Kitz Forum
Chat => Chit Chat => Topic started by: z1ts on May 24, 2017, 03:07:37 PM
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I'll get this in quick: I don't hate cats.
BUT I do have issues at the moment with one of the UK's feline specimens!
My issue is that next-door's cat keeps cr4ping on my grass >:( With a resident toddler & baby, the resulting agro in the house of z1ts is ENORMOUS...
Aside from removing it forcibly (and permanently?), how do I prevent the jolly thing doing 'it' in my garden??
Some kind of repellent? Aromatic/accoustic?
Thanks in advance!
z1ts
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I did have an ultrasonic repeller at one time, and it was effective, but after a while it went wrong and started emitting the loud audible test signal continuously, which didn't please the neighbours. My problem wasn't the cats' doings, but the fact that I encourage a lot of birds into my garden, and cats and birds don't mix.
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Within reason, try being nice to it. Get to the point where it'll come over for a gentle stroke behind the ear, with a reciprocating purr
In my experience, cats like to do their business away from home. If it sees you as part of home, however...
Be careful, though. Being excessively nice to the neighbour's cat is a risky business... all too easy to find you've been adopted as the cat's new 'human', and no more xmas cards from the neighbour. :D
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Is the grass short or long? I've noticed over the years that cats like to make use of long grass, if it's nice and short they tend to go else where.
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In my experience it is somewhat unusual for cats to use grass for their toilet, ours always used the flower borders and now we don't have one the cats which do visit generally do the same. Problematic when gardening I agree. We have used spray repellent which can work but needs regular application. One issue we do have is not cats but foxes (urban ones) which do cr4p everywhere. Are you sure it is cats and not urban foxes? Foxes are a problem as repellent generally does not work, the one which used to work some 20 years ago is now banned >:(
Stuart
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Thank you all!
- Yes, it's definitely a feline
- The grass is long on occasions (just before I cut it generally)
- The risk of befriending it outweighs the benefit :(
I think I'm going to have to go for some kind of repellant - spray or granular.....
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Apart from the odd exception eg the Turkish Van, cats hate getting wet, so try a little target practice with something like this:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/NERF-Super-Soaker-Freeze-Blaster/dp/B00EAHXYDO/ref=sr_1_4?s=kids&ie=UTF8&qid=1495703111&sr=1-4&keywords=water+pistol
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I was also going to suggest that, but thought I'd better not.
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;D
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Love it!! In fairness it's only the 'evidence' that I deal with - Mrs z1ts normally witnesses the 'act'...... (she can't even throw a softball let alone a Super Soaker!!!!)
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If the cat sees water heading in its general direction, it won't hang around to see how accurate Mrs z1ts is. :)
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..... (she can't even throw a softball let alone a Super Soaker!!!!)
She's not supposed to throw the super soaker at the offending cat, just squirt it ;)
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Personally, I think it won't work. You can only train a cat to not get caught doing something naughty, which is different training the cat to to not do it.
Such at least was my experience, having been attendant human for a cat the first few years of my adult life. I managed for example to get the message accross that she'd be severely scolded for scratching the arms of the sofa, which she accepted, and after a while I never caught her doing it. Yet after a year or three, the sofa was still threadbare from paw-height down to floor level, for all the world as if I'd never mentioned it. :D
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I see what you're saying 7LM, and you're right, but a 'severe scolding' is nothing to a cat compared to a face full of water.
It's the only language they understand. ;)
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Chap at work has one of these...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InNtUFNa7bo
Nice and easy to set up and the Cats water your garden for free ;) (or anything that moves!)
The only aggro he had was his daughter used the back gate to enter the garden and got a little wet :D