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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / May 2007Cat repellent
I live in an apartment and I don't have a cat but other people's cats keep leaving dead birds at my door step. Is there some kind of safe cat repellent I can use? >I live in an apartment and I don't have a cat but other people's cats >keep leaving dead birds at my door step. Is there some kind of safe >cat repellent I can use? > Moth balls. Cats hate 'em. They also can't stand the scent of citrus and bitter apple. >>I live in an apartment and I don't have a cat but other people's cats >>keep leaving dead birds at my door step. Is there some kind of safe >>cat repellent I can use? > > Moth balls. Cats hate 'em. They also can't stand the scent of citrus and > bitter apple. Moth balls are also dangerous to cats and the citrus is not always true You should feel honored that they are leaving you these presents. It's what cats do when they really like you. Celeste >I live in an apartment and I don't have a cat but other people's cats > keep leaving dead birds at my door step. Is there some kind of safe > cat repellent I can use? > You should feel honored that they are leaving you these presents. > It's what cats do when they really like you. Not everyone appreciates cats or their gifts. To the OP, please do not put down moth balls. Try some double sided tape around the area where these cats are leaving gifts. Cats hate that stuff and it will not cause them harm.  SignatureLynne "We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly We are brave enough to bend to cry And sad enough to know We must laugh again" ~ Nikki Giovanni, 4/17/2007, Virginia Tech > > You should feel honored that they are leaving you these presents. > > It's what cats do when they really like you. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > -- > Lynne Ditto on the moth balls. I've heard the same thing about double-sided tape; and also heard that cats hate walking on aluminum foil, although I've never tried it. If the OP really wanted to get elaborate, he could position a plant- mister at the front door. Cats wouldn't come to the porch then, but even a light mister would leave standing water after a while. Personally I'd rather have the dead mice than a mudhole by the front door. Or what about those creepy motion-detector plastic frogs that go "ribbit" when somebody walks by? (Or other equally creepy motion- detector crap, like Travis the Trout or those horrid singing Christmas decorations?) But again, I'd rather just deal with the dead mouse than listen to a singing fish every time I came by the front door. Good luck with that. Sherry Sherry > > You should feel honored that they are leaving you these presents. > > It's what cats do when they really like you. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > -- > Lynne I need something that is going to work outdoors. Double sided tape isn't going to stick to the rough surface of the area around my doorstep very well and it will just attract dirt. And food items are just going to attract insects and other pests. I don't want to solve one problem by creating another. > I need something that is going to work outdoors. Double sided tape > isn't going to stick to the rough surface of the area around my > doorstep very well and it will just attract dirt. And food items are > just going to attract insects and other pests. I don't want to solve > one problem by creating another. How about trying the CatStop, an ultra-sonic repellant that only cats can hear. It emits a noise that cats don't like. I tested one for a product review and it sent both of my (indoor) cats running. It runs on batteries, so you don't need an outlet. Here's a link to one: http://www.awesometools.com/catstop-cat-stop.asp Note: it only works for cats' range of hearing, not any other critters. > > I need something that is going to work outdoors. Double sided tape > > isn't going to stick to the rough surface of the area around my [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Note: it only works for cats' range of hearing, not any other critters. My problem is I can't do anything that is going to freak out my next door neighbor's cat. I need to just deter the outdoor cats that come here that don't belong to either me or my nextdoor neighbor. > > > I need something that is going to work outdoors. Double sided tape > > > isn't going to stick to the rough surface of the area around my [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > door neighbor's cat. I need to just deter the outdoor cats that come > here that don't belong to either me or my nextdoor neighbor. How about using some plastic carpet runner, placed upside down (prickly side up)? It's inexpensive, easy to move and clean, and can be placed where ever you need it! Cats don't like walking on it and should avoid the area. > How about using