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Old 04-03-2009, 11:38
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ive tried putting this stuff around the gaden which is supposed to keep them away that didnt work, i used some anti climb paint that didnt work i been chucking things at them and that seems to work and ive been using my pellet gun but i dotn wanna keep wasting pellets anyone know any other methods?
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Old 04-03-2009, 11:43
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ive tried putting this stuff around the gaden which is supposed to keep them away that didnt work, i used some anti climb paint that didnt work i been chucking things at them and that seems to work and ive been using my pellet gun but i dotn wanna keep wasting pellets anyone know any other methods?



Mothballs from Wilkinsons will keep them away put a box around garden and change them every 3 weeks well it worked for me anyway, powder never worked but once i put mothballs down they never came back maybe it was for other reason but i'll never know and the mothballs are cheap so it wont break the bank for you to try them.
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Old 04-03-2009, 12:15
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Get a dog!!
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Old 04-03-2009, 12:20
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This remedy works very well. Since getting a terrier, I've noticed a distinct lack of cats in my garden.
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Old 04-03-2009, 12:21
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For about 30 quid you get a main electricity ultrasound unit. Guaranteed to get rid of cats and no batteries required

just dont leave anti freeze around...they kill cats that pooh in your garden
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Old 04-03-2009, 13:04
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ive tried putting this stuff around the gaden which is supposed to keep them away that didnt work, i used some anti climb paint that didnt work i been chucking things at them and that seems to work and ive been using my pellet gun but i dotn wanna keep wasting pellets anyone know any other methods?
Got a bad shot have you????

Honestly if anyone started shooting pellets at my cat I'd have them arrested!!! Or stick their pellet gun up their arse!!

I think either you are a troll or just a very ignorant person.

There a plenty of cheap methods you can try and I'd sooner you went down the spraying them with water route than actually shooting pellets at them!!

For about 30 quid you get a main electricity ultrasound unit. Guaranteed to get rid of cats and no batteries required

just dont leave anti freeze around...they kill cats that pooh in your garden
My, my all the trolls are out today aren't they
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Old 04-03-2009, 15:30
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Don't have any freshly dug over earth on display, cats cannot resist it. My neighbour had a problem with my cat and a couple of others all traipsing through his garden and leaving calling cards, so I bought him one of those sound gun thingies. That worked well he told me, until he broke it

They then invested in a couple of those movement sensitive ones and the cats all got the message
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Old 04-03-2009, 15:49
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For about 30 quid you get a main electricity ultrasound unit. Guaranteed to get rid of cats and no batteries required

just dont leave anti freeze around...they kill cats that pooh in your garden
i might try that it would be funny to watch too, anti freeze mmm intresting

Mothballs from Wilkinsons will keep them away put a box around garden and change them every 3 weeks well it worked for me anyway, powder never worked but once i put mothballs down they never came back maybe it was for other reason but i'll never know and the mothballs are cheap so it wont break the bank for you to try them.
i tried mothballs it didnt seem to work i gots quite a big garden too plus i didnt like the smell lol

Don't have any freshly dug over earth on display, cats cannot resist it. My neighbour had a problem with my cat and a couple of others all traipsing through his garden and leaving calling cards, so I bought him one of those sound gun thingies. That worked well he told me, until he broke it

They then invested in a couple of those movement sensitive ones and the cats all got the message
i may get one of them as well sounds like fun until i get them ill have to stick with the gun dam cats
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Old 04-03-2009, 15:52
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You fire your pellet gun at cats?

sick sick sick sick.
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Old 04-03-2009, 15:57
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I've been having a lot of success with putting curry powder down. I think the last little 'present' I discovered was last summer. I just picked it up, then poured curry powder on the patch where it had been, and we haven't had any deposits since...
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Old 04-03-2009, 16:02
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OP - how do you know it's cat's pooh?

It's a well known fact that cat's bury their pooh's (I sometimes have to have a proper dig about in my one's litter tray as she's hidden it!!)

It could be foxes??

Although don't tell me - you've actually seen the cat/s doing it???
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Old 04-03-2009, 16:04
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OP - how do you know it's cat's pooh?

It's a well known fact that cat's bury their pooh's (I sometimes have to have a proper dig about in my one's litter tray as she's hidden it!!)

It could be foxes??

