Friday, June 25, 2010

What do you think Does cat Repellents really work

Do cat repellents work? How to stop a cat from using garden as litter? Can you tell me how to take cats from my garden. This is an issue of mutual interest to all gardeners but is there a real answer?
The first line of defense is to ensure that your yard boundaries are secure. Any gaps in your fence should be blocked at low-level access. But cats can jump so down a rope or wire stretched about six inches above the top of your fence to prevent this approach.
Once inside your garden many people say that the best cat repellent is a dog that will soon be posted on the feline invaders. If you're not a dog lover, you will resort to more passive methods. Because cats like to lie on the freshly dug soil you should lay mulch on your borders so that no bare soil is exposed. Seed beds should be covered with netting or twigs arranged as a barrier.
Young trees should have plastic guards fitted around their trunks to protect them against use as a scratching post. Your pond should be covered with nets to your fish safe.
Cats are generally known to dislike water for a well-aimed bucket or a spray with the hose will certainly be a race invaders. After one or two dousing can learn the lesson and stay away.
To protect plants and borders both mothballs and Citrus is said that effective means. Place mothballs, orange peel and lemon rind in the borders. spray cloths with orange scented rags and place or atmosphere around the plants you want to protect. Other known cat insect repellents are cayenne pepper, coffee grounds, pipe tobacco, lavender oil, lemongrass oil, citronella oil, eucalyptus oil and mustard oil.
Some herbs are said to deter cats. In particular street, but not catmint which has the opposite effect. Coleus canina is another plant that is sold by a merchant as a cat repellent.
The broadcaster Jerry Baker has proposed to treat your garden with a tonic made from chewing tobacco, urinary, contraception pills, mouthwash, molasses, detergent and beer. A small success reported using dried rabbit blood but you may find that the ingredients listed in the previous paragraph should be tried first.
If you go to 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 sprays and pellets.
Motion activated sprinklers act in the same way as the alarm system using an infrared sensor. If the cat is the area covered by the detector the sprinkler flows a stream of water to prevent the animal. It is said that after one or two meetings with the jet, the cat learns to avoid the area.
Ultrasonic devices emit a high frequency noise that is annoying to cats (and dogs), but is not audible to humans. There are different models, some continuously and others which an infrared detector, but only emit a sound pulse when the cat triggers the device. To succeed, you must ensure that the model is powerful enough to protect the area you want to cover. In addition to ensuring that the sound frequency is designed for larger animals since some models are intended to deter insects and so would be of no use for cats.
There are also commercial cat repellent perfume. Those that use chemicals should be segregated from food crops, but the essential oil-based pellets in the law breeds the same way as the orange and lemon peel above. Another way to keep a cat as the garden is a repellent evaporator which consists of a container of puffed rice, which is impregnated with essential oils. They are effective for three to four weeks and can then be reused for a new period. Another natural product which many people claim really keeps a cat in the garden is lion's dung. You may need your visit to the local zoo to obtain, although some stores do stock zoo poo.
In Ontario, the township of Canada offers a local cat trap. Once the animal's cage, he can not escape but is completely unharmed. The owner must pay to recover his pet and should be encouraged not to stray cat in the future. Apparently few owners bother to reclaim their cats but just another kitten. But it sounds like a good way to deal with a cat who can not be deterred by another method. If no such system in your area, just buy your own Petard.
So, to summarize, the first priority to ensure your gates. Then you have the whole selection of suggested cat repellents from homemade recipes to expensive commercial gadgets. I would say that you have the orange peel and prickly twigs attempt a start. If you're there when the intruder appears, try the bucket of water or hose. Even if you miss, the shock a sufficient deterrent. If they do not do the trick, then you may need to consider the commercial alternatives.

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