I have my 2 girls, who are indoor only. There are several cats that roam around the area where I live, and at least one of them is male. I know, because he sprays on my windows and doors !!! What can I do to stop this? Or is there anything? I am constantly hosing down the patio door/screen and the front door. Don't know what to do about the 2nd story window where he (they?) spray.
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Question about spraying
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I have had a really good experience with Feliway spray. Henry started to spray about a week before his scheduled neuter appointment, and the spray was recommended by somebody here on TDK.
It is a pheromone spray that is supposed to deter cats from spraying. I'd suggest thoroughly cleaning the area, then spraying the feliway on any places where the male cat has sprayed. I'm not sure how well this will work since it's outside, but it's worth a shot.
My mom also got a really great odor remover from our vet, to de-smell her laundry room where we had to house poor Hen before his spa day. I don't know the name, but I'll find out for you!
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2P...I can only recommend the repellents in the spray can. Usually if sprayed in the locations they frequent to do their naughty deed, they will steer clear of that spot. You may have to repeat if it's a determined male.
How in the world are they making it to your 2nd story window? This curious mind is wondering.
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Feral - you'd have to see the layout of the house. It's a townhouse, with a 5 foot wall around the front. Easy jump for any cat. From there to the lower roof... ~poof~ cat on a roof.
There are some really beautiful cats roaming... I have no idea who they belong to. An orangie - who I suspect is the sprayer, a white one, a Maine Coon looking one, and one that could be Bobster's brother/sister. It's a big complex - 222 town houses - so they could belong to any one.
Would the repellent spray have an effect on my girls??? They love to lay by the patio door.... and often it is open. Screen door securely in place of course. And they both love the 2nd floor window - which I often open as well.
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2P...I'm sorry to say it would have an effect on them. That's a very lg. complex. Do you have any kind of community room or display board that you could put up a notice asking other tenants if they own said cats? Other than that,I wish I could help. I live in a small mobile home park,which makes it easy to go door to door to find out or let someone have it when they aren't aware of their cat's goings on. Good luck. Hopefully a few more TDKers can come on & suggest something I'm not familiar with.
There's always the famous squirt bottle. Of course, you would have to sit & wait for the culprit(s) to attempt their naughtys to squirt them,but,alot of times,it only takes a couple times of getting squirted to decide they don't like that spot anymore.
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I had a male cat that used to spray my french doors to my pool house out back. The spray deterant I bought at Home Depot worked well, but what actually worked best (and is the cheapest) were moth balls.... I sprinkled them around where he would come and spray, and he stayed away. Got the idea from my pest control guy who told me to throw moth balls under my rental houses with crawl spaces that were having problems with rats builing nests under them. My tenants didn't complain about smelling the moth balls, apparently the subflooring was thick enough where it didn't permeate... so my only caution is if you can smell them through your window, you might now want to put them around it. You could try it and see. They also keep rats & mice out of attics.
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Maybe at night you could prop some cardboard up against the outside of the windows & spray the cardboard with the repellent? Your babies wouldn't be able to see out,but,it might only take a couple of nights of them smelling the repellent on the cardboard to deter them from coming around. And you can just remove the cardboard in the a.m. before you go to work.
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I wonder if these would work?
http://www.pet-shop.net/html/cgarden.html
Posted 1 year ago by WillowandWindismom #
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If you don't put them right up next to the door it shouldn't affect your kitties, 2p. Maybe you can do what we do in the Army - set up a perimeter!
*dons full combat gear in case 2p calls for help*
Posted 1 year ago by WillowandWindismom #
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Barbed wire maybe?
Posted 1 year ago by WillowandWindismom #
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2P, you're going to think I'm completely insane. But I would try fresh rue. Maybe a half-dozen potted rue plants, with plastic saucers (to conserve water), placed strategically.
The trick would be to go ahead and get the fresh rue and cut off a handful of it, then crunch it in your hands a few times and sprinkle in front of your door. Then close the door for the night. (Maybe several nights.) Then dispose of the crunched rue on garbage day.
It's not particularly easy to find; though it's an herb, it's toxic for internal consumption. So places that sell basil or lavender or sage might not sell rue. If all else fails, order seeds from Stoke's and grow from seed; it's ludicrously easy to grow. (Given your climate, you'd want to have it in plastic pots with saucers outdoors, or directly in the ground, so you wouldn't have to water as frequently.)
If you decide to grow your own rue, let me know. I have some water-retaining crystal polymer that, when added to potting soil, helps cut down on the watering frequency quite a bit. I use it in window boxes here, and it helps a lot. (I have gobs, so I could easily send you all you'd need.)
This is the single best cat repellent I've ever encountered. My dearly departed Booger once sniffed a sprig of rue. Only once! His entire face wrinkled up, he shot a few feet backwards, and he looked like he tried to turn himself inside out through a violent dry-heave. (And he stayed out of arms' reach for hours and sulked, which he almost *never* did. I suspect he thought it was a dirty trick, since sniffing herbs usually led to catnip or clover.)
Posted 1 year ago by anncetera2 #
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Susie, just based on the reaction from my cats, I wouldn't worry about any of them consuming the plant. That's about the last thing on their minds!
2P, you might try calling around to local lawn & garden stores, too; anywhere that sells edible herbs in pots. Rue is Ruta graveolens (Jackmans Blue), so that's what you're looking for, not Meadow Rue (Thalictrum dioicum). Thank goodness for Latin names!
Posted 1 year ago by anncetera2 #
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I wish I had heard of it when I was still in the house. I could never stop the feral males from spraying my front door.
Posted 1 year ago by Sheba's Mom in Phoenix, AZ 10/8 #
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