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Think i'm giving up with the cats!

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  • emiff6
    emiff6 Posts: 794 Forumite
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    I'm considering trying a sonic cat repeller, but before I do I need to know if it is a cat, or if it is foxes.
    I know it's strange, but if anyone could confirm whether it sounds like a cat I would be grateful.

    Fox droppings are firm and dry, slender, and generally pointed at both ends. You can often see evidence of hair or fur, sometimes seeds, and usually it is earth coloured, as if the fox has eaten soil. Often left on raised areas such as tree stumps or rocks as a territory marker.
    (Hope that's not too much information!) :o
    If I'm over the hill, where was the top?
  • I LOVE cats, but the ones that belong to the neighbour of the lady who's garden I look after (if that makes sense!) are complete !!!!!! bags!! One of them leaves big logs, the other leaves half formed, sandy coloured splats that go EVERYWHERE if you accidentally stand on it!! I dunno what that cat eats, but it can't be in top health. Never seen anything like it!

    Going to go down the human urine, straws and plastic cutlery routes soon - and mothballs too now!!
  • Buy all your neighbours a Nepeta (catnip) plant?

    Or just buy the seeds and chuck it over their fences! :D
  • level200
    level200 Posts: 283 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    I had a cat that used to come through out catflap and steal our cats food. I fixed the problem by locking the catflap so that it only allowed access in then i went to work. When i returned I peeked into the utility room and saw the culprit cat trying to get out when it saw me. I then got a huge pan and large spoon and banged and made such a racked whilst chasing it around the utility room. Once i opened the cat flap the cat shot out terriffied and has never been back ;)

    It avoids the garden and house now :rotfl:
  • janibrown
    janibrown Posts: 281 Forumite
    level200 wrote: »
    I had a cat that used to come through out catflap and steal our cats food. I fixed the problem by locking the catflap so that it only allowed access in then i went to work. When i returned I peeked into the utility room and saw the culprit cat trying to get out when it saw me. I then got a huge pan and large spoon and banged and made such a racked whilst chasing it around the utility room. Once i opened the cat flap the cat shot out terriffied and has never been back ;)

    It avoids the garden and house now :rotfl:

    That's so funny hope hope no one videod you dont want that one on youtube lol :eek:
  • Enterprise_1701C
    Enterprise_1701C Posts: 23,411 Forumite
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    emiff6 wrote: »
    :beer:
    great, thanks! My sonic cat repeller arrived today, but I'm a belt and braces type so I shall get mothballs too. ;)

    If you could let us know if this works I would be grateful (along with the make & model).

    I need to clear the lawn before my grandson can play on it!
    What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare
  • emiff6
    emiff6 Posts: 794 Forumite
    500 Posts
    If you could let us know if this works I would be grateful (along with the make & model).

    I need to clear the lawn before my grandson can play on it!

    So far, so good! It does say in the instructions that it can take up to 3 weeks before the cats give up completely though. I got Defenders Mega-sonic Cat Repeller from Amazon - £15.18, which seemed a good price.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=sonic+cat+repeller&x=14&y=18
    If I'm over the hill, where was the top?
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