Stopping Cats Cr***ing In My Garden??

[Waynester]

Recently dug the rear garden, added lots of Peat & planted various vegetables.
The last 10 days or so a cat, and I think the same one, has been cra**ing in the garden!
I bought some anti cat pooping pellets from the garden centre, and applied over the garden. Did nothing!
My next plan (other than - night time, a swivel chair, torch & shotgun - J Carrot style) is to cover with garden netting. I'm hoping this will put the little basta../dear off?

Any other suggestions? I was told Lion urine etc.. was quite good, but unfortunately the corner shop is all sold out!

[Simpo Two]

Flick it into the corner with a small trowel... nature will do the rest.

[Composite Guru]

Get a big bag of hot chilli powder and sprinkle it around the garden where the cat tends to come in and wander around.

They don't like that too much.

[Waynester]

Simpo Two said:

Flick it into the corner with a small trowel... nature will do the rest.

Did that for a few days & removed but fresh deposits were being laid daily.. plus was starting to dig up my newly sprouting vege's!

[Waynester]

Composite Guru said:

Get a big bag of hot chilli powder and sprinkle it around the garden where the cat tends to come in and wander around.

They don't like that too much.

Thanks, prepared to give anything a try..

[omgus]

As a cat owner i can only be happy that my cats st in another persons garden.

But for a serious answer cats are different, you will get told to shoot it/hurt it/maim it by some on here but the answers you actually need will be in the following list somewhere:

(it might take multiple attempts, all cats are different)
Citrus - one of my cats hates lemon/orange/lime so much that he leaves the house, the other is completely indifferent to it)
Lion poo - from garden centres, its a much bigger cat it keeps them away.
A water pistol/hose with water (not acid/piss/lemon juice/bleach) - 99% of cats will fk right off after a couple of soakings and avoid the garden like the plague.
one of those ultrasonic cat repeller things - not effective with all cats.

It must be admitted, none of these might work and then you will need to dig up another part of your garden so it is nicely soft dirt that a cat would like to st in.
It must also be said that neither of my two ever leave their st on the surface if they can bury/cover it. And that fox st looks suspiciously like cat st.
One of the best ways to stop a fox stting in your garden is (ironically enough) to get a cat.

[supertouring]

Waynester said:

I was told Lion urine etc.. was quite good, but unfortunately the corner shop is all sold out!

I can send you some urine for £50 delivered.

[IroningMan]

Get a cat.

[ali_kat]

If there is no attempt to bury it, sounds more like a Fox than a cat.

[shep1001]

Get a super soaker, cats hate getting wet. The powerful ones shoot a long way so you can do it from a distance say out of the bedroom window.

Cat repellent spray. Works a treat you might need a few applications though. I was given mine but I think it came out of the Betterware catalogue


Neither will hurt them and yes I used to soak my own cats too1

[1]

We had a similar problem. Buy a cat alarm/deterrent, they emit a high pitched sound when triggered. I cant hear it but cats dont like it. Cost £16 off amazon and has worked a treat. Took about a week and a bit of adjusting before it worked.

[The Highway Man]

My next door neighbours cats crap in my garden but mine craps in hers so I mustn't grumble!

[hedgefinder]

ali_kat said:

If there is no attempt to bury it, sounds more like a Fox than a cat.

as already explained when this answer was posted on a previous thread last year... it is utter bks.

[ali_kat]

Please enlighten us all again, few of us can be bothered to search back!

If the poop is very dark in colour, very smelly & uncovered then it is foxes, especially if left in same spot once it's been removed - they use it to mark.

Cats don't poop to mark.

Edited by ali_kat on Saturday 29th June 09:57

[Mobsta]

Chase th cats. I did this for a year, far fewer now enter our garden, to my mind anyway. Whereas we had one a day before, it's more like one neighbours cat a week.

[Mobile Chicane]

It could also be a badger.

Badgers make a few scrapes in the ground, then crap in it to mark their territory.

[PaulG40]

We use hot chilli powder and curry powder around the back of the car area of our gravel drive. The cats like the privacy. Seems to have worked. We've a cat sonar thing too, but it doesn't seem to be of much use since we regularly find next doors cat sunbathing in front of our door.

[Waynester]

Just to update on this topic.

Its definitely a cat as I have caught it twice in my garden. Unfortunately he/she seems to be crapping during the night.

One suggestion was to put garden netting down. I have now done this, & the cat cannot get to the peat/dirt without getting tangled. Early days.. just have to see if it helps.

[Slink]

and what happens if the cat gets its legs tangled in the netting?

you go to work, and then it is left there all night and day stressed out, dehydrated and starving.

i would just not get soo stressed out, clean it up, and put some PIR enabled sprinklers around the place... as cats hate to get wet.

[Waynester]

Netting is used by plenty of gardeners, but I don't think cats are being tangled on a regular basis.

My back garden is quite small, so is my vege patch. I did just remove initially, but the other problem was smell.. it bloody stank! God knows what this cat eats but its crap & urine can be smelt by my next door neighbour!

And..this cat has started digging up my vegetables that are just sprouting now!