2007-04-02 03:32:39 · 29 answers · asked by SANDRA .D 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Just a thought and I don't know if this is true in your case. But maybe the cats are coming over to your yard due to something that is attracting them there, like mice. Maybe having the cats over there is a good thing as it is helping with a potential mouse problem....dunno
2007-04-02 03:35:34 · answer #1 · answered by Kerry 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
A great many Gardner's have their own ideas on how to stop cats coming into your/ their garden, you won't stop the cats coming in, but you can stop the cats damaging your plants. Simply place pieces of chicken mesh round the plants, if you don't have any you can use old rose clippings, as long as the thorns are still on them. I have 3 cats and in doing this i don't have to worry about the safety of my plants, and i do use pelleted chicken manure all over my garden.
Happy gardening.
Professional Gardner for 30 odd yrs.
2007-04-02 09:50:11 · answer #2 · answered by Big wullie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK, so we have the cat-haters and the cat-lovers responding in their own peculiar ways.
For heavens sake, if you don't want the kitties in your garden, don't put anything there that will attract them! That includes cat food on your porch and/or catmint/catnip planted in the garden or growing wild. Cats sometimes like to browse greens just like rabbits do. A chicken wire cover over new seedlings will keep the critters out without harming any of them. Try the water bottles or the orange peels or any of the cat repellent compounds you find at the pet store to keep them off your boundaries. All you need to do is discourage them...not harm them.
2007-04-02 03:45:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
We have lots of cats in our neighborhood that are not spayed or neutered. They used to roam all over our yard plus spray all around the house. I had heard that cats don't like mothballs for some reason so I put mothballs around the foundation of the house plus I hid some around the plants in my garden. It worked. While some cats do still pass through the yard they don't spray around the house or go into the garden. I do have to replace the mothballs every so often. It depends on how much rain we've had. But I swear by the mothballs.
2007-04-02 05:13:12 · answer #4 · answered by Garfield 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you go to any garden center they sell these pellets that repel animals from cats to dogs deers to coons Lowes and other hardware sell this stuff and put up a chicken wire fence
2007-04-02 03:58:26 · answer #5 · answered by MrMike 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard of using chicken wire or screen. Place it just under the surface of the soil and when a cat tries to dig to potty their claws get snagged on the wire so they won't use it as a litter box.
2007-04-02 03:45:07 · answer #6 · answered by Coop's Wife 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know what chicken pellets are and i hope they are safe to animals!!!! A effective way to deter cats from your garden is using citrus peel -oranges especially as they really dont like the smell, scatter around the soil and its biodegradable, failing that there is no harm squirting them with water. Please respect your fellow earthlings!
2007-04-02 03:37:25 · answer #7 · answered by bunnykinz 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In my special gardens, I use Cayenne Pepper to keep animals out of the garden. Also, used human hair (from Beauty Salons) to spread throughout a garden to keep the deer and groundhogs out. It worked!
2007-04-02 03:38:00 · answer #8 · answered by pfl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Smelling like lion poop and doing the same job in keeping away the cats? Jeyes fluid. I diluted it 50/50 and sprayed it around the boundary walls and fences. They got the message. Renew your spray every few days.
2007-04-02 03:46:27 · answer #9 · answered by bluebadger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, I Used Orange Peel, It Worked For Me
2007-04-02 03:48:26 · answer #10 · answered by youngone 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