Stray Cast

[Col Forbin]

Cats have an aversion to citrus. I have heard several have some success at keeping cats out of the gardens, by spreading a few orange peels, or lemon peels around. I haven't tried it - don't have a much landscaping worthy of protecting any more - but my neighbor does. They have two outside cats, and they have been doing this for over a year now, and swear by it. They put about five oranges worth of peels out once a week or so.

Cayenne and black pepper will work, but wash away easy, where as the citrus peels will get stronger smelling when wet.

I would stay away from moth balls. Many people use them and say they work great, however, they are very toxic to cats and dogs.

[Tim_T]

Grumpy, cats can climb a four foot chain link fence with ease. I have a nine-year-old Brittany Spaniel bird dog and she can climb the four foot chain link fence with ease. Imagine how easy that would be for a cat.

A soft pellet gun will put a stop to it and not hurt the animal either.

[the_donger]

I agree with TimT. I had a dog that used to climb fences. Notice the term "had". She would climb it like a kid, putting her feet in the openings and just climbeb straight up. She climbed once and never came back. Cats can do the same thing.