How to keep cats out of my yard?
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Lagree Wyndham on Jun 04, 2015Call the pound and they will set a live trap. No real idea on how to prevent them from coming in first place, but i will say since the Coyotes have moved into area the feral cat population has gotten smaller.Helpful Reply
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L.D on Jun 04, 2015Thanks,our pound service is useless! I called for over a year about a dog running loose,and they never caught it.One they came out and called from the truck to ask me what color was the dog I reported because the driver sees several dog running loose! or they don't come out when I call.Finally the owners moved and took the dog with them! Over a year of calling!Helpful Reply
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Lagree Wyndham on Jun 04, 2015You could get a live trap and do it yourself. I am somewhat in a rural area so we do a lot of things ourselves instead of waiting on county. Trap and take to pound or someone who has a farm who could use some barn cats.Helpful Reply
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L.D on Jun 04, 2015Thanks.Helpful Reply
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Barbara on Jun 04, 2015To keep them out of your planting beds and garden, get 2" chicken wire, snip every other wire where it meets another wire and bend up at the base where it is joined. When you have done this to the entire section of chicken wire, place on the soil of your planting bed or garden. You can cut out holes for your plants or place multiple pieces around your plants. Cover wire with mulch, but be sure to leave 1" of wire above the mulch. When cats or any animal enters your bed to urinate or dig, they will step on the upright wires and immediately jump out of the bed. They immediately learn to stay out of that bed!!! THIS WORKS AND ALL THEY GET IS A BIT OF A SORE FOOT FOR A MINUTE!!!Helpful Reply
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L.D on Jun 04, 2015Thanks Barbara,sounds like a good idea to keep them out of my garden,too bad I can't do that to my entire yard!Helpful Reply
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Barbara Ritchings on Jun 04, 2015mothballsHelpful Reply
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Jud1016678 on Jun 05, 2015My neighbor pours gasoline into the holes and ignites it! It makes a BOOM and scares me! I'm afraid he's going to set his house soon fire one day!Helpful Reply
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DORLIS on Jun 05, 2015I feel sorry for you, hating cats so. They are great company, but if you do not want them around, the citrus is best. They do not like the smell. Or you can try something that smells like Tiger Balm, it is a strong smell and they do not likie it.Helpful Reply
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EdiLeck on Jun 05, 2015I have used coffee grounds in the past. It does help with keeping the cats from digging and 'planting undesirables' in your garden, but it doesn't stop them from 'stand-up-spraying!'Helpful Reply
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Kathy Cummings Huffman on Jun 05, 2015Not sure how anyone can hate cats, especially small kittens but I do hope you find a humane way to get them to move on, for your sake & theirs. I do agree having stray cats around is annoying, no one like the nighttime yowling or the presents they leave in flower beds. Good luck, I agree with the citrus, I used to put orange peels in areas of a rental that former tenant's cats had used as a potty area (ewww!) It took some time but eventually it kept my cats from visiting the spot. Just keep replacing with new peels.Helpful Reply
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Nancy Orteig on Jun 05, 2015Moth balls. Cats do not like them put them around the outside of your house. Be careful with children though. Also they do not like citrus so I save all my lemon orange etc peels and cut them up and put in my garden. Seems to workHelpful Reply
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Belinda Elliott on Jun 05, 2015Just call the SPCA and surely they will come and fetch the mum and kittens. i love cats. Please do not hurt them.Helpful Reply
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James on Jun 05, 2015Dog? Just kidding. I use habinero sauce spinkled around. It seems to keep them out.Helpful Reply
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Mary Tonningsen on Jun 06, 2015@L.D - here's a thought, but it requires more expense than coffee grounds or citrus peels. There's a motion-activated sprinkler that will come on when a cat crosses it's path that might do the trick. I saw it on "My Cat from Hell" awhile back. Here's one brand I found with a video on Youtube. Amazon.com has quite a few different ones available. Just something to check out that would probably work well for you. Good luck!Helpful Reply
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Mary Tonningsen on Jun 06, 2015Well, I can't get that video to work for me, not sure if it will work for you. It doesn't even look like the right one, despite me copying the link. The item on Amazon is called Jet Spray Animal Repeller by by Pestbye and it's $49.99. Sorry for the confusion, L.D.Helpful Reply
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