LMAO!! I love ACD Plan B. That's my favorite. I just laughed out loud at work. :)

Do you have any ideas for ARDs (Anti Rat Devices)? I am throwing down this year in the garden.

Those are great Cleo.
-Erin

I love B also! Our problem is our cats consider any piece of cardboard, large or small, a cat toy and are immediately drawn to it! I'll be interested in knowing how the screens work.

Growing up, my Grandma kept her cats on the porch. They loved to climb the screen door to the house. Unless your kitties are declawed, you may actually be making it easier for them to get in.

Heh I love it!

I "cat-proofed" my seedling area this weekend.

The lights / seedlings are on a metal shelf, so what I did is buy some cheap window screen material at the hardware store and some Velcro. Glued one side of the Velcro to the shelf, other side to the window screen material cut to the size of the shelf (front an two sides).

Has worked great so far!

jackbenny - our cat is declawed (we adopted her as an adult that way - we didn't get her declawed - disclaimer lest I upset animal lovers out there).

I think she might be able to nose her way under the screen protecting the small light, but the cardboard ACD won't be great for letting the breeze from the fan hit the seedlings. Oh well, perhaps there is some velcro for the screen in my future, as jwstell42 used.

Just use some hot pepper spray on the seedlings and that smart cat will decide to play and eat else where.

George

One good leap and your cat will hit the lights and everything, including the cat, will come crashing down.

I have cats. I know. There is no such thing as an anti-cat device. Your cat thinks you are silly.

There IS an anti-cat device. It's called a closed door. I finally had to turn my third bedroom into the plant room. I set up my grow lights on a table and forbid the kitties access to the room.

I have five cats. My plants are safe only because the cats haven't figured out how to turn doorknobs, although I have seen them try!

Trudi is right...your cats are laughing at you and will do their best to get around your devises. How do I know...45+ years of being owned by cats!

We currently have 3 cats sharing our home. Pepper spray will not work either, George. One of my cats just loves to dig in the cups and turn them over dumping the contents.

As far as doors are concerned...somehow my girls find a way to get past them. Yesterday my husband left for work...a couple of hours later I discovered he did not close the door to our enclosed porch completely and one of the girls was 'exploring'. Our girls do their best to open the closed doors with jumping and grabbing doorknobs and jiggling those they can reach from a piece of furniture.

I moved about 100 plants to a cold frame a couple of days ago and next time my hubby is home, we will create another one for more...then the girls can have their enclosed porch back. The cold frame is 1'x3'x6' with a patio door as a cover but looks like we need to add another 2x6 because some of the tomato plants are doing so well they already brush against the glass.

My girls are declawed which we did as well as having them neutered; otherwise we would not have a single piece of furniture or curtains. Our girls were feral cat rescues; this neighborhood has a huge population of feral cats.

Good luck!
Peggy

Well, we've seen the barriers.

When do we get to see the Ninja kitties?

Hmmm, it seems that some of you are getting a little enjoyment out of predicting a CATastrophe for my seedlings... we shall see who is laughing at whom!

Our cat is 10 years old, so at least I have that working for me.

Don't worry - if she does outwit me, I will be SURE to post pictures of the gigantic mess so that you all can get a chuckle out of it.

Here is my little angel:

You did all THAT for one kitty? She's beautiful, but I must say I expected three or four felines with such precautions.

I know, I know. We've been owned by many cats and they can certainly wreak havock occasionally. Our Sasha burned out the motor on the only electric can opener I ever had. She learned how to press the lever and associated it with catfood cans being opened for her. I'd wake up in the dead of night and hear it going.

Anyway, let's hope your barriers work and you have good seedlings and a cat who doesn't discover them. A mouse got into my seedlings last night and ate every germinated one of them, tomatoes, peppers, and a few lettuces for careful placement in containers. Soil was scattered all over the place. I said words. They're all replanted now and off the floor in a corner where I had my heating pad and growlight, now up on a table in another room.

"She learned how to press the lever and associated it with catfood cans being opened for her. I'd wake up in the dead of night and hear it going."

That's hysterical!

I've just taped some bird netting around my Aerogarden. I'm hoping my two little varmints won't be interested enough to tear it down, which they certainly could do if they wanted to.

Cleo, your girl is beautiful. I would think your ACDs would work pretty well. If not, maybe a baby gate?

Christine

Well, I think you can lure them away with cheezeburgers ;-)

Here is a link that might be useful: Cheezeburgers....LOL

Going a bit afield -- my very FAVORITE cat tale is here, and it's true: two Aussies living in Britain and sharing their home with a lion cub. The older gentleman at the end is George Adamson of Born Free.

Here's another version with more visual information.

Enjoy if you haven't seen them!

I think these two gentlemen, now in their golden years, would probably get a chuckle out of your anti-cat devices. No doubt they had to have some in their home for a while, though I don't know if they were to protect seedlings!

This was the first and LAST time my DW allowed some seedlings in the kitchen. After "Phido" knocked down 1 tray (there were 3) I wedged the screens between the cabinet and the counter. "Phido" didn't come near the kitchen the few days they were there, we figured it reminded him of the carrier we use when we to take him to the vet.

"Phido"

Anney that was a great story. It just proves...... good cats never forget their "mommies". When you call their name something always clicks in their head and you can see they remember you used to be important to them.

And that lion was so sweet and cute.

P.S. I laughed out loud at option B. In fact it was so funny I snorted a little. LOL

T4E

Glad you enjoyed it! Somehow, I posted the 2nd link the same as the first.

Here's the second one, with different information:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU6AjvibF50&feature=related

Thanks for the extra link Anney. Now I understand why the lion kept trying to jump on the guys shoulders. Very cute.

Option C -

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That was a joke, guys. I actually own a cat, so don't get crazy on me. Cat's can be a pain in the butt, though.