Donners90
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 posted on 14/6/05 at 07:07 AM |
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Cat crap
It was bad enough having to spend all weekend doing the garden (and not the car), but last night I went out to survey my landscaping marvel to find
that one of the local cats had left me an unwelcome present in my new gravel path!! It's not the first time they have been
in my garden to do their business, but it irritates me even more now that I've gone to all this trouble to make it look nice.
Could anyone reccommend any products, or does anyone have any tricks, to keep cats (and other vermin  ) from crapping on your land? I do like cats
but this is the sort of thing that would turn me against them!!!
Any ideas welcome
Cheers
James
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flak monkey
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| posted on 14/6/05 at 07:14 AM |
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Best one is to stick some orange peel (believe it or not) around the edges of your garden. Cats wont come around then...cheap too
Sera
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JoelP
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| posted on 14/6/05 at 07:31 AM |
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a shotgun 
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Hellfire
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| posted on 14/6/05 at 07:33 AM |
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I have a Weihrauch 97 Carbine that usually stop's 'em.
Failing that a Super Soaker has had some pretty lasting results. They remember it too. Trouble is you have to catch 'em Red
Arsed! 
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 14/6/05 at 07:34 AM |
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A Jack Russell terrier is good...
David
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NS Dev
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| posted on 14/6/05 at 07:38 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Hellfire
I have a Weihrauch 97 Carbine that usually stop's 'em.
Failing that a Super Soaker has had some pretty lasting results. They remember it too. Trouble is you have to catch 'em Red
Arsed!
apparently a super soaker with JIF lemon solution in it fired at their rears during or just after the act has taken place gives them a lasting memory
of where not to 5h1t!!
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 14/6/05 at 07:56 AM |
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Apparently the red dot from a laser pointer in their general vicinity freaks them out as well.
Apart from these off-the-wall solutions, you can get cat repellent powder from most garden centres - just sprinkle it around every so often.
DJ
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colibriman
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| posted on 14/6/05 at 08:26 AM |
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apparently lion dung des the trick.....go to a zoo near you...
Then again...that might keep everything and everybody outta your garden... at least it willl stay in nice condition......
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 14/6/05 at 08:27 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by colibriman
apparently lion dung des the trick.....go to a zoo near you...
Lots of zoos sell it as "zoo poo".
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colibriman
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| posted on 14/6/05 at 08:32 AM |
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I have heard Garden centres sell it too... allegedly...don't come back to me and say you were laughed out of the weedkiller aisle because
of me...
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zilspeed
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| posted on 14/6/05 at 08:43 AM |
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Any kind of Citrus juice or skin will do the trick.
You won't need to do anything else.
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tks
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| posted on 14/6/05 at 11:06 AM |
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mhh
i will go for the dog option..
every dogg will do the trick..if it has an bit of seize offcourse...
i would take an Syberian Husky..
there are very nice..but can be angry to!
atleast they inspect your garden for every animal..
altough for strange people they might be to good..
Tks
p.s. else take the shotgun or
Put an 10/15cm plastic pipe 1meter long with an 70degress angle in the ground..with a piece of fress smelling fish on the bottomend..
wenn mrs/mr cat goes in
it cant go out.. then you can do with it what you want..
proberly fill the tube with water.. or shoker time or what ever else..
OFFCOURSE THIS IS JUST AN SUGGESTION
I"M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS IN NO WAY..
and don't tell it to cat lovers/owners (they won't like your idea...
[Edited on 14/6/05 by tks]
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Donners90
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| posted on 14/6/05 at 11:34 AM |
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Thanks for the ideas.
I think I'll try the citrus option first. If that doesn't work then I'll look into other deterants I assume you just position
pieces of fruit skin around the garden at regular intervals?
Is it the smell that keeps them away? If so would citronella oil, or candles, do the job? Anyone tried this approach? It's gotta look better
than having fruit peelings in the garden!!
Anyway, thanks for the help
James
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 14/6/05 at 12:03 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Donners90
It's gotta look better than having fruit peelings in the garden!!
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Tuck them under shrubs, etc. They'll turn to compost eventually...
DJ
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NS Dev
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| posted on 14/6/05 at 12:04 PM |
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like your thinking there donners! That citrus lamp oil that B&Q sell is cheap!
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scotty g
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| posted on 14/6/05 at 01:23 PM |
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An air rifle tends to stop them on a slightly too permanent basis, a dog is very good at stopping cats crapping on your garden but they tend to leave
bigger turds than the cat so whats the point. I have heard that citrus fruits works but its not as much fun as my favorite which is a BB gun,
powerfull enough to shock them but it won't do any damage but you do look a bit of a prat creeping around your garden like a sniper in a war
movie! Makes you look all Rambo!!
