Cats - how to get rid if them

[Ian Stirling]

Put them on little rafts?

[Marcus Fox]

Use ground cayenne pepper.

Marcus

[Mary Fisher]

The cats?

Mary

[Chris]

PMSL. That must be one of the funniest things I've read in ages.

Cheers,

Chris

[Mary Fisher]

Owain's posts are always worth reading.

Mary

[Steve Wilson]

I was

My experience is that they do work. I've had a couple of them for a few years now and they have completely cured our cat problem. We do get an occasional visit from one cat that must be a bit hard of hearing, but it soon leaves with its back arched and its tail in the air. I have a mains powered one to cover a large area of garden and a battery powered version to protect a small area that is otherwise used as a toilet by the local cats. When the battery runs out, the cats return. Hope this helps, not sure why everybody else's experience seems to be different. Cheers, Steve

[Mary Fisher]

Perhaps different models and makes are, well, different? What's yours?

Mary

[Dave Liquorice]

Yes the torpedoe the rafts.

[Martin Wiseman]

Hi,

Thanks for all the various suggestions. Some of the water based ideas sound particularly satisfying :-)

I've now spotted where the cat hides and planted lots of short canes in the ground, so hopefully that will reduce his chances of a kill.

It seems that ultrasonic devices have a varying success rate. Can any of the people who have used them successfully recommend a brand?

Thank, Martin.

[Mary Fisher]

Oh bliss ...

Mary

[IMM]

Until the rain washes it away.

[Bob Eager]

But in mine....!

We 'trained' our last cat not to go in the kitchen by dumping a third of an eggcup full of water on him every time he did so. After a while, the presence of an empty eggcup was enough. After a while longer (and for next 10 years) nothing was required. He would have course have argued that he didn't WANT to go in there, and the eggcup business was a mere coincidence!...

[Mary Fisher]

LOL!

Mary

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Martin Wiseman saying something like:

Encourage local foxes to visit; they love killing cats. Even better, once the foxes are regular visitors, encourage the local hunt to invade your garden. The hounds will thoroughly enjoy a nice meal of cat when they can't find a fox.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Owain" saying something like:

I'd imagine that's a boon for those pesky gnu infestations.

[Ian Stirling]

If there is one thing cats understand, it's territory. You've just got to make clear to them in a manner that they understand.

The couple of cats that live here never come in the house, even if their food is a few hours late, and the bag is sitting just inside.

You have to scare or confuse them, every time you catch them in the non-permitted area.

They seem to handle (IMLE) whole areas that they are not permitted in, rather than items they must not touch.

[geoff]

In message , Nick Brooks writes

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Good lateral thinking there

[geoff]

Lion shit - that reinforces the realisation that it's someone else's territory as I understand

[Bob Eager]

Our last cat was an 18lb Maine Coon and regularly chased foxes away. I saw a confrontation once. They sat there looking at each other for a while. Then the cat moved slightly and the fox fled.

[Bob Eager]

Exactly. That was how I approached it.