13 Smells That Cats Hate: What You Need to Know Story

13 Smells That Cats Hate: What You Need to Know

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The Discerning Cat

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For example, if your cat loves sections of your garden too much sometimes planting certain herbs can help deter your cat from visiting.

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13 Smells that Cats Don’t Like

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These include Rue, lavender, rosemary, mint, geranium, eucalyptus, pennyroyal, coleus and lemon thyme. The toxic herbs for cats include mint and lavender in oil form.

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If your cat loves jumping onto your kitchen cabinets (as mine does) the strategic location of citrus fruits could be enough to put him off.

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Banana

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They associate them with potential toxicity. So if you order a takeaway Indian meal don’t be surprised if you see very little of your cat in the kitchen for a while!

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Pine, Cedar, Wintergreen and Menthol

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