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There's a cat in my (seed)bed!

clivetolleyclivetolley Posts: 3
in The potting shed
Some of my seedlings didn't seem to be getting anywhere. Now I've found the culprit - our neighbours' cat Belle taking a nap! I thought it better to let sleeping cats lie, for now.
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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    edited April 2021
    Awwww, what a cutie!
    When she moves, you could maybe try stretching some sort of mesh or net across the top to encourage her to find somewhere else to snooze.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • Mark-EMark-E Posts: 184
    Haha, no camera traps required to solve that mystery 😂
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    They do love a bit of warm, dry soil or a seed tray or even a houseplant.



    I suggest you put a cover over the trays or the whole support or some pointy sticks so the cat can't get comfy.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • GrajeanGrajean Posts: 447
    Found cat in the greenhouse the other day so a job for OH making a screen door. 
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    You could always ask the cat's owner to make it a nice warm spot to lay in it's own garden ? ;)

    Pet cats are just that - pets - belonging to others so shouldn't be your problem.

    If you enjoy it's company, maybe you will have to train it to a designated spot in your garden . 


  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    You should have waited until it was asleep then crept up and shouted.  It would have scared it without harming but probably have dissuaded it from doing it again.
  • FlyDragonFlyDragon Posts: 834
    I'm not anti-cat but I would have gone out and noisily shooed it away, as I do if they ever come near my bird feeders.  Be scary/annoying enough and they do quickly learn that your garden is not a nice place to come and chill out. 

    Getting a dog is great for deterring cats, but mine is now so old, blind and doddery that doesn't work anymore.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Now what me gonna do?...

    Dogs are terrible for deterring cats in the garden by the way. Mine has done more damage chasing cats than the cats ever have on their own.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • clivetolleyclivetolley Posts: 3
    I should have covered it, of course. Unfortunately, the plastic cover that slipped nicely over the frame has disappeared and it seems impossible to get one that fits to replace it.
    Anyway, I transplanted the slightly battered seedlings (lathyrus) that had germinated, and decided Belle could act as an incubator for the ones not up yet. It saves on heating! (I have put most of the trays in the workshop/conservatory, anyway.) She's been back every day since. Too pretty to disturb (we lost our own cat years ago and couldn't get a new one as wife became allergic).
  • Liz.SprLiz.Spr Posts: 31
    Space Bamboo canes over the top of the trays.
    I have green thumbs and no aphids on my roses.
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