Smells that cats are afraid of

1. Cats are most afraid of pungent smells and chemical smells.

2. The smell of chemicals includes the smell of gasoline, paint, pesticides, mothballs, etc.

3. Citrus flavors. Citrus flavors include orange, tangerine, lemon and grapefruit. The sour smell is very pungent to cats, especially the smell of the peel. You can squeeze the juice from the above fruits and spray it where needed or grate the peel and put it in a corner to keep cats away.

4. Vinegar smell. Cats hate vinegar. Its sour smell will make cats’ sensitive nasal passages uncomfortable, and cats will avoid anything contaminating their nasal passages for a long time.

5. Freshener smell, perfume products with strong aroma are all smells that cats hate.

6. Rue scent, rue is a smell that cats hate. As early as the first century AD, the Roman writer Pliny the Elder mentioned in his immortal work "Natural History" that placing branches of this shrub around things can prevent cats from approaching. In the Middle Ages, 1,200 years later, some people were still making this suggestion.

7. When cats smell these smells, they will stay away and even sneeze. Owners can place orange peels in places they don't want cats to go, which can be used as a cat repel.