You just spent loads of money and time creating the most beautiful garden in town. The pride in what you have fashioned is awe-inspiring until you wake up one morning only to be overwhelmed with a smell that could make a freight train take a dirt road. Your brand new garden has been the playground and latrine for the neighborhood cat population. Stepping out of your front door now requires a gas mask and you are certainly not a happy camper.
So, what in the world are you going to do? This is just not going to be acceptable. To the world wide web you go to research what your first line of defense is going to be in winning this cat fight. There are a wide variety of ideas created by the ingenuity of human beings who are seriously tired of dealing with this problem. Focusing on cat repellent spray is what we will do today. Let the battle begin!
Cat repellent spray comes in many products. Some are touted to be natural, and some not so much as they do come in the form of chemicals. If you check out various retailers online you will find an array of different brands for cat repellent spray.
These sprays are designed to release a aromatic or perfumed scent to put off the cats from visiting. Since there is already a strong, persistent odor in your garden, male cats become disinterested in leaving their territorial mark by spraying urine. Persistence seems to be the key in using cat repellent spray. It apparently becomes a battle of wills between you and the mighty feline. If things go according to plan, you will continue to spray your garden with the cat repellent until the neighborhood cats lose interest or find another garden much more to their fancy.
You can make your own homemade cat repellent spray right in your own kitchen. All products that go into this spray are non-toxic and will not be a threat to anyone or anything. Here is what you need:
- Spray bottle
- Water
- Eucalyptus oil
- Orange oil
Or
- Spray bottle
- Water
- Lavender essential oil
- Lemon grass essential oil
Simply fill the spray bottle up with water and add 20 drops of any of these oils into the mixture. Shake it up and start spraying the yard. The fragrance of these oils actually brings a nice scent to the air especially considering what has been left there the night before.
Supposedly these sprays are to stop cats from urinating and defecating in your garden or on your fences. It is incumbent on you to spray the area liberally with the repellent, repeat on a twelve hour basis and then if it rains, all bets are off and you must start all over again. With the homemade remedy, the oils have a better chance of staying on and in the area after a rain. But it never hurts to have another go at it.
