cats in my garden grrrrrrr

tesuhoha

Also, how about chopping up some brambles and nettles and putting them down on the flowerbeds. You need to stop them having such a comfortable crap I think.

vroombroom

tesuhoha wrote: »

Also, how about chopping up some brambles and nettles and putting them down on the flowerbeds. You need to stop them having such a comfortable crap I think.

fabulous idea, thank you!

TeamLowe

I've heard broken eggshells is good - won't hurt kitty but uncomfortable enough under paw to stop them squatting. and free (if you eat eggs anyway!

You can get cat silohuettes so the other cat thinks there's a cat there already but their success is dubious

My gran used to put out bottles of water out as she reckoned it'd look like eyes glinting in the sun to them. Never any poop but i don't know if the two are connected :rotfl:

Lion poop seems to be the best one - cat's won't go in a bigger cats territory and i don't *think* we can smell it but i don't have that problem so i've never tried it

vroombroom

lion poo lol. I live in the North East so no zoos up here, but I know you can order on amazon.

I'm going to try the brambles and some spikes. If they don't work, lion poo by post may be the next thing!

Emmarillo

Tie string to some CDs and hang them in trees and bushes in the areas you want to scare the cat away from. As the CDs move in the breeze, or if the cat should happen to bump them, the reflections from the shiny surface will frighten the cat away from the area.

I copied and pasted this from ehow, but its something I've read as a suggestion a few times before. It's worth a try, and if you don't have any CDs you can buy packs of blank ones in poundland.

lee111s

If you hate cats you'll love this video. Possibly the best video out on the internet!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIbkLjjlMV8

McKneff

The best advice I have seen on here is some crumpled chicken wire, it is unobtrusive and you plants and flowers will grow thought

vroombroom

I've seen that before, hysterical!

lelasuzi

Aileth is correct, bleach encourages cats to "go" there. All you have done is kill the worms in the soil where you poured it. Short answer, you cant stop cats doing it where they want.

Metranil_Vavin

won't pouring bleach on the soil have just poisoned all your plants too?

We have a cat, and we also have various other cats crapping in our garden, and yes it drives me insane too, but sadly aside from shovelling it up and chucking it over the back, I don't think there is much you can do.