Cats pooping - do ultrasonic repellers work? What about male urine?

Justagardener

You could try a bulk bag (amazon) of chilli flakes scattered over the gravel. It might stop the cats returning once they've licked their paws.

rach_k

Try some of the plastic netting used to keep birds off seedlings. You can cut it with scissors and just peg it down either side of the path.

Farway

Justagardener wrote: »

You could try a bulk bag (amazon) of chilli flakes scattered over the gravel. It might stop the cats returning once they've licked their paws.:rotfl:

Could be a cruel, cats also use their paws to wipe their eyes, and chilli in eyes is not good for anything, including pooing cats

I have same problem, but have placed netting & pyracantha prunings over the areas and pooing pots, bit unsightly but works and this time of year who cares in the dank dusk, not me for sure?

Silvertabby

Try a cat repellent (garden centres sell them). I can't remember the name of the one I'm thinking of, but it's made of grey granules and stinks of garlic (which cats hate). Good point is that it will blend in well with your gravel, bad point is that your house will smell like the local take-away. Or you could try putting reflective metal sheets around the garden - cats don't seem to recognise their own reflection, and will think that your garden is 'another' cats territory.

TheGardener

1)Supa-soakas (the big pump action water pistols) work very well - I use ours regularly with new visitors and find their return rate is low
2)Hawthorn, rose or holly pruning's laid around in their 'favourite' spots
3)Some cats (but only some) really don't like Tea Tree Oil - I had 1 local ginger tom who was driven away very quickly by dried tea bags sprinkled with TTO and then scattered round the garden.
4)A rather nippy 7 yo Jack Russell called Blinder - does a blooming marvellous job when he spots them

Elsewhere

This stuff has always worked well for us https://www.amazon.co.uk/Get-Off-Repellent-Scatter-Crystals/dp/B000LS57O0
Alternatively you could move to Australia... "Legally, you are not allowed to let your cat trespass on other people’s property.
If your cat wanders onto another person’s property more than once, it may be seized and impounded. Council may issue an order to stop your cat trespassing, and if you don’t comply you can be fined."

Davesnave

Elsewhere wrote: »

If your cat wanders onto another person’s property more than once, it may be seized and impounded. Council may issue an order to stop your cat trespassing, and if you don’t comply you can be fined.

It's also true of Australia that one is not allowed to have a lawn longer than a certain amount, without facing potential prosecution.

I think Oz is a very suitable place for those who want to see other people's freedoms curbed. Bonzer place for them.

bouicca21

Many moons ago I had a problem with cats in the garden. Didn't think of asking the then OH to produce a pee barrier. I bought an electronic cat scare instead. It worked for long enough to train the cats not to come into the garden. They got into the habit of crossing into next door's along the back fence. And the habit endured long after the cat scarer stopped working.

ripplyuk

TheGardener wrote: »

)A rather nippy 7 yo Jack Russell called Blinder - does a blooming marvellous job when he spots them

Blinder :rotfl:. I wonder if he lives up to his name!

I think it's going to take a combination of things. The repellant granules aren't an option as I'm allergic to garlic (the smell alone makes me ill). I'm going to try the ultrasonic thing, and some sort of reflective sheets. I've also seen these fake black cats with reflective eyes.

It does seem that all these measures of deterring cats could leave a garden looking just as bad as one with cat poop. Covering the area in plastic netting, having sheets of tin foil all over the place, stinking granule repellants, male urine etc. Hopefully it's all just temporary!

I'm also wondering how the austrailians manage to ban cats trespassing. Are they all indoor cats there?

Farway

ripplyuk wrote: »

I'm also wondering how the austrailians manage to ban cats trespassing. Are they all indoor cats there?

Perhaps the wombat poo scares them off