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

calleyw · 2005-05-14 21:25:24

I have just moved here 8 weeks ago. Anyway to my delight I discovered that the local cats use my grass as there personal toilet. Hubby goes out a couple of times a week to clear it up. Please don't tell me cats don't use grass as there loo. As I use to live in garden with a 6ft fence around it and they used that grass a…

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Larumbelle Posts: 2,140 Forumite

28 April 2008 at 11:53AM

You can get proprietary cat repellent but with your daughter wandering around they may not be safe.
Orange and lemon peel and juice and the herb rue are are all supposed to repel cats. Maybe try them?
Call the council and they will put you in contact with who to report the dog to.

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Nile Posts: 14,845 Forumite

28 April 2008 at 1:21PM

Hello fleetingmind

I'll move your thread to the 'Greenfingered' board, where the board guides can merge it with the existing (large) thread;) :

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

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Bongedone Posts: 2,457 Forumite

28 April 2008 at 4:06PM

silvercharming wrote: »

You can get proprietary cat repellent but with your daughter wandering around they may not be safe.
Orange and lemon peel and juice and the herb rue are are all supposed to repel cats. Maybe try them?
Call the council and they will put you in contact with who to report the dog to.

You now have the devils post number.

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bubbles65 Posts: 166 Forumite

29 April 2008 at 5:38PM

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

At least this one has come prepared:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

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George_Bray Posts: 734 Forumite

29 April 2008 at 9:03PM

I just stumbled across another way to deter cats, or rather their owners. Hit them where it hurts - their wallets. They damage your garden. You retaliate with damage to their interior furnishings. You'd need to be sure it's legal but I don't see why not. Ace!

http://www.gardenlaw.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=967&

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emweaver Posts: 8,419 Forumite

5 May 2008 at 10:30PM

what can i do to deter cats? im fed up with them getting in the garden and terrorising my daughters rabbits

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stormbreaker Posts: 2,289 Forumite

5 May 2008 at 10:34PM

Some people use cut off plastic bottles with water, dont know if it does the trick or not! Looks a bit tacky!

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jennybridger Posts: 113 Forumite

6 May 2008 at 8:35AM

strong smells like pepper, citrus peel are supposed to work. i tried the citrus peel and it seemed to work - but then i dug the compost in around the same time and i think the smell from that helped too!

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emweaver Posts: 8,419 Forumite

6 May 2008 at 12:48PM

would any of those smells upset the rabbits tho?

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arkonite_babe Posts: 7,366 Forumite

6 May 2008 at 2:23PM

emweaver, we have a huge thread about deterring cats in the garden so I'll add your query to it.

It's about deterring cats using the garden as a loo, but you might find some useful ideas to help scare them off.
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