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totally off topic: looking at that ScareCrow thing I'm left wondering why the hell herons would be a problem. We've been joking that it's their penchant for improvised street theater and prop comedy, but this is probably not the case.
on topic: the SF SPCA suggests:
Push disposable wooden chopsticks or 10-inch plant stakes into
flower beds every eight inches. Prevents digging or
scratching.
Cats dislike the smell of citrus: try putting orange and
lemon peels out; spray the area with citrus-scented sprays;
or sprinkle with orange-scented pet bedding like Citrafresh.
Spray cat repellent (available at pet supply stores) around the
perimeter of your yard and along the top of the fences.
Scatter coffee grounds or pipe tobacco in the area.
Try growing the herb rue�cats dislike the smell. You may also be
able to buy it dried in health food stores.
Soak strips of old towels or rags with old perfume and hang them
near target plants.
― patita (patita), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 01:18 (seventeen years ago) link
Herons eat your expensive pretty fishes from your pond, with relish.
― jaq (jaq), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 01:24 (seventeen years ago) link
At one of my landscaping jobs the household cats use the rose bed as a litter box. If I fish ALL the turds out and sprinkle Shotgun repellent every week it seems to work. L'il fuckers.
Another thing they're fond of doing is leaving partial rodent corpses and/or artful arrangements of purplish intestines in the flowerbeds. Mmm.
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 02:56 (seventeen years ago) link
I would also recommend calling the ASPCA or local animal authorities to come look for the poor cat and take it in. They might not do much but if it is in your neighborhood this regularly, they might be able to catch and spay/neuter it.