how do you prevent a cat from pooping in your garden?

Question

My mother is getting extremely frustrated because this one cat keeps pooping in where she plants her tomato trees...the cat has got it in for us because whenever she plants anything, the next day, we find a heap of mess exactly there!

We cannot try orange peels because the slugs get to it...has anyone got any homely ideas?

P.S. cat repellant does not work on this beast! lol

Answer 1

We had the same problem so I read a gardening book and came up with a solution.
It said to put 2 cups of vinegar in a jar. Add a few garlic cloves. Crush them a bit to release the odor. Next add some chopped hot peppers to this disgusting mess. I didn't have fresh hot peppers so I used some chilli flakes. Lots I might add. I kept the lid on the jar and poked holes in the lid after 2 hours. Then I sprinkled the resulting liquid around the perimiter of the flower beds in our yard.
I am not kidding, I have not seen a cat or a dog in our yard since. It doesn't hurt them(maybe they get a snoot full of peppers or just hate the smell)
Oh, and the smell is not detected by us shortly after it is sprinkled on the ground.
Try it and you will be pleased with the result.

Answer 2

CatStopTM Automatic Outdoor Cat Deterrent
$52.99
Product Information:
Keeps cats out of your flower gardens, yard, or anywhere you don't want them to be. Unlike many pest deterrents that operate continuously, the CatStop unit waits for the animal to come into its range before activating, thereby creating a more startling effect.

Dog & Cat Repellent
$10.99
Product Information:
A simple solution to discourage dogs and cats from relieving themselves on lawns, driveways, flower beds and elsewhere. Sprinkle granules to treat up to 1600 square feet. Retreat once a week until unwanted behavior stops.

Make sure when you go to the site to search under : "Cat Repellent"

Answer 3

My mother had this same problem on the side of her house where she plants alot of flowers. She put some nice colorful rocks about the size of two softballs in the flower bed and spaced them so the cat's are confused. Cat's find a place to scrach the ground before they do there thing, if they are confused they will go elsewhere. This worked for her and it also added some charm to her flower garden.

Answer 4

Try Garlic Powder. Cats don't like the smell and it won't hurt the plants. I use it in my flower beds at the beginning of spring and usually don't have a cat problem, Even my own won't go there.
Get a the cheep stuff and just sprinkle it generously on the top of the ground or mix it in, it doesn't matter. it's not going to hurt anything,

Answer 5

You cat buy electronic cat repellents which emit an irregular sound, undetectable to humans, which will prevent them from entering your garden. You could also make a 'litter tray' for them in part of your garden (a small sand pit type area which you would need to keep clean for them). Other than that, get a dog!

Answer 6

moth balls or crystals in the dirt around the plants. Also these will help remove cat urine smells in the house flooring. My sister-in-law told me that one when I had an old cat that was sick. We sprinkled a whole can of crystals around our kitched carpet and left on vacation for a week. REALLY worked. course it took a while to get the moth ball smell out of the house.

Answer 7

Find someone who will allow you to brush their dog. Then take the loose dog hair and lay it around the border of the bed.

The smell of the dog should keep the cat away. The other option is to lay cardboard strips covered with a strip of double-stick tape around the border. Cats hate to step in double-stick!

Answer 8

Can you get hold of any tiger or lion poo? I'm not being facetious, it really works! How about a google search to see if any of the zoos will let you have some. Otherwise your doomed.
It's a territory thing... now there's a thought...... perhaps your mother could p..... oh, maybe not.

Answer 9

What I do in my backyard is: I conceal it with a tarp or with boards if I extremely have basically planted seeds. I eliminate them some days later after the seeds germinate. With commonly used flowers, I positioned a floor conceal of bark. you could those huge luggage of bark on the nursery center. The cats desire to poop interior the freshly tilled soil. they do no longer desire to poop on the chunks of bark. you additionally can purchase commercial products from the nursery center, yet I extremely have never used them. yet another element I extremely have used efficiently in a freshly tilled backyard is coffee grounds. in case you place adequate of the coffee grounds on the soil, it discourages the cats from pooping there. you could circulate to maximum Starbucks and that they provides you with unfastened used coffee grounds. they commonly have them already well bagged and placing in a can interior the eating place. they're categorised "backyard grounds". in case you do no longer see them there, basically ask.

Answer 10

20 years ago my dad used to put eucalyptus oil on dried-out teabags all around the garden. Don't know if it worked but these days he keeps a water pistol by the kitchen window. maybe that's your answer!