Cats any ideas
 

Any ideas for stopping cats using not all but a particular part of my
garden?
Thanks in advance

auntie_biotic
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Cats any ideas
 

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Any ideas for stopping cats using not all but a particular part of my
garden?
Thanks in advance


There's a humerous review of one of those ultrasonic devices he
http://makeashorterlink.com/?C57224D44

Si

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On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 17:13:01 +0100, "auntie_biotic"
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Any ideas for stopping cats using not all but a particular part of my
garden?
Thanks in advance
Trip mines, fixed sighted self-loading rifle, electric fencer, flame
thrower, 3.5" Bofors Anti-tank gun? Take your pick. Perm any three
from five.
-
Peter James
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Yes, I use cones collected from conifers over the winter, They look nice but
make it too uncomfortable for the cat

auntie_biotic wrote:
: Any ideas for stopping cats using not all but a particular part of my
: garden?
: Thanks in advance
:
: auntie_biotic
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Very droll, I wanted to get rid of cats in a patch in my garden, no start
war in Iraq!!

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On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 17:13:01 +0100, "auntie_biotic"
wrote:

Any ideas for stopping cats using not all but a particular part of my
garden?
Thanks in advance
Trip mines, fixed sighted self-loading rifle, electric fencer, flame
thrower, 3.5" Bofors Anti-tank gun? Take your pick. Perm any three
from five.
-
Peter James
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small sticks pushed into the area close together

Ophelia


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Very droll, I wanted to get rid of cats in a patch in my garden, no start
war in Iraq!!

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On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 17:13:01 +0100, "auntie_biotic"
wrote:

Any ideas for stopping cats using not all but a particular part of my
garden?
Thanks in advance
Trip mines, fixed sighted self-loading rifle, electric fencer, flame
thrower, 3.5" Bofors Anti-tank gun? Take your pick. Perm any three
from five.
-
Peter James
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"The Devil's Advocate" wrote in
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Yes, I use cones collected from conifers over the winter, They look nice
but
make it too uncomfortable for the cat

auntie_biotic wrote:
: Any ideas for stopping cats using not all but a particular part of my
: garden?
: Thanks in advance
:
: auntie_biotic
: http://www.tbandu.co.uk



or clipping from thorny roses, imagine them treading on thorns!
L

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Thanks I like the thorns, stick, and cones ideas. No thanks to tanks guns
etc!!. Problem being I own a cat!
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"The Devil's Advocate" wrote in
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Yes, I use cones collected from conifers over the winter, They look nice
but
make it too uncomfortable for the cat

auntie_biotic wrote:
: Any ideas for stopping cats using not all but a particular part of my
: garden?
: Thanks in advance
:
: auntie_biotic
: http://www.tbandu.co.uk



or clipping from thorny roses, imagine them treading on thorns!
L

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In article , auntie_biotic
writes
Any ideas for stopping cats using not all but a particular part of my
garden?
Thanks in advance

auntie_biotic
http://www.tbandu.co.uk


Keep it wet. Preferably with a high pressure water hose from the Fire
Brigade and blast them into the nearest river :-(

Seriously, it will help to keep the vermin away if you keep the soil
moist. (Won't do the plants any harm:-))

Mike

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In article , auntie_biotic
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Thanks I like the thorns, stick, and cones ideas. No thanks to tanks guns
etc!!. Problem being I own a cat!

The stick idea works. I've done it in a container newly placed this year
right in the path of oncoming & outgoing cats between here & next door.
They don't even bother trying to go via the table it's on any more ...
just take a flying leap from ground to wall.
--
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Plant some strong smellying plants ie curry plants It worked for me.

tony

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"Judy wrote in message
Thanks I like the thorns, stick, and cones ideas. No thanks to tanks
guns
etc!!. Problem being I own a cat!

The stick idea works. I've done it in a container newly placed this year
right in the path of oncoming & outgoing cats between here & next door.
They don't even bother trying to go via the table it's on any more ...
just take a flying leap from ground to wall.
--

I can second that, we use old pea sticks cut from an old hedge, and just
spread them over the ground with a few canes pushed through to stop them
being moved. Works well.

--
Bob

www.pooleygreengrowers.org.uk/ about an Allotment site in
Runnymede fighting for it's existence.

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On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 17:13:01 +0100, "auntie_biotic"
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Any ideas for stopping cats using not all but a particular part of my
garden?


