how do you keep cats off your garden?

Answer 1

shootgun you don't have to shoot them just the noise will keep them away. of course i live in the country,and i shoot in my back yard all the time. no cats.

Answer 2

Hello,
My hint contains no DEET. However, you will need to keep an eye on your kids even though it is pretty well disguised.
1.Take a selection of smallish containers (empty glass baby food containers are fantastic)
2.Fill them up with Cloudy Ammonia
3.Bury the containers up to the rim in your flower bed so the top of the container is level with the soil.
4.Make sure you spread these sporadically throughout your garden bed.
Cats and dogs absolutely loathe the scent of ammonia (smells like other animals urine) and will stay away. Try spacing them out a little bit at first, perhaps only where you find the animals have been. Only experimenting with this will you be able to judge how many you need, etc. It also depends on the animals sense and tolerance of smell. Also, just go around and refill the containers as they deplete. It's cheap and easy!
Good Luck,
Secily

Answer 3

I find the easiest and cheapest way to keep cats out of my garden is to buy some cheap coffee and sprinkle it around the garden, apparently they don't like the smell. Just replace it every now and then when it rains heavily. You could also try getting a friends dog to 'scent ' your garden but this is not very hygienic. There are also sonic sounding devises you can buy that deter cats and other animals.

Answer 4

in the absence of a shotgun, i bought a gizzmo called a 'scarecrow'. this gadget works by a pir sensing the presence of an object, cat, dog, fox, deer, nosy neighbour, stray kids,you..if you forget its on (got the t shirt) and sends out an oscillating jet of water while making a tack-tack-tack noise. there is a web site for the product (american) with a video to download showing it working. it is particularly effective if you move it around the garden.i'm sure you've seen those big water jets farmers use..its like that but smaller. you have to have an outside tap that you can leave on all the time, so its limited to non frosty weather. i've found it to be very effective against cats, not so against fox's..they are clever little buggers. i have to move it every other day or they just walk around the sensor zone..its funny when it gets a cat tho. our neighbours moggy still jumps in the air , spins round and shoots off even after 2 years!!! i think the website gives local distributors. the main drawback is the price....£70. and that was 2 years ago!! worth every penny tho.

Answer 5

You can get device which emits an ultrasonic bleep whenever it detects a warm animal within range of its PIR detector. They cost about £30 and work extremely well.

It's called an STV610 Cat Repeller.
call STV International Ltd 01953 881580 for details and your nearest stockist.

I'm nothing to with the company, I just like the product. It works a treat and no messy stuff involved. Just a couple of PP3 batteries.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

They dislike unusual smells, such as mothballs, which I crush up.

Clear and clean away their toileting mess, from their 'post'. Borrow a dog and get it to leave its scent around Add some new high strength smell stuff after too.

Put cuts of thorny twigs where they like to go to the toilet as well.

There are some commercial products designed to deter them by either scent or sounds, that we cannot hear. I've used the smell-based deterrents and they've worked. Also, they last longer in good dry weather, as rain can destroy them.

Good luck! Rob

Answer 8

Get another cat (a lion for example)

Answer 9

Try soaking used tea-bags in an Essential Oil, like Lavender for instance, and leave them under shrubs or places where they use.

Answer 10

Fill bottles of water and place the on their side, around the garden.....I laughed when someone told me this but it really works...try it.