Cats spraying in the garden

"kaeli" wrote in message

How about motion-detector activated lawn sprinklers? We do that here to
keep the skunks away. Just a thought.

Thanks, good idea, I'll check the site, but if it's too expensive I know
people in charge of money might not go for it

Or moving lawn ornaments?

Not sure what you have in mind?

Otherwise, your links were really handy, I will print them out and give them
to the management company, so we can try out some cat "friendly" solutions.
Thank you

Gee

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"Jeannie" wrote in message

If it is definitely cats, I'd spray the area with neat malt vinegar
which gets rid of the smell AND seems to deter the cats from spraying
there
again.
I don't know if that works with the fox pee though. The area will
smell
of
vinegar for about a day but it does get rid of the cat smell.

Thanks for that, do you know if vinegar would harm the boushes? Or
ground re plants?

Just recently after having many failed plants in my garden, I tried a
"wildlife repellent" recipe. My problem is mainly squirrels digging up
newly planted bare-root perennials, and new tender plantings. Voles could
also be the culprit. But what I did is boil the following: (it says it
works for domestic animals, too)
1 spanish onion
2-3 jalopino peppers
1 tbls cainnne pepper

Chop onion and pepper, bring to boil with 2 pints water. Add cainne
pepper and boil for 20 min. Strain through cheesecloth into spray bottle
or garden sprayer when cooled. Spray daily, may take up to two weeks to
fully deter pests.

(my own note: spray downwind)

--
Cheryl

"Gee" dumped this in
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"Jeannie" wrote in message

If it is definitely cats, I'd spray the area with neat malt vinegar
which gets rid of the smell AND seems to deter the cats from spraying
there
again.
I don't know if that works with the fox pee though. The area will
smell
of
vinegar for about a day but it does get rid of the cat smell.

Thanks for that, do you know if vinegar would harm the boushes? Or
ground re plants?

Just recently after having many failed plants in my garden, I tried a
"wildlife repellent" recipe. My problem is mainly squirrels digging up
newly planted bare-root perennials, and new tender plantings. Voles could
also be the culprit. But what I did is boil the following: (it says it
works for domestic animals, too)
1 spanish onion
2-3 jalopino peppers
1 tbls cainnne pepper

Chop onion and pepper, bring to boil with 2 pints water. Add cainne
pepper and boil for 20 min. Strain through cheesecloth into spray bottle
or garden sprayer when cooled. Spray daily, may take up to two weeks to
fully deter pests.

(my own note: spray downwind)

--
Cheryl

In article 8ABmc.4839$7S2.2831@newsfe1-win,
enlightened us with...
Or moving lawn ornaments?

Not sure what you have in mind?

One of the sites used the example of those little windmill thingies
shaped like flowers (regionally called "pinwheels"). Cats don't like
things that move inexplicably. *LOL*


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~kaeli~
The best part of having kids is giving them back to their
parents.
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In article 8ABmc.4839$7S2.2831@newsfe1-win,
enlightened us with...
Or moving lawn ornaments?

Not sure what you have in mind?

One of the sites used the example of those little windmill thingies
shaped like flowers (regionally called "pinwheels"). Cats don't like
things that move inexplicably. *LOL*


--
--
~kaeli~
The best part of having kids is giving them back to their
parents.
http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart
http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace