Cats digging the flower beds

[rcx132]

The grass has started growing in my garden and weather is warming up

I built my wife a lovely raised flower bed two years ago, but it's become nothing more than a giant cat litter. My neighbour is now onto nine cats. She's been single for a while so I get where she's coming from, but they're not doing it in her garden !

Has anyone found a solution? Cat repellent chemicals, synthetic or naturel, don't work. The only idea I've heard works are the motion sensors that give a small blast of compressed air when they sense a cat. Only a couple of these devices on the market and the quality is flakey and price is high.

 

[ajlelectronics]

Has anyone found a solution?

Only one of your own I would think. Cats are generally very clean and don't do it on their doorstep. They also like somewhere that takes little effort to rake over, like a cultivated flower bed. As they are quite territorial, a puss of your own would soon deter interlopers from its "own territory".

 

[voipio]

Silent Roar lion manure does the trick. It doesn't come from lions at all, just furnace clinker that's been coated in something that smells like lion dung.

Cat Deterrents for Gardens | Garden Advice - The RSPB

There are many ways to deter cats from entering your garden and stalking the birds and wildlife within. Find out more about cat deterrents for gardens

www.rspb.org.uk

 

[gaz1]

oh i know the feeling all too well

not much you can do to be honest as owners wont keep them in there gardens or in a cat pen, yet scream foul play if you do anything that keeps them out

we had a small dog but they still come in within reason as both next doors had cats

ive tried water guns they hate getting wet, id suggest a water pump and sensors personally, i prefer the crow scare sensor and a bang with it

this is not me

its resulted in poisonings to being shot at as people get sick of them

 

[steveo3002]

good luck vs 9 of em

i had one soiling near here and heard they dont like rosemary plants , stuck one out there and no more pooing , might have died of old age though

 

[voipio]

Someone on here mentioned cats don't like water with washing up liquid in it.

 

[dobbslc]

We had a Scarecrow sprayer, it sences movement and squirts out water. We used it for our own cat to keep him off the raised beds. It does work but don't forget to turn the water off before you walk in front of it...

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[dobbslc]

not much you can do to be honest as owners wont keep them in there gardens

@gaz1 good luck keeping a cat in your garden! They aren't like dogs and keeping one confined would be cruel.

 

[voipio]

Cats don't like human male pee, either, apparently.

 

[steveo3002]

Cats don't like male pee, either, apparently.

how do you make it stay still long enough?

 

[Wozzaaah]

One post has already mentioned something horrible but the poster had the sense to delete it before it was dealt with.
Absolutely no suggestions of cruelty or illegality please, even if it's meant in jest.

 

[rcx132]

One post has already mentioned something horrible but the poster had the sense to delete it before it was dealt with.
Absolutely no suggestions of cruelty or illegality please, even if it's meant in jest.

I saw that post, I think he was explaining that homeowners are driven to doing illegal things. That's fairly well known, I've seen vets on TV and online say that cats commonly come in having had these things happen. The Police probably know exactly how to investigate these incidents as well.

I also once read that cats have a legal right to roam, so nothing that can be legally done about it.

 

[voipio]

how do you make it stay still long enough?

Not over the cat, but put on the ground. They don't like the smell.

 

[jordhandson]

Cats don't like human male pee, either, apparently.

I have just passed this on to Father Father will be out there later as Mother has the same problem in here borders lol

 

[steveo3002]

I have just passed this on to Father Father will be out there later as Mother has the same problem in here borders lol

any excuse to use the outside toilet

 

[gaz1]

previously posted post

Cat repellent

Hello, we like cats, we have adopted a stray that is now our house cat, Buster. We feed another stray. The stray repays us by using our plant tubs as a litter tray. I bought some cat repellent, based on orange oil. It worked if I threw the canister at her while she pooped. I don't want to use...

www.mig-welding.co.uk

 

[Morrisman]

 

[Ross365]

I've been using a cap gun and that seems to work. And the smell of the burned caps takes me back to my childhood .

 

[octo0072000]

cheap ground pepper works well but you need to keep applying it

 

[jordhandson]

worst thing mother heard somewhere was "fill 3 litre clear plastic bottles up with water and dot then round the garden as the cats dont like there own reflections" that didnt work and father had to collect about 50 bottles up in the end lol