the ringo kid
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That works and I have heard that that will permanently mess up their smelling capability. Dunno if true or not? but is what ive heard.
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Any recommendations for cat repellant?
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That works and I have heard that that will permanently mess up their smelling capability. Dunno if true or not? but is what ive heard.
inspcalahan
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Don't even need those expensive hollow points. Good old ball ammo works just fine...Gotta run quiet..don't want to disturb the neighbors. 
Thanks for the suggestions. One of the cats in the area I call The Landlady. I think she owns 5 or 6 properties in this corner of town -takes siestas on porches, inspects flower beds, gives birth under shrubs, etc. If she is using my old stump sites and I keep her away, I may receive an eviction notice.
Andy
Andy
ParadiseRoad
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M E Morrison
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Now that's an EVIL Elmer.......
The sight ought to scare everything off your lawn - even more so than Clint Eastwood and his M1.
RobertJ.
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I must be a country boy too, because, even though I certainly don't recommend it in this case, my first thought was a .22!
I love animals, but a pest is a pest.
My dad would have said, "They make a pill for cats like that. A .22 bullet."
Again, though, that's probably not the way you'd want to handle this problem.
EugeneNine
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I keep a Crossman .177 pump handy a BB with 2-3 pumps depending on the range is discouraging. Pretty much the equivalent of a finger flick I won't take the shot unless I can hit them in the flank.
I went to the dollar store and found cheap cayenne powder, chili powder and red pepper flakes and sprinkled a bit around their hidey holes and paths through the yard. Worked well, I can walk outside in the morning and not smell cat spray.
I went to the dollar store and found cheap cayenne powder, chili powder and red pepper flakes and sprinkled a bit around their hidey holes and paths through the yard. Worked well, I can walk outside in the morning and not smell cat spray.
All these replies but the FIRST one I've seen that has a really friendly and low-impact, low-cost and benign suggestion is the one directly above my post.
It's the chili powder.
Spread a slew of it all over the area and any/every cat that enters that spot will get chili powder on his feet. No way out of it.
And the same cat will bathe itself shortly after getting any of it on their feet. And during that process, the cat will quickly put 2 & 2 together and never set foot on that spot again, for fear of chili powder on their feet.
Nobody has to get shot, nobody ends up with an MWAG call, no cats have to be physically harmed, and it's extremely low cost and doesn't require monitoring and elaborate planning.
It's the chili powder.
Spread a slew of it all over the area and any/every cat that enters that spot will get chili powder on his feet. No way out of it.
And the same cat will bathe itself shortly after getting any of it on their feet. And during that process, the cat will quickly put 2 & 2 together and never set foot on that spot again, for fear of chili powder on their feet.
Nobody has to get shot, nobody ends up with an MWAG call, no cats have to be physically harmed, and it's extremely low cost and doesn't require monitoring and elaborate planning.
This will do it. They also work well on unwanted door-to-door salespeople.
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Rick1967
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Super Soaker. Doesn't hurt them. And it is a lot of fun too!
Ole Joe Clark
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They get in our roses where the soil is soft. I bought the smallest fence charger that Lowes sells, mounted a hot wire about 6" off the ground, and rigged the charger where it's easy to connect/disconect. Sitting in the office one morning and heard the cat howl. I found claw marks on the ground where he was leaving. No more problem from that cat.
Usmc5811
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Most likely effective but depending on the proximity I don't know which would be more offensive, smelling cat urine and feces or fox urine.
Not too fond of cats myself. I'm sick and tired of them using the Mrs. flower beds for their personal latrine. so, it my Not be humane in some peoples eyes but when I catch them digging around a smack in the back side with a small marble from a sling shot usually does the trick. Lord knows knocking on the owners door to complain about their wayward cat hasn't.
I've used Coyote urine with good results. Stuff isn't cheap. I've
always wondered how they get the Coyote to pee in the spray
bottle?
always wondered how they get the Coyote to pee in the spray
bottle?
joeintexas
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"If my father was still alive, he would suggest a fine mesh wire connected to a Model A coil (I think any coil would work) over the bare spot. Works on drunks taking an unwanted leak, also![/QUOTE]"
Your dad sounds just like mine. Once he convinced my uncle to whiz on an electric fence....my understanding was once they got him ran down and stopped he vowed unrelentless revenge!
Your dad sounds just like mine. Once he convinced my uncle to whiz on an electric fence....my understanding was once they got him ran down and stopped he vowed unrelentless revenge!
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Hello Andy,
Not sure if you'll be mowing the dirt but you
wont need so much you'll raise a cloud of chili powder.
Yes it will wash away.
As long as it's there.
Not much, about like I'd put pepper on a baked potato or someone spreading chicken feed. I only had to put it on my back porch once, and twice where I noticed the cats making their way into the yard.
I bought the biggest, cheapest bottle I could find, happened to be a Dollar General store. Looks like I have a lot left over.
