cats

[ray hampton]

Ask around at your local nursery. I wish I knew the name of the plant. It's different than the citronella candles...it's an actual plant that they just really don't like.

did a search for citronella plant, one plant that I remember is marigold , it got a odor that I will stay away from

[Jerry Thompson]

My wife and I had the pleasure of raising a Bob Cat My son worked @ the St Augustine Alligator Farm. A female had twins. One was born dead and the mother rejected the other. The next thing my wife knew was she was again a mother. The facility Vet sent the kitten to us to die we found out later. My wife followed the Vet's directions and fed the little one on a frequent schedule with an eye dropper. At night the kitten resided in a cardboard box @ my wife's side of the bed. In the box was a hot water bottle and a wind up clock. If the kitten made any sound in the night my wife would tend to it. The kitten grew but @ a slower rate than a house cat. She never put out her claws to anyone nor did she bite. We had a 70 lb. male Samoyed and he and the kitten were pals. He would hold the kitten down and wash within an inch of her life. She played like a house cat and slept in our bed. We knew going in that we would not be able to keep her so we turned her over to a couple who rescued animals. We went to see twice. She recognized us both and would rub all over me. She would then very pointedly go to a corner of her huge enclosure and turn her back on me. This was her signal for me to chase her. All in all it was a one in a million life time experience we will cherish to the end of our days. Sorry about no paragraphs but hitting enter will not move the cursor.

[Jim Matthews]

Ray, hands down, this fellow has the best approach to discouraging cats that I've seen! The video is gut busting funny too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIbkLjjlMV8

I have fond memories of "Beyond 2000" produced with a similar voice-over.
That was better than most Hollywood movies, for pure laughs.

[ray hampton]

My wife and I had the pleasure of raising a Bob Cat My son worked @ the St Augustine Alligator Farm. A female had twins. One was born dead and the mother rejected the other. The next thing my wife knew was she was again a mother. The facility Vet sent the kitten to us to die we found out later. My wife followed the Vet's directions and fed the little one on a frequent schedule with an eye dropper. At night the kitten resided in a cardboard box @ my wife's side of the bed. In the box was a hot water bottle and a wind up clock. If the kitten made any sound in the night my wife would tend to it. The kitten grew but @ a slower rate than a house cat. She never put out her claws to anyone nor did she bite. We had a 70 lb. male Samoyed and he and the kitten were pals. He would hold the kitten down and wash within an inch of her life. She played like a house cat and slept in our bed. We knew going in that we would not be able to keep her so we turned her over to a couple who rescued animals. We went to see twice. She recognized us both and would rub all over me. She would then very pointedly go to a corner of her huge enclosure and turn her back on me. This was her signal for me to chase her. All in all it was a one in a million life time experience we will cherish to the end of our days. Sorry about no paragraphs but hitting enter will not move the cursor.

thank you for a amazing story

[Jim Matthews]

The Sscat and refills are available at PetSmart, and on line.

It's basically the same propellant used to clean photo equipment, with a photoeye.
I had mixed results with these (neighbor's cat was leaving piles on my porch - better view than his house, I suppose).

Discussions with the neighbors, and photographic evidence made no difference.

I began to collect the offerings and leave them on the neighbors front steps.
The cat was no longer a problem, after that.

I've heard that leaving gallon jugs of water dissuade cats from marking, but that's apocryphal.

If they're spraying - traps and a call to animal control are appropriate responses.
It's your property, you're entitled to refuse visitors.

[Bill Cunningham]

One word... 'Daisy'

[Sam Murdoch]

Make up a pad with duct tape or double stick tape and set that where the cat(s) are getting too comfortable. The sticky side up and the more aggressive the tack the more discouraged the cats will be.

[ray hampton]

Make up a pad with duct tape or double stick tape and set that where the cat(s) are getting too comfortable. The sticky side up and the more aggressive the tack the more discouraged the cats will be.

A cardboard frame and duct tape sticky side up are worth trying after it stop raining

[Jim Matthews]

One word... 'Daisy'

This side of the 49th parallel, that will get you jail time.
No kidding.

[Rick Christopherson]

In his early years, Jeffrey Dahmer had the same disregard for animal life that some posters have exhibited in this thread....before he moved on to bigger things.......

Then, just a couple days ago we have a news story of kids getting their kicks out of beating a mothering goose nearly to death in Abbotsford just for the heck of it......

It sickens me to think that there are people out there that have such a low disregard for life. No I am not PETA! I am a 100% carnivore, and I'm not talking about killing animals for consumption. I am talking about the disregard for that life to take it for kicks, fun, or entertainment.

Those posters that were suggesting killing a cat as though it was humorous, are just one step away from the mentality of the disregard for any life that Jeffery Dahmer had when he extended it to human life. Or worse, are just one step away from blowing up a crowd of innocent people standing on the sidewalk watching a marathon.

When you don't care about life, there is little distinction between large life and small life. You are very scary!

[ray hampton]

In his early years, Jeffrey Dahmer had the same disregard for animal life that some posters have exhibited in this thread....before he moved on to bigger things.......

Then, just a couple days ago we have a news story of kids getting their kicks out of beating a mothering goose nearly to death in Abbotsford just for the heck of it......

It sickens me to think that there are people out there that have such a low disregard for life. No I am not PETA! I am a 100% carnivore, and I'm not talking about killing animals for consumption. I am talking about the disregard for that life to take it for kicks, fun, or entertainment.

Those posters that were suggesting killing a cat as though it was humorous, are just one step away from the mentality of the disregard for any life that Jeffery Dahmer had when he extended it to human life. Or worse, are just one step away from blowing up a crowd of innocent people standing on the sidewalk watching a marathon.

When you don't care about life, there is little distinction between large life and small life. You are very scary!

I not sure about kids that harass wild geese but some older people got jail time for their bad treatment of animals in this tri-state area , a goose was on the local x-way and the police stop the traffic so that the goose could be move to a safe haven, deer and smaller animals get hit with cars or trucks daily,

[Bill Cunningham]

This side of the 49th parallel, that will get you jail time.
No kidding.

There's no location on your profile. Would you be north or south of the 49th?
North, as long as your not in a city, you can use pretty well what ever you want on pests.
40 years ago, a particularly nasty dog was in my yard growling at my kids. In that case I didn't use the Daisy.

[ray hampton]

There's no location on your profile. Would you be north or south of the 49th?
North, as long as your not in a city, you can use pretty well what ever you want on pests.
40 years ago, a particularly nasty dog was in my yard growling at my kids. In that case I didn't use the Daisy.

south of the 49th , the weather and the gun profile standing will change about at the same speed as soon as you drive from one city to a different one, I hope that Canada are more tolerant

[Bill Cunningham]

south of the 49th , the weather and the gun profile standing will change about at the same speed as soon as you drive from one city to a different one, I hope that Canada are more tolerant

Only in the rural areas Ray.. Citiots are Citiots on 'both' sides of the border..

[Anthony Diodati]

Just curious....why do you care if the cats are on the mower? Personally, I encourage my neighbor's cat to come by. Sometimes, when I have my shop door open, it just waltzes in and hangs out while I work. I feed it tuna sometimes. It keeps away the mice. Unless it's causing damage, why not just leave him alone?

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^This,
What are the cats hurting?
OMG they wore a path in the Grass, OMG!
Worry about something important.

the cats may keep the mice away BUT A FREE MEAL DO NOT GIVE THEM A PERMIT TO URINE AND MARK MY MOWER AS THEIR with their pee

Well if there peeing on it, that's different.