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Jul 4th, 2008 at 4:26pm
 
Sorry cat lovers, but I can't stand them.  I find most of them nasty, and they make me sneeze and my eyes itch like crazy when I am around them.  There is one imparticular that I hate and will do almost anything to keep it away.  I have reseeded several small to medium size areas in my yard.  I have a solution to keep this cat away while the grass is coming up.  BUT....when I remove my contraption, this dam cat shows up and uses it as a litter box and digs it up.

And of course, I stained my deck and who was the first to show up with its muddy paws.  I have read some remedies including placing dog hair around the areas.  Has anyone had success keeping these rodents off their property, away from gardens. How did you do it?

Of course the cat belongs to this crazy lady 2 houses down who I can not stand which makes me hate this cat even more.  
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Reply #1 - Jul 4th, 2008 at 4:33pm
 
kevmd wrote on Jul 4th, 2008 at 4:26pm:
 I have a solution to keep this cat away while the grass is coming up.  BUT....when I remove my contraption, this dam cat shows up and uses it as a litter box and digs it up.  


Dont remove it!  Wink

That will be $50 for the advice!  Cool
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Reply #2 - Jul 4th, 2008 at 4:59pm
 
jonny............always the wise ass Roll Eyes  Not practical to keep my maze of stakes and string standing for eternity.
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Reply #3 - Jul 4th, 2008 at 5:03pm
 
Get a dog.  Tongue
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Reply #4 - Jul 4th, 2008 at 5:16pm
 
my neighbor uses rock salt. when they walk on it, it burns their paws. Wink
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Reply #5 - Jul 4th, 2008 at 5:18pm
 
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Lol. If you don't want a dog either, there are these motion detecting sprinklers. Kind of pricey, but they sound like fun. You hook them up to a garden hose, set them near the spot where fluffy useally comes, and they detect fluffy's presence, turn on, and give fluffy a bath. I guess if you really hated fluffy, you could put some dye in there, just for fun Smiley
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Reply #6 - Jul 4th, 2008 at 5:31pm
 
OK,  I AM a cat lover. I have a completely different solution.
Day after day, I see this precious fluffy creatures dead on the street.
Someone's pet? perhaps..............feral, could be......
as for MY cats, they are here in our home, waiting for you to come visit, so they can lay their fluffy lil bodies on you and purr. They use their OWN potty.........they never go outside..............yes, they are little royalty......but, best of all, they don't greet me, outside when zi arrive home, squashed like a pancake in front of my house.

Cats are meant to be inside, protected.............

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Coyotes work too, but I like cats, so I wouldn't reccommend that.
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Reply #8 - Jul 4th, 2008 at 7:43pm
 
Three indoor cats here, not coming home to find them anywhere but safely inside to greet us, for food of course! Wink
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Reply #9 - Jul 4th, 2008 at 8:22pm
 
barry_sword wrote on Jul 4th, 2008 at 7:43pm:
Three indoor cats here, not coming home to find them anywhere but safely inside to greet us, for food of course! Wink


First of all, Barry, you should stop eating the cats for food. Smiley

Secondly, I'm not anti-cat....I proposed a safe, water based system for controlling the outdoor version of those smelly, arrogant, high-assed little critters.

Third, I stole this next exerpt from the joke forum.....thanks Aussie Barry.....

Excerpts from a Dog's Diary...

8:00 am - Dog food!  My favourite thing!
9:30 am - A car ride!  My favourite thing!
9:40 am - A walk in the park!  My favourite thing!
10:30 am - Got rubbed and petted!  My favourite thing!
12:00 pm - Lunch!  My favourite thing!
1:00 pm - Played in the yard! My favourite thing!
3:00 pm - Wagged my tail!  My favourite thing!
5:00 pm - Milk bones!  My favourite thing!
7:00 pm - Got to play ball!  My favourite thing!
8:00 pm - Wow!  Watched TV with the people!  My favourite thing!
11:00 pm - Sleeping on the bed!  My favourite thing!



Excerpts from a Cat's Diary...

Day 983 of my captivity.
My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects.

They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength.

The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape. In an attempt to disgust them, I once again vomit on the carpet.

Today I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet.
I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since it clearly demonstrates what I am capable of.  However, they merely made condescending comments about what a "good little hunter" I am.
Bastards.

There was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight.  I was placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event.  However, I could hear the noises and smell the food.  I overheard that my confinement was due to the power of "allergies."  I must learn what this means and how to use it to my advantage.

Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking.  I must try this again tomorrow -- but at the top of the stairs.

I am convinced that the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches.
The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released - and seems to be more than willing to return.  He is obviously retarded.

The bird has got to be an informant.  I observe him communicating with the guards regularly.  I am certain that he reports my every move.  My captors have arranged protective custody for him in an elevated cell, so he is safe. For now.........

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Reply #10 - Jul 4th, 2008 at 8:35pm
 
The cat knows that you hate it.  That's why it keeps coming around. 

I'd suggest that you pretend to like the cat to keep it away, but it will know that you are pretending, and will come around anyway.

Basically, you're pretty much screwed.

