How to prevent cats from getting in your garden!

[stevieb]

My lazy fking neighbours are taking in cats left right and centre.. But the are out all day, so the cats are now doing there business in my garden.

I just want to stop them getting in my garden or make sure that they get scared and leg it ASAP.

I have tried the electronic devices but they are now not working.. What other legal ways are there of preventing them doing anything!

[Sheets Tabuer]

Get a dog, stick it in the garden.
Bag the crap up and give it back to your neighbour
Try a PIR sprinkler
Paint the top of the fence in goo
Pave the garden
Lion poo sold at the garden centre
Man poo

[Don]

Trellis.

Go around your fence with it. It will add a foot extra of height. Get a nice jagged pattern so they won't like climbing it. If you don't want to do the whole thing just find the areas they are using... You can always loop some barbed wire around those areas if you absolutely have to - it looks awful, though, whilst the trellis is OK.

You can't cat-proof your garden. But you can discourage them.

[RichB]

Personally I just chuck half a bucket of water at them and even if it misses (which it usually does) they soon seem to get the message that my garden is not cat friendly place.
p.s. Wait for the cat lovers to be on this thread

[itsnotarace]

http://fwd.five.tv/gadget-show/videos/top-5/top-5-...

[stevieb]

What annoying is that they are stting on my decking!

I know the cats dont like Airhorns, at last time i caught one they had a blast of that and legged it mid way through!

[stuttgartmetal]

Don said:

Trellis.


You can't cat-proof your garden. But you can discourage them.

Furry Molegrips usually do it.

[stevieb]

stuttgartmetal said:

Don said:

Trellis.


You can't cat-proof your garden. But you can discourage them.

Furry Molegrips usually do it.

That would be ideal! But i also have kiddies playing in the garden so needs to prevent cats and slo be kid friendly!

[igiveup]

[Bill]

Don said:

You can always loop some barbed wire around those areas if you absolutely have to

The guy who owned our previous house tried this, the cats used to use it to scratch themselves

[Sheets Tabuer]

stevieb said:

That would be ideal! But i also have kiddies playing in the garden so needs to prevent cats and slo be kid friendly!

I used to have a terrible problem until I got a Jack Russell, the first time a cat saw this 10" high Tasmanian devil approaching like a little swirling hurricane of teeth it was like a comedy scene out of tom and jerry with the eyes popping out of toms head.

Not a single cat has crapped in my garden since.

[Simpo Two]

Rather than buy a dog, which you will have to train, bath, and take for walks twice a day in the rain for 14 years, you could buy a cat - no maintenance. As long it's resaonably dominant it will keep the garden clear - and will probably go to poo next door as well

[Fer]

igiveup said:

Not bad, only 15 minutes until this suggestion. Glad to see we aren't slipping.

[RichB]

Fer said:

igiveup said:

Not bad, only 15 minutes until this suggestion. Glad to see we aren't slipping.

Err... what is it?

[davidjpowell]

Don't try carpet gripper on top of the fence. Our old neighbour will testify that its a waste of time.

Dog will only work while it is in the garden. If it's in the house the cats will take pleasure in taunting it....

[okgo]

A claymore mine.

[CoolVX]

Connect up the garden hose, hid out of view, and absolutly blast it when it appears. It will soon learn. With regards to the st, just chuck it over the fence as close to their doorway as possible.

[andy43]

If they're in your garden, throw sharp objects at them.
We have a local cat that nearly took the side of my daughters face off a couple of years ago with it's claws - as soon as it sees me now it's off like a scalded pussy.

[harryowl]

Electric fence?

[N Dentressangle]

RichB said:

Personally I just chuck half a bucket of water at them and even if it misses (which it usually does) they soon seem to get the message that my garden is not cat friendly place.
p.s. Wait for the cat lovers to be on this thread

We have a cat. I'd be perfectly happy if you did this deter the bugger from your garden. Likewise SuperSoakers and anything else non-harmful: all fine with me. Pets are like children - an utter PITA if they're not yours.

I've had good results with those foul smelling crystals that you sprinkle, but others don't seem so keen. YMMV. I'd go for the SuperSoaker and have some fun, if I were you!