What have you got, how well does it work etc? The water pistol/movement detector things do work but they will hit anything that moves, including you and yours and any local wildlife. Ok .. Two things... Are you sure it is cats poo, I've never found it usually too smelly but foxes certainly is. Well, I have seen various cats in this rear garden on many occasions and although I have seen one fox on the front once I have never seen one round the back (although I'm not saying they don't go in there I've never knowingly seen any signs of them doing so). I'm also not aware of any other wildlife (apart from slugs) in the back garden, certainly rarely any birds, possibly because of the cats etc? Having lost all our sweetcorn and peas to mice/rats last year we would love some cats on our allotment site, had 27 on the last one and no trouble with rodents at all just a little poo occasionally. I think it must be 27 using my back garden as a toilet .. (or 27 of something if not cats!) :-( Be warned, they may be coming into your garden for a reason. I'd rather have anything else Bob! ;-) All the best .. T i m p.s. If you could recognise cat's from foxes or anything else I'd be happy to send you a picture (I have plenty of choice out there) if you drop me a line (addy works). |
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"T i m" wrote after "Bob Hobden" replied to "T i m" wrote ((snip)) Fed up with having walk across the rough lawn down to the compost bin like it was a minefield (and sometimes getting it wrong) and until I can breed my own 'cat hawk' g I've decided to look into cat repellents again. I thought I'd give one of the automatic vermin sensing water sprinkler jobbies, like the Scarecrow a go? http://tinyurl.com/mgejz There are other makes and models out there so does anyone have any recommendations re what model please? What have you got, how well does it work etc? The water pistol/movement detector things do work but they will hit anything that moves, including you and yours and any local wildlife. Ok .. Two things... Are you sure it is cats poo, I've never found it usually too smelly but foxes certainly is. Well, I have seen various cats in this rear garden on many occasions and although I have seen one fox on the front once I have never seen one round the back (although I'm not saying they don't go in there I've never knowingly seen any signs of them doing so). I'm also not aware of any other wildlife (apart from slugs) in the back garden, certainly rarely any birds, possibly because of the cats etc? Having lost all our sweetcorn and peas to mice/rats last year we would love some cats on our allotment site, had 27 on the last one and no trouble with rodents at all just a little poo occasionally. I think it must be 27 using my back garden as a toilet .. (or 27 of something if not cats!) :-( Be warned, they may be coming into your garden for a reason. I'd rather have anything else Bob! ;-) All the best .. T i m p.s. If you could recognise cat's from foxes or anything else I'd be happy to send you a picture (I have plenty of choice out there) if you drop me a line (addy works). Fox poo is generally more pointy at the ends than cat poo and it's softer and smellier(and mostly black IME). Have a look at... http://www.foundationtv.co.uk/brilli...how2item4.html http://www.foxdna.animals.uwa.edu.au...ox_poo_mystery -- Regards Bob Hobden |
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On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 22:41:45 -0000, "Bob Hobden"
wrote: p.s. If you could recognise cat's from foxes or anything else I'd be happy to send you a picture (I have plenty of choice out there) if you drop me a line (addy works). Fox poo is generally more pointy at the ends than cat poo and it's softer and smellier(and mostly black IME). Have a look at... http://www.foundationtv.co.uk/brilli...how2item4.html http://www.foxdna.animals.uwa.edu.au...ox_poo_mystery Hmm, thanks for those Bob (I think! g). The stuff that I seem to have in this long grass area seems much lighter in colour (pinky / cream), about 3" in a spirally diameter pile (overall) and sticks like (well, you know), seems nearly waterproof and the smell lingers for ages. :-( Yesterday I was moving my motorbike from our back garden to a mates garage down the road. I had to do a 3 point turn onto this grassy area so checked the area first for this 'mess'. I then pushed the bike the 1/8 mile and as soon as I got it in his garage I could smell something was wrong. There it was still stuck to the back tyre. I took the rear wheel off, dug most of it out of the tread with an old screwdriver onto some newspaper (god it stunk) and then washed / scrubbed the tyre under a running tap with some disinfectant (because of the smell and risks). A while back neighbour asked if I knew if anyone was putting down some sort of black grease against cats as theirs had walked in it (from 5 houses away) and walked it all over their white leather sofa. I didn't know (at the time but found out later) but I did have a quiet laugh to myself afterwards (serves them right sorta thing). It turns out it was a guy a few doors long who had put something along the top of his high fence as he had been losing fish from his pond (and had seen cats doing it). Anyway, I don't really care what animal it is, I just don't want it in my back garden! ;-) All the best and thanks again Bob .. T i m |
