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janlin
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Hi
My new neighbour has three cats,and my front garden is now the cats toilet.
I have tried various repellants. These have not worked, I am getting so fed up with the smell and having to clean up. Please can somebody give me advice.
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Ground coffee would be my top tip. I too have suffered at the hands of the neighbourhood cats and tried many things before hitting on this. Visit your local coffee shop, they often give it away for free, and it's also not bad for the garden
I bought some granules from a smallish garden centre. They were only £3.50. Hang on, I'll go to the shed and get the make.. Vitax 'Scent off Granules' £3.49. These work! I posed this question a few weeks ago on here and got loads of helpful replies. Kept me quite amused waiting with my super soaker too! I have a glass of water next to my back door and chuck it at them too. By the way I love cats and have two - mine have a litter tray and son built a litter tray house thing for outside complete with a tiled roof and so no mess inside the house. Wish he'd go into business building useful things and it looks really good.
I've just met neighbour's 2 new kittens...
didnt have heart to throw stones near them - as instucted by their 'daddy' ! Just said 'shoo' politely.
using strong chillis ( like norfolk nagas) may work? its what we try to do to prevents against foxes and so far so good? OR getting cats of your own :P
Wouldn't recommend cars of your own - double the trouble.
Cats like soft soil. Anything soft, dug or undug is their preference. Ours like the leaf litter (pardon the pun) under an old tree. They will use and reuse the same area. They aren't fussy about it being new or clean so long as it's soft. If you could somehow compact the earth it would discourage them.
Tried putting holly trimmings down, didn't deter them.
Have you tried Growing Success Cat Repellent?
It comes as granules which you sprinkle over the ground. It leaves a garlicky smell which certainly seemed to deter any repeat of the problem I had with cats leaving their mess in my newly dug flower plot.
It is also safe around other pets and children.
I use 'Silent Roar' which is Lion dung (who knows!?) expensive ( from Garden Centres) but seems to work for me,even after rain. Good Luck!
Try old tea bags soaked in Jeyes fluid, or even better, Ralgex - cats hate it!