I don't know if anyone's suggested this idea before - but it occurs to
me that cats prefer to crap in something comfortable, rather than the
scrotty stuff we shove out plants into.
Would they not find a trough of dry sand more appealing?

If the cats aren't yours, and depending on your relationship with the
owner, it might even be possible to site the kitty-loo in the owner's
garden.
A simple roof could be attached to keep the sand dry.

Should you have to site the kitty-loo in your own garden, and assuming
you know who owns the culprit moggy, you could always dig out the crap
and return it to them, in a little bag. I'm sure they'd be only too
happy to arrange disposal of their pet's faeces.

Regards,



--
Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations
http://www.shwoodwind.co.uk
Emails to: showard{who is at}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk

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On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 20:22:16 +0100, "auntie_biotic"
wrote:

Very droll, I wanted to get rid of cats in a patch in my garden, no start
war in Iraq!!

OK joking apart. If you have a small contained garden like mine, then
an electronic cat scarer works a treat. I have installed one and
haven't seen any sign of a cat for a month now. My garden is small,
surrounded by a wooden fence and when I say samll, I'm talking about 4
metres by 6 metres. Maybe not so effective in a large garden?
-
Peter James
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"Zizz" wrote in message
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"The Devil's Advocate" wrote in
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Yes, I use cones collected from conifers over the winter, They look nice
but
make it too uncomfortable for the cat

auntie_biotic wrote:
: Any ideas for stopping cats using not all but a particular part of my
: garden?
: Thanks in advance
:
: auntie_biotic
: http://www.tbandu.co.uk



or clipping from thorny roses, imagine them treading on thorns!
L

Likely to kick them out the way. I just stick canes in the ground, that
works fine.

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Stephen Howard scribbled:


you could always dig out the crap
and return it to them, in a little bag. I'm sure they'd be only too
happy to arrange disposal of their pet's faeces.


Yeah right! What planet do you live in.

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thanks, but the cat I,I'm trying to keep out is mine!!

auntie_biotic
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"Essjay001" wrote in message
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Stephen Howard scribbled:


you could always dig out the crap
and return it to them, in a little bag. I'm sure they'd be only too
happy to arrange disposal of their pet's faeces.


Yeah right! What planet do you live in.

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On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 00:04:33 +0000 (UTC), "Essjay001"
wrote:

Stephen Howard scribbled:


you could always dig out the crap
and return it to them, in a little bag. I'm sure they'd be only too
happy to arrange disposal of their pet's faeces.


Yeah right! What planet do you live in.

Guess you don't do irony then...



--
Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations
www.shwoodwind.co.uk
Emails to: showard{whoisat}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk

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Just to say I like cats *and* gardening. Our own cat unfortunately had a
leg amputated 18 months ago due to a tumour and is now confined to our
garden as he can't climb the high fences. Despite the fact he now uses
'ensuite' facilities at home, he is worth the problems of ----.

Regards, Aileen (also a Howard - by marriage only)

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On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 00:04:33 +0000 (UTC), "Essjay001"
wrote:

Stephen Howard scribbled:


you could always dig out the crap
and return it to them, in a little bag. I'm sure they'd be only too
happy to arrange disposal of their pet's faeces.


Yeah right! What planet do you live in.

Guess you don't do irony then...



--
Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations
www.shwoodwind.co.uk
Emails to: showard{whoisat}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk

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Any ideas for stopping cats using not all but a particular part of my
garden?

Put down shingle in that part of the garden? Not the small pea-shingle but
decent sized beach shingle. I've got that in half my garden and have no cats
using it as a loo. However, they will probably still walk/lie on it?

Do you want to stop them completely from that area of garden or just stop
them from digging in that area?

Best,

- h

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On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 17:13:01 +0100, auntie_biotic wrote:

Any ideas for stopping cats using not all but a particular part of my
garden?

As others have suggested, thorny prunings work. I've used
gooseberry prunings with success when my own cats were aiming
badly, so to speak.

Another good method involves that low ornamental wire fencing
(really edging) that comes in sections about a foot or so long.
If you push these in at an appropriate spacing, you create an
obstacle course. Kitty, being a lazy sort, will desist. This is a
good method if animals are beating a path where you don't want
one.

If this fencing is allowed to go nicely rusty, it is nearly
invisible; it's how I keep my own cats out of the patch of Crocus
nudiflorus.

--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada