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Cat Deterrent Talk.? All post of this nature in this thread only.. Humane talk only please.!

Discussion in 'Pests, Diseases and Cures' started by Marley Farley, Feb 25, 2013.

  1. Anthony Rogers

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    00000000000000000000000000015810I've posted this on another thread ages ago but Wilkinsons do an excellent cat repellent spray. It's totally harmless containing orange and mint. It works brilliantly. We have plenty of laughs now as we'll see a cat come sauntering up doing the big " I' m the king ' act, then all of a sudden they shoot off in the opposite direction at 90 miles an hour :)

    PS....... Only costs £1-75 a bottle which lasts us about 2 months.
     
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      Wire netting has been working for us so far. Like you said it's not been very pleasant, with wire nettings along our front garden! i've also used water pistols on them which works, although its very hard to squirt them on target :snork:
       
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        Silent roar, ultrasonic deterants have not worked at mom's, the only two things that have so far. Cut up old pieces of hose pipe in between plants cats don't like cucumbers if you've seen the video on YouTube and the other is keep used tea bags and soaked in Jayes fluid left near were they poo..
         
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          I am currently testing a creature deterrent that is humane and works automatically. I'll report back when the company authorizes me to make my findings public. So far, all I can say is "wow, want another one!"
           
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            I may have mentioned this before...:doh:...but it's worth mentioning again in this thread.

            In my efforts to keep Alfie in the garden - I have come across a method of keeping other cats out.

            Willow screening attached to fencing panels seems to work - Alfie cannot climb up the panel and if it rises over top of the fence other cats cannot jump onto the top of the fence.

            I have definitely mentioned the upside down plastic fork approach to stop cats from digging up young plants.:smile:
             
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              Hi,

              Have a nice golden privet hedge about 3ft high along the boundary of the front garden.

              Discovered some what I thought was brown die back vertical patches the other day, only to realise from the smell around them that it was cause by cats spraying, partic at the end of the hedge where they walk around.

              Tried carefully putting a solution of Jeyes Fluid on some stones etc nearby but even the stink of that does not seem to deter them.

              While the water sprayer I have in the back garden works a treat, cannot really use it in the front garden where folk are passing by.

              Any ideas as to a product that would deter them spraying the hedge ?
               
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                I'm using a sonic scarer for the first time this year on my veg patch, it was about £15 from Amazon. Been using it since Feb, I'm not convinced it is 100% effective but think it mostly deters them from that area. When my son visited at Easter he wondered what the strange noise was in the garden, it seems younger people can hear them so that might be an issue in a front garden.
                 
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                  Some friends of ours tried that in an attempt to deter their neighbour's cat. What they didn't know is that the cat was deaf! :rolleyespink:

                  Not just younger people. I can hear them :old:. I also had to have our burglar alarm retuned (combines ultrasonics and infrared) as I could hear it. They tested the system with me standing with my back to them and came to the conclusion that We needed to have it set out of range of even a dog :heehee:. At my last hearing test (have them each year) the man said that my hearing has now deteriorated down to a normal level. I still can't stand loud noises! :dunno:
                   
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                    Spray any area with 10.4g/L of Aluminium Ammonium Sulphate and it will deter most animals including cats, dogs, birds and rabbits.
                     
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                    Hi,

                    Assume you mean 10.4g of the dried crystals you can buy small pouches of on ebay ?

                    Do you know of any version of it ready mixed in a sprayer you can readily buy ?

                    Importantly, what effect does it have if it catches the plants ?

                    We have a golden privet hedge almost overlapping some lawn that one cat in partic sprays it up to 2 ft high and along a patch several feet wide, could it be sprayed direct onto the hedge ?
                    Tried many things without success.

                    The hedge is between the garden and the footpath so cannot use our PIR water sprayer which is highly effective in the back garden.
                     
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                      Yes you can @ricky101 you can buy Vitax animal repellant sprayor there is another called scent off.. Both available on eBay and garden centres..
                       
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                      Another name for Ammonium aluminium sulphate is alum, a common use is in deodorants, also used in tanning, dying, water treatment and fire resistant textiles. Not immediately obvious why it should deter cats or anything else, there again it's unlikely to harm anything it's sprayed on.
                       
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                        I would be reluctant to use it given that it hydrolyzes in water into hydrochloric acid ALUMINUM AMMONIUM SULFATE
                         
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                          I don’t use it and wouldn’t, @Fat Controller ;) but then I have three, four legged, cat deterants... :biggrin: No cat with any sense would wander in my garden as it would be risking life and limb...:heehee:
                           
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                            From what I remember of my chemistry at college there should be no risk at all. Although when combined with water you get some sulphuric acid it is so dilute, at the rates they suggest, that it is virtually harmless. They're diluting it 100:1 which is almost nothing.

                            I would guess that there would be some sort of sulphur smell to it - from an animal's point of view.
                             
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