OT: Neighbourhood Cats

Brendan

Brendan

Joined
Feb 13, 2002
Messages
3,679
I am having a nightmare trying stop the neighbourhood cats using my garden as a toilet. Seem there are about 3 or 4 cats that keep coming into my garden and doing their business. I've tried just about everything bar getting a dog and putting up an audion device which they dont like the sond of.

Any ideas how I can get rid of these fekin' felines !!


:mad:
 
Good pellet gun or bolt .22loaded with Aguila Colibri's. Out of my semi auto .22, can actually hear sound of action over "gunshot", that quiet. No gunpowder in the things, jsut priming compoud.

Guess slingshot would work too. HA, or strip down to loincloth like in picture, take khuk, decapitate one, and put it's head on pike outside of garden. ;)
 
Put a large copy of the picture of you nekkid on top of that kitty on a backboard, and nail it to a post in your garden AND front yard.
They will be vastly amused, and fall off the fence, and hurt themselves, and go away.


(thank you soooo much for this early morning opportunity:D )

Failing that, nothing you can do...except a live trap (havahart?).
If the cats are collared, you can return them to owners, asking probing questions about licensing, etc. If not, find some foul-smelling non-toxic liquid and douse them good. If owned, the owners will pay a small price, if not owned...well, cats are NOT stupid...and they are not procreating (an over-whelming drive) in your garden, just going to the loo, they should seek other sites.

Best I can do.
(edit: bunch of responses on same point.

http://www.icangarden.com/forum.cfm?chatthreadid=4016&task=viewthread

Good luck.
 
Brendan:

I think claymores with tripwires would do ( Just be sure to face them correctly:p )

Seriously, One method that might work for you is to get a healthy supply of Cayenne pepper and sprinkle your entire garden with it. When they give themselves their next "bath" they are in for a big suprise! I've used this for years to keep cats off my cars and off my property. The good thing is that this works without your constant attention. Of course, you'll need to reapply the pepper after it rains, etc.

Give it a whirl, and you should see a difference in short order.

Good luck!

-Craig
 
Brendan,
There is a list of things people have used to repel felines
here (starts about half way down the page). The one I suggestion I liked was: *six-inch bamboo skewers (pointy side up). Gotta love it "punji" stakes for cats.
I have a dog, so cats are never a problem. If they were, I think they might be a good excuse for me to buy a paint ball gun.
Regards,
Greg
 
I am having the same problem, except with a skunk that has taken up residence nearby in my apt complex. I have been smelling him for about 2 weeks, but last night was the first night I saw him. If I get an opportunity to he will catch a headshot with my pellet gun. But I doubt that will ever happen, only the cats visit the swimming pool for a drink.:rolleyes:
 
Brendan,

Got the same problem--none of the cats are strays, and one belongs to family of the landlord. Lethal measures are out....

The short pointy sticks sorta work, I've tied string between them, but the animals seem to like doin' the drop while contorted. Seem to need a high density of the punji sticks. A bunch of those bamboo or cane garden stakes (about a meter long) poked into the ground at 20-30 degree angles in all directions helped some too. Yeah, it looks as great as you imagine.

Problem is the cats pick the loosest, best draining soil. Which I carefully cultivated and ammended to grow some veggies, including shallots. Of course the shallot patch is the cat's usual unloading zone. Bastids.

Prompt removal and dusting the spot with powdered sulfur (which I use for mold/fungus control on the plants) seems to help some too. But if your garden is a contested border between two or more cats' territories I haven't found much that really stops them from crapping it out when they aren't fighting.

Guess I'll have to check out Ripper's link.
 
My wife started dumping coffee grounds in the spot where the cats used our garden. It appears to have solved the problem. My own personal preference is a live trap.

We had a problem when I lived in CA with a neighbor who had six cats and no inclination to keep them out of our garden. The first time we trapped one we brought it back to them with the message that subsequent offenders would be delivered to the pound. We trapped three more before he took measures to solve the problem. Each one cost him $35 "bail money" at the shelter.:p
 
Originally posted by Cuttin' Craig
Brendan:

I think claymores with tripwires would do ( Just be sure to face them correctly:p )
Click to expand...

Don't try this!!!!! A neighbor did, and the cats came in at night and turned the claymores around.

:eek:
 
I know many of these replies were posted in jest, but as a cat lover, even the suggestion of harming a cat sets me off.

All cats are welcome in my yard. I feed not only my two, but several strays who have adopted me, as well as a couple of neighbor cats who just come around looking for a handout. They are all my friends.

If they crap in my garden so what? Every year I buy several hundred pounds of steer and chicken manure to put in the garden. What harm will a few nuggets of cat poop do?

I love cats; humans I barely tolerate.
If I caught anyone harming one of my cats, or any cat, I would eliminate him.

So, be careful of your actions because there just might be a cat loving sociopath like me living next door.
 
Originally posted by firkin .......Problem is the cats pick the loosest, best draining soil.
Click to expand...
How about digging up a spot in opposing corners of their territory
and making those spots as attractive to them as possible.
Dig it soft, sprinkle dried catnip, plant fresh catnip,
add the most attractive manure smells there too,
throw a dead mouse or other under the dirt.
Put a clay drain tile for them to play in.
Then continue to do whatever you can to make your garden
as unattractive as possible.
I think I remember seeing Tiger? urine or some such sold as a deterent.
[motion activated (InfraRed) sprinkler might work--plug in motion detector and electric hose timer]

You'll have to work with their instincts as best you can.
 
Composted manure is a little different than having fresh steamers inserted every day next to the root vegetables. Not to mention the smell in warm weather (what is in cat food anyway?) and myriad flies that are attracted. And it's dayum hard on little seedlings like lettuce when the animals dig them up to take a dump.
 
I will cast my vote for the .22lr solution. Since fireworks stands are open, shoot the cats then pop off a few firecrackers for cover and thats the end of the garden toilet. Don't forget to remove the cats from the scene. If that's too rough for your personal tastes, then I would go for the live trapping method and taking them to the pound.
 
BTC!!!

You are really a blast from the past. Haven't but rarely had you speak up on the forum since you stopped by in Hawthorne on your way to better places than Vegas.

Are you settled in, got a job you can tolerate, having a good time, so-on?
Would love to hear from you on the forum or by email if you want to keep things private.

For you newbies, Bill was one of the best contributors to the now infamous "Phantom of the Khukura" thread that Spark shut down after it went 80 pages amd I think it was 4,000 posts.

Bruise Lee - you and Bill The Cat remind me of the relationship between Jack Benny and George Burns. Burns once called Jack in London, supposedly from Hollywood, and chatted with him, told jokes, and hung up. Jack was having some friends over to his hotel room and he started telling everybody the jokes George had just told him when after he told about 3 or them he spotted George ( who unbeknownst to Jack was in London himself - and had slipped into Jack's party just after he hung up his phone )sitting in the middle of his hotel room.

As a matter of fact, all George had to do thereafter was stand and look at Jack and Jack would start laughing.

Bruise and BTC are completely different in style of comedy but either can crack you up.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top