Although don't tell me - you've actually seen the cat/s doing it???
Ignore me - OP I note you didn't say anything about cat's crapping in your garden!!! although if they are not and you are shooting them with a pellet gun imagine what will happen if they did shite in your garden?
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Old 04-03-2009, 16:08
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Oh come on! talking about shooting cats with pellets and putting antifreeze down on a pets forum? ...either its a wind up or there are some very sick individuals out there

Either way...I ain't biting :yawn:
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Old 04-03-2009, 16:16
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You have Got to be kidding?? You realise you can be arrested for animal cruelty. If I ever saw anyone even raising a finger to my cat I would go beserk, and I agree with the above post, shove your pellet gun where the sun dont shine!!
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Old 04-03-2009, 16:34
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there's a cat that comes and visits my garden everyday in the morning, drives my dog barmy. I don't want to let him out with the cat cause he's very fact and will most likely bite the thing. so off to shop for some moth balls i think.
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Old 04-03-2009, 16:46
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OP - how do you know it's cat's pooh?

It's a well known fact that cat's bury their pooh's (I sometimes have to have a proper dig about in my one's litter tray as she's hidden it!!)

It could be foxes??

Although don't tell me - you've actually seen the cat/s doing it???
I can't speak for the OP but, living in the country, I know the difference between cat and fox poo by the stink alone

The stuff in my garden was definitely cat poo and it was not buried, neither the stuff that was left on the grass nor the present on the grass. There didn't seem to have been any attempt to bury it either.
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Old 04-03-2009, 17:40
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My 'kitten' doesn't bury his, though we have a big garden, and he doesn't venture beyond it. I think the burying is a myth, most cats might do, but not all. Mind you, in Leo's case he'd be wanting a JCB, I'd be flippin proud of some of the ones he does!
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Old 04-03-2009, 17:40
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I have tried loads of things and it has cost me a small fortune! I have a good mind to send the bills to all the bloody cat owners! The latest thing I have been using is vinegar sprayed all over the place! lol It is only 13p a bottle from Tesco but if this does not work I will buy those spiky things you can put along the top of your fence to stop cats and also burglars I guess? They also walk all over my bloody clean car the little buggers! (Cats not burglars)
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Old 04-03-2009, 18:04
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ive tried putting this stuff around the gaden which is supposed to keep them away that didnt work, i used some anti climb paint that didnt work i been chucking things at them and that seems to work and ive been using my pellet gun but i dotn wanna keep wasting pellets anyone know any other methods?
You've messed with the wrong cats...

http://www.mouseandthebillionaire.com/images/catGun.jpg
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Old 04-03-2009, 18:32
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Very slightly o/t. Next door's long haired cat gets into my back bedroom through the quarterlight and sleeps on the bed there.

Now this bed belongs to my severely asthmatic and allergic son.

I have spoken to the owner who says it is cruel to keep the cat in, to which I replied if it comes into my house then it doesn't want to be out!!!!! I have suggested she keeps it in until lunchtime, thereby allowing me to air the bedroom with the window open, then I close the window and she lets the cat out. She won't contemplate the idea.

I have been to casualty twice this year with my son as a direct result of an asthmatic attack brought on by this cat. I do check the room and chase it out often, and then have to wash the sheets, vacuum the bed, open ALL of the windows to get the dander out.

Short of moving, what can I do?
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Old 04-03-2009, 18:35
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Is there a way you can cat-proof the window without leaving it closed? some sort of net curtain or somehing?>
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Old 04-03-2009, 18:42
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Have got a net curtain. The cat just goes underneath it. Have tried orange peel to no avail. Because of the asthma we have to be very careful with smelly 'products'. It has been suggested we nail a type of mosquito net over the window but that will ruin the UPVC surrounds.

We are going to have to do that but I'm just really cross the neighbour can't accept this is serious and I have suggested a compromise so don't think I am being completely unreasonable.

But we are very noisy when leaving for the hospital in the middle of the night..........
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Old 04-03-2009, 18:45
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Very slightly o/t. Next door's long haired cat gets into my back bedroom through the quarterlight and sleeps on the bed there.

Now this bed belongs to my severely asthmatic and allergic son.

I have spoken to the owner who says it is cruel to keep the cat in, to which I replied if it comes into my house then it doesn't want to be out!!!!! I have suggested she keeps it in until lunchtime, thereby allowing me to air the bedroom with the window open, then I close the window and she lets the cat out. She won't contemplate the idea.

I have been to casualty twice this year with my son as a direct result of an asthmatic attack brought on by this cat. I do check the room and chase it out often, and then have to wash the sheets, vacuum the bed, open ALL of the windows to get the dander out.

Short of moving, what can I do?
It really is a no brainer...you son is more important than the neighbours cat

see previous posts for a permanent solution
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Old 04-03-2009, 18:46
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Dunno how big the window is.

Would one of these:

http://www.saundersdirect.co.uk/car-...vent-203-p.asp

fit?
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Old 04-03-2009, 18:55
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i am sick of cats crapping in my garden, they make no attempt to bury it, just leave it all over the lawn, i have to go out an clean the mess up b4 i can let my daughter out to play, i feel sick just thinking about it, i know cats are free spirits but i hate the little blighters!
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