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Re:Spanish Shipwreck Reveals Evidence of Earliest Known Pet ... by zemvpferreira on Saturday May 10, 2025 @08:47AM (#43945208)
Around here (Portugal) plenty of people have outside cats in the city and suburbs, it’s great. However there’s a chance they’ll decide not to come back to you.
Re:Spanish Shipwreck Reveals Evidence of Earliest Known Pet ... by hilbert42 on Saturday May 10, 2025 @09:24AM (#43945427)
"However there’s a chance they’ll decide not to come back to you."

That's good reason to own a dog. ;-)

Re:Spanish Shipwreck Reveals Evidence of Earliest Known Pet ... by the_third_wave on Friday May 16, 2025 @06:00AM (#44003541)
Some dogs like to roam just like cats, we had one of those. Dog gone again, call the next farm, dog there? Nope, not this time. Explore the forest to find him a few kilometers off eating from a moose carcass, joy. Once home he vomits up half a moose which he wants to eat again. Yes that's dogs for you.
Re:Spanish Shipwreck Reveals Evidence of Earliest Known Pet ... by pandemic_region on Saturday May 10, 2025 @09:16AM (#43945384)
See, I am the only house owner in the street without a cat. Guess whose garden is very frequently visited by literally all the cats? Isn't there some plants to repel them? And no I'm not getting a dog
Re:Spanish Shipwreck Reveals Evidence of Earliest Known Pet ... by diggan on Saturday May 10, 2025 @09:26AM (#43945442)
Go to your local gardener and ask for plants that repels cats/has scents cats don't like and plant them where you notice they use as a bathroom. Some people plant plants with thorns/prickles too, which seems to help a bit after the cats learn it hurts.

Most obvious solution otherwise is to have a fence if you don't have one already.

Re:Spanish Shipwreck Reveals Evidence of Earliest Known Pet ... by amanaplanacanal on Saturday May 10, 2025 @10:26AM (#43945896)
What kind of fence keeps out cats? They are pretty good climbers and jumpers.
Re:Spanish Shipwreck Reveals Evidence of Earliest Known Pet ... by diggan on Saturday May 10, 2025 @11:15AM (#43946326)
A fence where the top part protrudes outwards towards the side of the invaders. Aka "anti-cat fence".