Days of deer and roses (was:[CH] sort of off topic- cats...)

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Kay said --
     Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 13:18:51 -0800
     From: kay buie <kaybuie@softcom.net>
     Subject: [CH] sort of off topic- cats and plants
     
     Let me just say this.  I am a cat lover, big time.  But they don't 
     have the right to destroy my stuff.  So when they killed seedling 
     trees by sharpening their claws on them I responded by mixing a 
     generous amount of crushed red pepper with Tanglefoot (a gummy 
     substance that you put on a tree trunk that keeps insects from 
     climbing up to the canopy). Then I smeared the mixture all around the 
     trunk at scratching height. Voila--end of problem.  Yes, it stung 
     their mouths when they tried to lick it off and no, I didn't care.  In 
     fact, I admit, I took a certain revengeful pleasure in it.  After all 
     it doesn't really hurt the cats and it's a good negative 
     reinforcement.  
     
     Kay (leave my plants alone!!!) Buie
     
So how about other mammals?  The deer in my part of the world (No. Calif.) 
are perpetually decimating my roses.  Anybody have any idea if this 
treatment works on them as well?

Doug

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