Cat deterrent

toffee'n'tom

Hi. I'm sure this isn't the first post on this subject but I'd be grateful for any advice on the current best cat deterrent products. Problem with approx 50 cats in a small area and finding up to 15 deposits on the lawn every day

Thank you

suki1964

A dog

Seriously it's the only long term effective thing on the market

Loads of cats here, most feral, our garden is cat free

GwylimT

We use lion dung to stop our cat going on the veg patch (she digs up the seedlings) and it works very well.

Carl31

we use something called "Beaphar pet behave spray" to stop our cats scratching the carpets, generally works, might work for your problem

Cats dont like citrus or garlic smells apparently, such products are usually citrus smelling

toffee'n'tom

Thank you for the replies but it's a lashed garden. A dog is out as the homeowner is elderly and can't care for a pet. I've looked at many products which emit a high pitched noise and granules etc but a lot of the reviews on Amazon seem to be from people who have been given the product free from the manufacturer to test. Has anyone used a particular product with success?

GwylimT

toffeentom wrote: »

Thank you for the replies but it's a lashed garden. A dog is out as the homeowner is elderly and can't care for a pet. I've looked at many products which emit a high pitched noise and granules etc but a lot of the reviews on Amazon seem to be from people who have been given the product free from the manufacturer to test. Has anyone used a particular product with success?

Cats don't paritularly mind high pitched noises, people under the age of 25 however do, so they're a noise nuisance.

Lashed as in wooden plant supports?

toffee'n'tom

Sorry lawned garden.

Skint_yet_Again

I have a lawned garden and bought a scarecrow "water spray" cat deterrent - they have them on ebay at the moment for £59.99 - works a treat. I attached mine to my outside tap. You just have to set it up so you can turn it off before you walk in front of it so it doesn't spray you too !

merrydance

I always thought cats buried their wee and poo, my cats spend ages digging and smelling the patch where they have been to make sure it is fully covered.

toffee'n'tom

Not these cats!!! I'm trying to be dispassionate about the subject so as nit to provoke anyone but it is vile!!!

Silvertabby

15 poos a day is excessive. I do sympathise - and I'm a cat lover!

Without more details of the garden it's hard to say what would be the best defence. But have a look at these:

1. A cat of your own. Don't get a kitten - adopt an adult cat from a local shelter. I know you say that the owner is elderly, but cats are largely self sufficient as long as the owner can put down and pick up food and water bowls (and offer cuddles).

2. Place pieces of polished metal around the garden - cats don't recognise their own reflections and will see 'them' as another cat to be avoided.

3. Sprinkle some form of cat deterrent (garden centres sell them) over the soiled area. Be prepared to sprinkle over other areas if the cats move to another part of the garden.

4. Fix prickly plastic strips to the top of the fences, if possible. Downside is that can be expensive for a large garden, and only works if all the fences are treated.

However, it's very unusual to find so many cats treating the same area as 'their' territory. Usually no more than 1 or cats adopt a garden, and any other cats find alternative routes. This does remind me of a funny (well, it made me laugh!) incident a few years ago. A chap rang Spillers, the pet food company, to complain that their cat deterrent product was rubbish - he had more cats than ever rampaging around this garden. After a bit of confusion, during which the Spiller's company services rep insisted that they didn't sell cat repellent, and the chap insisted that they did, it transpired that he had sprinkled a whole box of GO CAT around his garden. Don't know what his reaction was when he was told that Go Cat was actually cat biscuits, and that he had been luring all the neighbourhood moggies with free food!