Hi,
I know this question has been asked before, but I can't recall the answers given.

On both borders, front and back, between my property and my next door neighbour, cats
are using them as toilets.

I have tried a couple of types of pellets, can't remember what the names are now, and
now I am trying water in clear plastic containers. That seemed to have worked so so,
for a short while, but this evening I have found that it no longer stops the cats
from doing thier bussiness.

Any other possible solutions?

Thanks

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I have my own cat, a sabre-toothed kitten. He won't use my garden as a
toilet and neither can any other cats.

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"Bob H" wrote in message
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Hi,
I know this question has been asked before, but I can't recall the
answers given.

On both borders, front and back, between my property and my next door
neighbour, cats
are using them as toilets.

I have tried a couple of types of pellets, can't remember what the names
are now, and
now I am trying water in clear plastic containers. That seemed to have
worked so so,
for a short while, but this evening I have found that it no longer stops
the cats
from doing thier bussiness.

Any other possible solutions?

Thanks

--
Bob H
Leeds UK




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"Bob H" wrote in message news:3e9c597d$0$29711$

On both borders, front and back, between my property and my next door
neighbour, cats
are using them as toilets.

This might help http://www.neighborhoodcats.org/info/keepingout.htm

Ophelia

I can't say that I've tried it (yet), but I did hear that, cats being
territorial animals,
and scentmarking being a big thing in the catworld, that pi**ing in all the
places that
the cat likes to p**s puts them off. Ladies, as well as being at a slight
disadvantage
as to scentmarking your borders compared to men, it is alleged that
testosterone
in the urine is a key deterrent component so it may not be worth the effort
on your part.
Urine is supposed to be a good accelerant for the compost heap too, all that
nitrogen in the urea.
Otherwise, it's sticks pushed into the ground at close intervals,
brushwood, sticks and thorns
laid on the ground, with a scattering of orange peel for good measure.
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"Bob H" wrote in message
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Hi,
I know this question has been asked before, but I can't recall the
answers given.

On both borders, front and back, between my property and my next door
neighbour, cats
are using them as toilets.

I have tried a couple of types of pellets, can't remember what the names
are now, and
now I am trying water in clear plastic containers. That seemed to have
worked so so,
for a short while, but this evening I have found that it no longer stops
the cats
from doing thier bussiness.

Any other possible solutions?

Thanks

--
Bob H
Leeds UK




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Recently, Bob H uttered:

Hi,
I know this question has been asked before, but I can't recall the answers given.

On both borders, front and back, between my property and my next door neighbour, cats
are using them as toilets.

I have tried a couple of types of pellets, can't remember what the names are now, and
now I am trying water in clear plastic containers. That seemed to have worked so so,
for a short while, but this evening I have found that it no longer stops the cats
from doing thier bussiness.

Any other possible solutions?

Thanks

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my cats,as my previous posts here, but if there
is one thing I hate is digging up cat P** when I go to plant out or weed. I
have a few Coleus Canina :
http://www.cathate.com/coleus_canina.htm
scattered around the better bits of the garden, and they work a treat!!
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If you can be bothered to look for it....

On Tue, 15 Apr 2003 20:14:53 +0100, "Bob H"
wrote:


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On both borders, front and back, between my property and my next door neighbour, cats
are using them as toilets.
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I have effectively solved my cat problem, or so it would appear. I
have a very small rear garden that is surrounded by cat owning
house-owners who couldn't give a damn what pussy does in other
people's gardens. I purchased an electronic cat scarer that detects
movement at about 8" height and floods the area with ultra sonic
sounds. I bought it two weeks ago, and touch wood, not a sight or
sound or cat "turd" to be seen. That, plus my discouraging the little
b------s by jetting water at them when seen by day, seems to have done
the trick. It cost £40 plus a mains adaptor £12 and is worth every
penny.
There was an interesting article in the Daily Telegraph the other day
about cats. I was interested to read that it is not against the law
to shoot them, but of course the RSPCA would undoubtedly sue you for
cruelty to an animal. I wonder how the defence of claiming that you
were putting the little sods out of their misery would go down in
Court. Or maybe that you were protecting your property from nuisance
and destruction. It certainly is time that the law with regard to
cats was up-dated. They are an animal that can exist happily
permamently indoors, and there is no need to allow them out. I'm sure
that it is just that the owners would rather that their neighbours
dispose of the resulting mess and not the cat owners. The bird
population would undoubtedly increase if they were kept indoors.
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Peter James
Change AT to @ to reply

I've found, like Peter James, that an electronic cat scarer seems to
work, though I have the battery-operated kind. I also had great fun in
choosing a water pistol from my local Argos - they are so much more
impressive than what I remember when I was a lad, many appearing to be
like pump-action shotguns! The water pistol has been of great use in
getting a cat that was in a tree waiting for nesting blue-tits to come
within claw-tip of it. (I inherited the bird box when I moved in
earlier, and will have to move it at some point, I can see.)
David
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In article , Peter James
writes

There was an interesting article in the Daily Telegraph the other day
about cats. I was interested to read that it is not against the law
to shoot them,

I read that there is a case to deem them as vermin and that you can
shoot them.

