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Fancy - 30 Mar 2004 21:17 GMT

Hi everyone
I have 2 cats and my sister has three and she asked me if I knew of a way to
discourage
her kitties from a certain area around her pool and screened in patio and
how to prevent
them from digging in the areas that contain plants. She know I am a lurker
here so I thought
I would post for once and just ask.
Janet

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Sherry - 30 Mar 2004 23:35 GMT

>Hi everyone
>I have 2 cats and my sister has three and she asked me if I knew of a way to
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>I would post for once and just ask.
>Janet

That's a tough one! I've used some products designed for that; but I didn't
have much luck with them. Here are things I have read, but not tried: 1) Citrus
(orange, lemon peels) will discourage the cats. 2) You can try taking some
chicken wire and burying it (shallowly) in the area. They won't like digging
there then.
The only thing that worked for me was to put a litterbox outdoors. Believe it
or not, they used it instead of the front flower bed.
Hope you find a solution!

Sherry

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Fancy - 31 Mar 2004 01:43 GMT

Sherry thanks a lot for taking the time to post these suggestions. I'll pass
them on to
her and any others that may be posted later. I used to have some stuff that
I got in a pet store
and it was to prevent kitty from scratching furniture. It was a spray and
didn't work at all .
I think the odor even attracted my cat!!
Janet

> >Hi everyone
> >I have 2 cats and my sister has three and she asked me if I knew of a way to
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>
> Sherry

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Steve Touchstone - 31 Mar 2004 05:49 GMT

>>Hi everyone
>>I have 2 cats and my sister has three and she asked me if I knew of a way to
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>The only thing that worked for me was to put a litterbox outdoors. Believe it
>or not, they used it instead of the front flower bed.

Don't know about all cats, but this would work with Little Bit. Back
when I let her stay outside during the day she would hold it. Once I
got home and let her in she'd make a bee line to the litterbox. Of
course I received the "glare" once she was done with her business for
making her wait so long. I sometimes wonder what she did while she was
a stray.

>Hope you find a solution!
>
>Sherry

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Fancy - 31 Mar 2004 16:01 GMT

> >That's a tough one! I've used some products designed for that; but I didn't
> >have much luck with them. Here are things I have read, but not tried: 1) Citrus
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> >
> >Sherry

Good suggestion Steve. I'll pass it on to my sister. She can place it in the
spot where
"Sugar" keeps digging. Thank you
Janet

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