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Do cats like or dislike the smell of chicken manure pellets fertiliser?

Pink678Pink678 Posts: 498
in Problem solving
I have a box of the chicken manure pellets for fertilising, and I was wondering how cats react to them. There are neighbourhood cats that soil in my garden. 
Are cats put off by the smell of the pellets, or like the smell, or don't care?

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  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I use chicken pellets quite a bit and haven't found that cats or foxes have gone nuts for it. FBB has been more difficult.
  • Pink678Pink678 Posts: 498
    Thank you @Fire that is helpful, and I'll watch out for FBB then.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited 17 February
    As ever, it depends so much on each individual gardens and circumstances. What works for one doesn't work for another. Over a small area, using chicken wire/netting  or similar over a fertilised area can help to keep off critters. I have found that foxes tear into bags of regular farmyard manure. Which is a PITA
  • Pink678Pink678 Posts: 498
    Wow I didn't know they liked that, good to know. Here they sometimes open the food recyling bins on bin morning if they can smell something good.
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    I'm glad you said that @Fire, as l was going to ask the very same question as @Pink678, but in regard to foxes.
    I do get foxes in the garden now and again overnight, and l don't want to encourage them. Chicken pellets do have quite a whiff.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I suppose it depends how hungry/starving the animals are - how much other food is available in the area.
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