Cats and bleach

onetimecypher

I sprayed some of my weeds with a dilute bleach solution and the feral cat that adopted me has gone haywire in the back yard rolling in and rubbing against the sprayed weeds. Anyone come across this before?

Cherry Blossom

The cat smells the ammonia and assumes an intruder has encroached on his/her territory. He/she is reestablishing his/her property by scent marking any place the smell is. I would advise trying to discourage this though if you can as the bleach may be harmful if ingested when the cat grooms itself.

Also, why on earth would you spray weeds with diluted bleach. I can't imagine it does anything to them

the beer revolu

One of our cats (female tortie) goes mad for the smell of bleach if anything has been cleaned with it. The other (male ginger) shows no interest.

Graces7

Cherry Blossom wrote: »

The cat smells the ammonia and assumes an intruder has encroached on his/her territory. He/she is reestablishing his/her property by scent marking any place the smell is. I would advise trying to discourage this though if you can as the bleach may be harmful if ingested when the cat grooms itself.

Also, why on earth would you spray weeds with diluted bleach. I can't imagine it does anything to them [/QUOTE]

See https://living.thebump.com/bleach-vs-vinegar-weed-killer-13283.html and dozens of other sites, Bleach is a well tried and effective weedkiller

I am also sure that cats can differentiate between bleach and pee