Yowling Cats At Night - How To Deter?

[NanLaew]

I have a nice villa in a reasonably dog-free village. The only very loud noises come at night from the cats chorus. I reckon there's maybe 4 or 5 cats that roam at night. To stop them sitting on the wall and yowling 3 foot from the bedroom window, I sprayed the top pf the wall with WD40. However, this is only temporary. I do have a couple of shih-tsu dogs that sleep outside at night but they don't go around the back where the cats are. Even when one of them chases a cat around there, the cat just sits on the wall watching the all frenzied barking from above!

Any advise on cat deterrents please?

[glegolo]

Throw big stones at and ON them, problem solved, they will not come back..

Edited January 5, 2014 by Rimmer

[lucjoker]

buy a few night- barking dogs ,that will keep the cats away !

Why can't people find such simple solutions themselves ?

[Maksim]

Meowing cats at night - it's not a problem. The problem is screaming of roosters in the morning)

[joboss]

buy a few night- barking dogs ,that will keep the cats away !

Why can't people find such simple solutions themselves ?

Because not all are blessed with such analytical insight.

[noikrit]

Personally I dont mind a bit of pussy noise at night .. HOWEVER .. for you I would suggest one hungry Python .....

[abhaya]

Wear earplugs- pity the fool!

[joboss]

Meowing cats at night - it's not a problem. The problem is screaming of roosters in the morning)

Simple solution for early morning crowing roosters. In the previous evening, put the rooster in a light tight box.

My favourate is a 200 litre drum with a lid of sorts. The rooster will not crow until he can see light. Very usefull during a full moon if you want to enjoy a undisturbed sleep. Very important to let the bird out of the drum in the morning. Please use some memory aid so it is impossible to forget and leave the poor trapped bird in the drum all day or worse.

[Bpuumike]

Meowing cats at night - it's not a problem. The problem is screaming of roosters in the morning)

Simple solution for early morning crowing roosters. In the previous evening, put the rooster in a light tight box.

My favourate is a 200 litre drum with a lid of sorts. The rooster will not crow until he can see light. Very usefull during a full moon if you want to enjoy a undisturbed sleep. Very important to let the bird out of the drum in the morning. Please use some memory aid so it is impossible to forget and leave the poor trapped bird in the drum all day or worse.

Those in our village start 2-3am, well before any daylight.

Once one starts the the others within hearing have to respond.

Of course, they are kept as fighting birds.

[boone57]

One firecracker per incident will do it. I keep mine right on the dresser.

[wombat]

"Any advise on cat deterrents please?"

[masuk]

A bucket of ice water works a treat. Tried this once, and the moggy never returned.

Yes, I did keep hold of the bucket!

[Lt Frank Bullitt]

Meowing cats at night - it's not a problem. The problem is screaming of roosters in the morning)

Simple solution for early morning crowing roosters. In the previous evening, put the rooster in a light tight box.

My favourate is a 200 litre drum with a lid of sorts. The rooster will not crow until he can see light. Very usefull during a full moon if you want to enjoy a undisturbed sleep. Very important to let the bird out of the drum in the morning. Please use some memory aid so it is impossible to forget and leave the poor trapped bird in the drum all day or worse.

This drum should take care of the problem, on a more permanent basis......

[NanLaew]

buy a few night- barking dogs ,that will keep the cats away !

Why can't people find such simple solutions themselves ?

Because not all are blessed with such analytical insight.

Talking about being analytical; my OP mentioned that when my dog chases them, the cats jump onto the wall and watch the dog barking. Then they look over the other side of the wall and see my neighbours two guard dogs doing the same before they jump down into the dog-free garden and slink away. Once the dogs stop, give it about twenty minutes and the buggers are back yowling.

Next?

[NanLaew]

One firecracker per incident will do it. I keep mine right on the dresser.

OK, so the cats had a night off on New years Eve.

Next?

[NanLaew]

To the other helpful respondents suggesting poisoning.

Next?

[NanLaew]

As much as I want to BB gun the buggers, my yard is devoid of small rocks and I can't find my boys catapult anyway. There's also lots of windows (on other peoples houses) where the 4 backyards intersect, aka kitty corner so I am not about to hurl rocks either since my bowling is worse than Englands... but not much.

Since cats hate water, I will get a super soaker primed for the few times I can sneak up on them. I did a google search and there was a mixture with lavender, rosemary and cinnamon cooked up and diluted with vinegar and citrus elements. Another uses black pepper. Of course these are recommended to be sprayed where the cats prowl but I reckon I can put some in the super soaker as well.

Here kitty kitty kitty....

Edited January 4, 2014 by NanLaew

[Aussie Paul]

Seriously though - buy a large tub of paraffin wax/petroleum jelly. Mix it with an equal amount of powdered chili. Aplpy to the top of the wall where they like to sit an yowl. If they sit there they will indeed yowl long and loud once the chili burns their bot, and their paws, lick it off omg the burning....They will not return.

[Aussie Paul]

Or just mix powdered chili with your used cooking oil - put the mix in a spray bottle and spray it on the top surface of your walls all round - the neat thing about the vaseline is it's slippery so if an angled surface on your wall they slip off and suffer the chili

[Sheryl]

Posion, Ground up glass?

Some pretty sick people on TV .

VERY sick.

And in the pet forum, no less.

I've heard that citrus will repel cats, never tried it myself. So you might consider planting lemon grass near the place they come as a longer term solution. And perhaps smear some citrus or citronella oil (as in some organic insect repellents).

Dowsing them with water, or spraying it from a water pistol. is also usually a good deterrent, cats hate to get wet.

[Rimmer]

I have removed a number of posts suggesting ways of killing cats.

The topic title is how to deter cats at night not how to kill them. Next smart alec that posts more of this will get a posting holiday.,

[DGIE]

Do you know why cats yell? They yell before doing sex. That's true.

The male says, nowwwwww!

The female answers, not nowwwwwwwwwwww.

Now, the problem is how to stop them from yelling and not to kill them?

Let me think about that

[farang2002]

The long-term solution would be to trap the cats, take them to the vet and have them spayed/neutered. That would put to rest their nocturnal howling.

Maybe a temporary solution would be to buy a Dazzer, an ultrasonic device which we can't hear, but will drive dogs and cats away.

[recycler]

Close the windows!

[I Like Thai]

You'd be better off using CD40 rather than WD40

[Fullstop]

How can I stop people asking stupid questions on forums?

[arnold40844]

Some male leopards piss and a squirt-gun.

[marios]

This is the funniest topic ever. It is an exercise in frivolity and silliness . I couldn't stop laughing reading the various suggestions/remedies. I really want more like that where the goodnatured humour is so prevalent.

[NanLaew]

How can I stop people asking stupid questions on forums?

It takes a lot of practice but you'll get the hang of it eventually.

[NanLaew]

This is the funniest topic ever. It is an exercise in frivolity and silliness . I couldn't stop laughing reading the various suggestions/remedies. I really want more like that where the goodnatured humour is so prevalent.

Glad to be of service. But the only one being frivolous and silly is the tom cat yowling a couple of meters away from the CLOSED bedroom window.

The bugger is getting pepper-sprayed manana. That should stop his farting in church.