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p.s. I wouldn't actually hurt any animal but this cat thing is really
starting to get on my nerves (and up my nose, it really stinks). I can understand that we (gardeners) often have to spend time and money protecting our plants from natural pests etc but why should we have to spend ANY time or money protecting ourselves from someone else's 'pet'? Hi Tim I'm sensing we've had a similar time of it lately :-) I've had a cat (well I assume so) crapping on my front lawn but have managed to stop it by sloshing ordinary household vinegar around the 'target' area. Every few days seems to do the trick in my experience. Obviously don't slosh it on the grass itself or it'll scorch it but if you put in on surrounding paths, drain covers etc, it should work with any luck. BTW I agree with the cat tax idea. a 2 litre container of vinegar every month is not much, but it's more money (and effort spent) than I should have to be using!! Cheers, Chris |
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On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:39:07 -0000, "Chris Burns"
wrote: p.s. I wouldn't actually hurt any animal but this cat thing is really starting to get on my nerves (and up my nose, it really stinks). I can understand that we (gardeners) often have to spend time and money protecting our plants from natural pests etc but why should we have to spend ANY time or money protecting ourselves from someone else's 'pet'? Hi Tim I'm sensing we've had a similar time of it lately :-) It's funny (well it's not really) how people can be allowed to have something, a 'pet', that can be allowed to just do what it likes, where it likes and we (the innocent victims) have no comeback? I've had a cat (well I assume so) crapping on my front lawn but have managed to stop it by sloshing ordinary household vinegar around the 'target' area. If it was the cat owners kid doing it you could get an ASBO slapped on them! Every few days seems to do the trick in my experience. Obviously don't slosh it on the grass itself or it'll scorch it but if you put in on surrounding paths, drain covers etc, it should work with any luck. If it was on the hard standing I'd have a chance of seeing it and even cleaning it up. In this longish winter grass it's nearly impossible to deal with. BTW I agree with the cat tax idea. a 2 litre container of vinegar every month is not much, but it's more money (and effort spent) than I should have to be using!! Well exactly. I know (and am friendly with) one of the cat owners and before I even said anything he's given me permission to shew his cat off my property. In the same way that the parents of some local kids gave me permission to tell their kids off if they used my house as a football goal. How about *they* educated their kids not to do so, ever? I've ordered one of those auto sprinkler thingies (£18 delivered and easy to install for me in this location etc) and I'll see how well it works. If it doesn't work well enough I'll set it to squirt liquid fertilizer (good for our grass g) and then the cat owner may decide to keep their own 'pet' under control in future! Stage 3 being a humane trap and a midnight drive to the country .. weg All the best .. T i m |
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On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:39:07 -0000, "Chris Burns"
wrote and included this (or some of this): I've had a cat (well I assume so) crapping on my front lawn but have managed to stop it by sloshing ordinary household vinegar around the 'target' area. They will go nowhere near a very dilute application of Jeyes fluid. (so I am told g) (Too dilute to harm them or the surrounding plants/trees) -- ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°² |
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In my experience of this annoying problem I have noticed cats have fixed entry and departure points from the garden. Sloshing my wife's very strong urine at these points seems to have stopped the problem for some months now. Aitch |
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On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 07:20:38 GMT, Dave H
wrote: In my experience of this annoying problem I have noticed cats have fixed entry and departure points from the garden. Good point, I've seen a couple slipping under the double gates so there's one I know of. Sloshing my wife's very strong urine at these points seems to have stopped the problem for some months now. And where can we buy some please? weg All the best .. T i m |
