Cat repellents

[DCal430]

Didn't realize killing that cat wasn't an acceptable suggestion.

 

[7window]

I love dogs and cats but do not want other peoples dogs. Other people are very irresponsible with their pets.

 

[pontifex]

Find something cats would love to eat and mix it with something very deadly to cat, and spread it around outside your home. The cat won't be a problem any more, if dies in your yard just dump the body in a trash can.

someone was already reprimanded for this kind of stuff in this thread already. stop doing it.

 

[OlafSicky]

Irresponsible pet owners FTL.

Is there any other kind?

 

[preslove]

The Scarecrow.

http://www.amazon.com/Contech-CRO101...crow+sprinkler

lol

Looks like a good method.

 

[MrSquished]

Didn't realize killing that cat wasn't an acceptable suggestion.

my cat was shot with a pellet gun. pretty regular middle to upper middle class northern NJ suburban town about 16 miles west of NYC. never had a complaint from anyone in the neighborhood.

little dude suffered for some hours. it was fucked up. called the ASPCA, lady came and saw the x-ray and vet report i had confirming that was the cause of death - and said pretty much what we all knew, nobody would get punished because nobody was going to admit to it, but she would go around in her uniform and knock on doors sternly, hopefully if it was a kid that did it they would hear and be a little afraid to do it again to another pet.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

my cat was shot with a pellet gun. pretty regular middle to upper middle class northern NJ suburban town about 16 miles west of NYC. never had a complaint from anyone in the neighborhood.

little dude suffered for some hours. it was fucked up. called the ASPCA, lady came and saw the x-ray and vet report i had confirming that was the cause of death - and said pretty much what we all knew, nobody would get punished because nobody was going to admit to it, but she would go around in her uniform and knock on doors sternly, hopefully if it was a kid that did it they would hear and be a little afraid to do it again to another pet.

Big difference between a pellet gun and a .22. The latter is much more effective at humane killing of problem animals.

 

[MrSquished]

Big difference between a pellet gun and a .22. The latter is much more effective at humane killing of problem animals.

sounds like you aren't quite sure what humane means when it comes to a beloved pet killed without warning.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Didn't realize killing that cat wasn't an acceptable suggestion.

Killing cats: Bad.
Killing kittens: Good. But NSFW.

 

[Craig234]

my cat was shot with a pellet gun. pretty regular middle to upper middle class northern NJ suburban town about 16 miles west of NYC. never had a complaint from anyone in the neighborhood.

Sorry to hear that. Maybe you should organize a 'pellet gun competition' in your neighborhood with a nice prize and see who signs up...

 

[BUTCH1]

Check your county laws as some make it illegal to use bait traps and people have been arrested for it.

Also letting cats roam is not illegal in many places like doing that for dogs are.

Even if it is legal to bait traps there you still can't simply do it to a known pet like that as that's what animal control is for if the neighbors refuse to listen.

I've yet to see any town that allows people to let their cats roam free and as long as your not baiting it with poison that's legal too. I'm sick and tired of "he's an outdoor cat" bullshit, if you want a cat for a pet fine, enjoy your cat but keep it the fuck off my car, lawn, flower box ect..

 

[Newbian]

I've yet to see any town that allows people to let their cats roam free and as long as your not baiting it with poison that's legal too. I'm sick and tired of "he's an outdoor cat" bullshit, if you want a cat for a pet fine, enjoy your cat but keep it the fuck off my car, lawn, flower box ect..

Generally unless the town has a specific law against it cats are legally allowed to roam because of what they are and not a danger like dogs can be even if I don't agree with it.

You may want to look it up as it's often illegal unless you contact animal control or such as they either need to use their traps or give you their permission provided you bring it in then or have them collect the cat.

You are using bait the animals can smell and it lures them out of their property so you are making the issue larger by doing that.

People have been arrested for doing just that when the authorities have been informed and that was with no harm done to the cat.

 

[Slammy1]

Might also repel annoying neighbors.

 

[Craig234]

I need this too.

 

[CZroe]

since when is leaving your cat free irresponsible?

Legally? Decades in most places.

everyone who lives in rural areas does that except those worried about their pet becoming roadkill, contracting/spreading diseases and parasites, reproducing uncontrollably, killing local wildlife, getting in cat fights, and being killed by dogs, getting lost, and disturbing neighbors.

FTFY. Not to mention the screaming they get into at all hours of the night setting off my INDOOR dogs as they scatter around knocking down my outdoor belongings down while I'm trying to sleep.

