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July 18, 2008
Wood fence
Does anyone know where I can get wood fencing to cover about 100 feet of space, or someone who can do this for a very low price? I have tons of cats ruining the garden every day, looking for a good option
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Most cats can climb wood fences (maybe not the composite or super hard wood types)
Cats are supposed to stay away from the smell of citrus so you could try orange peels or a citrus spray on the garden.
Cats apparently don't like walking on aluminum foil either but that might be more unsightly to set up.
Posted by: Karka at July 18, 2008 4:51 PM
I've heard bood meal sprinkled on the ground and plants and wetted a bit will keep squirrels away. Maybe it will work for cats.
Posted by: Bessie at July 18, 2008 5:07 PM
For a more long term, and possibly unhelpful (?) solution, you could contact one of the city's Trap-Neuter-Release programs. They will trap the cats, get them fixed, and help stop the population from growing. I'm assuming it isn't your neighbors' cats, but feral ones.
Posted by: mshook at July 19, 2008 7:53 AM
We deal with the same issue except we have been taming them, getting them to the vet to be fixed and releasing them. There is a large feral cat colony on the block and they have numerous feed stations as a lot of people are kind to them here. I see almost no mice, never a rat. they tend to stay close to where they are fed so we have a group that for the most part stays in the yard, but it's never 100%. They're still feral. But better by far than rats.
When I lived on Schermerhorn there was a cat colony for years and then as 96 got built and the units sold, someone complained and CACC took the cats away. within 2 years we had a serious serious rat problem. Not one or two- literally dozens- maybe more. You could walk by garbage left out for sanitation and a veritable carpet of rats would run out and hide.
wood fencing with the long upright staves with pointed tops(is that the right term?) seems to discourage them from climbing- not totally, but i did notice that when the neighbor behind us put up their fence the cats don't like walking across it. I think Home depot might have it.
Posted by: bxgrl at July 19, 2008 10:44 AM
Cats seem fairly undeterred by our wood fence, but I have been using "Repels-All" which has helped keep them using our garden as a litter box (although it's not perfect).
Posted by: Back40 at July 19, 2008 9:21 PM
One solution is a rotary sprinkler with and electric eye trigger. When the cat walks throught the electric eye he gets sprayed with water. I have seen these gadgets for sale in catalogues or on-line. I have not used one but it seems like a great and possibly entertaining solution to the problem.
Posted by: JoeBushwick at July 21, 2008 10:51 AM
The sprinkler is called a Water Scarecrow and it does work, on both squirrels and cats. We used to have 5-10 cats roaming through the yard on a regular basis. We put ours in a pot and move it around the yard. It does have a range and if you move it, the animals will never know where they will get sprayed. Of course that means you'll forget where you put and will get nailed, too.
On the other hand, our neighbors trapped 7 cats and had them neutered. One seemed to pick our yard as home and seemed amenable to the idea of being tamed. We provide some food, he "hold his territory" and keeps other cats out. We have had so few squirrels this year digging in the yard we have not used the water thing. He has left us presents in the form of mice and birds and seems always ready to stalk something. I put Repel down around areas I really don't want him to dig in. So, no pests, only 1 cat and a lot less yowling at night. Not a bad trade off.
Posted by: kensington gal at July 21, 2008 3:37 PM
Lowes has tones of options for wooden fences
Posted by: parkslopian at August 15, 2008 1:13 PM
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