Does Human Pee Keep Animals Away?

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Rabbits, Deer, Groundhogs and Skunks Dislike the Smell of Human Urine and Tend to Stay Away from It. Try Spraying Your Urine Solution Around the Perimeter of...

Does Human Pee Keep Animals Away?
Rabbits, deer, groundhogs and skunks dislike the smell of human urine and tend to stay away from it. Try spraying your urine solution around the perimeter of your garden to discourage these unwelcome guests. In fact, many gardeners say urine and hair are the only deterrents that work.

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Besides, will peeing in your yard keep animals away?

Animal Deterrent Apparently, the scent of human urine (again, early morning pungent pee) can keep animals such as cats, foxes, and rabbits away from your garden.

Beside above, does human urine deter cats? Human urine gets rid of cats, foxes, rabbits etc. Don't know if this helps anyone but read somewhere than human urine does the trick for getting rid of cats but also other animals in the veggie patch. Was suggested for chicken coops as well to deter foxes.

Correspondingly, are animals attracted to human urine?

Pee, by any other name, still smells the same, and bears, lions, and other predators are interested in anything that smells interesting. There are some folks, however, who disagree with urine-as-attraction. The Get Bear Smart Society is one. They say human urine deters nosey bears.

Does human urine keep dogs away?

Yes, dogs can smell human peeit's just that (hopefully!) After all, most people are house trained and so the neighborhood should be unrewarding from a dog-smelling-human-pee perspective. When sniffing out pee, dogs follow a particular pattern. From some distance away they will pick up the hint of a scent to follow.

Related Question Answers

Should you pee on lemon trees?

As a general rule, urine isn't very good for most plants, including lemon trees. Urine is very high in nitrogen, especially if the person eats a lot of protein (assuming that we are talking about humans urinating on the lemon trees). Too much nitrogen can burn plants.

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Do plants die when you pee on them?

If you add urine directly to plant roots the concentration of solutes in the water in the soil will exceed the concentration inside the cell, which will stop the plants taking up water by osmosis. The plant will therefore die.
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