How to Keep Cats Out of Yard - The Top 10 Recipes For Homemade Cat Repllent

Are the neighborhood cats constantly using your garden or favorite rose bushes as a toilet? Many people have trouble with the neighbor's cats digging up their plants, as well as fighting (or other things) on their patios at night. 

Even if you have cats, or are just a cat-lover, there may are a lot of stray cats in your neighborhood. This could be a problem if a stray tom cat has been sneaking into your yard and spraying. After all of this; you end up spending weeks cleaning up after someone else's mess. Wouldn't it be good if you could keep cats out of your yard?

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Some common remedies can be poisonous to cats or just downright mean and should be avoided. These include traps and mothballs; which can cause liver damage to both the cats and your family.

How to Keep Cats Out of Yard - The Top 10 Recipes For Homemade Cat Repllent

Here are some recipes for homemade cat repellent to help keep your flower in great shape.

1. Mix together Vinegar, liquid hand soap and water, in equal parts.  Spray it liberally on your lawn.

2. Cats seem to run from Rosemary Essential Oil. Mix a little of rosemary with water and spray it onto areas that are problematic.

3. Another cat repellent that they seem to hate is a little crushed garlic, cayenne pepper, sugar, water, lemon and cinnamon.

4. Plant a bush called Coleus Canina, also known as Scardy Cat. It grows in almost any kind of soil, has grey/green foliage with little blue flowers and when crushed releases a horrible odor. Most cats seem to not be able to stand this plant at all. 

5. Try mixing 5 tablespoons each of flour, powdered mustard, cayenne pepper and chili powder with 2 quarts of warm water. Mix these together and spray the perimeter of your yard or garden.

6. You could also try mixing together 20 drops of lemon oil, 10 drops capsicum (liquid cayenne pepper), 20 drops of eucalyptus oil and 1 quart of water. Mix and shake well.  Spray on furniture, carpet, upholstery and around your plants.

7. Add the juice from the greenest orange you can find to a little warm water and spray the areas you want to cats out of. 

8. Place citrus rinds and used coffee grounds in your flower beds or garden to keep most critters out.

9. Add some herbs to your beds. Add to your garden some citronella, rue, lavender, rosemary or garlic and chives. These are attractive plants but are a natural cat repellent. 

10. Rub a sliced onion around fence posts or deck chairs and spread the slices around your garden areas.

How to Keep Cats Out of Yard - The Top 10 Recipes For Homemade Cat Repllent

Remember, when you make your own natural cat repellent that cats have a strong sense of smell. Use this to your advantage as they find some smells less pleasing than others. Try one or all of these recipes and have yourself a beautiful garden!

How to Remove Cat Urine Odor Using a Free Homemade Recipe

Last year we purchased a home that been soiled by the previous owners' cat.
We thought that having the carpets professionally cleaned would take care of it
but it just made the problem worse.

After using several well-advertised and expensive cat urine removal products that
didn't work, I was searching on the web for a solution and found a homemade
remedy that uses three simple household products. Desperate I tried it and
wouldn't you know it - it worked!

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So well that I had to find out why and researched the chemistry and origins of the
recipe. I found out it was developed originally by a chemist for neutralizing the
proteins in skunk odor, which are the same proteins found in cat urine and give it
it's horrible smell!

Cat urine is not much different from any other urine, be it human or other animals.
It is made up urea, creatinine, uric acid, sodium and other electrolytes. When cat
urine dries the urea gets broken down by bacteria which gives it that distinctive
ammonia smell. As it decomposes further it releases thiols which make the cat
urine odor worse yet.

The recipe works because the reaction of hydrogen peroxide and baking soda
produces large amount of oxygen. The oxygen molecules bond to the thiols,
breaking them up into carbon dioxide and ammonia, that evaporates quickly
thereby effectively neutralizing the thoils and their foul-smelling odor.

THE RECIPE

• 1 quart of 3% hydrogen peroxide
• 1/4 cup baking soda
• 1 teaspoon of liquid soap

Gently mix all ingredients in a non-metal container. Do not mix or shake
vigorously!

The mixture is best used when fresh but can be stored. Do not keep mixture in an
airtight container as baking soda and hydrogen peroxide when mixed together
release loads of oxygen. We don't want an explosion on our hands on top of the
mess we already have!

I mix and keep mine in a large spray bottle I bought from Home Depot but on old
plastic liter soda bottle works just a well. Just remember to keep the cap on
loose.

3% hydrogen peroxide can be bought at most grocery and drug stores in pint
and quart bottles.

A word of caution:

Surfaces that are porous may swell e.g. drywall, wood flooring, particle board,
etc. with application of this recipe. But if your surface is already ruined by cat
urine and you want to get rid of the odor until you can replace it - give it a try.

Always test for color-fastness when using first. Apply to a small area and wait
24-48 hours until dry before using on an entire area. Hydrogen peroxide is a
bleaching agent in stronger concentrations (think teeth whiteners) and can lighten
materials that are not color-fast.

How to Remove Cat Urine Odor Using a Free Homemade Recipe

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Homemade Dog Treats - Easy Treats to Make at Home

If you are looking for a way to give your dog some tasty treats without having to spend a lot of money and without worrying about unhealthy ingredients that are in many treats, making the treats at home for your dog may be a great option.

Many owners are worried about the dog treats they purchase, especially with the recent dog food contamination scares.

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You can easily make your dog homemade dog treats instead of buying them. So, if you need a few ideas, the following are a few easy treats you can make at home.

Peanut Butter Dog Treats

You can make some great treats with this ingredient, because a lot of dogs just love peanut butter. Here's what you do: Add 1/2 cup of peanut butter with 1 & 1/2 cup of all purpose flour, 1 & 1/2 cup of whole wheat flour, 1 cup of water, and two tablespoons of oil. After you cut them into little treat-size pieces, bake them at 350 degrees F for 20 minutes.

Oatmeal Dog Treats

Oatmeal treats are also great homemade dog treats and they are easy to make. Add and mix together 1 cup of cold water, 1/2 cup of whole wheat flour, 1 teaspoon of baking soda, 3 cups of oatmeal, 2 egg yolks, and a tablespoon of parsley. Drop mixture onto cookie sheets by the spoonful and bake them for 15 minutes at 350 degrees F. Your dog will love 'em.

Those aren't your only options, but it's a good start for making your own dog treats. They are very inexpensive to make and you won't have to worry about preservatives that can be harmful to your dog.

Homemade Dog Treats - Easy Treats to Make at Home

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