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Cat Repellent or How to Keep Cats Out of Your Garden
Cat Repellent or
How to Keep Cats Out of Your Garden
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Do cat repellents work? How to stop a cat from using garden as
litterbox? Tell me how to keep cats out of my garden. These are
common questions of concern to all gardeners but is there a real
answer?
The first line of defence is to ensure that your yard boundaries are
secure. Any gaps in your fence should be blocked to deny low level
access. But cats can jump so fix a taut wire or string some six
inches above the top of your fence to deter this approach.
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Once inside your garden many people say that the best cat repellent
is a dog who will soon see off any feline invader. If you are not a
dog lover then you will have to resort to more passive methods.
Since cats like to lie on freshly dug soil you should lay mulch on
your borders so that no bare soil is left exposed. Seed beds should
be covered with wire netting or twigs arranged as a barrier.
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Young trees should have plastic guards fitted around their trunks to
protect them against use as a scratching pole. Your garden pond
should be covered with netting to keep your fish safe.
Cats are generally known to dislike water so a well aimed bucketful
or a squirt with the hose will certainly make an intruder run. After
one or two dousings it may learn the lesson and stay away.
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To protect plants and borders both mothballs and citrus are said to
be effective deterrents. Place the mothballs, orange peel or lemon
rind in the borders. Alternatively spray cloths with orange scented
air freshener and place the cloths around the plants you wish to
protect. Other known cat repellents are cayenne pepper, coffee
grounds, pipe tobacco, lavender oil, lemon grass oil, citronella
oil, eucalyptus oil and mustard oil.
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Certain herbs are said to deter cats. In particular rue but not
catmint which has the opposite effect. Coleus canina is another
plant which is marketed by one merchant as a cat repellent.
The broadcaster Jerry Baker has suggested treating your yard with a
tonic made from chewing tobacco, urine, birth control pills,
mouthwash, molasses, detergent and beer. A smallholder has reported
success using dried rabbit blood but you may feel that the
ingredients listed in the previous paragraph should be tried first.
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If you visit your local garden center or hardware store you will
find several cat repellent products on sale. These range from
electric water sprinklers and ultrasonic devices to sprays and
granules.
Motion activated sprinklers act in the same way as a burglar alarm
using an infra red detector. When the cat enters the area covered by
the detector the sprinkler shoots out a jet of water to scare the
animal away. It is claimed that, after one or two encounters with
the jet, the cat will learn to avoid the area.
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Ultrasonic devices emit a high frequency sound which is annoying to
cats (and dogs) but is not audible to humans. There are various
different models some of which operate continuously and others which
have an infra red detector and only emit a pulse of sound when the
cat triggers the device. To be successful you need to ensure that
the model is powerful enough to cover the area you wish to protect.
In addition make sure that the sound frequency is designed for
larger animals since some models are intended to deter insects and
so would be no use for cats.
There are also commercial scent cat repellents. Those that use
chemicals should be kept away from any food crops but the essential
oil based granule varieties act in the same way as orange and lemon
peel mentioned above. Another way to keep a cat out if the garden is
a repellent evaporator which consists of a container holding puffed
rice which has been impregnated with essential oils. These are
effective for three to four weeks and can then be refilled for a
further period. Another natural product which many people claim
really keeps a cat out of the garden is lion's dung. You may need to
visit your local zoo to obtain this although some stores do stock
zoo poo.
In Ontario, Canada the local township provides a cat trap service.
Once the animal enters the cage it cannot escape but is completely
unharmed. The owner has to pay to recover his pet and so should be
encouraged not to let the cat stray in future. Apparently few owners
bother to reclaim their cats but just obtain another kitten. However
this sounds like a good way of dealing with a cat that cannot be
deterred by any other method. If there is no such scheme in your
area, just buy your own trap.
So, to recap, the first priority is to secure your boundary fences.
Then you have the whole selection of suggested cat repellents
ranging from homemade recipes to expensive commercial gadgets. I
would suggest that you try the orange peel and prickly twigs for a
start. If you are around when the intruder appears, try the bucket
of water or hose. Even if you miss, the shock may be a sufficient
deterrent. If these do not do the trick, then you may have to
consider the commercial alternatives.
Hugh Harris-Evans is the owner of The Garden Supplies Advisor where
you will find further articles, gardening tips and product reviews.
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