Cats and Ballast

Cats do not always bury their excrement in my experience. I use a product called " Silent Roar" which seems to work effectively in stopping them defecating in the garden but you have to "top it up" every 4 or 5 months. It is eau de lion and available from garden centres.
My ballast is 4 horticultural grit, 1 sharpe sand, 1 cement mixed with water and applied. No cat problems with that.
 
I use PVA and havn't had a problem with it going white I was told it only goes white when wet but once dries goes clear but as I said I've never noticed it white when wet or dry! make sure you use PVA not ordinary white glue though. if you use a 30/70 mix with a few drops of washing up liquid in the mix you will find it goes hard but crumbles off easily when you need to change the track layout.
 
Gizzy said:
An old colleague of mine in Cambridge used to swear by dried lion dung. I guess the ordinary domestic moggy senses that this is a much bigger cat's territory!
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I can quote from reallife experience on the topic of Great cat dung. It was the early 80's and "we" were directed to enter premises discretely for the purpose of bugging this subversive characters yard. He had 2 highly trained Dobermans to ensure this did not happen. Seeking a solution it was suggested that Tiger dung smeared over our coveralls would deter the dogs. Imagine the scene, Tiger Dung procured from Zoo, lurking about in the small hours smearing each other with it, confidently leaping into the yard only to be set upon by the dogs.... At the debrief a revised opinion was tendered and it was suggested that Tiger poo did scare of dogs but it had to actually be in the tiger... Later a pen gun with tear gas cartridges was also tried that had even more disatrous results, all that happened was that the dogs started howling. neighbours lights came on people started yelling out to the dogs to shud up.... Eventually we had to be a bit more callous, this guy used to drive around with his 2 dogs in the car, one of us was detailed to feed the dogs laxettes though the open rear windows..... Worked a treat, dogs did heaps of woopsies in car giving us suffient time to do our job while the culprit was searched for, the dogs visited the vet and the car had to be "cleaned"..
To keep cats out of your yard a Doberman would be ideal...
 
thats good if it dosent affect dogs,,,,,,

im going to get one over the next few months to try out,,,,,
 
Don't have a problem with cats here.

But the b*%$*"*d dog next door, everytime you set foot out in the garden it starts barking, and it's a very threatning bark. Frightens the granddaughters so much that they won't go out on there own.

I've fronted the people next door about it, but they won't do anything about it.
 
There are supposed to be electronic devices that will stop that too, I nearly got one for next door's dog, but they moved, thank goodness.

If I remember where I saw it I'll post.
 
As promised a couple of pics taken this morning - sorry didn't even clear away the sycamore leaves and seeds! You can see the wooden base edges where I didn't drizzle the PVA.... also the natural encroachment of mind-your-own-business & moss onto the PVA 50/50 water mix adhesive used in April this year....
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Regards
Rob
 
This is beginning to drift towards the fox scenario which we chatted about earlier this year. The Lion poo was mentioned then and I think I said well if it, the cat fox or whatever is put off because the poo is recognised as being from an animal larger, therefore more threatening than itself, why not go all the way and get a few tons of elephant poo. Now this has certain logistic problems, I have to admit, but half a ton of that in your four foot would scare away most cats etc? No? Not sure what the rate is for elephant poo, no doubt you could get a discount for large quantities. Amazon are bound to have a selller
 
bigjack said:
Don't have a problem with cats here.

But the b*%$*"*d dog next door, everytime you set foot out in the garden it starts barking, and it's a very threatning bark. Frightens the granddaughters so much that they won't go out on there own.

I've fronted the people next door about it, but they won't do anything about it.
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Get some of this and carefully apply to the naughty mut, but don't get caught.
I bet in a few tries they won't leave the hound outside anymore.
It's totally safe as well.

http://www.liquidass.com/
 
Hi Hobo,
I live near a long pebble beach with plenty of 'gravel' .... I drilled circa 80 4mm holes into the base of an ex ice cream container.... In parts of the beach there are patches of appropriate size gravel, I just sieve the 4mm or smaller grit into other ex ice cream container(s) and dispose of the larger stuff left behind.

Back on site I firstly drizzle a trail of the PVA mix along the inside and outer edges of the track a yard/meter at a time avoiding the moving pointwork at this stage. Then using an 'artists' brush I make sure the mix has reached all places needed.... then using the same home made sieve, sprinkle the ballast into place. A light drizzle (I use a slightly wetter PVA mix for this stage) over the top basically washes the dust sized (that a joke with our weather :rolleyes: ) bits to the bottom and bonds nicely whilst the larger 3-4mm tend to settle on top and look reasonably proto-typical.
I would add that it really does set rock hard and adds to track security.... also not difficult to repair sections after a hard winter.... First hand experience talking :nerd: :thumbup:

Best of luck
Rob
 
Get a couple of big dogs!! Oh right yes that worked well..............................
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Glengrant said:
This is beginning to drift towards the fox scenario which we chatted about earlier this year. The Lion poo was mentioned then and I think I said well if it, the cat fox or whatever is put off because the poo is recognised as being from an animal larger, therefore more threatening than itself, why not go all the way and get a few tons of elephant poo. Now this has certain logistic problems, I have to admit, but half a ton of that in your four foot would scare away most cats etc? No? Not sure what the rate is for elephant poo, no doubt you could get a discount for large quantities. Amazon are bound to have a selller
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Ronnie Barker reading the news "an elephant has just been seen by police doing a ton on the M1 - motorists are advised to treat it as a round about"
 
We have blue pills to stop that you know!!
 
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