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

maypole

Vibrant wrote: »

The granules mentioned by sb44, are Cat Repellent from Growing Success:
http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/invt/0225936

I have used them for about ten years, they work very well and as you only need a light sprinkle, cover a much larger area than the jells and sprays.
It does smell a bit (like curry to me), but isn't really noticeable once applied.

Might get some of these as a precaution. They have got a litter tray for the cat so we will see how it goes, I won't prejudge the cat before it's even here;)

A_Clock

Another idea is a sand tray, they are meant to poo in that instead of on the muck!

valk_scot

A supersoaker waterpistol thing is a great deterrent. I love cats but I took mild delight in persuading next door's evil siamese not to go anywhere near our nesting bluetits. The other thing that helped was tying a web of old bicycle inners through the tree where the nest box was. Yes I realise not everyone has a box of old inner tubes around, but the cat hated climbing the tree after that.

You never know...the cat might be a mild mannered and affectionate animal with very fussy toilet habits. Quite a lot are, you know!

A_Clock

valk_scot wrote: »

You never know...the cat might be a mild mannered and affectionate animal with very fussy toilet habits. Quite a lot are, you know!

The ones around here are! They like to poo just where my bulbs are coming up, so they can scratch the tops off! That or on top of my jacob ladder seedlings :mad:

archie9uk

Can anyone suggest a cheap (and humane!) way of stopping cats doing their business in your garden?

Errata

Lots of threads on the gardening board about this and to save you looking nobody ever has found a legal way to stop cats crapping in other people's gardens !

kazwookie

A large water pistol!!

and yes I do have 2 cats, they know then I get the water pistol out!! cold water only is in it.

thebaldwindowfitter

clear plastic bottle filled with water

Nile

Hello archie9uk

I'll move your thread to the 'Greenfingered' board, where the board guide can merge it with the existing thread:

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

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Energize

You can buy electrical fencing that goes on top of walls or electrical tape which can just be stuck to the top of fences, they're designed exactly for this type of problem. Barbed wire along fences is also an excellent solution. You can also buy electrical grids and netting for flowerbeds etc which will shock anything that touches it. Pain/force is the only thing that works and those are the only 2 legal ways of doing it, besides a dog of course. We had the same problem with cats, it's so annoying that people don't control their animals, allowing them to roam the neighbourhood posing a danger to motorists, children and other animals, as well as making a nuisance by destroying gardens and bin bags, people lack responsiblity these days.

http://www.electricfencing.co.uk/tape.asp