anyone know of a reliable cat deterrent ?

[hedgefinder]

Does anyone know of a decent reliable cat deterent to keep the local cats from crapping all over my gravelled flower beds and front garden??
Getting really pissed off with the neighbours cat crapping in everyone elses garden but his own, really feel like bagging it up and posting it through their letter box. The wife stood in a load of it in the dark last night getting out of her car.
If i let me 2 dogs crap all over everyones garden and driveway I would end up in court with a hefty fine..


the air rifle route and electrified flower bed has so far been ruled out.

[bexVN]

Try talking to the neighbour? I'd want to know if it was my cat and try to help stop it.

Otherwise try citrus fruits or products found in garden centres/ pet shops. Failing that Lions urine or poo!!

[hedgefinder]

bexVN said:

Try talking to the neighbour? I'd want to know if it was my cat and try to help stop it.

Otherwise try citrus fruits or products found in garden centres/ pet shops. Failing that Lions urine or poo!!

funnily enough the neigbour goes mental when he finds dog mess in his front garden and blames another neigbour, but says nothing when the ridiculous ammount of cat crap is mentioned..

[hedgefinder]

already tried the ultrasonic type of deterent and that didnt work,
has anyone actually tried something themselves that has worked ??

[ali_kat]

Are you sure it's cat?

Cat's bury it, and it is long and hard. Your gravel is one giant litter tray

More likely to be fox...

[bexVN]

Cats don't always bury faeces. The term is called middening, where cats leave faecalmatter in the open, often on a lawn, it's a way for a cat to help it feel more secure in its environment, on top of the urinating. Not as common as urinating though. I think my cat does this (but on my lawn!!)

[MocMocaMoc]

Buy a cat?

Buy a dog (but not one so big that it'll eat next doors cat)?

Buy a sprinkler?

Put up signs?

Errrrmmm...

Buy Tomcat piss, and soak the fence? (this'll f*cking stink, though)

Failing that, you've as much chance as stopping birds from getting in your garden. No one ever complains about the birds!

[ali_kat]

True Becky, but in gravel, more likely to bury than not...

[hedgefinder]

ali_kat said:

True Becky, but in gravel, more likely to bury than not...

it isnt a fox, its definately a cat - have seen it doing it several times!

[danrc]

is there any way you can put fine netting over your gravel? we had a problem with a cat stting in our front border which i'd just dug. nothing worked apart from this. they can't dig at the ground with it and they don't like their claws getting stuck in it. you can get it from b&q or homebase by the roll.

its only thing i have found that works after the neighbours dirty little ginger beast kept dropping it putrid guts all over the place. horrible creatures

Edited by danrc on Wednesday 21st November 21:57

[Granville]

we have 20 odd cats in our cul de sac split between 8 houses, none of them bury their poo. It's all over lawns, gravel, boarders and now in container / pot plants.

Saturday I cleaned up 18 piles of it, mainly all under my car which is parked on blue slate, the stink is foul. None of the deterrants work unless you use them religiously several times a day. Once the cats start you've just about had it.

I shall be glad when our house sale completes and we move to a different area away from these irresponsible owners. I like cats BTW, owners need to be a lot more responsible for their animals

[gary3170]

you need one of these mate
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-X-NEW-STV600-DEFENDERS...
had exactly the same problem,i have a bulldog but she,s asleep 23.5 hours a day lol
defender stuff works a treat pal :-)

[hedgefinder]

gary3170 said:

you need one of these mate
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-X-NEW-STV600-DEFENDERS...
had exactly the same problem,i have a bulldog but she,s asleep 23.5 hours a day lol
defender stuff works a treat pal :-)

I think that might be the one I have already with the mains adapter ... might give it another try for a bit longer this time.

[AndyT77]

I don't know much about cats, never liked them, but i understand they generally roam free, returning to the comfort of home for a snooze and to be fed and watered. As such, how is any owner, responsible or not, able to control where their cat takes a dump?

[GrumpyTwig]

[AceOfHearts]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIbkLjjlMV8

[TigerS6]

AceOfHearts said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIbkLjjlMV8

I posted this on my faceplant page a couple of weeks ago, I had the link copied to paste as a reply in here, but was beaten to it