Help!cats using my garden as a loo (merged threads)

Babylonian_2

Mandles wrote:

doesnt leopard poo work as they recognise that its a very large cat & stay away?? I heard some zoos may sell it but i wouldnt want to be the one to go and get it out of their pen!

https://www.crocus.co.uk sell the Lion dung deterrent - haven't used it myself though.

Snapelover

If anyone has read any of my posts then they will know that the reason I want to keep cats out of my garden is because I have two adorable little Dwarf bunnies and the cats have gotten into the garden before and really worried them (and me!!).:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Well, even though we have put wire mesh (with the sharp bits pointing upwards) all around our garden I have still seen a cat walking along our back fence (lickily I chased it away before it got the chance to come in).

Anyway, I have just spent £80 :mad: :eek: :mad: (should be the cat 'lovers' who paid on my behalf) on two sonic cat repellers - not the cheap Bye Bye !!!!!cat ones (they're made in foreign parts (hope I'm not going to be called a racist now!!) and even though it says that the sound is inaudible to the human ear I tried one and it drove my kids mad) so I have bought the kind made in the UK and are tested and recommended by the RSPB.

I have not seen any cats in the vicinity lately but that could just be coincidence. However, I did see a cat walking along our front street and I ran and got the deterrent and went out to the front garden and the cat ran - but that could be coincidence. But I live in hope.

Little ********!!

Anyway, I bought the deterrents on Ebay with no hassle and full guarantee for two years - and much cheaper too. If you want the details of the seller PM me. :j

Mandles

Snapelover wrote:

If anyone has read any of my posts then they will know that the reason I want to keep cats out of my garden is because I have two adorable little Dwarf bunnies and the cats have gotten into the garden before and really worried them (and me!!).:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Well, even though we have put wire mesh (with the sharp bits pointing upwards) all around our garden I have still seen a cat walking along our back fence (lickily I chased it away before it got the chance to come in).

Anyway, I have just spent £80 :mad: :eek: :mad: (should be the cat 'lovers' who paid on my behalf) on two sonic cat repellers - not the cheap Bye Bye !!!!!cat ones (they're made in foreign parts (hope I'm not going to be called a racist now!!) and even though it says that the sound is inaudible to the human ear I tried one and it drove my kids mad) so I have bought the kind made in the UK and are tested and recommended by the RSPB.

I have not seen any cats in the vicinity lately but that could just be coincidence. However, I did see a cat walking along our front street and I ran and got the deterrent and went out to the front garden and the cat ran - but that could be coincidence. But I live in hope.

Little ********!!

Anyway, I bought the deterrents on Ebay with no hassle and full guarantee for two years - and much cheaper too. If you want the details of the seller PM me. :j

Again its foxes in the day and at night you most want to be wary of. I live on a busy main road and next door has had a duck eaten by foxes that broke into a cage and a friend lost their rabbit to a fox & they ate my frogs by smashing the grass in my greenhouse as thats where i kept them while i cleaned pond for 2 days.
Next door has cats and they never messed with the rabbit or duck as both are quite good at seeing cats off.
Hope yours live a long life.

Peartree

Eagle1 thanks for the challenge! I have no doubt garlic cloves work keeping cats of small areas. I use 'smelly' deterrents to keep the cats off when, for example, I have a bin bag that doesn't fit in the bin.

However, my garden is about half an acre and I have problems with cats all over it. If I put garlic down in one area the cats would move to another. I'm thinking I would need a shopping trolley full of garlic (I'm not sure what would be worse - the cost or the sheer embarrassment!).

Perhaps I should have been more specific. Nothing works properly in a large garden with a committed bunch of cat intruders.

Eagle_1

Peartree wrote:

I'm thinking I would need a shopping trolley full of garlic (I'm not sure what would be worse - the cost or the sheer embarrassment!).

Yes, I agree maybe garlic is out of the question on this occasion :rotfl: :rotfl:

Mark_petty

Hi

I am getting well and truely annoyed with cats pooping in my garden. I wouldn't be so annoyed but my little boy likes digging in the garden and its not nice for him to be scooping up cat sh*t.
I have to keep going out there and picking it up. I must have got 2 carrier bags full in the last month.

Does anyone have any idea's about stopping it? apart from getting my own cat or dog.

Many thanks

Mark

nickj_2

if you see the cats try blasting them with water pistol , it may take a few soakings but they will get the message after a while

ritesh

Hi

There have been threads about this previously. I seem to remember citrus and olbas oil as a preventative measure. Personally (I know that this is going to sound terrible) when I see the little blighters getting ready to do their business in my garden I run out of the kitchen door, go straight for the cat only to see the look in its face of sheer fright and watch it scamper off with their number 2 job hanging out.

Nile

Hello Mark_petty

I'll move your thread to the 'Greenfingered' board, where the board guides will be able to merge your thread with their existing thread 'Help! cats using my grass as a loo (merged threads)'.............which has over 300 posts of tips and information.;)

Hi, Martin’s asked me to post this in these circumstances: I’ve asked Board Guides to move threads if they’ll receive a better response elsewhere(please see this rule) so this post/thread has been moved to another board, where it should get more replies. If you have any questions about this policy please email [EMAIL="abuse@moneysavingexpert.com"]abuse@moneysavingexpert.com[/EMAIL].

Regards

Nile

ashli_2

I think dried orange peel is meant to work, or you can get stuff from pet shops.