How to stop next door's cats coming into the garden..

littlerose12345

Hi all

Title says it all really.. any tips to stop them coming into our garden and pooping everywhere?! :mad:

bigblackdog

get a dog , only surefire way to stop them

littlerose12345

bigblackdog wrote: »

get a dog , only surefire way to stop them

Thanks, but I'm fortunately you may be able to tell I'm not the biggest animal lover. Plus I'm scared of dogs

shammyjack

Shoot the cat and plant a rose bush over it or post all its c**p back through the neighbours letter box till they keep the damned thing inside .

( counting down till all the cat lovers start screaming ) !


shammy

googler

B&Q have a selection of ultrasonic deterrents, wall-mounted, staked in ground or hand-held. The wall-mounted and staked have PIR detectors to activate them when there's movement, and the hand-held is operated by your trigger finger.

I've had success with the hand-held; certainly makes the cats scoot, and seems that they're learning from it and coming back less frequently. However, it does rely on you being around when the cats are visiting.... but it's good fun watching them run.

littlerose12345

googler wrote: »

B&Q have a selection of ultrasonic deterrents, wall-mounted, staked in ground or hand-held. The wall-mounted and staked have PIR detectors to activate them when there's movement, and the hand-held is operated by your trigger finger.

I've had success with the hand-held; certainly makes the cats scoot, and seems that they're learning from it and coming back less frequently. However, it does rely on you being around when the cats are visiting.... but it's good fun watching them run.

Thanks for the advice! Blimey it's like shooting them! Are they safe to use? As much as I'm not keen on them I'm not intending to hurt them!

callistris

I had the same problem with neighbours cats, and I've got cats which are so unterritorial you wouldn't believe:( they just sit there and let them do what they want!!!

I tried all things, and found an electric fencer running on a section of sheep netting did the trick:T once the cats got a belt of it they ran for the hills lol

It worked so well that just the sight of the fencing is enough to keep the cats out now:rotfl:

bigblackdog

just had a thought .....get some fish paste and make a trail from your garden to the middle of a busy road ......then spread a load of it around on the road ..............

googler

littlerose12345 wrote: »

Thanks for the advice! Blimey it's like shooting them! Are they safe to use? As much as I'm not keen on them I'm not intending to hurt them!

It's only loud sound.

Sort of like playing Grand Opera to chase away chavs, or Metallica invading the Opera House. No permanent damage, merely unpleasant to listen to, depending on your perspective and physiology.....

Besides which, they can run away having had a good blast of it, so it can't be doing them much harm at all....

Innys

googler wrote: »

B&Q have a selection of ultrasonic deterrents, wall-mounted, staked in ground or hand-held. The wall-mounted and staked have PIR detectors to activate them when there's movement, and the hand-held is operated by your trigger finger.

I've had success with the hand-held; certainly makes the cats scoot, and seems that they're learning from it and coming back less frequently. However, it does rely on you being around when the cats are visiting.... but it's good fun watching them run.

If you're gonna use one of these, you may as get one of those pump action water pistols. That what I do.

tomitma

If anyone really knew the answer to this question, they would be a multi-millionaire, it is a problem that is centuries old, I hate the bloody things, and even getting a dog dosent deter them, they just sit on the fence teasing my dog.