Getting cats out of your yard

[Joe Stephens]

I bought this house with a terrible problem. Cats were always in my yard and you know what they left behind.

**** The answer? Red pepper, cayenne, I use the ground in the 16 oz resturant pack that I get from Sams for about $3. Sprinkle it first where they poop, then on the fence where the cats walk and all around the edges of the yard the thickest. Then if there is any left I just sprinkle the rest around the rest of the yard. It takes about two weeks, but the cats quickly learn that if they go in your yard they are going to experience pain in their resperatory system, and when they lick their little paws, they experience a new level of heat in their mouth. This causes no harm to the cat other than what you feel when you eat a pepper. No more cats in my yard.

One more option is called Critter Ridder. It is available at most garden stores. I've seen it here at Lowes. It is about $20 for two lbs. of it. I have not used it though, the pepper works for me and it's cheeper.

[Patscga]

Send them over to my house; everybody else does. However, I have never had any problem. Cats generally bury their feces. Pat

[jp232]

Pellet gun or poison them. Meooooooooooooooow!

[Jim Yanik]

jp232 wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Illegal,bad advice.

[Jibefan]

Two, Sixty pound dogs work for me!

[amby]

In Texas it is not illegal. I suspect that some other states might also use the same logic. Cats are not considered the same as dogs here (domesticated). You can shoot a pellet gun in most localities here and it does work to keep the cats from your yard. You do not even have to be a good shot; the cats do not like the noise of the pellet against the wood fence.

The local police explained it very carefully to me. They did suggest cayenne pepper as an alternative. My neighbor was incensed. What a hag anyway...the cat was lost for 2 weeks while in heat and she called the police on me, saying I must have killed her cat.

Innnocent...but my kids laughed.....

amby

Jim Yanik wrote:

[rck]

Depends where you live. In Tennessee a homeowner may "despatch" a stray in the manner of his choosing providing it does not cause undue pain or suffering. You can't light it on fire or spray it with caustic chemicals but you can knock it in the head or shoot it. It is illegal to despatch a known pet, i.e. cat with a flea collar or such. No flea collar, zappo.....

Bob

[xrongor]

it may not be illegal, but it may not be that smart either depending on who's cat it is. and it certainly gets you to the top of the ass**** list in my book...

please dont shoot cats. if you are too stupid to get them out of your yard without hurting them, you really shouldnt be handling a gun...

randy

[rck]

I was not recommending the killing of cats, merely clarifying that it isn't always illegal in every state. One must also consider that while it may be legal to shoot a stray cat in this state, it is illegal to discharge a firearm within the city limits. In the county, it's ok. In this state it is illegal to kill someone's else's pet unless it is attacking you or has rabies, however, many owners let their pets roam, they become a nuisance and then the pets simply "disappear". Part of owning a pet is acting in a responsible manner and keeping your animals in your own yard. Right or wrong, if pets become a nuisance, someone, sooner or later, will end the nuisance by making the animal disappear. Again, not my recommendation, only stating the way it is.

Bob

[Jim Yanik]

"amby" wrote in news:7CoGc.1854$%w5.807@okepread05:

Many pellet or BB guns can penetrate an animal,permitting infections,inflicting pain,and harming someone's pet. It's cruelty to animals,and in many places illegal.

And bad advice.

[Greg]

Our animal control folks will lend us a trap.

[Kurt]

Thank you.

[Chuckles]

"amby" wrote in news:7CoGc.1854$%w5.807@okepread05:

Oh, Texas. Many kinds of violence are legal there.

[Repeating Rifle]

in article Xns951E6A00B893Ejyanikkuanet@204.117.192.21, Jim Yanik at [e-mail] wrote on 7/6/04 7:24 AM:

While it may be illegal, doing the same to the deserving cat-owner is frowned upon even more.

Bill

[rck]

Our county does not have an animal control department. If a stray is a pest, you call the sheriff and he'll shoot it.

Bob

[NoOne N Particular]

Then keep your *&^%$ cat out of my yard.

[GeekBoy]

When my brother and I were much younger (kids, really, so no flames okay?) we hated the squirrels who would invaded our house. One fine day, my brother spotted one such critter on a nearby tree branch, just hanging out eating a nut. My brother, about 12 years old at that time, happened to be an expert wrist-rocket shooter (remember those?) and took aim from our stoop, about 10 yards away. Pulled it back as far as it would go and let loose. I tell you here and now -- that pellet, traveling a thousand miles an hour, hit the squirrel dead center, full in the belly and I can still hear the sound of "poof" hitting the fur. The squirrel did nothing. It stopped eating just for a moment while it stared at us, then continued munching as though nothing had happened. A cut of wind as the pellet pierced the air, a thud as it hit the belly at full-force, the dent clearly visible in the fur, and no reaction at all. It finished the nut and gingerly walked across a tree limb to find another, ignoring our feeble attempts. This shot would have seriously wounded any mere mortal man, easily blinding him or breaking skin and sending him to the hospital for stitches. We were stunned, and to this day recall that event as though it had some kind of divine intervention. Don't get me wrong, we still hate squirrels, but have come to the realization that they are protected by a force mightier than ours. :)

Jim Yanik wrote in message news:...

[rj]

[xrongor]

so if a deserving cat owner should be shot because their little animal dug up your precious flowers or dirtied your shoe a little, what should we do to say a car theif? burn them at the stake?

get a grip man. be smarter than the cat.

randy

[Curt Martin]

Try one of these, they do work and don't hurt anything:

They can be found cheaper than that site, but anyway, you get the idea...plus it's fun to watch.