some plastic carpet runner, placed upside down > (prickly side up)? It's inexpensive, easy to move and clean, and can > be placed where ever you need it! Cats don't like walking on it and > should avoid the area. This is an outdoor area shared by a neighbor. It isn't my personal walk way so I can't put something like that down. I'd be willing to try the ultrasonic CatStop, but it's kinda expensive. I'm willing to get it if it will really work, but was wondering about those croaking frogs. Does anyone know if those work? http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=1-1/qid=1179512906/ref=sr_1_1/601-407674 0-5475320?ie=UTF8&asin=B000FKOX8K toronado455 <toronado455@yahoo.com> wrote in news:1177453446.723806.247690 @u32g2000prd.googlegroups.com: > I live in an apartment and I don't have a cat but other people's cats > keep leaving dead birds at my door step. Is there some kind of safe > cat repellent I can use? I bet dog repellent works on cats, too. > I live in an apartment and I don't have a cat but other people's cats > keep leaving dead birds at my door step. Is there some kind of safe > cat repellent I can use? spray the exterior of your apt... with bleach and rinse they MUST be smelling other cat sprayings... for some reason, they are bringing you little presents or.. you are habitually cooking something they can smell? is there any tuna smell in the house? LOL JUST KIDDING YO! TUNA TUNA > > I live in an apartment and I don't have a cat but other people's cats > > keep leaving dead birds at my door step. Is there some kind of safe [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > TUNA > TUNA That's interesting because I use a bleach/water mixture to clean up after they leave these disgusting "gifts" and that seems to keep them away for a while. I suppose I could fill a spray bottle with a bleach/ water mixture and just spray a little around every few days to maintain the effect. What about the commercially available cat repellents? Don't they use Coyote urine or something? Sounds awful but does it work? >> > I live in an apartment and I don't have a cat but other people's cats >> > keep leaving dead birds at my door step. Is there some kind of safe [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > What about the commercially available cat repellents? Don't they use > Coyote urine or something? Sounds awful but does it work? They make a spray repellent that can be purchased at any pet store. Most use chemical mixtures but I believe don't use other animal markings scent you would get a cat like mine that would boldly walk up and cover the marking not matter what predator it was. > >> > I live in an apartment and I don't have a cat but other people's cats > >> > keep leaving dead birds at my door step. Is there some kind of safe [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > you would get a cat like mine that would boldly walk up and cover the > marking not matter what predator it was. I sprayed some bleach/water mixture and a few minutes later a cat came and lay down and rolled around on the sidewalk just 12" away from where I sprayed it. So apparently the bleach smell isn't potent enough to deter the cat! I may have to look into one of those commercial cat repellents. > > "toronado455" <toronado...@yahoo.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > to deter the cat! I may have to look into one of those commercial cat > repellents. the bleach was just to remove cat pee smell from the area sprayed. the more I question why your door, I can only believe it smells like cats. that's why the bleach. not to be a foul smell he didn't like.. but to remove the pee smell. but! if you was a hungry cat, and wanted to get some food... you would bring a prize to a human door.. especially a door that smells like other cats. > > "toronado455" <toronado...@yahoo.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Bleach is fatal to cats in quantity & frequency, and not a very good idea if one of them happens to have a thirst on either. I wouldn't use that again just in case you kill that cat, or worse, your neighbors cat. somehow I don't think they would thank you too much, do you? (considering I have caught Tiggy Drinking the water out of Paul's teeth cleaning solution,(ROFLMAO)..you better believe they would drink it too!! I had to hide the teeth in the end so she couldn't try that one out again.... S;o) > > > "toronado455" <toronado...@yahoo.