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  • 21-11-2015 12:48pm
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    Damiencm
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    Has anyone got any tips for deterring stray cats from a city garden?

    My o/h has enough of waking up find murdered birds!

    Thanks


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    biko
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    A dog.

    Cats come and go as they please so it's not really a lot you can do.
    Spray garden/fences with a strong citrus smell, cats don't like that smell.

    If you have a bird feeder, remove it. Cats won't bother coming into your garden if there are no birds or mice there.


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    Damiencm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 280 ✭✭Damiencm


    biko wrote:
    If you have a bird feeder, remove it. Cats won't bother coming into your garden if there are no birds or mice there.


    Would like to keep the birds :)


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    kylith
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    You can get motion activated sprinklers that people use to deter cats.


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    The Sidewards Man
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    biko wrote: »
    A dog.

    A dog living in a city garden is cruel, prisioner in a jail.


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    Marhay70
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    Bird feeders also attract mice which in turn, attract cats. There are no foolproof deterrents for cats, been there, done that, gave up.:)


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    Hocus Focus
    Registered Users Posts: 754 ✭✭✭Hocus Focus


    The Sidewards Man wrote: »
    A dog living in a city garden is cruel, prisioner in a jail.
    While country gardens may be bigger, dogs still have to be kept confined in them, otherwise they will inevitably chase sheep. I had a Springer Spaniel and two Springer-Collie crosses who were constantly making escape attempts. They were eventually shot by a farmer(ironically, the owner of the Collie that sired the pups). It was heartbreaking to have to recover them from a ditch and bury them.
    But back to the subject of the thread; when we had the dogs there were no cats or rats to be seen. After the the dogs were shot there were no cats for a while but we began to have a rat problem. Then the neighbouring cats discovered that the dogs were gone, and began to pass through on their daily patrols, eliminating the rats in a very short time. Statistics tell us that we are never more than 6 metres from a rat, so perhaps cats should be welcomed.


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