A BIZARRE life hack has amused many Reddit users after a picture of several water bottles in a garden turned into a quest on whether or not it was a great technique to warn off unwanted cats and dogs.
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Reddit enthusiast @titchard turned to the social platform on Monday to understand why their neighbour strategically placed several bottles of water in their garden . Attaching a picture of the said garden taken from inside their house, the 14-year-old wrote: “I've noticed over the last few weeks that my neighbours keep putting bottles of water at the bottom of their hedge, for the life of me I cannot figure out why - any ideas?!”Remove Ticks From Your Dog With a Pair of Tweezers. Don’t have a tick remover on hand? You can carefully remove ticks from your dog with a pair of fine tipped tweezers. Grab the tick by it’s mouth area (the part closest to your dogs skin) and pull firmly until it’s removed. Place the tick in a jar of alcohol to kill it, and be sure to wear gloves when dealing with ticks since they can transmit diseases to pets & people.
More than 250 people commented on the picture and tried to explain how the water bottles are supposedly a hack to repel any cat or dog who may want to use someone’s garden as a public toilet.
"I believe the intention is that the sun reflects through the water and the glare scares cats," answered @Bottlez1266.
"Cats see their own reflection, and do a runner," confirmed @HugoZHackenbush2.A technique that did not convince many other users like @rainbowroobear who wrote: "I have never seen this work on a single cat, including my own who are utter morons."Turn an empty pancake-syrup bottle into a portable squirtable water bottle.
“People lined up outside the brewery with jugs, and the newspaper gleefully ran a follow-up the next day revealing the cruel hoax.
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“‘I don't know how I even thought about it; it was just spur of the moment,’ he said.”
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“I've asked why and been told it’s to stop dogs and cats from pissing there.
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“No one I spoke to seems convinced it works though.”
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