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- make a home made Repellant Spray: Mix apple cider vinegar and water at a 1:1 ration. The vinegar can also be substituted for an essential oil such as citronella, lavender, peppermint or lemongrass (1 part oil to 3 parts water). Spray in areas where other cats enter your property. Or along the fence line.
- Plant Coleus canina along borders to prevent cats entering certain areas.
- Use tall dense and thorny hedging plants along your fence line.
A cat coming into your house could mean several things: ... Readily available food or water inside your home can attract feline pets. They will also hang around if they find a warm, safe, and quiet spot close to your house. Safety: A cat asking you to let them in is likely lost, hungry, or in need of safe refuge.
If you want to prevent unwanted cats using your cat flap, install a cat flap with microchip identification, this flap will only open for your cat.
- Citrus: orange, lemon, lime, and grapefruit. Citrus smells are widely reported as being repugnant to cats. ...
- Lavender, geranium, and eucalyptus. ...
- Rosemary, thyme, and rue. ...
- Banana and mustard. ...
- Pepper, curry, and cinnamon. ...
- Mint, wintergreen, and menthol. ...
- Pine and cedar. ...
- Dirty litter box.
In a spray bottle, mix 16 ounces (about 500 ml) of warm water with 10 drops of peppermint essential oil or two tablespoons of peppermint extract. Spray all of the areas that you think your cat may have urinated or marked. Within a few hours the scent will be gone.
Feral cats can be trapped using cat food. Feed the cat regularly near the trap, then gradually move the food into the trap. Let the cat eat the food from inside the trap on several occasions. Then set the trap.