How do you stop cats from pooing in your garden?

Answer 1

Hi Heather...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 and should NOT be used. 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

Supaspurs is right...They can't stand citrus smells.

If you know where they are coming into the garden..ie. through a gap in the fence, you can get a piece of string and thread orange, lime or lemon peel onto it. String this along the fence at just above ground level..like a little Christmas decoration.

Or place the peel on the ground where they are pooping.

equally, that "orange clean" bunch do an Orange Oil wood cleaner. I had a tom cat spray his watsit on my front door....honked to the high Heaven's... This oil, sprayed over the lower half of the door worked a treat.

Cats are very territorial and usually have a path they use through gardens where they spray or pee. You have to repeat whatever process you use every few days as the scent fades. If you do it for long enough, (Usually for about 2 weeks) they start to miss out the spot in your garden on their path

Answer 3

You have some good answers here.

Once a cat or dog has urinated or defecated somewhere it's hard to get them to stop unless you totally eliminate the smell (pet stores have chemicals for this purpose), and then set out something to prevent further incidents.

Cats do not like citrus or ammonia.

If you live near a zoo, go and ask for some lion poop. Scatter it around your garden. (I'm serious about that - it's not a joke.)

There are also commercial products to prevent animals from using your garden as a toilet. "Get Out Of My Garden" is one.

A more permanent solution is to lay chicken wire just below the surface of your soil. Cats will go to scratch and catch their paws on the chicken wire which they do not like.

Answer 4

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How do you stop cats from pooing in your garden?

Answer 5

Get a Dog that,ll stop the cats from coming in the garden.

Answer 6

As long as they cover it up, whats the problem? Aside from getting a dog or fencing the area, there's not much you can do except don't provide a lot of sandy or loose soil- you might try creating a sandy area away from your garden and i imagine the cat will go there instead

Answer 7

It's almost impossible so it's easiest to come to terms with it but they will only poo in loose soil they can dig in as a rule so make sure your whole garden is planted up with no bare patches of earth and they won't have anywhere to poo.

Answer 8

You can try putting coffee grounds or egg shells in the dirt around the edge of your garden. There are motion-sensor devices which spray water whenever they sense motion, which cats generally do not like very much. You can also try planting a border of marigolds around your garden, which will also help keep away some pests of the insect variety. Hope this helps. :-)

Answer 9

This may sound daft but lion poo works. The cats sniff that and think 'My God.....I'm not hanging round here !!!!!! ' . You can buy pellets from large reputable garden centres which contact lion poo just for this purpose !!! It's funny but true !

Answer 10

I find that chopping up Hot red chilli's and sprinkling them and thier seeds around the borders really does work.. Just mind you dont rub your eye's after chopping... If not there is a product on the market called Cat Pepper.. similar sort of thing.. less painful to cat's bottoms.. but not such a strong deterant..