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Do Cats Get the Message
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from "Jeff Layman" contains these words: Rusty_Hinge wrote: The message from "TheScullster" contains these words: Hi all I know this is a recurring theme on this group - methods for repelling our feline "friends". Was wondering whether repeated chase-outs actually result in the offending creature learning that a garden is a no-go-zone. No. If so, what level of deterrent is necessary? Find a chemical distributor and get a canister of aluminium ammonium sulphate. Sprinkle the crystals on the ground where they go. I've always understood that chemical distributors will not supply to the general public ('elf & safety, and all that. And, of course, liability). That's where I got mine. I also got a lot of things (in bulk) which sent local chemists into a tizz - Spirits of salt, and various other chemicals - potassium dichromate, oxalic acid, oh, and lots more. You can go and get fuming spirits of salt from hardware shops - assuming you go in wearing yer long trousis... But that only seems to apply to the UK. An acquaintance in France who like growing Proteaceae has trouble with an very alkaline water supply. His solution is to acidify it with dilute nitric acid, which he makes from the containers of umpteen litres of concentrated nitric acid he buys! Try doing that over here. I don't think there'd be a problem if you bought it in bulk from a distributer - just from a chemist. I had the devil's own job to persuade a chemist he could sell me a fluid ounce of diethyl ether, so long as it had the correct label. In the end he looked it up (so he could show me i was wrong) and - oops! Now if you were to ask for sulphuric acid as well as the nitric, and a certain sugar derivative, you might find your collar being felt. -- Rusty Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk |
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