Terrified of cats - help needed

rocking


Joined: 05/11/2008
Posts: 421

Message Posted:
17/06/2011 18:50

I am terrified of cats and our neighbour has 3 one of which keeps getting through my sitting room window. The windows have bars on the outside but does not deter this cat - is there anything I can put on the window ledges that would deter them. It is so clever it runs all along our walls to he window so my dogs cannot harm it. Cat lovers will think me paranoid but I am terrified. Need help with this.

shrimp


Joined: 01/09/2010
Posts: 939

Message Posted:
17/06/2011 18:58

They loathe the smell of oranges..........try putting orange peel down or leave an orangey smelling aromatherapy oil on the window ledge they will soon scarper............

mrsgee


Joined: 23/06/2009
Posts: 396

Message Posted:
17/06/2011 19:00

Also try Lemon.....

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
17/06/2011 19:01

do what the locals do....



poison........

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
17/06/2011 19:02

Ground pepper did the trick in the UK for us and also out here!



Chris

martinD41


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Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
17/06/2011 19:19

I think you should be more scared of Mozzies and Sand flies,Cats do carry disease but sand Flies and mozzies come looking for you armed with Hypodermic Needles .... ...... And yes it's rare, but they can carry a disease that could Hospitalise you for days....or worse...!!!!

vonny


Joined: 25/06/2009
Posts: 476

Message Posted:
17/06/2011 19:27

arm yourself with a water pistol and everytime they come near,squirt it at them,they soon learn not to come near the house again

vonny


Joined: 25/06/2009
Posts: 476

Message Posted:
17/06/2011 19:33

or maybe you could put orange juice or lemon juice in the pistol.even better.:p

suehowlittle


Joined: 31/10/2010
Posts: 1202

Message Posted:
17/06/2011 20:01

I am a cat lover and I agree that a water pistol or even a cupful of water carefully aimed will make them leave your premises at 100kph. It does not harm them but they learn very quickly, I think you would o nly have to do it 3 or 4 times and they would get the message.

MsGarnet


Joined: 04/01/2009
Posts: 989

Message Posted:
17/06/2011 21:59

Cover the windows with mosquito netting, it will allow the air through, but nothing else........



Surprised the dogs barking doesn't stop them visiting, but keeping a loaded water pistol to hand will certainly help.........

jimchris09


Joined: 13/02/2009
Posts: 547

Message Posted:
17/06/2011 22:02

Terrified of cats!!! Whatever you do don't go to Karmi!

Ballyboffin


Joined: 25/08/2007
Posts: 903

Message Posted:
17/06/2011 22:04

Mr Pound does water guns, they look like a bicycle pump and the cats around us are now terrified of the one we have. I only have to pick it up now and they scarper.

truffles808


Joined: 16/10/2007
Posts: 183

Message Posted:
17/06/2011 22:08

Have to agree with message 5 - ground white pepper works wonders. Stoped them doing their business on our door step,

Literally.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
17/06/2011 22:31

Ms Garnet upon my return from the UK early yesterday morning all my fly screen was torn. A beautiful cat had taken up residence on my patio. My 3 dogs came back from their holiday and scared it off but the little sod keeps coming back. Im scared for his safety. He has also left his smell everywhere. First thing I noticed. I though Guido had left damp washing out.I will try some of the trick mentioned. I hate to do so but I cant accept that one of my dogs could attack it . Its a beauty and was well cared for, sadly someone gone back as you can still see the collar imprint.

rowan


Joined: 04/09/2008
Posts: 450

Message Posted:
17/06/2011 23:04

I am sorry to hear of your fear of cats, but it is a real fear and you are not the only one effected by it, I have two friends in the same position.



I agree with the water pistol theory, it will not hurt them but will deliver a message to the cats.



I think you should take sopme steps to address your issues, this island is full of cats and your life could be pretty miserable if you are constantly on the look out for cats. This is not a frivolous posting, I know my friends have the same problem and it has become a nightmare wondering where we can go for a meal or a drink where there are no cats, please try to address this.

zihni007


Joined: 11/06/2011
Posts: 85

Message Posted:
18/06/2011 03:26

spread , black pepper ,it works

Ralph96



Joined: 01/07/2008
Posts: 531

Message Posted:
18/06/2011 05:21

I'm the same, when those little balls of fur say Meeawww I sh!t myself.

suehowlittle


Joined: 31/10/2010
Posts: 1202

Message Posted:
18/06/2011 15:00

It would be great to be able to buy a cat repellent to rub on your legs! lol



Awful being here if you are truly scared of cats.



