Re: CULT: Discouraging Cats
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Discouraging Cats
- From: C* L* C*
- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 00:35:38 -0400
That's a great idea! Pine/spruce/fir/whatever tree boughs would work too;
the sharper the needles, the better.
Most cat people i know have given up Christmas trees because the cats
destroy them, either they knock the ornaments off or they climb the tree. i
have heard all kinds of horror stories. They are always amazed that I have
two very active and curious breeds of cat and still manage to have a tree. I
tell them the secret is the needles. We buy blue spruces and we've had some
with needles so sharp we have needed heavy gloves to decorate them. The cats
stay away. Doesn't take them long to figure out the needles hurt.
Cheryl Leigh
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Silverberg" <sil1812@molalla.net>
To: <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 12:06 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Discouraging Cats
> Hi Sterling: Long time no see!!!
>
> When I lived back in N.J. I was surrounded by neighbors with a grand total
> of 7 cats who delighted in using my sandy garden as their own personal
> litter box. I was as perplexed as you as to how to keep them out of the
> beds. Suddenly I had a stroke of inspiration. I went to friends who grew
> roses and got all their pruned canes in the fall. I spread these around
the
> garden and low and behold the cats found another litter box. It would
seem
> that they did not want to put their bottoms down only to get jabbed by a
> rose thorn. Lining the canes between the rows of seedlings should make for
a
> very fine deterrent.
>
> Dave Silverberg
> Molalla, Oregon, USA, zone 7/8ish
> V.P. Archivist/Historian HIPS
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sterling Okase <sterling_o@yahoo.com>
> To: Iris-Talk <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 6:39 PM
> Subject: [iris-talk] CULT: Discouraging Cats
>
>
> > Hi Talkers,
> >
> > Looks like all the responses are slowing. Thanks for
> > all the suggestions. Sorry it turned out to be such a
> > controversial subject. The cats usually don't harm the
> > larger plants but they sure make a mess of my seedling
> > beds, especially when I clear an area and first line
> > them out. And I know they are doing something bad to
> > some of my plants because sections of my beds will die
> > or at least show signs of burn of some kind. And I
> > especially don't appreciate stepping on their poop and
> > unknowingly tracking it in the house. peeeyoooo!!
> > However, I don't want to harm them in any way. I
> > couldn't bare it. I think I am going to try the
> > cayenne pepper method first. I gather I just sprinkle
> > some out and it will discourage them? I don't have to
> > roll them in it or anything, do I?
> >
> > Sterling (not Innerst)
> > Seattle, WA. USA
> > Zone 8
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