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  • Slinky
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    I can't think what it's called, it but it looks like little blobs of nuclear green jelly and garden centres sell it. A good sniff certainly clears the sinuses - and cats (and dogs) hate the smell.

    It's called Get Off Cat & Dog Repellant
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  • I put down the Wilko repellent and the cats seemed to like it because about 5 minutes later, there they were.......
    I'm so fed up of spending money to get stop somebody else's cats [bleepety bleeping] over my garden and driveway.
  • Artytarty
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    Get rid of the gravel
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  • goodwithsaving
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    edited 16 October 2018 at 7:00AM
    Artytarty wrote: »
    Get rid of the gravel


    When I have just spent £000's on a new driveway. That's not a helpful suggestion.
  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    When I have just spent £000's on a new driveway. That's not a helpful suggestion.
    Have you been helpful? We have no idea how large this area is or what 'big shingle' really is, relative to 'large stones,' 'medium grit' or ' standard chippings.'

    If it's shingle, it's water worn, which is easier and nicer to walk on/dig in, if you're a cat, than angular bits of 20-30mm granite, which is what people use round my way...if they're in the know.

    My cats purposefully avoid that sort of surface, but then they don't crap on places like driveways.....which could also be a clue. I have never had much of a problem with cat poo, because in the places I've lived, there are areas of bare, dry soil under hedges where they go.

    The key might be to provide an alternative, rather than scattering Jeyes fluid flavoured tea bags every ten minutes and making your drive smell like a public bog. Let's face it, that's no life either!
  • kerri_gt
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    This stuff is actually pretty effective - it's basically pellets soaked in lion dung (it doesn't smell) and works on the basis that cat's will avoid it because they think a bigger cat (aka Mr Lion) has marked the area. Depending on the size of area, you'll need a couple of boxes.

    I did find it worked for a bit on our shingle drive and certainly seemed to reduce the number of cats using it.

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