2006-12-20 13:34:25 · 11 answers · asked by palmtree229 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
Hi there...Common odours that are effective deterrents for cats are:
Citronella works best for cats as well as citrus scents such as orange or lemon (primarily towards cats), cayenne pepper, coffee grounds, pipe tobacco, lavender oil, lemon grass oil, citronella oil, peppermint oil, eucalyptus oil, and mustard oil.
"Havahart's Cat Repellent" uses capsaicin pepper and oil of mustard as its active ingredients. It repels by both taste and odor, has a lemon scent.
Every animal responds differently to each of these. Some will not be phased by them and others will be quite revolting.
For training purposes they are applied on items that are to encourage avoidance behaviours and not for use with a squirt bottle as they could harm the eyes or respiratory system. Test each substance and observe to see which works as a deterrent so that accidental injestion does not occur as some could then be fatal.
Coleus plants can be effective, but every cat responds differently so it is uncertain without experimenting.
Many people believe mothballs work, however they are considered toxic and should NOT be used. Here's more information on this:
http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/ope/enotes/showarticle.cfm?id=89
MOTHBALLS are toxic to cats which contains the ingredient Naphthalene. Mothballs are approximately twice as toxic as paradichlorobenzene, and cats are especially sensitive to naphthalene. Signs of ingestion of naphthalene mothballs include emesis, weakness, lethargy, brown-colored mucous membranes and collapses. Paradichlorobenzene mothballs may cause GI upset, ataxia, disorientation, and depression. Elevations in liver serum biochemical values may occur within 72 hours of indigestion.
2006-12-20 17:45:51 · answer #1 · answered by ♪ Seattle ♫ 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
That is hard. Cats aren't too afraid of much as far as smells go. Try apraying them with water when you are around. That is not of course when they are coming around though right? They may not like vinegar. Try that, spray it around, it does kill the smell of urine too. You might try moth balls, they have a spray at pet stores but I don't know how well it works. Ther is a book called natural pest control. Maybe you can look it up on google and see if the info is free someplace. Good luck. I own two cats but they stay at my house, they're fixed and very much spoiled, they're afraid to leave lol.
2006-12-20 21:46:41 · answer #2 · answered by MISS-MARY 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I get a lot of cats in my garden, leaving lovely little dollops of not-so-nice-stuff all over the place, and i was advised to sprinkle pepper, curry powder or similar around the area and put out clear plastic bottles half filled with water. I have to say that I havent been bothered by these cats since I did this, it really does seem to work.
Best of luck with this, it's not a nice problem to have.
2006-12-20 21:41:15 · answer #3 · answered by iamqueentracy 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A spray bottle or hose. A wet cat is a runnning away from your porch cat.
2006-12-20 21:39:37 · answer #4 · answered by Sugarshots 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is some stuff out there (bitter apple?) that is ised to keep dogs/cats off of the furniture. That may work.
2006-12-20 21:42:31 · answer #5 · answered by cmdruser 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Loud noises or water is the best way to get rid of unwanted cats because they don't like either.
2006-12-20 21:44:14 · answer #6 · answered by smores 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cayenne pepper
2006-12-20 21:44:33 · answer #7 · answered by jimbobob 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to the pet shop they have a spray there that will repell cat
2006-12-20 22:49:37 · answer #8 · answered by linda d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Line the perimeter with mothballs. They hate that. They can't stand the smell and have to stay away.
2006-12-20 21:58:15 · answer #9 · answered by #1 Buckeye Fan!!!! 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
if you have a dog put him on the porch they will scare them.
2006-12-20 21:40:53 · answer #10 · answered by misty blue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