How to keep cats out of flower beds?

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How to keep cats out of flower beds?
Hi Chris...Common odours that are effective deterrents for cats are:





Citronella works best for cats as well as citrus scents such as orange or lemon (primarily towards cats), cayenne pepper, coffee grounds, pipe tobacco, lavender oil, lemon grass oil, citronella oil, peppermint oil, eucalyptus oil, and mustard oil.





"Havahart's Cat Repellent" uses capsaicin pepper and oil of mustard as its active ingredients. It repels by both taste and odor, has a lemon scent.





Every animal responds differently to each of these. Some will not be phased by them and others will be quite revolting.





For training purposes they are applied on items that are to encourage avoidance behaviours and not for use with a squirt bottle as they could harm the eyes or respiratory system. Test each substance and observe to see which works as a deterrent so that accidental injestion does not occur as some could then be fatal.





Coleus plants can be effective, but every cat responds differently so it is uncertain without experimenting.





Many people believe mothballs work, however they are considered toxic and should NOT be used. Here's more information on this:


http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/ope/enotes/showa...


MOTHBALLS are toxic to cats which contains the ingredient Naphthalene. Mothballs are approximately twice as toxic as paradichlorobenzene, and cats are especially sensitive to naphthalene. Signs of ingestion of naphthalene mothballs include emesis, weakness, lethargy, brown-colored mucous membranes and collapses. Paradichlorobenzene mothballs may cause GI upset, ataxia, disorientation, and depression. Elevations in liver serum biochemical values may occur within 72 hours of indigestion.
Reply:Sprinkle red pepper in your flower beds. If he keeps bears away, it'll keep cats away,hopefully.
Reply:You could replace any mulch with rocks or stones instead. That would discourage them from using your beds as a litter box. You could also try putting orange and lemon peels out, since cats usually dislike the scent of citrus. It's not as effective as the rocks, though. (Rocks do give a nice, manicured look.) There's a product called Liquid Fence that repels them. But be warned, it STINKS really bad. It smells like funky garlic. It worked fairly decent for me, but I'd rather smell my flowers than that stuff. So, from my experience, the rocks work well, are environmentally-friendly, and pet safe. =)

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