This solution is the best I can find having looked a lot on the net . Chicken wire or plastic netting .
It's what a lot of people who have cats they want to keep in their yard do, though there aren't so many people doing that unfortunately.
We're trying a variation of that at the moment; We've put a bit of plastic netting above our daughters playhouse which is where next doors cat uses to get in and out. He'll find that hard now. And along the rest We've put three taut wires between the posts. We still need to do the rear fence, then next doors cat would have to go all the way round the houses to my other neighbour, climb their fence then my other fence in order to access my garden. I figure that's not likely but if I have to ill do the same on that side too. I think this will work but not certain. We'll see.
about 2 am I heard a sorta scratching noise. got up and looked out window. I think the cat had tried his usual place and found it barred. So he then climbed up in the corner at the end of the gardens and started walking along the fence where I had put the wires. I thought, 'Oh no, its not working. But when he got to the end of one fence he found it hard to start the next (I think because it is most taut there..?) and the cat turned around back the way he'd come and then jumped down into his own garden. He didn't even bother to try the other fence at the end of the garden. No poo in my garden this morning!
Well the cat just woke me up trying to get over thE netting I put up. After ten minutes he managed it. so upsetting to see. Because I'm shattered from doing the work. at this point I figured I may as we'll get up as the birds are singing and the suns coming up anyway - no chance of me getting to sleep now, so I crept downstairs into the Garden and as it was taking a dump (this time in my gravel I have on the flowerbeds), I turned the garden hose on full blast and soaked the blighter. as predicted he jumped onto the far fence and made a bee line for home across it but I was ready And gave him a thorough soaking. He is extremely wet. If he comes back after this I think I give up.
Here is a tip from my granny, she says its an old method that used to deter cats in her day!
Peel some ginger roots or oranges ( if using oranges, fork the skins b4 peeling, to release there natural oils) rub them along your fence tops, posts, and gateways!
According to granny, its the smell that deters the cats!
There heightened sense of smell can smell it way b4 they reach the fence, you can smell it when your on top of the fence only!
You can use orange peel or ginger, or a mixture of both, depends what you happen to have at home!
Both have to be raw!
You can use the whole orange, skin it best though, as it has the most smell
I found this online. It is marketed in Australia for keeping cats in your yard. Brilliant idea for keeping cats out as well if you have a fence to install it on. The video is funny.
A bit like a squirrel proof birdfeeder, only a cat keeper outer. look up OSCILLOT
I had a ginger cat entering my garden and leaving behind a deposit every day. I tried all methods to no avail. Having remembered an article on animal behaviour once so I thought i would try my solution. I had an old PC disc drive in the garage. I stripped it down and removed the discs. They are very shiny. So I hung two of these on a cross made of garden cane so the level was at the cats eyes. These move with the wind, reflect the sun and if the cat looks it reflects its image so causing the offender to think there is another cat about. Voila! no cat fouling for 7 days running now..
That looks like a useful product Bones, thanks!//When a cat tries to jump and scale the fence, they will place a paw on the paddle, which then spins; the cat cannot get traction and falls safely back to the ground//."Falls safely to the ground" - well, you can't have everything
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It's what a lot of people who have cats they want to keep in their yard do, though there aren't so many people doing that unfortunately.
We're trying a variation of that at the moment; We've put a bit of plastic netting above our daughters playhouse which is where next doors cat uses to get in and out. He'll find that hard now. And along the rest We've put three taut wires between the posts. We still need to do the rear fence, then next doors cat would have to go all the way round the houses to my other neighbour, climb their fence then my other fence in order to access my garden. I figure that's not likely but if I have to ill do the same on that side too. I think this will work but not certain. We'll see.
It worked!
about 2 am I heard a sorta scratching noise. got up and looked out window. I think the cat had tried his usual place and found it barred. So he then climbed up in the corner at the end of the gardens and started walking along the fence where I had put the wires. I thought, 'Oh no, its not working. But when he got to the end of one fence he found it hard to start the next (I think because it is most taut there..?) and the cat turned around back the way he'd come and then jumped down into his own garden. He didn't even bother to try the other fence at the end of the garden. No poo in my garden this morning!
how cool is that?!
Well the cat just woke me up trying to get over thE netting I put up. After ten minutes he managed it. so upsetting to see. Because I'm shattered from doing the work. at this point I figured I may as we'll get up as the birds are singing and the suns coming up anyway - no chance of me getting to sleep now, so I crept downstairs into the Garden and as it was taking a dump (this time in my gravel I have on the flowerbeds), I turned the garden hose on full blast and soaked the blighter. as predicted he jumped onto the far fence and made a bee line for home across it but I was ready And gave him a thorough soaking. He is extremely wet. If he comes back after this I think I give up.
Here is a tip from my granny, she says its an old method that used to deter cats in her day!
Peel some ginger roots or oranges ( if using oranges, fork the skins b4 peeling, to release there natural oils) rub them along your fence tops, posts, and gateways!
According to granny, its the smell that deters the cats!
There heightened sense of smell can smell it way b4 they reach the fence, you can smell it when your on top of the fence only!
You can use orange peel or ginger, or a mixture of both, depends what you happen to have at home!
Both have to be raw!
You can use the whole orange, skin it best though, as it has the most smell
I found this online. It is marketed in Australia for keeping cats in your yard. Brilliant idea for keeping cats out as well if you have a fence to install it on. The video is funny.
A bit like a squirrel proof birdfeeder, only a cat keeper outer. look up OSCILLOT
https://www.oscillot.com.au/
I had a ginger cat entering my garden and leaving behind a deposit every day. I tried all methods to no avail. Having remembered an article on animal behaviour once so I thought i would try my solution. I had an old PC disc drive in the garage. I stripped it down and removed the discs. They are very shiny. So I hung two of these on a cross made of garden cane so the level was at the cats eyes. These move with the wind, reflect the sun and if the cat looks it reflects its image so causing the offender to think there is another cat about. Voila! no cat fouling for 7 days running now..
Last edited: 05 May 2017 11:27:29