Not bad, our best deterrent was a huge buck rabbit who seemed to think he was a long eared pit bull. He beat the living spit out of every cat who dared to enter the garden until they all avoided it like the plague. He was a little disturbing though as we actually found him trying to drag one by the scruff of it's neck into his cage. I hate to think what for so maybe an auto sprinkler might be a better solution.
I've been searching and searching for something like this! I'm trying to keep chickens out of my garden but don't want to fence either. (And I don't want to shell out over $50 for a sprinkler.) Can you PLEASE tell me the equipment you used?
It works great! Not only does the cat not want to get wet... he doesn't like the sprinkler noise. And we get our garden watered. It might work for other garden critters too.
@johnlvs2run We bought everything at Harbor Freight Tools for about twenty bucks. Any old bucket will do so all we needed to buy was the cheap little fountain pump and motion detector. After that, it's just a matter of making sure the bucket has enough water in it to operate. We were very happy with the result.
@xatleighx - Thanks for your response. I'll check this out my next visit to HF. That was quite a leap the cat took into the garden lol. So that was all you used, a bucket, motion detector and the fountain? Best regards
Not bad, our best deterrent was a huge buck rabbit who seemed to think he was a long eared pit bull. He beat the living spit out of every cat who dared to enter the garden until they all avoided it like the plague. He was a little disturbing though as we actually found him trying to drag one by the scruff of it's neck into his cage. I hate to think what for so maybe an auto sprinkler might be a better solution.
Silkie341 1 year ago
@Silkie341 LOL! Awesome haha.
xatleighx 8 months ago
Did you tape your microphone to a stethoscope?
RabidLarmer 1 year ago
@RabidLarmer No, you should check your sound settings. Also, you might want to make sure you haven't been drinking before posting to public forums.
xatleighx 1 year ago
I've been searching and searching for something like this! I'm trying to keep chickens out of my garden but don't want to fence either. (And I don't want to shell out over $50 for a sprinkler.) Can you PLEASE tell me the equipment you used?
daugpack 1 year ago
That is Awesome
Can you sell me one?
valduare 2 years ago
It works great! Not only does the cat not want to get wet... he doesn't like the sprinkler noise. And we get our garden watered. It might work for other garden critters too.
xatleighx 2 years ago
How does it work?
johnlvs2run 2 years ago
@johnlvs2run We bought everything at Harbor Freight Tools for about twenty bucks. Any old bucket will do so all we needed to buy was the cheap little fountain pump and motion detector. After that, it's just a matter of making sure the bucket has enough water in it to operate. We were very happy with the result.
xatleighx 1 year ago
@xatleighx - Thanks for your response. I'll check this out my next visit to HF. That was quite a leap the cat took into the garden lol. So that was all you used, a bucket, motion detector and the fountain? Best regards
johnlvs2run 1 year ago
@johnlvs2run
The cat doesn't like so much that he could not be persuaded to be a "re-enactor" :P
xatleighx 1 year ago