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Any tips for persistent cat pooer in garde!

CopperdogCopperdog Posts: 617
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I’ve often heard of other gardeners bemoaning cats pooing in their garden and thought it’s surely not that much of a problem…🫣 I now completely understand where they are coming from as I have a neighbours cat constantly pooing in same place in the border. I could honestly fill half a bucket a week! Not sure how to deter it? I’m happy for him to come in the garden as I love cats but my goodness he’s making a Mucky mess and scraping up the soil etc 

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  • ChezNousChezNous Posts: 40
    I had the same problem and it was just horrible every time I needed to do anything in my borders (they liked to spread out). I guess there was more than one cat and they would at least leave me gifts of decaying mice and little birds on my patio and lawn. I tried everything but really nothing worked. They only stopped visiting when eventually my borders were full enough with plants that it was just too uncomfortable for them. So from my experience just plant something big enough in that favourite spot!
    Late to gardening .... @cheznousgarden
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I use holly. It deters squirrels too. I always poke short, dry holly twigs in the top of newly planted containers and remove them when the plant obscures the bare soil.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • NoSlugsPleaseNoSlugsPlease Posts: 120
    I stick bits of old bamboo cane all over bare soil.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Homarden-Square-Digging-Deterrent-Plastic/dp/B07R4PZM17
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • CopperdogCopperdog Posts: 617
    Lots of great tips! Thankyou so much everyone x
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Bamboo kebab skewers are cheap.  Push them into the soil, quite closely spaced and the cat will soon get the message.
  • Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 1,073
    @Copperdog In my experience the best way to avoid this mess is to give cats a soil toilet in the garden. Seems that your neighbour’s cat prefers the same spot day by day. You are lucky, my cat occupies each plant free space in my garden. 

    I ♥ my garden.

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Another £1
    Devon.
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    I was getting worried there @Hostafan1   :)
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