whats a good cheap way from stoping cats comeing into my garden?

Answer 1

Hi Brett...Common odours that are effective deterrents for cats are:

Citronella works best for cats as well as citrus scents such as orange or lemon (primarily towards cats), cayenne pepper, coffee grounds, pipe tobacco, lavender oil, lemon grass oil, citronella oil, peppermint oil, eucalyptus oil, and mustard oil.

"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. Test each substance and observe to see which works as a deterrent so that accidental injestion does not occur as some could then be fatal.

Coleus plants can be effective, but every cat responds differently so it is uncertain without experimenting.

Many people believe mothballs work, however they are considered toxic. Here's more information on this:
http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/ope/enotes/showarticle.cfm?id=89
MOTHBALLS are toxic to cats which contains the ingredient Naphthalene. Mothballs are approximately twice as toxic as paradichlorobenzene, and cats are especially sensitive to naphthalene. Signs of ingestion of naphthalene mothballs include emesis, weakness, lethargy, brown-colored mucous membranes and collapses. Paradichlorobenzene mothballs may cause GI upset, ataxia, disorientation, and depression. Elevations in liver serum biochemical values may occur within 72 hours of indigestion.

Answer 2

You could try hanging CD's from low level shrubs/plants/trees etc
as the CD catches the light it will fool the cats into thinking there is something there moving ~ Looks pretty too!

Or the same principle (but not so attractive) is 2lt bottles of coke/lemonade filled with water and the labels removed, placed in the flower beds

These do work ~ and they are relatively cheap

Good Luck!

Answer 3

I have been told two things in the past on how to keep cats from the garden. One is to plant marigolds ( flowers not gloves) and the other is to get lions droppings from local safari park.

Answer 4

You'll never eliminate them completely - we had the same problem and a friend suggested we try orange peel - cats hate it apparently. We left some peel next to the spot where the cat was getting in and it worked.
Cats are wily creatures though - and will find a way!

Answer 5

CatStopTM Automatic Outdoor Cat Deterrent

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Answer 6

Lemon juice. Cats hate citrus smell.

Answer 7

Cats dislike the smell of citronella

Answer 8

I hear that a good way to keep cats out of gardens and shrubs is to sprinkle black pepper.

Answer 9

Get a cat.

Ok you prob dont want a cat. you can get little model cats that are supposed to scare cats away you could try it or get a dog

Answer 10

Chicken wire make it about 5 inchs into the dirt and 5 feet high and make a little fence