How to get rid of a wondering cat?

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December 19, 2020, 09:09 AM

Beancooker

How to get rid of a wondering cat?

Provided they don’t have any pets of their own, find some extra hot cayenne pepper powder. Sprinkle that all over, where you don’t want the cat. It’ll get on the pads of the feel and it’ll burn. It’ll lick it off, which will burn the tongue. If it sniffs the ground, it’ll inhale and it’ll burn.

Long and short, cats aren’t stupid. If it gets a good scorching from cayenne, it won’t come back.

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December 19, 2020, 09:09 AM

egregore

Wondering cat?

Most of the options we take for granted probably won't work with these people in this living situation. I used to throw pebbles or gravel at cats fighting or fucking (with cats there's a great deal of overlap) outside while yelling "SCAT!" But elderly people may not have much of a throwing arm. Similarly, one can't just go to the sporting goods store and buy coyote urine.

December 19, 2020, 09:26 AM

ggile

Since it appears to be a roving male cat the "shovel and shut-up" are definite. How you arrive at that point depends on what you think you can get away with quietly. Unfortunately, this is one of those situations where destroying the cat is about the only viable solution.

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December 19, 2020, 10:19 AM

arfmel

December 19, 2020, 10:27 AM

ensigmatic

quote:
Originally posted by Beancooker:
Provided they don’t have any pets of their own, find some extra hot cayenne pepper powder. Sprinkle that all over, where you don’t want the cat. It’ll get on the pads of the feel and it’ll burn. It’ll lick it off, which will burn the tongue. If it sniffs the ground, it’ll inhale and it’ll burn.

Long and short, cats aren’t stupid. If it gets a good scorching from cayenne, it won’t come back.

This seems like an easy fix.

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December 19, 2020, 10:30 AM

220-9er

The cat is motivated by food and sex. Get rid of those options and the cat will go elsewhere.

December 19, 2020, 11:02 AM

btgoanna

Rosemary , lavender or citrus

December 19, 2020, 12:36 PM

CPD SIG

Youre in South America...
What about a wondering Python/Boa.

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December 19, 2020, 01:51 PM

sns3guppy

quote:
Originally posted by CPD SIG:
Youre in South America...
What about a wondering Python/Boa.

He's already got a wondering cat.

A wondering boa adds far too much confusion.

Almost as bad a daydreaming python.

December 19, 2020, 03:12 PM

giz55792

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Originally posted by NMPinNYC:
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Originally posted by pedropcola:
I give up what are the first 2 s’s?

I got swift, silent, stinky so far.

Shoot... shovel... shut up... or so I've heard.

Seeing as they are in the ghetto, wouldn't shoot, saute and shut up be more appropriate?

December 19, 2020, 06:06 PM

kcl1960

Make it run, bowl of pepper! Make it die bowl of anti-freeze!!!!!

December 19, 2020, 06:17 PM

arfmel

^^^recommend you remove that post before the Boss locks the thread

December 19, 2020, 06:42 PM

sourdough44

Stuff disappears all the time, what happened to Jimmy Hoffa?

I actually take it easy on cats around here, they can dance with the coyotes. Two can keep a secret if one is deceased.

I can play an ‘O J’ if needed, wife & all. ‘I know nothing’.

December 19, 2020, 08:19 PM

0-0

quote:
Originally posted by CPD SIG:
Youre in South America...
What about a wondering Python/Boa.

Well, i found a life size John Cleese cardboard cutout online but not sure they ship to Argentina and honestly doubt it will work.

https://www.celebrity-cutouts....al-cardboard-cutout/

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December 19, 2020, 08:24 PM

sns3guppy

quote:
Originally posted by sourdough44:
Stuff disappears all the time, what happened to Jimmy Hoffa?

It wasn't a python.

December 19, 2020, 09:16 PM

jljones

Do you know what they say about curiosity?

December 19, 2020, 10:38 PM

Icabod

Box trap, even a homemade one. Then a long drive far, far away.

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December 20, 2020, 12:17 AM

slosig

The “Make it ...” post is a horrible idea. That remedy is non-selective and endangers any dog or cat in the area. I have issue at all with the air rifle idea, but that idea sucks.

December 20, 2020, 05:17 AM

sourdough44

‘Visiting and peeing in the house’? The easy solution is to lock, close, or fence the door, no outside food.