Re:OT - PT and others with issues of yellow jackets around aniimals food dish

[Guest guest]

PT that is an interesting observation. We are having a huge problem with

yellow jackets that swarm my cats wet food dish. Any ideas from anyone on how

we can get rid of them in that area. This is the first year that we have ever

had this problem and it is unnerving to the animals.

 

We can't feed them inside because the boy cats immediately look for something to

mark as soon as they enter the house. They are fixed but that hasn't prevented

them from doing this unfortunately.

 

Thanks for anyone's help with the yellow jacket problem.

 

Loved your quote PT.

Judy

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~ PT ~

Tuesday, July 24, 2007 10:42 AM

Re: QOTW: Vegetarian travel tips?

 

 

 

One thing that is so nice about the veg diet

and eating outdoors is that the wasps & yellow

jackets don't bother my plate; they seem to

go more after the meat on other's plates! *lol*

 

~ PT ~

 

Come, heart, where hill is heaped upon hill:

For there the mystic brotherhood

Of sun and moon and hollow and wood

And river and stream work out their will.

~ W.B. Yeats

 

.

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Heya Judy. I just posted a reply to your post

over on the veg group, too. *lol* But for those

that are not members at both places and might

have similar issues with those pesky yellow

jackets spoiling outdoor fun, I will share what

limited info I have here.

Back east those types of insects seemed to

mostly go for sweet stuff ~ soda pop, fruits,

candy, juices etc... but out here in Oregon

they are total meat freaks! Once when we went

to eat at a local outdoor BBQ place along the

river, we noticed people sitting all around us

with plates of meaty food and no yellow jackets

at all. We were shocked because just down the

road at our campsite we had been having an

aweful time with them! We asked the waitstaff

and they told us the trick of taping dryer sheets

[like BOUNCE or other brands] around the dining

area. For some reason it masks the scent enough

of the meat to keep them away. We started using

it around our campsite and it worked like a charm.

Our omnivorous friends could eat in peace.

As an added measure we place a decoy plate of

food away from the camp to keep those bugs

busy. I hope this works for you and your cats.

 

~ PT ~

 

Frame thy mind to mirth and merriment,

that bars a thousand harms and lengthens life.

~ William Shakespeare

~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~>

, " wwjd " <jtwigg wrote:

>

> PT that is an interesting observation. We are having a huge problem with

yellow jackets

that swarm my cats wet food dish. Any ideas from anyone on how we can get rid

of them

in that area. This is the first year that we have ever had this problem and it

is unnerving

to the animals.

>

> We can't feed them inside because the boy cats immediately look for something

to mark

as soon as they enter the house. They are fixed but that hasn't prevented them

from

doing this unfortunately.

>

> Thanks for anyone's help with the yellow jacket problem.

>

> Loved your quote PT.

> Judy

[Guest guest]

Thanks PT for replying. This is interesting.

Maybe I should have put out more dryer sheets. I put one above the bowl and one

under the bowl and they still came in droves. I will try more.

Thanks,

Judy

-

~ PT ~

Wednesday, July 25, 2007 10:54 AM

Re:OT - PT and others with issues of yellow

jackets around aniimals food dish

 

 

Heya Judy. I just posted a reply to your post

over on the veg group, too. *lol* But for those

that are not members at both places and might

have similar issues with those pesky yellow

jackets spoiling outdoor fun, I will share what

limited info I have here.

Back east those types of insects seemed to

mostly go for sweet stuff ~ soda pop, fruits,

candy, juices etc... but out here in Oregon

they are total meat freaks! Once when we went

to eat at a local outdoor BBQ place along the

river, we noticed people sitting all around us

with plates of meaty food and no yellow jackets

at all. We were shocked because just down the

road at our campsite we had been having an

aweful time with them! We asked the waitstaff

and they told us the trick of taping dryer sheets

[like BOUNCE or other brands] around the dining

area. For some reason it masks the scent enough

of the meat to keep them away. We started using

it around our campsite and it worked like a charm.

Our omnivorous friends could eat in peace.

As an added measure we place a decoy plate of

food away from the camp to keep those bugs

busy. I hope this works for you and your cats.

 

~ PT ~

 

Frame thy mind to mirth and merriment,

that bars a thousand harms and lengthens life.

~ William Shakespeare

~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~>

, " wwjd " <jtwigg wrote:

>

> PT that is an interesting observation. We are having a huge problem with

yellow jackets

that swarm my cats wet food dish. Any ideas from anyone on how we can get rid

of them

in that area. This is the first year that we have ever had this problem and it

is unnerving

to the animals.

>

> We can't feed them inside because the boy cats immediately look for

something to mark

as soon as they enter the house. They are fixed but that hasn't prevented them

from

doing this unfortunately.

>

> Thanks for anyone's help with the yellow jacket problem.

>

> Loved your quote PT.

> Judy

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

, " wwjd " <jtwigg wrote:

>

> Thanks PT for replying. This is interesting.

> Maybe I should have put out more dryer sheets. I put one above the bowl and

one

under the bowl and they still came in droves. I will try more.

> Thanks,

> Judy

 

Aw bummer. I was hoping that dryer sheet trick

would work out for you and your felines.

Those yellow jackets are probably just smart and

figured out the trick already. I know it worked that

one year when we camped.

I hope you can find a good solution. Maybe you will

need to set up some sort of dining tent for the cats.

 

~ PT ~

 

When we are not sure, we are alive.

~ Graham Greene