How Do You Discourage Cats From Your Property?

Question

We have new neighbours..and a cat which we dont want in our garden leaving its poo everywhere, what can we do to discourage the cat? Every reply will be valuable.

Answer 1

large cat hating dogs always work.

Answer 2

Gardens : How to discourage Unwanted Cats

It is possible to prevent cats soiling your garden without harming them but it does take a little effort. Here are some suggestions :

· Water the flower beds last thing at night. Cats dislike wet soil.

· Surround your garden pond with boggy, marshy ground to discourage fishing. Consider covering the pond with netting.

· Twig-like sticks pushed into the soil where new plants have been sown may discourage cats.

· Cover your flower beds with netting or chicken wire and the plants will grow through it. Cover your compost heap as well.

· Prickly plants, ground-cover roses, shrubs and the plant Rue (Ruta Graveoleus, sold generally as the variety Jackmans Blue), which has a blue foliage, will help deter cats from digging.

· Old tea bags or broken egg shells scattered around the flower beds may deter cats.

· Diluted surgical spirit sprayed onto fences, etc. Seems to keep unwanted cats away.

· Orange and citrus smells. Oil of peppermint and eucalyptus can be very effective in keeping a flower bed or vegetable patch cat-free.

· Cut out some photos of cats’ faces from dried cat food boxes, cover with clingfilm to protect them from the weather and fix to a length of cane. Placed strategically around the garden, the photos should act as an unharmful deterrent.

· The ultimate deterrent is to have a cat of your own. He will defend his own territory and other cats will be wary of entering your garden.

· Before jumping to conclusions, make sure it is a cat at fault. Hedgehog faeces are often found on lawns; dog droppings are smooth, whereas a cat’s are segmented.



Taken from the Cats Protection League Care Guide : Cats

Answer 3

Go to your nearest Garden Centre, there is a plant called "Scardy Cat" It's from the Coleus family. It has a lemon scent to it, you put it among your bedding plants, or container, cats hate the smell of it. It was featured on QVC Shopping Channel 2 years ago. I purchased half a dozen of them, put them in the garden and have had little or no bother with cats ever since.
The plant can also be over wintered indoors or greenhouse, to grow on and use next season.

Answer 4

Hi Garet...Common odours that are effective deterrents for cats and dogs are:

citrus (primarily towards cats), cayenne pepper, coffee grounds, pipe tobacco, lavender oil, lemon grass oil, citronella oil, peppermint oil, eucalyptus oil, and mustard oil. Citronella tends to work best and can be found at any local hardware store.

"Havahart's Cat Repellent" uses capsaicin pepper and oil of mustard as its active ingredients. It repels by both taste and odor, has a lemon scent.

Every animal responds differently to each of these. Some will not be phased by them and others will be quite revolting.

For training purposes they are applied on items that are to encourage avoidance behaviours and not for use with a squirt bottle as they could harm the eyes or respiratory system.

Answer 5

A bebe gun???? No well there are products that have certain smells that you spray along your fence and the garden that will keep them out to a point and it might get expensive buying all the product I personally would talk to the neighbors and if nothing is done put chicken wire along your fence and call animal control if he gets in :)

Answer 6

Go to the garden centre, there are some pellets you can get with a lemony scent, that you sprinkle onto the borders, dosent harm any other pets, but the smell keeps them away, i used to use them for keeping my own cat off the borders

Answer 7

i have this problem as i have a cat and a dog. the cat poos and then the dog likes to eat it........ grosse.I've used cat repellant from the pet shop it works for a bit but when it rains the smell wears off.I've tried orange peel that didn't really work. try puttin pepper down and chopped garlic.it's worked for mine at the mo

Answer 8

You can buy an electronic device which has a high-pitched frequency which humans can't hear and cats hate. I think they're battery operated so you just 'plant' it in your garden and they should keep the cat away.

Answer 9

cats are very teritorial animals, and they are leaving their poo in your garden to mark it as their territory.

to descourage them, treat your plants to some strong smelling manure. ive heard that lion manure is best for discouraging domesticated cats, but it is rather hard to come by.

Answer 10

Use a cat deterrent spray in selected areas...it's not harmful to the animal, but it will keep away from the area that has been treated.

Answer 11

Place the nice little p u s s y in a plastic bag and drown it, No more p u s s y, no more poo.