I luv kittens....i really really do.
Their energy and playful manner puts a smile on my face.
But
the neighbors have kittens e v e r y summer....several litters. More than I care to count. They run wild and aren't domesticated. Concerned about their safety and health....carrying disease. We live on the edge of town and the country isn't far off. Also have adult cats that stay all year round.
My daughter's cats have their shots, are city tagged and have been sterilized. Kept in an oversized cage in the backyard. Taken out for yard time and then placed back in their safe place till next time.
On a hot day...did i mention HOT STEAMY DAY... as I'm walking up to the front porch steps there's HOT cat poo* in the air. Know what I mean?
Researching on the internet on how to keep cats out of the flower bed for their personal toilet led me to some ideas that I just might use.
The best one I found was to plant catnip plants in another area away from flower bed to encourage the kitties to stay out of the flower bed because they are preoccupied entertaining themselves with the catnip!
Near by have a small sandbox for their toilet.
Cats don't like lavender and deers dislike it as well.
Cat poo* can harbor PATHEGENS harmful to Humans. Their waste can contain parasites passed on by its prey.
IDEAS for helping keep cats out of flower bed:
Catnip plants
Mr. McGreger Fence
Water...Super Soaker or Water Gun
Cat Commercial Cat Repellents...
Shake Away or Urine Scented Predators
Scaredy Cat Plant...Coleus Canina
Rue
Lavender
Sprinkling 'stinky' substance...dried bonemeal fertilizer
mothballs (dropped into a jar with lid punched with holes)
cayenne flakes
Pine cones (sharp edged pine cone petals)
Stone Mulch
Ultrasound Devices (such as Cat Stop operate on a high frequency)
HOPE THIS HELPS US!
Meow,
~Deanna~
5 comments:
Hi Deanna, Such great ideas; I well remember one home we had and a neighbors cat would go right next to our front door-being I'm not a cat person(allergies)it bugged me so much. I much prefer to have deer eating my plants instead.
Have a wonderful week.
Noreen
I like the idea of planting catnip... lot's of it, in their backyard. ;) So that their cat's are content to stay there, do their business there, where they belong. :)
I like cats, but I don't like the neighborhood cats using my Hosta bed for a dumping ground!
Rg
I just spotted a fisher in my neighbor's yard last night (fishers are related to the weasel - not sure if "fisher" is a regional name, so I thought I better elaborate). I hear tell they eat cats. Of course they are nasty, so you might not want one as a pet...
I like the moth balls in a jat idea, keeps them from getting eaten which can be harmful, also for the stinkie from cats or dogs I've heard you can put lime around flowers beds etc
Helen
the hot cat poo is why I don't like cats...takes me back to when you and dad along with dear sister had the cats around the home in Marion...those cats or kitties would poo under our front porch and in the summer it stunk so bad...I have gotten to where I don't even want an animal around my house simply for the fact that cat poo and dog doo stink and when it drifts from the neighbors house that is more than I agreed to or care for. :)
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