Re: Baby bunnies NOW Discouraging Neighborhood Cats

Good idea...I'll bet blackberry canes would work as well...also, holly
leaves.



> [Original Message]
> From: Zemuly Sanders <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 3/19/2006 4:00:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Baby bunnies NOW Discouraging Neighborhood Cats
>
> I read somewhere that using cut rose canes over newly seeded areas was a 
> good deterrent for cats.  I've used that method several times, and it
works 
> like a charm.  I have a lot more rose canes than sycamore balls or other 
> spiky devices.
> zem
> zone 7
> West TN
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bonnie Holmes" <holmesbm@usit.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 10:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Baby bunnies NOW Discouraging Neighborhood Cats
>
>
> > What about using those little spike devices that keep cats out of indoor
> > plants or mulch with sycamore balls to keep them out of your front
garden?
> > Bonnie ETN Zone 7
> >
> >
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: Zemuly Sanders <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Date: 3/19/2006 10:45:30 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Baby bunnies NOW Discouraging Neighborhood Cats
> >>
> >> Prickly bushes do work very well in discouraging cats.  My Chestnut
rose
> > is
> >> just huge and safely houses a multitude of small birds.  The same holds
> > true
> >> for an enormouse multiflora rose.  The large birds can just fly higher
in
> >> the trees.
> >> zem
> >> zone 7
> >> West TN
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Theresa" <tchessie1@sbcglobal.net>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 9:29 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Baby bunnies
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hey Chris-  I have managed to reduce the cats in my back yard- my
idea
> >> > of planting pyracantha did actually help.  The corner where most of 
> >> > them
> >> > used to come in is now completely covered by the Gold Rush pyracantha
> >> > plants I put in about 4 years ago- and guess what-  the kitties don't
> >> > like getting their toes poked.  It gives the birds a great cover and
> >> > habitat that is safe.  I have my bird feeder right next to it.  I
also
> >> > have a couple of climbing roses along other parts of the fence. 
Yeah!
> >> > success.  Now if I could get them to stop using my front garden as a
> >> > litter box.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Theresa
> >> > Who loves cats- owns 3 of them- but hates neighborhood cats who IMHO
> >> > should be kept indoors.
> >> >
> >> > Christopher P. Lindsey wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>>>The only other animal I'm worried about is the
> >> >>>>neighbor's cat.  She likes
> >> >>>>to brag about how it's part bobcat and it has no
> >> >>>>problems jumping the 8'
> >> >>>>fence between us both.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>I hate outdoor cats...
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>hum.... might have been. Didn't think you had cats in
> >> >>>your yard.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >>Not too many lately -- I ended up taking the bird feeder down because
> >> >>their
> >> >>cat would camp out under it.
> >> >>
> >> >>I should start flinging Romeo's waste into their yard if their cat's
> > going
> >> >>to hang out in mine.  :)
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>> You can hope, but I think they will be back to enjoy
> >> >>>all of your plants on a daily bases while Romeo is
> >> >>>inside...
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >>I wish there was a way to tell them to eat something particular.  I'd
> >> >>gladly buy them lettuce if they'd eat it, but no...  They decide the
> >> >>hydrangeas are tastier and it's all over.  :)
> >> >>
> >> >>Chris
> >> >>
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