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] > again.... > S;o) When I use bleach I rinse down the cement afterwards with pure water so there is no danger. Anything else I spray dries instantly so there is nothing to drink. I'm not going to do anything to hurt any cats, believe me. toronado455 wote: > When I use bleach I rinse down the cement afterwards with pure water > so there is no danger. Anything else I spray dries instantly so there > is nothing to drink. I'm not going to do anything to hurt any cats, > believe me. If you feed the cat(s), capture them, de-sex them... we'll be your good friends. so! are you going to capture them have them de-sexed?] you may as well, you ain't doing nothing else! > toronado455 wote: > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > you may as well, you ain't doing nothing else! Where is my can of Barry repellent when I need it... damn! >> toronado455 wote: >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Where is my can of Barry repellent when I need it... damn! Awww, Barry has another fanboi. cybercat wote: > Awww, Barry has another fanboi. http://tinyurl.com/ysau25 have your people call mine, rate is same as usual. tnx > >> toronado455 wote: > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Sweet isn't it? S;o) > > "Dad Wellar" <Dad.Wel...@gmail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Sweet isn't it? > S;o) im only 8 years old, im telling my parents on them men > > > "Dad Wellar" <Dad.Wel...@gmail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > - Show quoted text - ROFLMFAO... Go on then, I bet Grandma Parrish will whoop my arse for me, hey? > > > > "Dad Wellar" <Dad.Wel...@gmail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > ROFLMFAO... > Go on then, I bet Grandma Parrish will whoop my arse for me, hey? lol, noooo, "them men" not youuuuuuuuuu ZONK!!!! <KNOCKED YOU OUT WITH A PILLOW> > > > > > "Dad Wellar" <Dad.Wel...@gmail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > - Show quoted text - I realised, lol... I must say, you were lucky, my grandma used to chase us with her favourite fish frying pan... <DONK!! G'Night> >> > "Dad Wellar" <Dad.Wel...@gmail.com> wrote in message >> [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > im only 8 years old, im telling my parents on them men bayyyyybeeeeee > "Barry" <brrypr...@yahoo.com> wrote in message > > im only 8 years old, im telling my parents on them men > > bayyyyybeeeeee been a long time since I walked in the moonlight -lz > > > > "toronado455" <toronado...@yahoo.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] > is nothing to drink. I'm not going to do anything to hurt any cats, > believe me.- Hide quoted text - Cleaning the walk with a bleach solution isn't harmful to the cats at all. Any residual or fumes would dissipate outdoors almost instantly. You sound like you just want to stop taking responsibility for someone else's cat's dead birds but not at the expense of hurting the cat. I sincerely hope you find a solution. Wish I had one for you. I'd rather clean up anything than a dismembered bird or rodent. Sherry > > > > > "toronado455" <toronado...@yahoo.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 68 lines] > > - Show quoted text - If I implied that the soloution was toxic, it weasn't my intent. I was trying to suggest that drinking it would be, if in large quanties, regularly.... S;o) > > > > > "toronado455" <toronado...@yahoo.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 61 lines] > else's > cat's dead birds but not at the expense of hurting the cat. Precisely. >I sincerely > hope you find a solution. Wish I had one for you. I'd rather clean up > anything than a dismembered bird or rodent. > > Sherry Thank you for being a voice of reason and understanding here! > > > > > > "toronado455" <toronado...@yahoo.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 73 lines] > > - Show quoted text - This might work. I was trimming garlic and my pussy got a wiff. She took off like a shot. Maybe you can sprinkle some garlic powder around your door. If nothing else, it will keep it vampire free. >> > > > > On Apr 26, 12:46 pm, "Matthew" <Iamacatsl...@proudtoserve.com> >> > > > > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 100 lines] > took off like a shot. Maybe you can sprinkle some garlic powder > around your door. If nothing else, it will keep it vampire free. Garlic is dangerous to cats >> This might work. I was trimming garlic and my pussy got a >> wiff. She took off like a shot. Maybe you can sprinkle some >> garlic powder around your door. If nothing else, it will keep >> it vampire free. >> > Garlic is dangerous to cats Heh, that's what they say. An ironically some pet food companies actually put garlic in to make it more palatable. SignatureCheryl > >> > > > > On Apr 26, 12:46 pm, "Matthew" <Iamacatsl...@proudtoserve.com> > >> > > > > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 102 lines] > > Garlic is dangerous to cats- Hide quoted text - Garlic *fed* to cats *in sufficient quantities* causes anemia. There was a trend with the natural remedy folks to feed garlic to cats & dogs to repel fleas. I think that warning pertains more to that practice. I really, seriously doubt a cat is going to eat garlic powder sprinkled on the ground though. Sherry >> >> > > On Apr 28, 7:24 am, sheelagh <sheelagh_mad...