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Reply #11 - Jul 4th, 2008 at 11:30pm
 
I would never have a cat but I'm nuts about my neighbor's cats so long as they off a few moles and other pesky varmints now and then without  bugging me. One of them is kinda cute too....from afar.

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Reply #12 - Jul 4th, 2008 at 11:57pm
 
thanks Beth...I'm actually watching my Mom's Bijon Friese for a few days but that thing is scared of its own shadow.  To be kind, your suggestion was appreciated  Wink 

George..... I will get the SOB some how some way.   Of course I couldn't hurt it.  I might get caught Grin.

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Reply #13 - Jul 6th, 2008 at 11:49pm
 
So THAT is why you are always avoiding me whenever we are at the same gathering......


I really am hard to keep away though, once I"ve decided I like you I tend to harass constantly.  Brussel sprouts will keep me away though.

Failing that, spraying hot pepper or sprinkling white pepper wherever they 'sniff' will usually get the message across that this is not a place to poke around.  It will even stop them from using locations other than a litter box for their morning constitutional.

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Reply #14 - Jul 6th, 2008 at 11:54pm
 
You may not have heard of Pavlov's Cat. Try a fire cracker, M80, or even a pistol if you can get away with it as a territorial scare remembrance. Also, there's no such word as imparticular. Folks just use 'in particular' in a sweeping, seamless way. Smiley
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Reply #15 - Jul 7th, 2008 at 11:41am
 
Me, I just 'splained to the cat that he was here to "work" (outside) catching rodents and keeping snakes away and that I didn't particularly care for cats (I'm really a dog person) and that he'd best get along with the dogs.

He keeps pretty well to himself, I haven't seen a mouse or a snake and he associates with the dogs when he needs company (hates humans).

So you might try "talking" to the darn cat and 'splaining' things to it. They're a lot smarter than you think.

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P.S.  Course Joe (the cat) sometimes has to have things "splained" to him again when he forgets, but he has a short attention span... Smiley
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Reply #16 - Jul 7th, 2008 at 11:50am
 
Being a cat person I can understand your frustration.  There is a particular neighborhood cat that I just can't stand.  He's bitten me twice and loves (or used to love) to spray the side of the house and dump in the garden.  My solution was to use a air pistol with those little plastic bbs and shoot him on the arz. After 3 seperate times when I caught him and popped him, he gives my yard a wide berth.  The bbs don't hurt or injure but definately gets their attention.
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Just last week, someone around here got sent to the pokey for shooting a neighbor's cat with a bb gun.  The cat is recovering from a wound in the neck.  Me thinks the perp is getting drilled by somebody named Bruno right now, which is probably a lot more irritating than the cat in his yard.
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Cathi_Pierce wrote on Jul 4th, 2008 at 5:31pm:
OK,  I AM a cat lover. I have a completely different solution.
Day after day, I see this precious fluffy creatures dead on the street.
Someone's pet? perhaps..............feral, could be......
as for MY cats, they are here in our home, waiting for you to come visit, so they can lay their fluffy lil bodies on you and purr. They use their OWN potty.........they never go outside..............yes, they are little royalty......but, best of all, they don't greet me, outside when zi arrive home, squashed like a pancake in front of my house.

Cats are meant to be inside, protected.............

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Ditto My kitty, Buxton, has been and always will be an indoor kitty.

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I love my Buxton and will take a cat over a dog anytime.

Given this, two suggestions: 1) try a paintball gun. That would be very entertaining. 2) Collect said depsoits [I call them Scoobie snacks b/c most dog eat cat turds] and give them back to the the propper owner and start billing her for your collection time, "kitty litter", and the cost of the plastic bags.  Grin
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I hate to be mean to cats but....Some people don't take very good care of their animals.
  We were absent from home for several years. Upon our return we found our property had become the local cat box. The loose dogs were having a poop party as well. I purchased an air soft pistol. I hate to use it but it is effective. My son and I take hits from them, I think Kitty will live. We don't have the luxury of an animal control office in our city. We should have. Anyway there are less animals around now,but I still get the occasional pile in the flowers. Angry
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Reply #21 - Jul 7th, 2008 at 3:42pm
 
me never claimed to be a smart man.  never was one for the fancy book learning.  But thanks for the grammer tip any way.   I'ma very imparticular to proper punctuation as well!!!!    Grin
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Antifreeze! Cheesy
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Reply #23 - Jul 7th, 2008 at 9:01pm
 
The dog will do far more damage than the cat could ever do!

First thing you need is a good accurate pellet rifle and a 6 pack.

Drink 2 beers and place them in the critters favorite spot.

Then sit where you can see the area while drinking some more beer.

When the pest comes around shoot one of the cans.

Sit back down and drink the last two beers.

If the cat comes back and you miss the cans, well it’s an accident.
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Reply #24 - Jul 8th, 2008 at 2:27am
 
kevmd wrote on Jul 7th, 2008 at 3:42pm:
me never claimed to be a smart man.  never was one for the fancy book learning.  But thanks for the grammer tip any way.   I'ma very imparticular to proper punctuation as well!!!!    Grin


Well, if "imparticular" isn't a word, it ought to be. 

I'm sorta imparticular myself.

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