How to stop cats sh*tting in my front garden...

buglawton

Electronic ultrasonic cat repellers, the ones which detect movement. Try one first, if it seems to work get more. Make sure it's adjusted correctly for cats.

pogofish

Get your own cat - it will chase-off the other cats and do its level best to perform on their territories.

Also maybe try delving-in to the big steaming pile of other threads on this subject?

gettingready

buglawton wrote: »

Electronic ultrasonic cat repellers, the ones which detect movement. Try one first, if it seems to work get more. Make sure it's adjusted correctly for cats.

Awful idea as will affect a lot of animals near by.

z1a

gettingready wrote: »

Awful idea as will affect a lot of animals near by.

I doubt that will bother OP.

Vectis

JIL wrote: »

I was in the garden centre today they had bags of dehydrated lions poo, it said a little goes a long way. It was £9.99.

In the flower section they had a plant that flowers, there was a big sign overhead that said it stopped cats from pooing on gardens. I can't remember what it was called but it had big silver coloured leaves and blue flowers. I think it began with a c.

Also I did read somewhere that men's urine sprayed around the area detracts them, if it could be foxes they apparently do not like this one.

Love these suggestions! Instead of cat poo in your garden you can have lion poo instead! How brilliant is that?

Or get lots of men to come around and urinate in your garden. What a lovely thought!

For our own veg plot which was getting fouled on, we fenced it off with wire fencing which cats found difficult to jump or just couldn't be bothered making the effort. We also blocked up any gaps in the hedges around the garden with wire netting. This might not be practical with your garden layout but it worked for us and the cats, of which there are loads in the area, go elsewhere, obviously preferring an easier target.

In_Debt_Bet

gettingready wrote: »

Awful idea as will affect a lot of animals near by.

The ultrasonic devices did a brilliant job keeping cats away from my front garden so I purchased another one hoping it would deter squirrels from my back garden but it had no effect on them whatsoever.

buglawton

In_Debt_Bet wrote: »

The ultrasonic devices did a brilliant job keeping cats away from my front garden so I purchased another one hoping it would deter squirrels from my back garden but it had no effect on them whatsoever.

The instructions on mine say that cat frequency is 19-23 kHz (setting 3) and rodent frequency is 13-17 kHz (setting 1-2). No specific mention of squirrels though. You might have to bone up on squirrel biology to check where their peak hearing range is!

Sicard

Dig a moat.

nimbo

The moth balls I bought were very toxic. If they are on your garden and dissolve in the rain they may affect any herbs / verges you grow.

JIL

Vectis wrote: »

Love these suggestions! Instead of cat poo in your garden you can have lion poo instead! How brilliant is that?

Or get lots of men to come around and urinate in your garden. What a lovely thought!

For our own veg plot which was getting fouled on, we fenced it off with wire fencing which cats found difficult to jump or just couldn't be bothered making the effort. We also blocked up any gaps in the hedges around the garden with wire netting. This might not be practical with your garden layout but it worked for us and the cats, of which there are loads in the area, go elsewhere, obviously preferring an easier target.

It is dehydrated lion poo, so won't be fresh, I'm sure you put bone meal and fertilizer and manure on your veg?
I don't think the op mentions a veg patch just fed up with poo on the path.