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zilspeed
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| posted on 14/6/05 at 02:38 PM |
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I'm having serious difficulty dealing with this thread now.
People - there are lots of non aggresive ways of getting rid of an unwanted cat in your garden. They hate citrus smells, shred up some peel and
scatter it around. If you must take it a stage further, use a water pistol. They really really dislike that and definitely won't come back.
You don't need to start shooting them to get rid of them.
John F
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flak monkey
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| posted on 14/6/05 at 02:41 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by zilspeed
I'm having serious difficulty dealing with this thread now.
People - there are lots of non aggresive ways of getting rid of an unwanted cat in your garden. They hate citrus smells, shred up some peel and
scatter it around. If you must take it a stage further, use a water pistol. They really really dislike that and definitely won't come back.
You don't need to start shooting them to get rid of them.
John F
Too right!! Its illegal to shoot at them anyway, whatever its with (not including water pistols of course).
Cats hate citrus smells, you only need the peel of a couple of oranges (or whatever) and it will keep them away for a couple of weeks, then put some
more out... Rip it up into smallish peices and scatter it around your boarders.
David
Sera
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Cita
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| posted on 14/6/05 at 04:18 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tks
Put an 10/15cm plastic pipe 1meter long with an 70degress angle in the ground..with a piece of fress smelling fish on the bottomend..
wenn mrs/mr cat goes in
it cant go out.. then you can do with it what you want..
proberly fill the tube with water.. or shoker time or what ever else..
You are sick!
Probably due to watching to many bull"fights"
[Edited on 14/6/05 by Cita]
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tks
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| posted on 14/6/05 at 05:00 PM |
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yeah...sure..
you are proberly an cat owner/lower..
Well we had birds..many and we don't like cats..also the owners have faults
because they let the beast hanging arround in others people gardens..
i personally wouldn't harm any cat....
because i'm not that way...
but it was just an suggestion you can do with it.
You can also put in an bag and deliver it (alive) to the owner or let it free after an couple of bad moments..
sow it was just an suggestion..
Tks
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DorsetStrider
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| posted on 14/6/05 at 06:03 PM |
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I used to have this problem too. I solved it when I bought from a chance meeting with a forgeign guy in the pub a trunk load of claymore mines.......
before you know it no more cat shit..... no more cats either which was a bonus!
My ex also got a fir coat out of it!
Who the f**K tightened this up!
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Donners90
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| posted on 14/6/05 at 06:18 PM |
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Well some imaginative ideas there  Like I said I do actually like cats so the more humane the idea the better
I went and bought some oranges today so I'll eat my way through them this week, and put the peel out later. In the mean time I bought 50
citronella nightlights from tesco (£1.69) so have put a handful out around the garden. Will report back in a few days with an answer
Cheers
James
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Danozeman
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| posted on 14/6/05 at 06:25 PM |
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Wont that look strange donners? Loads of tea lights burning in your garden for nothing?
I have this problem too. I had a cat that always shat on the end of me drive way. I solved that problem (not saying how but my foot was involved.)
It lasted a year till i made me flower bed under me front window nice now the poo head does it in that!! I know its the same cat getting revenge its
just catching it in action!,. Plus it lives the other side of the road so they can see what i do to it..
Ps i have 2 cats of my own i thought this would have deterred it..
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 14/6/05 at 06:49 PM |
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Ok I hate cats and their shit. Ihave to clean upafter my dog so why don''t cat lovers/owners do the same.
If you disolve 2 paracetomol in a saucer of milk i beleive it does a proper job and not on your doorstep either. It may seem a bit cruel to some of
you but try cleeaning a kids hands after a cats been in the sand pit and see if your sympathetic then.
I heard a story about a gardener who once caught one in a lobster creel and kept it there for a week and every time he went by it he poured a bucket
of water over it. He says it worked a treat and never saw it again.
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tks
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| posted on 14/6/05 at 07:34 PM |
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yeah
its far away from the thread..
but cats are not util, until you don't live at an farm..where cats could be do what they like, hunt for mouses and rats..etc..
but in an village?? an dog can be usefull to protect you/ your house/your children..
etc..
at least you can control a dog in such way that it can life with you and your family..
but try it with a cat?? try telling an cat where to chit, where to pie, where to walk.. where not to walk..and that it doesn't get out of your
space(garden/ what ever).
its just an bit of an mess unless you have the room etc. on an farm.. etc..
and i bet that they don't life in the house then either...
Regards,
Tks
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