Neighbours cat fouling our garden

ThumbsUpBoy

elsien wrote: »

I have slate chippings on my front patch. The cats have not been near it for 10 years. Till a new cat moved in down the road who has clearly not understood that cats aren't meant to like going on them. I was a bit naughty and let my bull terrier get rather closer than I would normally allow when I caught it mid crap. (No cat was harmed in the making of this post!) I also sprinkled garlic water all over the slate. It's not been back since, not sure which of the two deterrents was more effective. Slate chippings are far more of a deterrent than lawn or bare earth. Whatever you do, don't use bark mulch - that's like an open invitation to a house party.

Edit - I used twigs rather than cocktail sticks - far less effort and much quicker.

What size slates did you use, 20mm or 40mm?

I know bark is a no no unless I want to open a communal litter for all the cats in the area.

Great idea about the twigs.

Thrugelmir

Fork some dried blood bone meal in.

Cats don't like lavender .

Anatidaephobia

haras_nosirrah wrote: »

His cat was more intelligent than mine then. I ended up trying to drag mine around the block with him ending up on his back at one point. never tried it again

An elderly relative attempted to take my parents cat on a walk when they were on holiday. A few minutes later she glanced around and realised she was walking along the street dragging a lead and a collar but the cat was long gone.

Anatidaephobia

ethank wrote: »

I have the right to quietly enjoy my home without having to pick up cat mess all of the time. I have not chosen to own a cat, so why should I have to deal with it.

Basically, it's because you have chosen to own outdoor space which is accessible to a variety of animals, all of whom will treat it as they wish unless there is something/someone in the garden which deters them. Short of giving your garden four walls and a roof, you can't really prevent various animals from entering it as and when they please. It is simply a consequence of having outdoor space.

pricew1970

I bought a supersoaker massive watergun thing...it doesnt hurt them but just as I dont like them peeing up my garden furniture they dont seem to like being blasted.
Not sure if it stops 'em returning but it is fun

Davesnave

We have this matter fairly regularly on the Greenfingered Board.

My reply is always the same: if you are brighter than a cat, then you can make your garden reasonably cat-proof. As it's not a matter of life or death, you can certainly try one or two well-reviewed ultrasonic devices first, as this may be easier/cheaper, and they work for many people.

Living in the country, if I want to keep chickens, I have to give them fox and badger-proof enclosures, so I do...no ifs or buts. Mine are a good bit larger than the average garden.

Nothing, short of a nuclear bunker, seems totally badger proof, but it's sufficient to give Mr Brock so much of a challenge that he just doesn't bother. Higher mammals are reasonably smart.....well, some of them!

If you really want to keep cats out of your garden there's plenty of modern materials available, which will make the task of getting in more bother than it's worth. Look upon it as a design & technology challenge, which is what humans have always done in response to environmental pressures.

Mrs_Z

It is indeed a free gift - organic fertilizer for you plants!

ACG

I made a similar post about this a few weeks back.

I bought one of those sound emitting devices when a cat goes past.
Of the 4 cats that used to come in my garden, only 2 do now. I still get the cat **** but nowhere near as much.

Its not "worked" but it has helped.

I think I will go round my garden and make it like fort knox at some point.

You could just go and give it back to your neighbours?

oliveoil99

We have numerous Felix type cats in the neighbourhood the black and white variety and seemingly my cat is still pooing in gardens even though he died over 2yrs ago.

moneyistooshorttomention

Mrs_Z wrote: »

It is indeed a free gift - organic fertilizer for you plants!

Yikes! Well, when that happened to me before, ie a neighbour to my last house told me that a cat was coming in and "doing its doings" on some bags of compost I was using for foodgrowing in my back yard, I promptly threw them away and wouldn't have contemplated using the food after that.

After all, look at all the fuss about the unhealthiness of children being exposed to "dog poo" and I cant imagine cat poo is any "healthier". We do have this concept of humanure (as in recycling our own "doings" by using different style loos), but I believe that things are supposed to "mature" for a year or so even there. Not exactly possible to wait a year for a few lettuce to "clean themselves" off so to say before eating them...