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We have hedgehogs, and have had for several years.
We have had a battle of increasing complexity to prevent neighbouring cats from eating the kitten food we put down for the hogs.
Currently we are using a large fruit box from the grocer to cover the food trays.
Weighed down with bricks to stop the cats moving it.

There is one stupid/determined cat which spends hours each night trying to break into the covered area.
Generally, I think, with no success.
However I would like to discourage it without having to rush downstairs
and bang on the back door. Which only works for a short while.

Previously we have discouraged cats using a super soaker, so a water spray
is effective.

Looking on the Internet, you can get electronic hose timers which can be controlled over wifi.
This is attractively geeky.
Sit up in bed, press the button on your phone, short spray of water
towards the cat.

There are a variety of options: <https://www.amazon.co.uk/LinkTap-Wireless-Water-Timer-Gateway/dp/ B08YX82WW8?th=1>
for example which is too much to pay to just spray a cat a couple of times.
or
<https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kazeila-Sprinkler-Watering-Wireless-Irrigation/ dp/B0CNX3WM9G/?th=1>
which seems to be an acceptable price for one off use (but could have
future applications).

Does anyone have experience of these products?
I would like one which can send a very short burst - a second would do -
of mains water pressure through a nozzle on the end of a garden hose. Controlled by an Android phone app.

Cheers



Dave R
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From Newsgroup: uk.rec.gardening

On 22/02/2025 18:25, David wrote:

We have hedgehogs, and have had for several years.
We have had a battle of increasing complexity to prevent neighbouring cats from eating the kitten food we put down for the hogs.
Currently we are using a large fruit box from the grocer to cover the food trays.
Weighed down with bricks to stop the cats moving it.

There is one stupid/determined cat which spends hours each night trying to break into the covered area.
Generally, I think, with no success.
However I would like to discourage it without having to rush downstairs
and bang on the back door. Which only works for a short while.

Previously we have discouraged cats using a super soaker, so a water spray
is effective.

Looking on the Internet, you can get electronic hose timers which can be controlled over wifi.
This is attractively geeky.
Sit up in bed, press the button on your phone, short spray of water
towards the cat.

There are a variety of options: <https://www.amazon.co.uk/LinkTap-Wireless-Water-Timer-Gateway/dp/ B08YX82WW8?th=1>
for example which is too much to pay to just spray a cat a couple of times. or
<https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kazeila-Sprinkler-Watering-Wireless-Irrigation/ dp/B0CNX3WM9G/?th=1>
which seems to be an acceptable price for one off use (but could have
future applications).

Does anyone have experience of these products?

Not those! This is one of mine :-

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BR6GWCZ1?th=1

but I have a dual outlet one, plus one on a Spanish cloud server.
The all seem much-of-a muchness. Usually a ZigBee or BlueTooth hub that
goes in the mains and connects to the house WiFi and the actual valve
that mounts on the tap.

I would like one which can send a very short burst - a second would do -
of mains water pressure through a nozzle on the end of a garden hose. Controlled by an Android phone app.

I don't think any will do less than one minute. Just because it takes
time for the water to get through to the sprinklers. I think the length
of operation is done in the device, so it gets sent a "operate for x
minutes" so if it loses the signal it does not get stuck on.

Since the message is being sent through a cloud server it does not
actuate instantly, I checked mine and its was only a few seconds....

Cheers

Dave R

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From Newsgroup: uk.rec.gardening

On 22/02/2025 18:25, David wrote:

We have hedgehogs, and have had for several years.
We have had a battle of increasing complexity to prevent neighbouring cats from eating the kitten food we put down for the hogs.
Currently we are using a large fruit box from the grocer to cover the food trays.
Weighed down with bricks to stop the cats moving it.

There is one stupid/determined cat which spends hours each night trying to break into the covered area.
Generally, I think, with no success.
However I would like to discourage it without having to rush downstairs
and bang on the back door. Which only works for a short while.

Previously we have discouraged cats using a super soaker, so a water spray
is effective.

Looking on the Internet, you can get electronic hose timers which can be controlled over wifi.
This is attractively geeky.
Sit up in bed, press the button on your phone, short spray of water
towards the cat.

There are a variety of options: <https://www.amazon.co.uk/LinkTap-Wireless-Water-Timer-Gateway/dp/ B08YX82WW8?th=1>
for example which is too much to pay to just spray a cat a couple of times. or
<https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kazeila-Sprinkler-Watering-Wireless-Irrigation/ dp/B0CNX3WM9G/?th=1>
which seems to be an acceptable price for one off use (but could have
future applications).

Does anyone have experience of these products?
I would like one which can send a very short burst - a second would do -
of mains water pressure through a nozzle on the end of a garden hose. Controlled by an Android phone app.

There's a chap in Australia that has one of these!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIbkLjjlMV8

Of if you have a sibling you don't like as well as cats:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goZ2DqMnaGc
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