NanLaew Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glegolo Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 (edited) Throw big stones at and ON them, problem solved, they will not come back.. Edited January 5, 2014 by Rimmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucjoker Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 buy a few night- barking dogs ,that will keep the cats away ! Why can't people find such simple solutions themselves ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maksim Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Meowing cats at night - it's not a problem. The problem is screaming of roosters in the morning) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joboss Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noikrit Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Personally I dont mind a bit of pussy noise at night .. HOWEVER .. for you I would suggest one hungry Python ..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abhaya Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Wear earplugs- pity the fool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joboss Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpuumike Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boone57 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 One firecracker per incident will do it. I keep mine right on the dresser. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 "Any advise on cat deterrents please?" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masuk Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 A bucket of ice water works a treat. Tried this once, and the moggy never returned. Yes, I did keep hold of the bucket! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lt Frank Bullitt Posted January 4, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 4, 2014 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...... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 To the other helpful respondents suggesting poisoning. Next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 (edited) 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Aussie Paul Posted January 4, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 4, 2014 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. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Paul Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheryl Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rimmer Posted January 4, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 4, 2014 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., 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGIE Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farang2002 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recycler Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Close the windows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Like Thai Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 You'd be better off using CD40 rather than WD40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullstop Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 How can I stop people asking stupid questions on forums? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnold40844 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Some male leopards piss and a squirt-gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marios Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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