Does cayenne pepper keep cats away?

Answer 1

Yes, but it might not work. For dogs, try using vinegar in a spray bottle. Spray the perimeter and between the rows and no more unwanted visitors. Their sense of smell is too sensitive and they will vacate the area. Repeat after rains as necessary. For cats, they should only mess with your plants if they need to, either there is something in the plant that they need and you are not giving them, or if they are trapped inside and starving. But if you really want to keep cats away, try spraying ammonia on the plant. This might attract the dogs though. Cats avoid their own urine.

Answer 2

I hope so. I read somewhere that NYC and NJ have suggested that people sprinkle their engines with cayenne pepper to keep rats from crawling in through the exhaust pipes to chew on the engine wires their cars. Icky, but true. It really works. They can't stand the smell or taste, so it's probably a temporary solution until you can get an exterminator.

Answer 3

Not my veggies. I have sprinkled Cayenne Pepper on all my plants. I find that Peppers are one of the meals Squash Bugs, Bean Beettles and Cucumber Beatles like. Cayenne Pepper doesn't affect them at all, except to attract them.

Answer 4

In my experience that depends entirely on the dog, and what's on the lawn. If you left a juicy T-bone steak in the middle of your grass there's no amount of cayenne that'll keep 'em off. That said, I've have good luck with a jalapeno juice mixture sprayed along the edges of my yard.

Answer 5

Cayenne pepper will not harm plants. It is often used as a natural insecticide or to keep small critters out of fruit and vegetable gardens.

Answer 6

If you put Cayenne pepper in a spray bottle mixed with water, and you spray it wherever you don't want cats, then it will.