The simplest solution which would massive reduce this problem is if cat owners kept there animals in over night. Cats would use owners litter tray, therefore keeping poo with rightful recepient.
I also have 2 cats which use an outside litter tray which is under a table on which is my cold frame but they do occasionally err to the garden. My proven prevention methods are placing plastic netting (plastic clematis netting is good) over the vulnerable plants. Wire hanging basket frames and plastic bell cloches work well on emerging shoots such as peonies, lilies and delphiniums. This year I also placed branches from my Christmas tree and some holly in the open spaces between plants (which I have now removed) and had no problems at all. What also works are small canes stuck in the ground between plants, restricting the space for them to scratch the earth up. My cats cannot get out of the garden, nor any others get in, because I have a product called 'purrfect fence, which enable them to have the rune of the garden and the climbing steps I have put in without the risk of being run over.
The best way of keeping cats off your flower beds is to cat proof your garden. I don't think this is workable for everyone but i've finally achieved this. It has cost me a lot of money (£2000) but i'm surrounded by cats and lazy owners and have been battling both for years. I've tried every conceivable trick to stop the cats from using my raised veg beds as a toilet. Nothing worked.
In desperation i cat proofed my garden. I'd read a lot about being able to cat proof a garden so pet owners could keep them in their garden. So i thought surely the same principles could be applied to keeping them out. I did a lot of research on cat behaviour and how to keep cats in a garden and went on a shopping spree. Since i finished the work, nothing but birds come in my garden. This is an added bonus as since all these cats kept coming in, not a single bird would come anywhere near my garden. Now i'm treated to the most amazing sight everyday.
This seems to have become removed from gardening problems, to who loves and who hates cats. I used to live next door to a lovelly lady one side who had 21, you can imagine the result in MY garden. The other side a couple who went out to work all day, left their back door open to let their dog into the garden, but NEVER picked up after him, the resulting stench stopped us going into OUR garden in the end. I have a dog, have almost always had cats. All treated monthly so they pose no health threats. My Daughter has a terrible problem, actually gave up in her garden completely, and was crying her eyes out, 2 toddlers at the time, I have put spikey plants in her garden, plastic "bird" spikes all around, (they sometimes poo on them!) Have just about everything, including a sonic device. About to try chilli pepper, have read they do not like the smell, fingers crossed!
She wasnt a mad live alone lady, they were lovelly cats (all neutered!), mostly pedigree, the dog the other side become the worst problem in the end, it was back in the 70s. I got over it!!!!! Still gardening, still finding cat poo, in my veg plot, have resorted to chicken wire and netting for the seeds and seedlings
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The simplest solution which would massive reduce this problem is if cat owners kept there animals in over night. Cats would use owners litter tray, therefore keeping poo with rightful recepient.
Have you tried setting up a wind chime to startle them. Hanging cds. Bottles with water in.
Have you been out trying anything this weekend?
Moth balls!
Buried in the area known to be used, kept the moles out of my lawn too.
I also have 2 cats which use an outside litter tray which is under a table on which is my cold frame but they do occasionally err to the garden. My proven prevention methods are placing plastic netting (plastic clematis netting is good) over the vulnerable plants. Wire hanging basket frames and plastic bell cloches work well on emerging shoots such as peonies, lilies and delphiniums. This year I also placed branches from my Christmas tree and some holly in the open spaces between plants (which I have now removed) and had no problems at all. What also works are small canes stuck in the ground between plants, restricting the space for them to scratch the earth up. My cats cannot get out of the garden, nor any others get in, because I have a product called 'purrfect fence, which enable them to have the rune of the garden and the climbing steps I have put in without the risk of being run over.
Works well!
The link below regards cats and the law..
http://www.cats.org.uk/uploads/documents/cat-care-leaflets-2013/EG13_Cats_and_the_law.pdf
.. and for anybody unsure about this, how about a lawyers perspective..
http://www.justanswer.com/uk-law/6qh3i-uk-law-please-we-contacted-vet-saying-cat.html
Nobody is saying it is ideal, its just the law, a fact of life.
wow. hmm well thats given some clarity.. thank you.
The best way of keeping cats off your flower beds is to cat proof your garden. I don't think this is workable for everyone but i've finally achieved this. It has cost me a lot of money (£2000) but i'm surrounded by cats and lazy owners and have been battling both for years. I've tried every conceivable trick to stop the cats from using my raised veg beds as a toilet. Nothing worked.
In desperation i cat proofed my garden. I'd read a lot about being able to cat proof a garden so pet owners could keep them in their garden. So i thought surely the same principles could be applied to keeping them out. I did a lot of research on cat behaviour and how to keep cats in a garden and went on a shopping spree. Since i finished the work, nothing but birds come in my garden. This is an added bonus as since all these cats kept coming in, not a single bird would come anywhere near my garden. Now i'm treated to the most amazing sight everyday.
I wish i'd done this years ago.
This seems to have become removed from gardening problems, to who loves and who hates cats. I used to live next door to a lovelly lady one side who had 21, you can imagine the result in MY garden. The other side a couple who went out to work all day, left their back door open to let their dog into the garden, but NEVER picked up after him, the resulting stench stopped us going into OUR garden in the end. I have a dog, have almost always had cats. All treated monthly so they pose no health threats. My Daughter has a terrible problem, actually gave up in her garden completely, and was crying her eyes out, 2 toddlers at the time, I have put spikey plants in her garden, plastic "bird" spikes all around, (they sometimes poo on them!) Have just about everything, including a sonic device. About to try chilli pepper, have read they do not like the smell, fingers crossed!
You have my utmost and genuine sympathies.
She wasnt a mad live alone lady, they were lovelly cats (all neutered!), mostly pedigree, the dog the other side become the worst problem in the end, it was back in the 70s. I got over it!!!!! Still gardening, still finding cat poo, in my veg plot, have resorted to chicken wire and netting for the seeds and seedlings