how can i stop cats crapping in garden ?

Question

i have just finished garden, half is turfed and i have put wood bark down on the other half for daughter, nieces+nephews and friends kids to play on, but all the local cats keep crapping in the bark. without shooting them, what is the best way of stopping them ?

Answer 1

as a cat owner I cant condone the fact that ppl are saying shoot cats - these are ppls possesions and mean a hell of a lot to the owners. Ppl dont shoot dogs do they coz they crap on verges? They dont know any different its just what they do.

I do understand where you're coming from and that you dont want them doing what they do in your garden. There are many humane and successful ways that you can stop them. There are many products available that work - available in places like B&Q and DIY stores - normally consisting of a spray or things that can be put down in the garden. Also betterware do strips with plastic spikes on that deter cats - although not sure how effective these are.

Its a well known fact that cats hate citrus smells - especially orange so you could place orange peel down this is an enviromentally safe idea too. Im sure that if you put something in google it will also supply a lot of answers.

Please dont ever harm a cat, its only doing what it does and doesnt know any different, and they are beloved pets to someone. :o)

Hope you're successful. xxx

Answer 2

To begin with - this is truly not a joke! But I have it on good authority that lion poo placed at strategic places will scare cats off.

Now that depends, of course, on where you live. I'm lucky enough to live in a seaside resort with a zoo (though I've never asked them for lion poo!) If you live 50 miles from the nearest one then that's obviously a non starter.

My daughter keeps a spray bottle of water (or a water pistol would do), to discourage unwanted feline visitors.

My mind has been exploring the possibilities of rigging up some kind of alarm that barks like a dog - but I'm sure I don't know how you'd do it. Good luck anyway - that's not a nice problem when there are children about!

Answer 3

Is it a neighbours cat or are there several using your garden? You can buy anti cat deterrents that run on batteries, which gives the offending cat a very small electric shock.

Also, although this may sound ridiculous, if you could get hold of some lion dung and place some in your garden, cats wont come anywhere near it. Have you a local zoo maybe?

Answer 4

I have several cats who are good enough to go to the loo in my neighbour's gardens. I have found, through experience, that cats do not like dogs. One of my neighbours has recently acquired a dog and he informs me that my cats no longer use his garden as a lavatory. However, his dog does and it craps on a much larger scale than all of my cats put together. It is a prodigous dumper for a small dog.

My cats are discerning and do not like the smell of dogs or their waste matter. They therefore take their business elsewhere. However, in place of a dumping dog, you could try the following.

1. feed your neighbours cats. If they like you, they will go to the loo elsewhere and leave your garden alone. They wil see your garden as an oasis and will keep it clean. They may even try to move in with you. Your neighbour will be alarmed at that prospect and deter the cats from visiting you.

2. buy a male cat of a large breed and it will surely try to fight your neighbour's cats. It may well try to mate with them as well but this dependends on their gender.

3. buy a small dog that does little dumps.

4. Replace the bark with large pebbles and move the children's playarea to the turfed area.

5. Obtain a dog barking sensor. Everytime a cat comes in, the sensor emits a barking sound. This will drive you mad initially but may work.

Answer 5

Get a few empty 2 litre bottles of cola or any other kinda juice.... peel off labels and fill with water. Place these around affected area or anywhere in garden. When a cat comes near these its eyes reflect on the bottle of water causing the cat to frighten itself and run off before getting the chance to do the deed!!

Answer 6

I haven't tried this myself, but in B&Q the other day I saw a gadget that squirts water whenever it detects movement. This might train them to use somewhere else for a lavatory.

Also the RSPB sell an ultrasound device which uses high-pitched sound instead of water. If anyone should know how to get rid of cats, it's the RSPB.

Answer 7

There are several things you can do, put up a chicken wire fence, uses a low power electric fence, or use ammonia around the garden, I have cats, and lived in the country where had everything from deer to raccoons, to deal with. you might need to use a combo of things

Answer 8

Oh I love this one, bane of my life years ago. Just get lots of short bamboo. any sticks will do. four inches apart. cats cannot get in to poo. they do not look too good, but stops the cats, and the cats soon learn, they cannot go there, so after a few thousand years......well weeks,, some do not leave their calling card. i just love the thought of a cat settling down to do a nice jobby and getting a stick right up its jacksie. cruel person that i am. if all this fails shoot em... shal we report abuse.....good luck

Answer 9

Nowt worse than a cat crappin on the green stuff,shootin is probably a bit extreme but sure to work.I myself take great pleasure in sitting at the window with a catapault and a bag of moth balls(dead eye dick from a distance),Take aim and as they squatt PING straight in the japs eye,you should see them run,great fun to.
Other than that get a dog..but then you gotta get a bigger catapault for the dog coz he's gonna be the next to crap out there..

Answer 10

My girlfriends boss had the same problem. Through a friend of a friend he got lion poo from the zoo. The cats smelled it and wouldn't go near for months.