How to keep a cat from spraying my back door?!

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  • Dayna154
    Dayna154 Posts: 910 Member
    Next time go pee on your neighbors door, or the cat... one of the two will get the hint.. Or if you are like me and dont pee standing up.. find a willing male friend to help..
  • kiminikimkim
    kiminikimkim Posts: 746 Member
    on the interwebs, it said this:

    Clean up all areas where the cat has previously sprayed as the scent can trigger them to spray again in the same area. First wash all surfaces that have been sprayed with cat urine with a laundry detergent containing enzymes. Then mix up 50% white vinegar and 50% water in a spray bottle and spray the area well with the vinegar solution to discourage the cat spraying urine in the same place again.

    That worked for me. I sprinkled some cayenne powder around since they tend to sniff first before spraying.
  • PlanetVelma
    PlanetVelma Posts: 1,223 Member
    As for the OP, I've used bleach/water combination and that tends to work pretty well. I don't mind outside cats because they keep the mouse population down where I live.
  • MrDude_1
    MrDude_1 Posts: 2,510 Member
    Next time go pee on your neighbors door, or the cat... one of the two will get the hint.. Or if you are like me and dont pee standing up.. find a willing male friend to help..

    I would totally pee on the cat.
  • goodasgoldilox165
    goodasgoldilox165 Posts: 333 Member
    There are some excellent high pitch sound makers - cats will walk a long way (streak past) to avoid them (and certainly won't stay long enough to spray anything) but they do no harm to birds or people. (I'm told that these sound makers can be adjusted to annoy teenagers too but haven't seen it work)

    I didn't believe the hype on the products but my Dad (a very keen gardener and bird whisperer) was driven to patrolling with the hosepipe and a catapult!

    The high pitch sound completely resolved the situation - no kitty was left hurt and his garden is a haven for birds. (He has photos of a nestful climbing on him as he sat on the lawn - the parent birds still fetch him when the sparrow-hawk drops in!
  • CountryBoy65
    CountryBoy65 Posts: 908 Member
    A small bowl full of antifreeze on the porch will handle the problem nicely.

    That's not funny.
    you got about three minutes to amend this to ...."haha just kidding" before you find yourself booted from my FL.

    I am not recommending it...I am just saying that it will work. I have no problem with cats. I have a great cat that I love dearly. But I am just suggesting a solution........

    but if it makes you feel better......
    "hahaha.....just kidding! LoL" ;-)

    the "solution" results in a painful and horrible death for the animal.

    Exactly.

    And what happens when YOUR pet gets into the antifreeze? Yea, I'm sure you'd be sorry then. Not cool....

    If you're going to kill an animal, at least have the decency to make it quick and painless.

    As for the OP, I've used bleach/water combination and that tends to work pretty well. I don't mind outside cats because they keep the mouse population down where I live.

    1. My cat does not go outside, thus will not be peeing on anyone's porch.

    B. I have no intention of killing anyone's cat.

    4. I would never use the above listed method. The mention of it was a sarcastic remark, and although it will work, I would hope that anyone reading it would take it as a sarcastic reference to a barbaric practice. I do kill squirrels, because they get into my attic and chew up the insulation and the wires and wreak havoc. But I do use a humane, quick and effective method to do that. I have never used poison of any kind.
  • Firefighter_Jay
    Firefighter_Jay Posts: 426 Member
    How about not assuming the person is being serious? Animal abuse can get you a couple of years in jail. Why the hell would he write something like that if he wasn't joking or being sarcastic?

    People are way to sensitive. Just sayin

    Edit: squirrels or other rodents that can get into your house need to be delt with asap. If humane methods aren't available on hand when you discover them, and u have a pellet gun I suggest using it. If they chew through wires in your home, and electrocute themselves, you run the risk of having a fire in your attic or walls. The cost of a pellet is far easier to pay then the cost of replacing a house. Not to mention the risk of losing loved ones.
  • SkinnyShadow
    SkinnyShadow Posts: 106 Member
    on the interwebs, it said this:

    Clean up all areas where the cat has previously sprayed as the scent can trigger them to spray again in the same area. First wash all surfaces that have been sprayed with cat urine with a laundry detergent containing enzymes. Then mix up 50% white vinegar and 50% water in a spray bottle and spray the area well with the vinegar solution to discourage the cat spraying urine in the same place again.

    That worked for me. I sprinkled some cayenne powder around since they tend to sniff first before spraying.

    Cayenne pepper worked for me when I wanted the cats to stop going to the bathroom in my garden... they really hate that stuff. By ex bf tried peeing out there too (haha, yeah) and in the end, the pepper worked :p
  • Firefighter_Jay
    Firefighter_Jay Posts: 426 Member
    on the interwebs, it said this:

    Clean up all areas where the cat has previously sprayed as the scent can trigger them to spray again in the same area. First wash all surfaces that have been sprayed with cat urine with a laundry detergent containing enzymes. Then mix up 50% white vinegar and 50% water in a spray bottle and spray the area well with the vinegar solution to discourage the cat spraying urine in the same place again.

    That worked for me. I sprinkled some cayenne powder around since they tend to sniff first before spraying.

    Cayenne pepper worked for me when I wanted the cats to stop going to the bathroom in my garden... they really hate that stuff. By ex bf tried peeing out there too (haha, yeah) and in the end, the pepper worked :p

    But peeing on stuff is always fun! So that's an automatic win hahahah
  • SkinnyShadow
    SkinnyShadow Posts: 106 Member
    on the interwebs, it said this:

    Clean up all areas where the cat has previously sprayed as the scent can trigger them to spray again in the same area. First wash all surfaces that have been sprayed with cat urine with a laundry detergent containing enzymes. Then mix up 50% white vinegar and 50% water in a spray bottle and spray the area well with the vinegar solution to discourage the cat spraying urine in the same place again.

    That worked for me. I sprinkled some cayenne powder around since they tend to sniff first before spraying.

    Cayenne pepper worked for me when I wanted the cats to stop going to the bathroom in my garden... they really hate that stuff. By ex bf tried peeing out there too (haha, yeah) and in the end, the pepper worked :p

    But peeing on stuff is always fun! So that's an automatic win hahahah

    lol, yeah, if you're a guy... kinda awkward otherwise... would be funny to watch though! :p
  • kokaneesailor
    kokaneesailor Posts: 337 Member
    Gauges work, but they are messy and in some places they are illegal to use.
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