Try planting Coleus Canina AKA Scaredy Cat or Pee-off amongst the borders/beds. Cats apparently hate the smell. They also dislike citrus smells, so you could add a plant with citrus smelling leaves. Or a citronella candle? I like the idea above of pyrocanthus or holly cuttings used as a mulch. You could also place some large ornamental rocks in favourite spots to make it uncomfortable for them. Be wary of spraying with a water pistol, cat could run off in fright into the road and be injured or worse cause an RTA.
always make sure you return your neighours cats 'presents' back to where they came from - you're entitled to do so!
I appreciate that cats pooping in your garden is irritating as I have the same problem, but what good does returning it to the cats owner do except cause more bad feeling? It's not like a dog where the owner has control of where they go. My neighbour did this to me and it made me so depressed as I couldn't stop the cats without following them every time they went out. Please don't do this Ask the owner if they are okay with coming to clean it up; I would have done that willingly.
Spray them with water and peel oranges over your borders leaving the peel there. You have to repeat the process but it works. I have THE MOST DETERMINED cat who dispells the theory that your own cats don't go in your garden, I tried netting and he poo'd through the netting. I put loads of kebab skewers in the border and he perched of the edge of a 2 inch piece of wood hanging his arse over the border! But the oranges... no sir-ee bob, out and off to the wasteland instead!
I STILL ADVOCATE TIGER POOP , MORE THAN ORANGE PEEL !! i did find that leaving a pair of old sun glasses under some leaves reALLY freaks some cats out so much, the became paranoid about going into the flowerbeds ! It's the EYES ! man.
Thanks for all your replies!!!!! I'm surprised that no-one has mentioned ultrasonics - since asking the question, I have now found out that there is one called CatWatch approved by the RSPB after thorough testing, and the RSPB actually sell it. I have been lucky enough to find a cheap one and a cheap matching mains adapter, so I'll try it out and feed back some results in due course.
I'll keep all your suggestions in case the ultrasonics don't work.
the water pistol might let off some latent (human) aggression but unless you spray them EVERY TIME they come in the garden you may as well not bother as it won't be a consistent deterrent.
Tiger or lion poo doesn't do anything (but it allows zoos to make money charging chumps to take away their waste)
Really- nothing short of netting the place will work. If you think ultrasonic deterrents work, try amazon or ebay and get another one.
Hi Mike 160304, ultrasonics have been mentioned at least a couple of times. Before mine was half inched I had to replace the battery every two weeks as the only place I could site it was facing a footpath.
the water pistol might let off some latent (human) aggression but unless you spray them EVERY TIME they come in the garden you may as well not bother as it won't be a consistent deterrent.
Tiger or lion poo doesn't do anything (but it allows zoos to make money charging chumps to take away their waste)
Really- nothing short of netting the place will work. If you think ultrasonic deterrents work, try amazon or ebay and get another one.
I have already bought a shop-soiled CatWatch and mains adapter on Ebay.
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Try planting Coleus Canina AKA Scaredy Cat or Pee-off amongst the borders/beds. Cats apparently hate the smell. They also dislike citrus smells, so you could add a plant with citrus smelling leaves. Or a citronella candle? I like the idea above of pyrocanthus or holly cuttings used as a mulch. You could also place some large ornamental rocks in favourite spots to make it uncomfortable for them. Be wary of spraying with a water pistol, cat could run off in fright into the road and be injured or worse cause an RTA.
pyracantha trimmings work for me!
Jack Russell?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I STILL ADVOCATE TIGER POOP , MORE THAN ORANGE PEEL !! i did find that leaving a pair of old sun glasses under some leaves reALLY freaks some cats out so much, the became paranoid about going into the flowerbeds ! It's the EYES ! man.
Thanks for all your replies!!!!! I'm surprised that no-one has mentioned ultrasonics - since asking the question, I have now found out that there is one called CatWatch approved by the RSPB after thorough testing, and the RSPB actually sell it. I have been lucky enough to find a cheap one and a cheap matching mains adapter, so I'll try it out and feed back some results in due course.
I'll keep all your suggestions in case the ultrasonics don't work.
Mike
the water pistol might let off some latent (human) aggression but unless you spray them EVERY TIME they come in the garden you may as well not bother as it won't be a consistent deterrent.
Tiger or lion poo doesn't do anything (but it allows zoos to make money charging chumps to take away their waste)
Really- nothing short of netting the place will work. If you think ultrasonic deterrents work, try amazon or ebay and get another one.
Hi Mike 160304, ultrasonics have been mentioned at least a couple of times. Before mine was half inched I had to replace the battery every two weeks as the only place I could site it was facing a footpath.
I have already bought a shop-soiled CatWatch and mains adapter on Ebay.