Stopping cats in garden

[steveatesh]

Suggestions for something that will reliably stops cats stting in the garden please? Other than buy a dog….

I’ve tried the ultrasonic sounds things. The cat just laughed at me…..

Can’t put spikes in the border as the Mrs turns it over and can’t put fences up on the garden perimeter.

Anything else I can try that has actually worked for you?

[Blib]

HTH.

This worked for us. A cat was ambushing birds in our garden.

[ferret50]

Air rifle.

[Caddyshack]

These threads come up often, same silly comments and descends in to “that’s cruel” vs “that’s illegal” vs cats are lovely, let them visit. (I love cats in my garden and I couldn’t care about a bit of poop)

[LennyM1984]

The motion detecting sprinkler things worked for us. Just don't leave them out in sub zero temperatures.

[The Three D Mucketeer]

I hate cats in my garden (because they st in the borders and it stinks) , but I live in the country and hate rats and mice more, so the feral cat thar visits my garden everyday is useful , I just wish he/she would tidy it's kills a little better .

[Caddyshack]

The Three D Mucketeer said:

I hate cats in my garden (because they st in the borders and it stinks) , but I live in the country and hate rats and mice more, so the feral cat thar visits my garden everyday is useful , I just wish he/she would tidy it's kills a little better .

I don’t think it smells much for very long at all. Being predators they try to hide it.

[ferret50]

The Three D Mucketeer said:

I hate cats in my garden (because they st in the borders and it stinks) , but I live in the country and hate rats and mice more, so the feral cat thar visits my garden everyday is useful , I just wish he/she would tidy it's kills a little better .

It's advertising it's skillz as a hired contract killer...

[Hondapower]

Holly leaves on inaccessible areas and a PIR activated water squirter worked for us. Doesn't take long for the neighbourhood cats to completely avoid the garden once setup.

[droopsnoot]

My problem with cats is that they only choose to use what passes for a vegetable patch as their toilet, and virtually nowhere else. I'd be OK with them using the borders as I can just leave it to rot down. I also don't like them hiding it under piles of leaves, ready for me to find when I'm clearing said leaves up. I was in the garden a few weeks ago, back when the weather was nice, and one of them turned up, squatted in the vegetable patch and looked me in the eye while relieving itself. Every morning I have to go and check whether I need to excavate, I have a corner of the garden that I transfer it to. My Dad put a load of the ultrasonic things in without any noticeable effect (and they all take about eight batteries, so I'm not replenishing them), and also tried filling plastic bottles with water and leaving them around, and hanging old CDs from plants, neither of which had the slightest effect. The reflection is supposed to scare the cats, but it doesn't.

[Boom78]

I’ve got 2 cats and our neighbour has tried everything to keep them out; fence spikes, flower bed spikes, scents and has dogs too.

The cats just see everything as an assault course/play thing, it was pretty funny to see him spending a few hours putting on the fence spikes just for one of the cats straight after finishing to treat it like a cat slalom

Basically nothing works, it’s just part and parcel of living in a city, town or village

Edited by Boom78 on Friday 11th October 11:31

[geeks]

ferret50 said:

Air rifle.

Not funny, my cat was shot with one by someone clearly attempting the same thing, didn't stop her but did cost me around £3k in vet fees and the pellet is still in her chest.

[Belle427]

Water spray is the only thing that works but the ones available are generally st quality and are a bit of a waste of time anyway when they freeze.

[Zetec-S]

We have a fairly large open porch, there's a local cat who decided the slate chippings we had down would make a great place to st. Regularly sprinkling some cayenne pepper/chilli powder there for a couple of weeks and it got the message.

I think a lot of cats which st outside do so because their owners don't empty their litter trays regularly enough, unfortunately a lot of owners get them because they see them as a low maintenance pet choice

[geeks]

Zetec-S said:

We have a fairly large open porch, there's a local cat who decided the slate chippings we had down would make a great place to st. Regularly sprinkling some cayenne pepper/chilli powder there for a couple of weeks and it got the message.

I think a lot of cats which st outside do so because their owners don't empty their litter trays regularly enough, unfortunately a lot of owners get them because they see them as a low maintenance pet choice

That will be because most owners dont have litter trays, we had one for ours but the issue is 2 fold, she will almost never use it, when she does rarely use it the dogs like a good snack on her st, so we dont have one. We are very rural though, two other houses here, one with dogs the other she doesnt go in their garden, she does however st outside my garage, my observatory and along the hedgerow where the birds nest which is a real treat when you go to cut that hedge back a couple of times a year

[eldar]

Borrow a farm Electric fence. Cats, being smart, learn that the red cable makes them jump, so avoid the area.

[eldar]

Boom78 said:

I’ve got 2 cats and our neighbour has tried everything to keep them out; fence spikes, flower bed spikes, scents and has dogs too.

The cats just see everything as an assault course/play thing, it was pretty funny to see him spending a few hours putting on the fence spikes just for one of the cats straight after finishing to treat it like a cat slalom

Basically nothing works, it’s just part and parcel of living in a city, town or village

Edited by Boom78 on Friday 11th October 11:31

Funny that cat owners are happy for their animals to have free rein to st and scratch their neighbours stuff. But get really upset should the neighbours dogs return the compliment.

[netherfield]

Former neighbour once asked 'when are you going to stop your dogs barking' I told him 'when your cat stops stting in my garden'.

[RizzoTheRat]

Belle427 said:

Water spray is the only thing that works but the ones available are generally st quality and are a bit of a waste of time anyway when they freeze.

I tried various methods including ultrasonic (i did see the neighbors cat pause and look at it before continuing across the lawn), pepper and lion poo. The only thing I found that worked was an automatic sprinkler. You don't even need it there all the time, after they've been sprayed a couple of times the cats will learn and stay away for ages.

Sadly I'm not as bright as the neighborhood cats and got caught out quite a few times, luckily you can hear it click on and have enough time to sprint down the garden and hide behind the shed before the water arrives, and when it cuts out it takes a few seconds to reset so enough time to run back up the garden and turn it off.

I got a Comtech Scarecrow, which I think was the original, but there are loads on the market now.

[Some Gump]

As always, guide on youtube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=goZ2DqMnaGc&pp=y...