There are two extremely friendly cats at my brother's apartment complex that his neighbors recently started letting out a few months ago. They are quickly starting to look more like the diseased feral cats that we already have around. Read up on feline AIDS and outdoor cats.

One hopped in my car without me knowing it and almost got locked in. I watched the other followed someone into a locked building it didn't live in. One frequently sneaks INSIDE my brother's building and into his apartment, refusing to leave even though he has a dog and they don't get along (cat hates curious lap dog). The owners and the cat are otherwise strangers to us and it's completely against the apartment rules, city laws, and county laws. Luckily, we have the owner's phone number thanks to the cat's tag and we never hesitate to tell them to come get "Spaz." They always complain that "people" keep "letting" their cat in our building when the cat lets itself in and other people would have no idea that the cat doesn't belong to a resident in that building. Also, it's been freezing or raining outside so their cat goes to the first available shelter instead of waiting outside the owner's building. We often open the apartment door to go out and find it waiting to run in after being trapped in the building for who-knows-how long, but when I am holding groceries, two dog leashes, my phone, keys with the door's key fobs, and the door, I'm not dropping all my stuff to stop their stupid cat that's already hissing at the dogs and making things harder. They are lucky we have a ladder set up because he always goes straight up into the loft to avoid the dog. There have been times when they were not home to come get their cat and we had to leave. I don't have a litter box.

Yeah, I know, "First world problems," but the law is the law because YOUR cat shouldn't be MY problem, no matter how cute and friendly it is. I do like cats.

I've had outdoor cats for years and I've never smelled their piss. It's also plenty of cats where I live now, no smell of piss either.
It's always those damn martens that like to shit in front of your door and piss on the car. Cats don't do that.

I never have either, but there's plenty of proof that they do and that it is a real problem for many people.

I find much more irresponsible the people who let their dog shit all over the sidewalk and don't clean up just because there's no police around.

And one of my dogs eats your cat feces and gets sick every time I let him out in my own RURAL yard. Who knows if that's why I had to de-worm him again recently. He's an indoor dog and shouldn't have needed more than heart worm meds this year.

Anyway I think the motion detecting sprinkler is a good idea.

Same here. I also think that keeping your cats indoors is a good idea that is backed up by and required by law for most of the rural population as well.

 

[PowerYoga]

pee on your own flowerbed to mark your territory.

If that doesn't work, pee on the cats when they come to pee.

 

[randomrogue]

Those suggesting killing cats are asking for serious problems. Serial killers kill pets.

Don't be a douche.

 

[sourceninja]

My favorite is the guy down the street who yells at me for my cats.

My cats are indoor cats, they never go out (not once) and have lived their entire lives indoors. The feral cats in the neighborhood frequently like to sit on my porch and stare at my cats though the window. They are thus in his mind, "my cats".

So he likes to complain about them in his yard, tearing his property up, etc and can't seem to grasp that they are not my cats. I have however trapped almost every free roaming cat in the area without a collar and got it spayed/neutered however. Hopefully that will eventually solve the problem.

 

[zinfamous]

sounds like you aren't quite sure what humane means when it comes to a beloved pet killed without warning.

well, that is what humane means. semantics, I know, and I don't condone it--but quick death is far more humans than suffering.

humane doesn't really describe the difference between death and not death--just the manner of death.

 

[DCal430]

Please do not do what I suggested, it was wrong of me to suggest it. Trolling or not it was terrible thing to suggest.

Lilies are extremely poisonous to cats and cause a painful death from renal failure, please be advised not to try my suggestion, as it was terribly cruel.

My apologies, I am sorry for what I said.

 

[zinfamous]

This isn't for the OP, who seems to be against this, but for anyone else with a similar problem, you can take some lily leaves mash it into some cat food, hide it behind some bushes, if the cat eats it, your problems are gone.

wtf is wrong with you?

 

[Drako]

This isn't for the OP, who seems to be against this, but for anyone else with a similar problem, you can take some lily leaves mash it into some cat food, hide it behind some bushes, if the cat eats it, your problems are gone.

Yep, sicko serial killer detected 🙄

 

[highland145]

wtf is wrong with you?

Maybe we can get Sophitia back.

 

[zinfamous]

Maybe we can get Sophitia back.

I would trade sophitia for "the chin" any day...but methinks the sophitia account has played this very same hand, before, and things are looking grave.

 

[Leymenaide]

Cats hate citrus for the most part. I've used orange and apple oils in spray form to keep my cats off various things.

They also hate mothballs if you can still get them.

Or
find an old Southern Italian cookbook
Or
Find a French butcher that sells rabbit without its feet
Or
Find a Dutch girlfriend to teach you to cook roof rabbit