They taste like rabbit when cooked.

Now watch Barraclough, Sacha, Muppet and the rest of the owners of urg
come out of the woodwork :-))

Mike
Who never knowing tells lies. Does he Mabbett?
:-)) Have a nice Easter everyone. Promises to be good, if we can keep
the cats away :-))
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Hi,
its not just the urine that the cats do, but leaving turds as well, and then
attempting to cover them up, which does really pong after a short while.
For the moment, I am trying a cure given in the link from Ophelia above. That is
pushing in short (pea) sticks about every 8/10 inches in the "pooing" areas along my
borders.
I'll give that a week or so, and then review the situation

I have already planted some Pyra..... something or other plants ( the ones with
coloured berries and thorns), just last backend, so we'll see how they work out

Thanks
--
Bob H
Leeds UK

"andrewpreece" wrote in message
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I can't say that I've tried it (yet), but I did hear that, cats being
territorial animals,
and scentmarking being a big thing in the catworld, that pi**ing in all the
places that
the cat likes to p**s puts them off. Ladies, as well as being at a slight
disadvantage
as to scentmarking your borders compared to men, it is alleged that
testosterone
in the urine is a key deterrent component so it may not be worth the effort
on your part.
Urine is supposed to be a good accelerant for the compost heap too, all that
nitrogen in the urea.
Otherwise, it's sticks pushed into the ground at close intervals,
brushwood, sticks and thorns
laid on the ground, with a scattering of orange peel for good measure.
=====
"Bob H" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I know this question has been asked before, but I can't recall the
answers given.

On both borders, front and back, between my property and my next door
neighbour, cats
are using them as toilets.

I have tried a couple of types of pellets, can't remember what the names
are now, and
now I am trying water in clear plastic containers. That seemed to have
worked so so,
for a short while, but this evening I have found that it no longer stops
the cats
from doing thier bussiness.

Any other possible solutions?

Thanks

--
Bob H
Leeds UK




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"Bigjon" wrote in message
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Recently, Bob H uttered:

Hi,
I know this question has been asked before, but I can't recall the answers
given.

On both borders, front and back, between my property and my next door neighbour,
cats
are using them as toilets.

I have tried a couple of types of pellets, can't remember what the names are now,
and
now I am trying water in clear plastic containers. That seemed to have worked so
so,
for a short while, but this evening I have found that it no longer stops the cats
from doing thier bussiness.

Any other possible solutions?

Thanks

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my cats,as my previous posts here, but if there
is one thing I hate is digging up cat P** when I go to plant out or weed. I
have a few Coleus Canina :
http://www.cathate.com/coleus_canina.htm
scattered around the better bits of the garden, and they work a treat!!
--
\\(º`¿´º)//
It's all on http://support.microsoft.com/ somewhere....
If you can be bothered to look for it....

Thanks,
well worth buying some if my present trials don't work.
I am using short (pea) sticks pushed into the soil about every 8/10 inches or so

--
Bob H
Leeds UK


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"David D Stretch" wrote in message
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I've found, like Peter James, that an electronic cat scarer seems to
work, though I have the battery-operated kind. I also had great fun in
choosing a water pistol from my local Argos - they are so much more
impressive than what I remember when I was a lad, many appearing to be
like pump-action shotguns! The water pistol has been of great use in
getting a cat that was in a tree waiting for nesting blue-tits to come
within claw-tip of it. (I inherited the bird box when I moved in
earlier, and will have to move it at some point, I can see.)
David
--
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change , to . from the following line for email:
d d stretch @ m ugwort , demo n , c o , uk

Thanks for the information.
I would be interested to know where you bought your battery operated scarer, as a
mains operated one is not raelly an option.

Thanks

--
Bob H
Leeds UK


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Thanks Ophelia for the link.
I am trying the short (pea) sticks pushed every 8/10 inches into the ground cure for
the moment

--
Bob H
Leeds UK


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"Bob H" wrote in message news:3e9c597d$0$29711$

On both borders, front and back, between my property and my next door
neighbour, cats
are using them as toilets.

This might help http://www.neighborhoodcats.org/info/keepingout.htm

Ophelia




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Thanks for the information.
I would be interested to know where you bought your battery operated scarer, as a
mains operated one is not raelly an option.

Thanks

Contact these people. You can buy the device with battery or mains
adaptor.
Capital Gardens Ltd
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Peter James
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Just found this site, among many, using google

http://www.tmac.clara.co.uk/urgring/faqcats1.htm


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"Mike" wrote in message
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In article , Peter James
writes

There was an interesting article in the Daily Telegraph the other day
about cats. I was interested to read that it is not against the law
to shoot them,

I read that there is a case to deem them as vermin and that you can
shoot them.

They taste like rabbit when cooked.

... and very good they are too

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