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Poor kitties, hating a candle.

― Abbott (Abbott), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 01:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Only the citronella ones that we use to keep insects away in the summer, though!

― S1.Carter (S1.C@rter), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 01:09 (seventeen years ago) link

Do you give them moist canned food afterward so they are transported from the lowest of lows to the highest of highs? I always had to use canned food to apologize for vacuuming.

― Abbott (Abbott), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 01:14 (seventeen years ago) link

you know they were pretending to hate the vacuum in order to score wet food.

― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 01:16 (seventeen years ago) link

Curse that corps of conniving kitties! Says the Penguin.

― Abbott (Abbott), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 01:17 (seventeen years ago) link

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 rueï¿½cats 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

Next time he does it, rub your nose in it (or something).

― StanM (StanM), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 02:14 (seventeen years ago) link

This is what BB guns were made for.

― The PEW Research Center for Panty-Twisting (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 02:32 (seventeen years ago) link

rueï¿½
this is from another planet, right? cats totally hate space

― impermanent rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 02:39 (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.

― Allyzay heard you got beat up in a club. (Allyzay Eisenschefter), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 05:24 (seventeen years ago) link

IMX the scare devices tend to work on some cats but not others

that is not true of this one:

http://www.conceptresearch.co.uk/cats_1.htm

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 10:14 (seventeen years ago) link

Drop anvil &/or grand piano on area as needed.

― M.V. (M.V.), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 15:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Lock thread!

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 16:04 (seventeen years ago) link

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