Sorry to be a bit dim - but am I right in thinking you 'spike' it into the garden/soil - but it has to be connected to your electricity supply in the house/ shed?
can someone tell me how CATWATCH works - sorry to be a bit dim but do you have to slot it in to your soil/garden area AND have it connected to your main electric supply? if so how does the weather affect it ?
I bought a solar cat alarm and it works great . I have had no cats at all since I started using it, and if there is not enough sunshine to charge it up it has a small charger that plugs into your computer. Not bad for £10 output.. worth every penny.
Whilst i can more than appreciate the problem, i am a keen gardener and owner of 6 cats, and i can only guarantee one thing, if i found out that my neighbour had put down chilli or hot spices (things that can cause seroius medical problems in cats, and yes i have experienced this 1st hand) my neighbour would have no plants left the next morning, and my cats would be the least of their problems. All mine use indoor trays, and would never want to scrap in actual dirt!! The issue is lazy cat owners who think its more convenient for themselves.
Jason, clearly you are not aware how unpleasant it is to have a lawn littered with cat excrement. It is a health hazard and stinks. I use solar powered scarers, they do not survive winter, but they are 80% effective.
I doubt very much that any cat (unless it is particularly unwell or stupid) would foul in the full open air directly on the lawn. Cats (in my experience) prefer a bit of privacy and will go out of the way to do their thing. They dig a hole, do their business, and then bury it out of sight, only for gardeners to come along an dig it back up again!! Also, generally I find that once a cat starts to go in one area of the garden, that's their place to go and they don't tend to move around. That's probably OK if you've got a big enough garden and you've only got one or two cats doing it, but I can see it might be a problem if your garden is the neighbourhood cat litter tray. Cat's do not like using other cats areas to go in so will find their own spot. I agree that neighbouring cats don't come in if there is a resident cat, and certainly I don't have an issue with other cats using my garden. My own cat also doesn't use my garden and prefers without doubt her own private covered tray in the house. My garden is so packed in with planting that she would find it difficult to go anywhere, and anyway, she is way too much of a Princess to go outside!
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i have a seagull that keeps them out of my garden.. since they nested on my flat roof not seen a cat in the garden at all..
my other half got me one of these for my birthday http://www.amazon.co.uk/Contech-ScareCrow-Motion-Activated-Deterrent/dp/B005MW9VOM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1339052057&sr=8-1 it really works,no more cat do dah for me ; )
looks great privatebribert but we have a hosepipe ban
, but maybe not for much longer... 
Would someone please tell me about "CATWATCH"
and why is there a mains adaptor with it ?-
Sorry to be a bit dim - but am I right in thinking you 'spike' it into the garden/soil - but it has to be connected to your electricity supply in the house/ shed?
can someone tell me how CATWATCH works - sorry to be a bit dim but do you have to slot it in to your soil/garden area AND have it connected to your main electric supply? if so how does the weather affect it ?
I bought a solar cat alarm and it works great . I have had no cats at all since I started using it, and if there is not enough sunshine to charge it up it has a small charger that plugs into your computer. Not bad for £10 output.. worth every penny.
Whilst i can more than appreciate the problem, i am a keen gardener and owner of 6 cats, and i can only guarantee one thing, if i found out that my neighbour had put down chilli or hot spices (things that can cause seroius medical problems in cats, and yes i have experienced this 1st hand) my neighbour would have no plants left the next morning, and my cats would be the least of their problems. All mine use indoor trays, and would never want to scrap in actual dirt!! The issue is lazy cat owners who think its more convenient for themselves.
Sorry, my cats are my world
Sorry, just thought to add, the only guaranteed thing to move all my 6 is a 50p water pistol
Jason, clearly you are not aware how unpleasant it is to have a lawn littered with cat excrement. It is a health hazard and stinks. I use solar powered scarers, they do not survive winter, but they are 80% effective.
I doubt very much that any cat (unless it is particularly unwell or stupid) would foul in the full open air directly on the lawn. Cats (in my experience) prefer a bit of privacy and will go out of the way to do their thing. They dig a hole, do their business, and then bury it out of sight, only for gardeners to come along an dig it back up again!! Also, generally I find that once a cat starts to go in one area of the garden, that's their place to go and they don't tend to move around. That's probably OK if you've got a big enough garden and you've only got one or two cats doing it, but I can see it might be a problem if your garden is the neighbourhood cat litter tray. Cat's do not like using other cats areas to go in so will find their own spot. I agree that neighbouring cats don't come in if there is a resident cat, and certainly I don't have an issue with other cats using my garden. My own cat also doesn't use my garden and prefers without doubt her own private covered tray in the house. My garden is so packed in with planting that she would find it difficult to go anywhere, and anyway, she is way too much of a Princess to go outside!