"Sydney" wrote in message
...
Ermm - after six months of trying all forms of cat repellent (who seem to
do
their stuff on my lawn rather than borders and bury it - we don't have a
catand there is a large cat population on our estate), and out of
purefinancial exasperation I tried the Human Urine 'marking my territory'
bit.

It works very well ! Repeat every fort night (I collect mine in a
milkbottle in the down stairs toilet and then sprinkle it over the lawn
and
fence posts after dark !!). The cats get the message. You might find
that
after a while the passway smells a bit to your nose - but atleast you
won't
be dodging things..

Sorry for those eating their tea whilst reading this post !!


If ever there was an excuse....time to break out the lagers

MC

On Thu, 29 May 2003 17:57:15 +0100, "MC"
wrote:

What do I do now? Summer is upon us and today the alley was full of crap
and swarms of flies.

Well to keep it on topic from a gardeners point of view: ;-)
http://www.pawsonline.clara.co.uk/plants.htm

Bart

"Sue & Bob Hobden" wrote in message
...

"MC" who sounds like a troll wrote in message

I am now on a mission.

We have one access to our property. It is via a gate from the main
road,
walking between two properties (an alleyway in effect) towards our
garden
then a left turn to our stairs leading to our flat.

Now the problem is that our alley is used as a cat toilet...BIG TIME.
Every
night at least one or two cat dumps would mysteriously appear along the
ally.

We are plagued with at least 6 or 7 cats who use our garden and I have
used
everything over the last year or so to stop them fouling the alleyway.

Well what's all this about plague? How about the birds that crap on your
garden, the worms that crap in your garden, the treated sewage that is
sprayed on the land your food is grown in....... It's what makes plants
grow! We actually buy horse manure. (Biggest source of Tetanus infection)

Anyway, you presumably have seen these cats doing it in your alley? It
couldn't possibly be Foxes? Looks similar and smells worse and isn't
buried.
Neighbour saw a fox last night jump straight over a 6ft fence.


What do I do now?

Learn some tollerance and chill out? Think of it as free manure.

If thats your opinion, you won't mind if we all come and crap in your
garden? Think before you type....




--
Bob

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

MC,

I bought a "Scarecrow" - try the www.gonegardening site.

It works a treat at keeping cats away and even my granddaughter's hosepipe
loving border collie is frightened to get near it!

However, they are rather rather expensive and to cut down on battery useage
I use a nine volt dc power supply operated by a timer - I kept forgetting to
switch it off and was squirted!

So, in response to your plea for help and perhaps to help others I give the
following suggestion.

If you have five thumbs on each hand and/or are useless at doing anything
technical, read no further.

1. Find an old washing/dishwashing machine which contains a solenoid
operated water control valve and remove it. (It will be used to turn on
water to a hose pipe)

2. Establish the operating voltage of the valve - perhaps a repair man can
help here, he might even be able to check/supply a second hand one.

3 If, as I suspect, the control valve works on mains voltage and is
serviceable, you're halfway home. If low voltage or dc operated, there must
be a transformer/ dc power supply in the machine and you will need it too.
On second thoughts there probably is a transformer, not only to lower the
voltage perhaps but to isolate the voltage from the mains if operated by
240V ac. If this is meaningless to you, go no further you are not technical
enough..

4. If serviceable, purchase a motion detector (B & Q probably) used for
security lighting (not one fitted with a light though) but this time to
operate the valve and perhaps a light (50 W filament bulb in suitable
housing) in parallel.

5 Make yourself a motion operated water squirter to deter cats - if you
cannot figure out how, you should not be trying to do it anyway!

REMEMBER electricity with water around IS DANGEROUS so DO NOT DO THIS
IF YOU ARE NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I take no responsibilty for your
actions.

You might wonder why I did not do this myself - I could not get any bits
from old machines - people were giving them in part exchange I suppose.

Ron

It's a good idea I often pee in my garden and down my drive (late at night)
and it seems to be working.


Sydney wrote:
Ermm - after six months of trying all forms of cat repellent (who
seem to do their stuff on my lawn rather than borders and bury it -
we don't have a catand there is a large cat population on our
estate), and out of purefinancial exasperation I tried the Human
Urine 'marking my territory' bit.

It works very well ! Repeat every fort night (I collect mine in a
milkbottle in the down stairs toilet and then sprinkle it over the
lawn and fence posts after dark !!). The cats get the message. You
might find that after a while the passway smells a bit to your nose -
but atleast you won't be dodging things..

Sorry for those eating their tea whilst reading this post !!

Sydney
"MC" wrote in message
...
I am now on a mission.

We have one access to our property. It is via a gate from the main
road, walking between two properties (an alleyway in effect) towards
our garden then a left turn to our stairs leading to our flat.

Now the problem is that our alley is used as a cat toilet...BIG
TIME. Every night at least one or two cat dumps would mysteriously
appear along the ally.

We are plagued with at least 6 or 7 cats who use our garden and I
have used everything over the last year or so to stop them fouling
the alleyway.

I have used all the specialised chemical deterrents on the market
(powders and liquid) ... NO GOOD.

I have used bleaches, even Jeyes Fluid and Jeyes Dustbin Powder...NO
GOOD.

Bought a high-powered, pump water pistol. Cats used to laugh at
that. In desperation I filled it with a Jeyes solution ... it
melted the water reservoir ... NO GOOD.

I now use two ultrasound cat repellers around and down the alley.
It has cut the crap by about 25% but there are still deaf cats about
so ...NO GOOD.

What do I do now? Summer is upon us and today the alley was full of
crap and swarms of flies.

I'm getting to the point where I want to buy an air rifle but fear
this may be frowned upon so will not mention it just yet

SERIOUSLY - Anyone know how to build an electric barrier (similar to
cattle fencing but adjusted voltage for smaller mammals). I am no
electronics expert so I am not too hot on volts and currents.

I will be posting soon re gaining info and experiences in the hope
that I could soon lobby my local council to make a bye-law as per
references to the Public Health Act 1938 with reference also to the
Environmental Protection Act 1990.

Regards all

MC