What is a cat afraid of and how can you drive it away?

1. Shouting loudly, cats are more afraid of strangers and loud noises.
2. Spray wild cats with water and carry a water spray gun with you. Cats don’t like water very much.
3. Use pungent odors to repel cats, such as orange water.
4. A hunting dog can be raised in rural areas to drive away wild cats.
5. You can also plant plants that wild cats don’t like in your yard, such as lemongrass.
6. If there are stray cats in the community, you can call the local stray animal hotline to get rid of them once and for all.

How to get rid of feral cats

With the continuous improvement of living standards, more and more people are raising cats in cities. However, there are always some irresponsible people who abandon cats after raising them, resulting in many stray cats in the city. Of course, not everyone is irresponsible. Some may lose their cats due to their own negligence, and they may become stray cats. Stray cats become feral cats when they are free. Most of the time when begging for food, they will dig through trash cans and catch mice. As a result, many wild cats carry germs and parasites.

Cat and mouse

Except for cities, raising cats in rural areas is different from raising cats in cities. Most cats in cities are pets and enjoy a good life. In rural areas, most cats catch mice and cooperate with dogs to guard homes and courtyards. The same is true in mountain villages. Young people go out to work, and the families are full of elderly people. Cats and dogs are often with them.

Free-range cats in rural areas

Cats in rural areas are also free-range, so cats tend to be more wild. They will also visit everywhere, so it takes methods to drive them away.

What are cats afraid of?

Some methods of repelling cats have been mentioned at the beginning of the article. In fact, the principle is to give the cat whatever it is afraid of. So do you know what cats are afraid of?

Water

Cats are not good at swimming, and most wild cats may not touch water for half a year or for many years. So when you suddenly spill water on the cat’s body, it will trigger the cat’s stress response, and the cat will run away in fear. Moreover, there is a layer of oil on the cat’s hair, which can protect the skin. When it gets wet, this oil layer will be destroyed, and the skin may become dry and itchy.

Cats are afraid of water

So with a water gun, it will be easy to drive away domestic cats at home or drive away wild cats outside.

Noisy electrical appliances

Cats’ hearing is more sensitive than dogs, so often hair dryers, range hoods, and washing machines at home are loud noises to cats, and they are reluctant to approach these appliances. Cats can also become alert to sudden sounds, not just electrical appliances.

hair dryer

If you scold a wild cat with a high-decibel voice, the wild cat will run away.

Dogs and large beasts

Cats and dogs have been enemies since ancient times, but due to their small size, cats are not as tough as dogs, especially when they are just younger siblings in front of large dogs. Cats in the wild are threatened by animals that are larger than themselves. Feral cats will also stay away.
So raising a fierce dog is also a good way to drive away feral cats.

Pungent smell

Cats hate the smell of lemon, orange peel, grapefruit, mint, ginger, orange peel, lemongrass, lavender, vinegar, toothpaste, medicated oil, and some perfumes. Because a cat’s sense of smell is more sensitive than a human’s, some fruits are more irritating to humans when eaten, which may be prohibitive for cats.

Caring for stray cats

Although many methods have been written to drive away stray cats, it is recommended to pay more attention to stray cats. We can feed stray cats without touching them, or we can call the hotline of the stray cat base to send them away, and we try not to hurt them.