@hotmail.co.uk> >> >> > > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 135 lines] > > Sherry Sherry think about that last statement you know cats as well as I do. You know there will be a cat that will do it > >> > > > > On Apr 26, 12:46 pm, "Matthew" <Iamacatsl...@proudtoserve.com> > >> > > > > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 104 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Is this because it is related to the onion family? S;o) >> >> > > On Apr 28, 7:24 am, sheelagh <sheelagh_mad...@hotmail.co.uk> >> >> > > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 130 lines] > Is this because it is related to the onion family? > S;o) Yes both garlic and onions can cause blood problems > > > I live in an apartment and I don't have a cat but other people's cats > > > keep leaving dead birds at my door step. Is there some kind of safe [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > What about the commercially available cat repellents? Don't they use > Coyote urine or something? Sounds awful but does it work? or large cat poop from nursery lions and tigers I read that on here >> > > I live in an apartment and I don't have a cat but other people's cats >> > > keep leaving dead birds at my door step. Is there some kind of safe [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > or large cat poop from nursery lions and tigers > I read that on here Of course you did You posted it Barry :-) at on here > Of course you did > You posted it Barry :-) do I detect singleness there Matt, as in buhbye blackbird? as in YOU GO THE HOUSE TO YOURSELF AND NOBODY IS WATCHING YOU? > at on here >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > as in YOU GO THE HOUSE TO YOURSELF AND NOBODY IS WATCHING YOU? <RASPBERRY> > > > > I live in an apartment and I don't have a cat but other people's cats > > > > keep leaving dead birds at my door step. Is there some kind of safe [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Imagine a Liger one...? I will just go and see if Ringo can oblige....>"o"< S;o) > I live in an apartment and I don't have a cat but other people's cats > keep leaving dead birds at my door step. Is there some kind of safe > cat repellent I can use? A couple of orange peels will do the trick. Zippy > > I live in an apartment and I don't have a cat but other people's cats > > keep leaving dead birds at my door step. Is there some kind of safe > > cat repellent I can use? > > A couple of orange peels will do the trick. > Zippy And bring on the ants. > > > I live in an apartment and I don't have a cat but other people's cats > > > keep leaving dead birds at my door step. Is there some kind of safe [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > And bring on the ants. how about feed the f.cking cat you piss a.s hard hearted loser > > > > I live in an apartment and I don't have a cat but other people's cats > > > > keep leaving dead birds at my door step. Is there some kind of safe [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > how about feed the f.cking cat you piss a.s hard hearted loser I don't hate cats! I just don't want garbage lying around outside either. Anymore than I want disgusting dismembered bird corpses lying around. toronado455 wote: > ah' duzn't hate cats! Right on! ah' plum duzn't wants' garbage lyin' around outside > eider. Ah be baaad... No mo' dan ah' wants' disgustin' dismembered bird co'pses lyin' > around. then earwier he say "ah live in an apartment an' ah doesn't haf a houn'dog but other varmints's cats keep leavin' daid birds at mah dore step. Is thar some kind of safe cat repellent ah can use?" -- I'm mowe intewested in figuwing out why they do it. see. then you can get wid of the weason why. is it a smeww? I think it must be! why does youw enamored gawwic apawtment smeww wike food > toronado455 wote: > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > why does youw enamored gawwic apawtment smeww wike food C'mon. Do I really sound like that? It's possible that my next door neighbor is doing the cooking you are talking about. But I'm not. The cat is actually bringing the birds for the next door neighbor who is nice to the cat and lets it sleep on their patio and probably feeds it too. Our front doors are very close and we share a common front entry way. So I have to deal with any "gifts" that are left out there in the walkway, because my neighbor doesn't clean up after them. toronado455 <toronado455@yahoo.com> wrote in news:1177713776.886256.321620 @o5g2000hsb.googlegroups.com: >> > I live in an apartment and I don't have a cat but other people's cats >> > keep leaving dead birds at my door step. Is there some kind of safe [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > And bring on the ants. Orange peels don't attract ants, dumbass. Ants like sweet things. Orange peels are bitter. |
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