Please stop suggesting 'getting a cat'. People say this regularly on the forum. If we wanted to pick up animal sh*t, then we wouldn't be p*ssed off about it in the first place.
The water scarecrows are the only thing that works @yvonne.r1969 . Unfortunately, as soon as you don't use it - the ru**y things come back, so you need to be vigilant. It also means you have to protect them in winter - first couple of frosts and they burst.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Not here either. When I said I tried everything on the internet, I meant it. Shame we can't bill the owners for the considerable cost of the motion sensor squirters. I actually grew to hate my neighbours over it all. I will never forget a beautiful spring morning when I went out after a usual winter of fighting depression and felt physically sick at the smell of cat shit and piss in my wildlife garden and the sight of dead wildlife strewn everywhere. I would never harm somebodies 'pet' but it started almost a year of depression and wasted attempts at deterring them. Throwing considerable money at the problem was the only workable answer.
I hate , loathe and despise the psychopathic killers with every fibre of my being. It's high time owners were held legally responsible for the damage they cause.
Agree 100%. I feel like gathering its 'mess' and chucking it in her garden
I use contech scarecrow motion activated squirters.
It is a long story but I almost abandoned veg and wildlife gardening when a new neighbour moved in with cats. Then the other neighbour, who couldn't tolerate the first neighbours cats, got a cat to keep the first lot of cats out of their garden. It ended up as both neighbours only have plain lawns, that all the cats moved into my garden.
Wildlife garden became a free larder. Veg plot a huge litter tray.
I invested in 3 of them. They work. A cat soon learns your garden is not part of their territory and avoids it.
You need a mains water supply for the pressure, I would also suggest investing in brass fittings, as plastic ones can 'pop off' and flood the garden.The units can be daisy chained together.
Wouldn't ever be without mine now. They also keep birds off the veg plot.
Its at my hedging so i cant plant under it im afraid. im going to try the wire and seriously thinking about the water scarecrow. thank you for the tips.they're much appreciated. im glad u got it sorted. That sounds horrendous
I don't know why there's no serious attempt in Britain to make cat owners responsible for their pets. I happen to love cats, and have one on my knee at the moment - but she lives, perfectly happily, entirely indoors. She's never been outside and shows no desire to do so.
I've mentioned this before, so it IS possible: in Finland, by law you must keep your cat on your own property. Many cats live entirely indoors. People with gardens have to erect cat-proof fencing if they want their moggy to go outside.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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If we wanted to pick up animal sh*t, then we wouldn't be p*ssed off about it in the first place.
The water scarecrows are the only thing that works @yvonne.r1969 .
Unfortunately, as soon as you don't use it - the ru**y things come back, so you need to be vigilant.
It also means you have to protect them in winter - first couple of frosts and they burst.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
https://www.greyhoundtrust.org.uk/home-a-greyhound
Not here either. When I said I tried everything on the internet, I meant it. Shame we can't bill the owners for the considerable cost of the motion sensor squirters. I actually grew to hate my neighbours over it all. I will never forget a beautiful spring morning when I went out after a usual winter of fighting depression and felt physically sick at the smell of cat shit and piss in my wildlife garden and the sight of dead wildlife strewn everywhere. I would never harm somebodies 'pet' but it started almost a year of depression and wasted attempts at deterring them. Throwing considerable money at the problem was the only workable answer.
I've mentioned this before, so it IS possible: in Finland, by law you must keep your cat on your own property. Many cats live entirely indoors. People with gardens have to erect cat-proof fencing if they want their moggy to go outside.