Re: hot pepper flakes?

**E*@aol.com**

The label on Hot Pepper Wax clearly states that eye  protection is needed 
because if it blows into your eyes it can cause severe pain  and possible 
damage. It is a concentrate of capascin or pepper.  The hot  pepper flakes will 
lose their hotness almost immediately after being exposed to  sun, air and 
water.  I've never heard anything about a cat being hurt from  it although 
the lady in Britain that put the cat into the trash barrel could be  a 
candidate for being hurt.

In a message dated 8/25/2010 6:16:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
yarrow@sfo.com writes:

At 12:54  PM -0700 8/25/10, Colleen Plimpton wrote:
>A reader recently went up one  side of me and down the other over a
>recommendation in my column  concerning use of hot pepper flakes to deter
>critters. I can't find  much on adverse aspects of such use. Am I  missing
>something?
>

Someone on an e-list or forum claimed  that hot pepper (I don't recall 
if it was flakes or a liquid formulation)  had landed their cat or 
someone else's in the vet hospital. (check  snopes?)

Tanya  Kucak
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