Then make a small sandpit with cover from rain (under shrub/tree) to encourage them to do their business there and plant a small herb garden area in the sun for the cats to enjoy sleeping in.
Happy cat, happy you.
All too often people forget that cats eat or deter vermin. The very vermin that would nibble on your veges, dig up your bulbs, destroy your flower beds. Strip the bark from your shrubs and trees.
I would much prefer the odd bit of doodoo to rats, rabbits, pigeons, mice, voles, squirrels etc. etc.
As a gardener I live with the fact that whoever or whatever poo's in the garden I will tread in it lol! Like anything else you get used to it and deal with it. Trust me fox is the worst! Makes me gag every time
There used to be a liquid product called Renardine, but it's no longer available so I'm told. I used to soak dried tea bags in it and scatter them around the garden when I lived in London, as we were bothered by foxes as well as cats.
We also used the Sonic Repeller in the front garden, but wired it to the mains, as every time someone walked by, it activated and the batteries soon wore out.
We have started using the Sonic in the back garden here in Kent, as the neighbours cat comes after the birds.
Hello - I work for an independent documentary film company based in Oxford. We are making a film about cats for the BBC in the new year. I would like to hear from anyone who is having an issue with cats in their gardens. All correspondence will be dealt with in complete confidence and by contacting us you are not making a commitment to take part in the final programme - at this stage, it's just research which could hopefully develop onto filming.
Cats don't like having their tail touch, so I buy a few packets of those thin green canes and plant them a few inches above the ground. When a cat crouches to do the business, the green cane touches its tail and so does not feel comfortable going to the toilet.
Also I have read that Lily leaves are poisonous to cats, not sure if its all Lilies or certain ones. I had some lilies on the front door step in the summer. I stood the pot in a plastic saucer of water. Next doors cats is still with us and no-one in the village mentioned any dead cats, Phew!
Mark. I tried the canes approach to cover a patch of freshly dug soil that I had de-weeded and sown garlic in. You can imagine I was not best impressed to open the curtains the next day to find the cat happily chewing on the canes and leaping through them as though they were the best thing ever!
When my cat used my neighbours' garden I gave them various cat repellents to try. One smelled of garlic and my cat loved rolling in it! The thing that worked best was to put a few drops of Olbas Oil onto used teabags and scatter them around the beds. We did get them an electronic cat repeller but that emitted a high frequency sound that (although I couldn't hear it) could be heard by some members of the family and was annoying.
I've tried lots of things to deter cats but I've found that sprinkling bonemeal over the chosen area stops them, it has to be used after a lot of rain, but I've found this really does work, I don't think they like the smell. I've tried planting lemon balm they don't go too near that either, but that tends to take over the garden and isn't very practical!
I used chilli powder and it worked well. You can buy a 400 gram packet of red chilli powder for as little as £1.50 from any Indian/Bangladeshi/Srilankan grocery shop and sprinkle it over the ground and/or the entrances. Once they are prevented from entering they don’t usually return anytime soon.
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Then make a small sandpit with cover from rain (under shrub/tree) to encourage them to do their business there and plant a small herb garden area in the sun for the cats to enjoy sleeping in.
Happy cat, happy you.
All too often people forget that cats eat or deter vermin. The very vermin that would nibble on your veges, dig up your bulbs, destroy your flower beds. Strip the bark from your shrubs and trees.
I would much prefer the odd bit of doodoo to rats, rabbits, pigeons, mice, voles, squirrels etc. etc.
As a gardener I live with the fact that whoever or whatever poo's in the garden I will tread in it lol! Like anything else you get used to it and deal with it. Trust me fox is the worst! Makes me gag every time
Cat poo is awful, especially if you don't see it and put the lawnmower over it
WE have a water pistol and a pea shooter, used to dispatch dried peas to just in front of the cat which usually makes them scarper, good fun too
We also used the Sonic Repeller in the front garden, but wired it to the mains, as every time someone walked by, it activated and the batteries soon wore out.
We have started using the Sonic in the back garden here in Kent, as the neighbours cat comes after the birds.
Hello - I work for an independent documentary film company based in Oxford. We are making a film about cats for the BBC in the new year. I would like to hear from anyone who is having an issue with cats in their gardens. All correspondence will be dealt with in complete confidence and by contacting us you are not making a commitment to take part in the final programme - at this stage, it's just research which could hopefully develop onto filming.
Jessica
01865297220/07530724477/ [email protected]
Cats don't like having their tail touch, so I buy a few packets of those thin green canes and plant them a few inches above the ground. When a cat crouches to do the business, the green cane touches its tail and so does not feel comfortable going to the toilet.
Also I have read that Lily leaves are poisonous to cats, not sure if its all Lilies or certain ones. I had some lilies on the front door step in the summer. I stood the pot in a plastic saucer of water. Next doors cats is still with us and no-one in the village mentioned any dead cats, Phew!
Mark. I tried the canes approach to cover a patch of freshly dug soil that I had de-weeded and sown garlic in. You can imagine I was not best impressed to open the curtains the next day to find the cat happily chewing on the canes and leaping through them as though they were the best thing ever!
Oh well, just goes to prove nothing is fail safe. I must have fussy cats!
When my cat used my neighbours' garden I gave them various cat repellents to try. One smelled of garlic and my cat loved rolling in it! The thing that worked best was to put a few drops of Olbas Oil onto used teabags and scatter them around the beds. We did get them an electronic cat repeller but that emitted a high frequency sound that (although I couldn't hear it) could be heard by some members of the family and was annoying.
I've tried lots of things to deter cats but I've found that sprinkling bonemeal over the chosen area stops them, it has to be used after a lot of rain, but I've found this really does work, I don't think they like the smell. I've tried planting lemon balm they don't go too near that either, but that tends to take over the garden and isn't very practical!
I used chilli powder and it worked well. You can buy a 400 gram packet of red chilli powder for as little as £1.50 from any Indian/Bangladeshi/Srilankan grocery shop and sprinkle it over the ground and/or the entrances. Once they are prevented from entering they don’t usually return anytime soon.