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Cat deterrence question
By: Lurknomore Date: August 24, 2025, 4:19 pm
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Sorry so long, not trying to be Hax or anything�
I love all animals but am mostly a dog person. And a birder. I
watch, feed, provide water, photograph, and paint them. I�m new
to this urban neighborhood and my nice next door neighbor has 2
cats. Theo, a tuxedo cat, is friendly and lovable. And a very
agile killer of birds. &#128546;
He has a cat door and is mostly out. His owner told me he
brought her a dead bird a while back. I replied that I love
birds but knowing this, I will stop filling my bird baths or
feeding them, as I don�t wish to bait the birds for Theo! �and
she just nodded. I mentioned a little bell I used for my long
ago kitty. It fell on deaf ears.
Now Theo is using my new raised beds as litter boxes. So I want
to repel Theo but not hurt him. I�m trying sweet gum balls from
our rural place on the soil, lemon, vinegar, coffee grounds,
etc. in the vicinity. I plan to put chicken wire over my beds
and plant more densely elsewhere. (I don�t want to use pepper as
it can hurt animals if they get it on their paws and then
scratch their eyes.) Any other ideas?
Happily, I can still feed hummingbirds, and some, the Anna�s,
are here year round. But i don't want cat turds in my garden. We
do plan to adopt a dog once we get more settled and finally sell
our other house if economy ever allows that! A dog will help.
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Re: Cat deterrence question
By: Aardtacha Date: August 24, 2025, 5:17 pm
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They say citrus peels are a good deterrent, but I had a cat who
adored citrus fruit and would come running from the other end of
the house as soon as I stuck my fingernails into an orange or
grapefruit peel.
Motion sensing sprinklers just in the beds themselves? But
again, I had a couple of cats who would join me in the shower,
so....
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Re: Cat deterrence question
By: acl-ny Date: August 24, 2025, 8:02 pm
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There are deterrent sprays, but you have to keep reapplying,
especially when it rains.
Sorry you�re going through this. I assume a tall fence is not in
the budget.
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Re: Cat deterrence question
By: northbayteky Date: August 24, 2025, 8:56 pm
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Mr just got some cat deterrent thingys from Amazon. They're
about 18 inches/2 feet or so long about 4 inches wide, with
little spikes about an inch high. You can cut them down. Mr is
putting them in his fig pots. Honey started peeing in the pots.
An entire yard of mostly nothing and she goes in a pot. Mr put
stakes across the tops but she's ignoring those now. These are
more aggressive. I'll try to attach a picture. I left the glass
to kinda show scale.
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Re: Cat deterrence question
By: Lurknomore Date: August 24, 2025, 9:31 pm
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[quote author=acl-ny link=topic=3704.msg343272#msg343272
date=1756083721]
There are deterrent sprays, but you have to keep reapplying,
especially when it rains.
Sorry you�re going through this. I assume a tall fence is not in
the budget.
[/quote]
We have a 6 ft tall fence and Theo scales it like spiderman!
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Re: Cat deterrence question
By: acl-ny Date: August 25, 2025, 8:21 am
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[quote author=Lurknomore link=topic=3704.msg343282#msg343282
date=1756089060]
[quote author=acl-ny link=topic=3704.msg343272#msg343272
date=1756083721]
There are deterrent sprays, but you have to keep reapplying,
especially when it rains.
Sorry you�re going through this. I assume a tall fence is not in
the budget.
[/quote]
We have a 6 ft tall fence and Theo scales it like spiderman!
[/quote]
Ooof.
I remember seeing a fence topper that angle from the top so they
can climb up but then meet a little �ceiling.� But it depends on
your fence material, I think.
I googled Cat fence barrier. The link was 3 pages long.
Here�s a pic of 2 types. I considered adding something like
these if our current Mia Containment Methods didn�t work.
But these would have to extend over your neighbir�s side, at
least slightly.
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Re: Cat deterrence question
By: acl-ny Date: August 25, 2025, 8:50 am
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Or this that goes on top.
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Re: Cat deterrence question
By: Aardtacha Date: August 25, 2025, 11:31 am
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[quote author=acl-ny link=topic=3704.msg343320#msg343320
date=1756129816]
Or this that goes on top.
[/quote]
I do not see using that on the sofa as in the lower left
picture. When I want to sit on my couch, I want to just plop
down, not have to remove a bunch of caltrops. But for the
garden, sure.
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Re: Cat deterrence question
By: acl-ny Date: August 25, 2025, 1:44 pm
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[quote author=Aardtacha link=topic=3704.msg343376#msg343376
date=1756139481]
[quote author=acl-ny link=topic=3704.msg343320#msg343320
date=1756129816]
Or this that goes on top.
[/quote]
I do not see using that on the sofa as in the lower left
picture. When I want to sit on my couch, I want to just plop
down, not have to remove a bunch of caltrops. But for the
garden, sure.
[/quote]
Yup. And my sofa is my cats' sofa. They belong on my sofa!
(I didn't see that pic - pulled it up on my phone and just
didn't focus on that dumb idea. &#128513;)
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Re: Cat deterrence question
By: Queenie Date: August 26, 2025, 12:01 pm
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I always wanted to try one of these
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