Have you ever tried to handle a really tiny kitten? Perhaps it might help you to not be so afraid. I wondered whether you were harmed by a cat when you were a child (we do not always remember though) if so, it would explain your irrational fear of them.

rocking


Joined: 05/11/2008
Posts: 421

Message Posted:
18/06/2011 19:09

Thank you so much for all your suggestions and also to see that you all took me seriously. Message 15 I know what your friends go through. I do not go to restaurants that have cats, Silver Rocks have a couple and I try to sit on the upper part of the restaurants and the waiters are great at trying to keep them away. I am going to try all the above remedies you have suggested and once again many many thanks. Message 18 the smaller and more playful the cat the more terrified I am. My mother was terrified and probably passed this on to me. As soon as I had my children I made sure they made friends with cats. I am now 71 so I do not think I will get over this, seems the older I get the worse I get.

MsGarnet


Joined: 04/01/2009
Posts: 989

Message Posted:
19/06/2011 05:30

rocking - never too old to change. You could try Hypnosis, or a course of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. I totally loathe cats, for giving me Toxoplasmosis when I was pregnant, to using my garden as a toilet to then go back to their own garden to sunbathe, to being scratchy, dander covered, flea ridden, tom catting, yowling through the night, supercilious horrid things - give me a dog any day!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Before the cat lovers jump out from behind their sofas to sharpen their claws on my belongings - each to their own I say)......

Krin52


Joined: 25/08/2008
Posts: 419

Message Posted:
19/06/2011 06:43

And has anyone noticed that cats will ALWAYS go to the one person around who does not like them!

rocking


Joined: 05/11/2008
Posts: 421

Message Posted:
19/06/2011 17:43

Message 21 - how right you are, I now have to ask when visiting a house whether they have cats or not. How many times have people said 'my cat will not come near you' next thing I know it is walking towards me - so now I stay away. Will start to worry when all my friends start getting cats!!!!!! It was great on this thread that you took me seriously and posted really helpful suggestions - these have all been taken onboard..

yenibob


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Message Posted:
19/06/2011 17:48

What a great thread.

keith


Joined: 03/04/2007
Posts: 272

Message Posted:
19/06/2011 18:31

Maybe some of the restaurants should issue you with water pistols or employ some one to keep them out hate going to restaurants and finding cats under the table and people feeding them .Which some owners would do more to keep them out. And people should not feed them and i ddo tell them if i see it.



Keith

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
19/06/2011 18:41

Mrs G Message 20..



Knowing Rita/rocking as I do there is ''NO WAY '' that she would try Cognitive Behaviour Therapy But I have thought of that one lol



I would love to see her Hypnotised though...Nice one Someone at work once tried this with me but I just could not stop laughing hence we never got going !



Rita I will be talking with you very very soon and I do hope to see you with our Mr Boots on your lap you know he is 18yrs old and would do you no harm Exposure ! I will be bringing him along soon and you know he will take no notice of your two dogs



Spider,XX

andre514


Joined: 05/10/2010
Posts: 763

Message Posted:
19/06/2011 22:01

there is a palm-sized ultrasonic dog/cat scarer

you can buy in the uk, possibly from security firms and workwear suppliers

give 'em a blip of that and they will scat

Clarissa2


Joined: 12/06/2009
Posts: 1476

Message Posted:
19/06/2011 22:13

Re: Msg 26,



You can buy them on the internet now. Various models.

I bought a version for the garden. Very effective!

No cats in my garden!

MsGarnet


Joined: 04/01/2009
Posts: 989

Message Posted:
20/06/2011 01:35

http://www.pesthelp.co.uk/weshop/Cats___Dogs.asp



Rocking - found the above for you.........reckon it should hit the spot!

Rufusa


Joined: 20/06/2011
Posts: 26

Message Posted:
20/06/2011 06:39

They don't like assertive dogs in the vicinity!