What affects us affects cats
A lot has been written on the topic of deterring free-roaming domestic cats from neighbours’ gardens. I cover a recent discussion using plants in the EXPRESS newspaper below but first I would like to discuss this single effective way to deter cats from gardens. I’m going to start with the underlying reason why this …
Citrus fruits might be an effective cat deterrent for a small, contained area such as preventing your cat from using a large flower pot as a toilet. However, I don’t see citrus fruit peelings being an effective or practical deterrent for a backyard unless you want your whole backyard covered in citrus fruit peelings. …
The ultrasonic sound cat deterrent is recommended by the RSPB. It’s effective between 22-46% of the time and is therefore moderately effective in deterring indoor/outdoor cats from coming into your garden. If they get past the barrier of high-pitched sound, they spend less time in the garden because it is uncomfortable. This device is …
Fortunately, we have two independent studies on the topic as to whether ultrasonic cat deterrent devices (‘cat repellers’) work and therefore I able to provide a fairly definitive answer to the question in the title. Before I do it’s come to my attention that these cat deterrents can be heard by some people, particularly …
Far-fetched? That’s what you might think of the statement in the title. However, I feel quite confident that it is true. Sound of tinfoil When handled, or when walked upon by a cat, tinfoil makes a rattling sound of sorts, akin to the sound of the rattle from one of the 200 species of …
NEWS AND COMMENT – PERTH: A peeved and frankly angry Australian man, Craig Turner, built a device which sprays a lot of water at a cat who enters his property and which is fired off by a motion detector. It’s also linked to a camera so the whole thing is filmed for his successful …
