I moved into my house last summer but ahve neglected the garden ever since. I am looking to sort out the garden in time for Spring/Summer but my biggest problem is that my neighbour's cat uses my flower beds like a litter tray.
How can I stop/deter cats from using my garden? I have used powder (seemed to be like pepper) in the past and found it did not work.
2007-02-07 21:10:32 · 38 answers · asked by mizzame1 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
You need Cat Scat from Gardener's Supply (or something like it). They are these spikey pads that you place in your flower beds, and they really work! I have two cats and a agrden, so I know what I am talking about!
http://www.gardeners.com/Safe-Cat-Deterrent/default/31-954.prd
2007-02-08 01:30:10 · answer #1 · answered by sq 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You do realise that you are effectively at WAR.You will have to be ruthless and show no mercy.Lemon peel ,sprays, pepper ,water guns ,lemonade bottles full of water,cut outs of bigger cats ,mothballs,tried 'em all.Try covering your beds with the prunings of your prickly roses or thorns or stick pointy sticks in the ground.The cat will not lower its furry bum down on those to have a poo!(got that tip off a gardening program)Find out where its getting in.Bung up any holes .We bought a topper for the wall which had rubber points on it they hated that .I put up a pea net on sticks over where they came in that threw them.You can buy plants at the garden centre that they hate.A combination of this lot should get 'em on the run.The thorn carpet and a particularly high powered water gun were the best I found.Good luck in your campaign
2007-02-07 21:55:59 · answer #2 · answered by Xtine 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know whether you obtained the powder from a local greenhouse or farm and garden store, but I would suggest calling them if you haven't already. They may be able to suggest some products that would be completely humane, but keep the cats at bay. You may also try calling a local vet.
Having said that, I've always heard that spreading moth balls around wil keep animals away, but it may also keep humans away as well. Those really do stink!
Do check with the pros - they should have some solutions that will help you.
2007-02-08 00:23:31 · answer #3 · answered by CassandraM 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have a few things you could try
mis together 2 tbs of cayenne pepper, 3 tbs of powered chinese mustard, 4 tbs of all purpose flour in 2 quarts or warm tap water. allow to stand for 1 hour. strain and put into a sprayer. spray around your garden.
mix 2 oz of vinegar with water in a small sprayer and spray the area
place rubber toy snakes in and around the garden (might help with rabbits too)
fill plastic soda bottle 1/2 full of water and place around the garden
surround garden with chicken wire fencing
plant catnip far from the garden so they will go somewhere else
use an herb called rue, scatter the leaves around the garden or start growing the actual plant as a border
2007-02-08 01:51:35 · answer #4 · answered by g g 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Holly prunings, or any prickly plants cut up small and used as a mulch on the flower beds will be an effective deterent, but you may get pricked yourself! You could try zoo poo, but it is pricy. Also, Coleus canina is a cat deterant plant you could try.
Or go the other way, and gift your neighbours with nepeta or cat grass, both of which cats love!
2007-02-08 00:27:30 · answer #5 · answered by Bernice W 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Use a product called 'Liquid Fence' for cats and dogs. You can spray it around the border of your garden as well as directly on the plants. Great for rabbits, squirrels, etc. Also wont wash away in the rain. It reaks when being applied but after it is dry within an hour the smell goes away and we cannot smell it anymore.!
2007-02-08 05:57:02 · answer #6 · answered by lmoy3 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
B&Q does a good cat deterrant that you can even use on vegetable patches. You just have to remember to put more down after it rains. It's also quite stinky though.
I've also heard the best thing to stop cats pooping in your garden is to get a cat! As you've discovered, cats never poop in their own garden and will defend it from other cats!
My parents have a cat and their garden is always poop-free.
2007-02-08 00:09:38 · answer #7 · answered by neoprenemermaid 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to your local zoo and ask the lion or tiger keeper if you could kindly take home some big cat poo dig this into your flower beds and trust me those lil cats wont come near for fear of being attacked by a much bigger smelling cat. eaither that or get some stay off from your local garden centre. or hang old cds on a bit of string on sticks amongst your bedding plants it scares em. or get a big dog to scare em off or just put up with it?
2007-02-10 21:52:30 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are lots of gadgets and deterrants in garden centres. I used to have this problem and I had to check the garden every time the kids wanted to go out and play, but when we were in the process of moving I started to kindly return the poo to my neighbour every time I found some!
2007-02-07 21:15:35 · answer #9 · answered by georgeygirl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Short of buying yourself a Rotweiler, I would suggest that you decide that the cat is really not such an enemy. All it is doing is fertilising the garden for you - you will have to put in something that likes acidic soil though.
No seriously - plant shrubs or flowers that are pungent or rough in texture - the cat will avoid them.
Good luck!
2007-02-08 01:23:19 · answer #10 · answered by Gavin V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