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On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:54:19 +0000, ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°²
wrote: On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:39:07 -0000, "Chris Burns" wrote and included this (or some of this): I've had a cat (well I assume so) crapping on my front lawn but have managed to stop it by sloshing ordinary household vinegar around the 'target' area. They will go nowhere near a very dilute application of Jeyes fluid. (so I am told g) (Too dilute to harm them or the surrounding plants/trees) ;-) I have some of that so I can try that easy enough. However, now I've ordered the automatic acid//// water sprinkler thingy I think I'd like to give that ago with the status quo (purely for scientific reasons of course). All the best .. T i m |
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"Dave H" wrote in message ... In my experience of this annoying problem I have noticed cats have fixed entry and departure points from the garden. Sloshing my wife's very strong urine at these points seems to have stopped the problem for some months now. Jeyes Fluid might well have the same effect, works on dogs. -- Regards Bob Hobden |
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T i m wrote:
Sloshing my wife's very strong urine at these points seems to have stopped the problem for some months now. And where can we buy some please? weg All the best .. T i m Hmmm! I need a Sales Manager, Marketing Manager, Telesales....... Aitch |
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On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:27:57 GMT, Dave H
wrote: T i m wrote: Sloshing my wife's very strong urine at these points seems to have stopped the problem for some months now. And where can we buy some please? weg All the best .. T i m Hmmm! I need a Sales Manager, Marketing Manager, Telesales....... LOL! And the vehicles and installers for those who want the complete service? I can see this going international very soon! But maybe you could start small, with an eBay shop .. you just need a catchy name for your (her) new product ..? 'Lady roar' maybe? I think it's a winner (especially given it's green credentials I didn't say that out loud did I?), I just hope she can keep up with the predicted demand? All the best .. T i m pee. s. You could support her with your own range of compost accelerator products ..? |
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On Mar 7, 12:15 am, T i m wrote:
On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 22:41:45 -0000, "Bob Hobden" wrote: p.s. If you could recognise cat's from foxes or anything else I'd be happy to send you a picture (I have plenty of choice out there) if you drop me a line (addy works). Fox poo is generally more pointy at the ends than cat poo and it's softer and smellier(and mostly black IME). Have a look at... http://www.foundationtv.co.uk/brilli...how2item4.html http://www.foxdna.animals.uwa.edu.au...ox_poo_mystery Hmm, thanks for those Bob (I think! g). The stuff that I seem to have in this long grass area seems much lighter in colour (pinky / cream), about 3" in a spirally diameter pile (overall) and sticks like (well, you know), seems nearly waterproof and the smell lingers for ages. :-( Yesterday I was moving my motorbike from our back garden to a mates garage down the road. I had to do a 3 point turn onto this grassy area so checked the area first for this 'mess'. I then pushed the bike the 1/8 mile and as soon as I got it in his garage I could smell something was wrong. There it was still stuck to the back tyre. I took the rear wheel off, dug most of it out of the tread with an old screwdriver onto some newspaper (god it stunk) and then washed / scrubbed the tyre under a running tap with some disinfectant (because of the smell and risks). A while back neighbour asked if I knew if anyone was putting down some sort of black grease against cats as theirs had walked in it (from 5 houses away) and walked it all over their white leather sofa. I didn't know (at the time but found out later) but I did have a quiet laugh to myself afterwards (serves them right sorta thing). It turns out it was a guy a few doors long who had put something along the top of his high fence as he had been losing fish from his pond (and had seen cats doing it). Anyway, I don't really care what animal it is, I just don't want it in my back garden! ;-) All the best and thanks again Bob .. T i m Those sonic detectors/ scarers are quite good but pricey, although I'm also experimenting with shaking chilli powder down among the crops, in the hope they burn the cats' bums and they stay away, regards dreschrode |
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