What plants repel cats??

Question

I have neighbors who will not work with me to keep their cats from peeing and pooping ALL OVER MY YARD. I am highly allergic and they do not seem to care. What plants can repel them best, and what can I do to remove their smell from my yard?

please help

Answer 1

You're neighbor casts a very dim light on all pet owners, It's stupied jerks like him that give the rest of us a bad name. Nevermind that by letting his animals roam free he is putting them at risk: not everyone is as patient and good natured as you. Some people forced to take the matter in their own hands - well, let's just say their methods may be less honorable than yours.

Plants That Are Cat Repellents

5. Some plants give off smells that cats dislike. One such plant, Coleus canina, goes by the common name, "scaredy cat plant." As the second term in the Latin name indicates (think "canine"), it is also effective if you have trouble landscaping with dogs. Other plants often recommended for keeping cats away from yards are:

1. rue,
2. lavender, which deer pests also dislike
3. pennyroyal

How to Keep Cats Out of Your Garden

Cat Poop and Gardens Don't Mix
Still "thinking like a cat" to figure out how to keep cats out of gardens, let's consider something else cats are fussy about: the texture of what they step on. After all, it's not for nothing we have the expression, "pussyfooting around." I already mentioned chicken wire in this context on Page 1.

How to Keep Cats Out of Your Garden: No "Pussyfooting Around"

7. Cats don't like to walk on bristly material. So in mulching the problem bed, include something on which the refined paws of cats will fear to tread, such as sharp-edged pine cones.

8. Another mulch-related idea is to use stone mulch. It may not be the most attractive mulch for your particular bed, but cats prefer to poop in loose dirt.
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Cats usually won't bother with an area mulched in stone. They'd rather be "pussyfooting around" where the digging's easier on their paws.

How to Keep Cats Out of Your Garden: Striking a Compromise

As in landscaping with dogs, sometimes the path of least resistance provides the best solution to your problem. Strike a compromise with your cat by planting a separate bed of catnip plants, in another part of the yard. Not all cats go nuts over catnip plants, but those who do may come to view their "catnip patch" as their own private sanctuary.

9.Better still, keep a sandbox just for cats in close proximity to the catnip plants. Chances are that the sandbox will serve as a magnet for cat poop. Sure, you'll have to clean up the cat poop afterwards. But at least you'll know where it is.

How to Keep Cats Out of Your Garden: Hi-Tech to the Rescue, Again

Hi-tech approaches to keeping cats out of gardens don't stop with the motion-activated sprinklers mentioned on Page 1. You can also keep cats out of gardens using ultrasound.

10. Ultrasound devices such as Cat Stop operate on a high frequency. It's inaudible to humans but unbearable for cats. Installation is easy. You simply situate the device so that it faces toward the garden. A motion sensor detects the intruder's presence, and Cat Stop then gives off its high-frequency sound, scaring off the cat.

Addendum 1: The Case for Cat Repellents: Why You Should Keep Cats Out of Gardens

The concern over how to keep cats out of gardens is readily understandable and has nothing to do with whether or not one likes cats. Nor does it matter that much whether the cats in question are your own or someone else's. After all, it stinks to be working away cheerfully in the garden, only to end up stepping in cat poop! But the need for cat repellents goes beyond mere inconvenience. Cat poop can harbor pathogens harmful to humans. Ultimately, this is an issue of proper sanitation in the yard.

"But," you may protest, "the manure of barnyard animals is often used by gardeners. How is cat poop different? And what if I compost it first?" Well, cat poop differs in one very important respect from, say, cow manure: the former is the product of a carnivore, not an herbivore. If your neighbor's cat is using your garden as a toilet, how do you know the cat's poop doesn't contain parasites passed on by its prey?

Answer 2

Cat Repellent Plants

Answer 3

Plants That Repel Cats

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Answer 5

Not in my garden! Actually if you want to get rid of the cats, you need either citrus oil (soaked in tea bags and place around the garden but once it rains you will have to re do it) or a product called Silent Roar. It is stones that are soaked in lion urine. The cats smell it and think that there's a bigger cat about and will therefore frighten them away. You do have to be careful with this product though, if they can smell human on the stones they realise that it's a trick and will therefore not stay away. This does work. My garden is a haven for cats and since using this product they don't come into the garden until I have to replace it. The only other thing is the length of your grass. If it's long, this will attract the cats as well so keep your grass short. KD

Answer 6

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

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

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.

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.

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What plants repel cats??
I have neighbors who will not work with me to keep their cats from peeing and pooping ALL OVER MY YARD. I am highly allergic and they do not seem to care. What plants can repel them best, and what can I do to remove their smell from my yard?

please help

Answer 8

there's a spray called cat be gone. i don't know if it works or not. personally i would start trapping the cats, if the weather is decent and warn your neighbors that if they don't do something that you're going to call animal control. if they still don't do anything, then trap the cats and call. another option at this point is to pick up the poo and deliver it to you neighbors. sick but it works. a bag full of cat poo might make them think twice. some plants are deadly to cats, and you don't want to harm the cats it's not their fault. cats are under the leash law the same as a dog. don't hesitate to call animal control.

Answer 9

I have the exact same problem, my next door neighbour has four cats and i'm allergic also, my brother recommended a plant called cat nip. apparently they wont come near it and if they do it gets them really high and they wont come back. As for getting rid of the smell i haven't come up with a remedy, you could also try a little paracetamol crushed up in a bowl of milk, the cat drinks it, gets mildly sick and doesn't want to come back. for me so far so good, good luck

Answer 10

They don't like marigolds. Many bugs will steer clear of gardens with lots of marigolds, too.

Answer 11

I would call a local plant nursury and ask them.