how do i stop cats crapping in my garden?

Answer 1

Make another small garden (far from your vegetable garden) and plant catnip. That'll keep 'em busy.

Another, more hi-tech answer would be to have sensors installed that trigger your irrigation to start spraying.

A low-tech answer is to buy one of those cheap Halloween bowls with the witches hand, fill it with catnip and watch the cats freak out when the hand goes up and down while the recording says, "Come here, deary..."

Answer 2

Here are a few suggestions:

Cover exposed ground with rough surfaced rocks.

Take branches from a thorny plant, like a Rose of Sharon tree, and lay them on the ground in a lattice-type pattern, then plant flowers and seeds in the openings. Regular lattice type fencing used in this way will also discourage digging.

5. Make an Outdoor Litterbox
A sandbox will tend to be an attractive place for cats to do their thing. Take a very large Rubbermaid plastic container and fill it with regular "kiddie sand box" sand. If you can, put a couple of pieces of the cats' poop in it to attract them. The cats will enjoy digging in the fine sand and will shift to using it. Scoop occasionally and once a month or so, dump and replace the sand.

Another method is described by Audrey Boag of the Rocky Mountain Alley Cat Alliance: "For caretakers in the right circumstances, cats love a pile of peat moss (4 feet square, 8 inches deep) in a corner of the yard, replaced once a month or so. It's very cheap, easy to handle and dispose of, keeps the smell down, and is far more attractive than the neighbor's garden.

Hope this helps. Gardening is not so fun when you find unwanted items in it.

Answer 3

Used coffee grounds spread around on the soil where they crap. I am a general maintenance gardener and have passed this tip onto many of my customers coz cat crap is horrid to come across when I'm weeding. Because it is bitter the cats don't like licking it off their paws afterwards and don;t come back. It won't harm the soil and it's better than trying to flush them down the sink (the grounds, not the cats).
It also has the added benefit of deterring slugs and snails.

Answer 4

Cayenne pepper - when they start sniffing around for a place to use, they'll avoid your garden.

By the way, is it a vegetable garden? If it is, some of your plants may absorb the cayenne so use it in the areas that they are frequently pooping in only.

Good luck.

Answer 5

I love cats, but my neighbor's cat kepy crapping in my yard, even after asked them nicely to watch their cat. They didn't, so I put on 2 pairs of latex gloves, and threw 3 days of cat poop pver my fence into their yard. It never happened again. But of you don't know whose cat is doing it, I myself, would try to construct barriers to keep them out of my yard if possible. Keep your efforts humane...an animal is an animal and they don't do things to purposely upset people.

Answer 6

Try laying pieces of chicken wire between your plants, you can push it into the soil so you do not see it, but the cats can not scratch with it there.

Answer 7

Spread cayenne pepper around the perimeter.

Answer 8

moth balls,,,,,seen it on a garden show, also a spray bottle of straight amonnia and with this a spray around planters ,,patios,, patio furniture etc..its the smell of amonnia in the moth balls that keeps them away....

Answer 9

put a litter box right in front or next to your garden...or get a dog

Answer 10

try sticks about the size of chop sticks stuck around where they like to go,I also find watering well the entire area keeps them away