How do you keep cats out of flower beds, without hurting the cats or the flowers?

Answer 1

Put Cinnamon and Cayenne pepper on the dirt's surface. It will sting their paws (not seriously though) and they'll stay away. Also works for ants.

Answer 2

There are a number of things you can try, not all work for all cats, so you might have to keep trying them or combine a couple.
1. Orange peels
2. Cayenne Pepper
3. Small sticks put into the ground so they have no where to step ( this can also help support some plants that sprawl, too)
4. Do you have citronella plants? Try them, they smell pretty strongly and most cats don't like it.
5. Mulch. You can use rough bark, pebbles, pretty much anything that wouldn't feel nice to their paws.
6. You can get special "repellents" that will keep them out of there.

You don't want to use anything like blood or bone meal though. Every cat for miles will come and visit your garden. Try and stay with natural products though. Mothballs aren't a great idea if you are growing any herbs of veggies in there, though. The ingredients can leach into the soil, and then leach into your edibles - Yuck! You don't want to hurt the cats, or yourself.
Good Luck

Answer 3

There are products you can get eithr from the pet store or from the nursery where you can place something in your flower beds that is going to benefit the plants and flowers and the cats will stay clear away.

Answer 4

Cats love to dig up dirt and go potty in here, they will find a way into the flowers again I hate to say. Call a vet and ask for suggestions

Answer 5

I don't really know if it works but my husband seems to think so. He sprinkles Cayenne Pepper in our flower beds.

Mindy must have a cat with paralyzed hind legs! My cats can jump up and over our 10 foot privacy fence.

Answer 6

My cats did that and I took an area away from my flowers and planted him a whole area of catnip he never leaves the catnip to bother my flowers

Answer 7

yeah..cats are SO not impressed with cute white fences...that just adds to the challenge. Keep the cat inside. If the cat isn't yours, I'm sorry, you're stuck with em, unless you get a dog--if there's a fence, they can jump or climb it or a tree/house/whatever next to it.

Answer 8

there's a product accessible called undesirable Cat and you are able to spray it the place you don't choose a cat to circulate. there is likewise a product known virtually as good Cat which you spray the place you prefer the cat to circulate. backyard centers might carry this product or you are able to desire to look it up on line.

Answer 9

Take some rose bush cuttings and lay them in your planter and you will find that Cats do not like to walk or dig in there .

Answer 10

build a little white picket fence around them that will keep the cat out.