I received some advice last week on how to best deal with 2cats (now 3) that reign in my neighbourhood and are killing other animals which are just disappearing from my garden and affecting the wildlife….
Since my question, my neighbour has decided to bring another cat! and the morning rounds, apart from noisy, are too distressing to watch, so had to stop feeding the birdies until I try the deterrent ways you all suggested but… would Chili powder / dried orange / electronic cat repellers prevent squies, foxes or birds from coming also? I would not like to harm them not stop them from coming…I do not like to buy pets or restricting their freedom in any way but I love having them coming and going in my garden… Appreciate your advice!
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I was also too late to chose the Best Answer, and cannot find a way of letting those who participated then know the comments I leave below (just in case, any of them find my question again!
I was lucky you all were there at the time. Many thanks for all your wonderful advice and jokes. I was dumbfounded by Thomas synchronistic events that morning and relished reading about the experience + do understand the need to tackle rats and the like but why not releasing the cats during the night, when these other creatures operate? +Dogs used to bring caws to the butchers hundreds or thousands of years ago but evolved by human contact, as cats could and are doing, why not use rat traps or venom instead? What makes some cats follow their killing instinct while other cats do not bother? +A tip for dog lovers: a program called the Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan – SKY3(Freeview11) around 6-7pm. He says he trains humans and rehabilitates dogs and gives fascinating insights into how owner’s energy affects (balances or distorts) animal behaviour. Thanks again >
No offense to cat lovers but i seem to have about 6 to 10 cats from somewhere in the neighborhood that like to antagonize my large dog at night. These cats will start hanging out in my front yard generally 2 hours after it gets dark and will continue in various group sizes throughout the night. my dog has his own room where he spends most of his time…this room has windows facing the front yard and when he hears/sees/smells these feline bullies he just goes crazy with the barking and trying to get through the windows to them. I have scared the cats off on numerous occasions but they come back if not that night for sure the next night. The cats are not around at all during the day. I can tell the way they group up in the yard and the way they are all facing the house in the direction of my dog’s windows that they are there for one purpose only…..To irritate and antagonize! Does anyone know of something that would work as a cat deterrent or something that would keep them out of my yard? Is there something they don’t like the smell of ? I have been considering chaining my dog up outside for a night or two but i am thinking it might be bad for a cat or two or the cats might step it up a notch and aggravate my dog even closer up knowing he’s on a limited chain.
No offense to cat lovers but i seem to have about 6 to 10 cats from somewhere in the neighborhood that like to antagonize my large dog at night. These cats will start hanging out in my front yard generally 2 hours after it gets dark and will continue in various group sizes throughout the night. my dog has his own room where he spends most of his time…this room has windows facing the front yard and when he hears/sees/smells these feline bullies he just goes crazy with the barking and trying to get through the windows to them. I have scared the cats off on numerous occasions but they come back if not that night for sure the next night. The cats are not around at all during the day. I can tell the way they group up in the yard and the way they are all facing the house in the direction of my dog’s windows that they are there for one purpose only…..To irritate and antagonize! Does anyone know of something that would work as a cat deterrent or something that would keep them out of my yard? Is there something they don’t like the smell of ? I have been considering chaining my dog up outside for a night or two but i am thinking it might be bad for a cat or two or the cats might step it up a notch and aggravate my dog even closer up knowing he’s on a limited chain.
I’m a 4’10" single female who lives alone currently, yet looks to marriage and kids someday. The dog will put on a raw diet and it’s going to be a sacrifice as far as my budget goes. This will be my first dog and I’m not a dominant person, though I can stand up for myself when needed. I am sure I want a Rough Collie, but unsure of the sex I should choose. I was thinking though Collies are not generally known as guard dogs, the larger size of the male might be a crime deterrent anyway, I’ve heard boys are more playful and affectionate, and they are more likely to be "level-headed" emotionally as compared to a female with mood swings (human females aren’t called b****h for nothing I heard). The downside would be a higher cost of feeding him, him being harder to lift in case of an emergency, the possibility of more rebellion in a male than a female (?) and the possibility even when "fixed" that he may show his privates, which I hear is like a human (I"m thinking if I have a daughter someday will I have to launch into sex education much earlier than anticipated?), and the possible "pull" compared to the smaller female when walking (I won;t be weighing much more than my dog-would a male be too much "horsepower"? For a girl, the cost of feeding is cheaper, less fur to brush, easier to lift, more maturity, less rebellion (?) The downside: moodiness and less playful-I’ve even heard they go off by themselves and are like some cats who prefer to be alone other than with their people-is this true? However if that simply means more relaxed and less "needy" (constantly needing my attention) than that would be OK. I am just interested in your experiences in owning the Rough Collie and I will weight what everybody says in order to help me make that decision. Thanks.
I do want the "typical dog" experience where they look up to me as their leader-I’ve had cats all my life (who don’t!) and I’d like to try something new.
My cat just went missing and my family seem convinced that coyotes took him. I’m not so sure. I live in northern california in a rural area on about 15 acres of land, we have neighbors but few and far between. I heard coyotes were noisy, and living here for 8 months I have never heard them even once. Also I have read that they prefer living on the outskirts of suburban areas because there is more food. My neighbor has had a free-range peacock for years and its been unharmed.
It seems unlikely to me, but some feedback from experience would be helpful.
In case I do have coyotes, I have a couple big protective neutered male dogs, around 100lbs each that I keep outside during the day time. Could I walk them around my property to pee on things as a scent deterrent? Or can coyotes not smell how big a dog is by its urine? The last thing I want is to attract some more to kill my other cats.
How could I personally see if I have any on my property? I was just thinking of parking my car in the field at dusk and sitting there with the engine and lights off on a sort of ‘stake out’ to see if I can spot some.
If I find that I have them, could I put food in a clearing and sit there at night like a statue waiting for them to show and then kill them with a .22 rifle? Would I probably need a license or something?
One more question, are they dangerous to my dogs. I know that my two dogs are much bigger and one of them at least is pretty aggressive, but I also know coyotes hunt in packs.
My boyfriend and I have 2 siberian huskies, 1 irish wolfhound and 2 cats, which all somehow picked up fleas. We’ve started adding in a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar in with every bowl of water that gets drank, but when does it take effect?
Bell & Howell have some out that claim to repel ants, roaches, rats, mice, by just plugging them into an electrical outlet, also Good Life and Black & Decker puts them out. They ‘say’ not to use them if you have hamsters, gerbils, etc, but that they are safe for dogs & cats. I wish they’d make something like this for fleas, However, they are not all that inexpensive but if they work, they’d be worth their weight in gold, not to have an exterminator come every month for at least . We live in South Florida so here, it is a necessity to have pest control, and Florida is just one big ant hill as it is. If you have used these, please tell me.
My dog has been sneaking "snacks" from my cats’ two covered litterboxes (yes, she can easily fit her head in there). The poop-eating does not seem to coincide with hunger–she’s fed twice a day and the food is high-quality, yet the poop-eating happens almost any time she gets out of my sight, including right after she’s eaten. She has gotten sick from it a few times so it’s not just gross, it really needs to stop.
I think I need a cheap, natural, safe taste deterrent that won’t make the litterbox less appealing to the cats. It would be great if there was something I could include in the cats’ food that would make their feces unappealing to a dog. Is there any such product?
If it was possible to move the litterboxes to an area where the dog could not get into them, I would have done it already. My only high areas are kitchen counters. I currently put the cat boxes in places where it’s easy to clean up the litter that gets tracked on the floor. I don’t have a huge house, folks, and I don’t have many options.
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