how to i stop my own cats pooping in my garden?

Question

my cat keeps going to the loo in my borders and flower beds. weve only lived in house for 2 months, lived in a flat before then with no garden, thought cats were meant to go in other gardens but not your own!! any ideas how to stop them, obviously cant use cat repellent or they wont be able to go out in our garden

Answer 1

put a litter box out there over the spot...? they do make sprays to keep cats out of areas, but i have no idea whether these products work.... you can check at the larger pet stores

Answer 2

The Doody probably won't hurt your garden, in fact it may help. The urine is another story. the acid in the urine could brown the leaves if she is peeing right on them. Is she giving you the finger as she is defecating in your garden? Because cats sometimes do that.

You may want to try some of that cat repellent. You can get some that is non toxic and is made with something like crab apples that isn't harmful, but is unpleasant for them to smell. The problem with that is it will most likely wash away when it rains and be hard to maintain. But you can try to spray it around the outside perimeter of your garden and see if that helps.

Good luck. Bad Kitty!!!

Answer 3

You could use the "poop" for fertilizer. That way it gets recycled and your vegs. will grow bigger and better. When we had our dog, we dug a place in the yard for disposal, before we knew our tenant planted her tomatoes in that very spot. She planted her tomatoes before we had a chance to tell her this. When it was time to gather up her tomatoes, she commented on how her tomatoes were the biggest she had ever planted and was happy with the results. That's when we told her the reason for her good crop of tomatoes. She didn't have a problem and was happy with her tomatoes. Of course you can have a talk with you neighbor to tell them you don't want their cat in your yard any more. You have the right to do this. As far as I'm concerned, their cat should be in the house and not outside. These are things that happen when people let their cats outside. They obviously have no idea what there cat is doing. How could they! They don't know what their cat is doing while outside. You could always "sell" the fertilizer back to them. I am serious about having a talk with your neighbor. We also have a cat who is an indoor, perfectly happy animal. I'm also serious about the tomato plants. That really did happen. Good Luck

Answer 4

You can go to a garden center and get various preparations that will not harm your cats or your garden. Some of the most effective are made from (not kidding!) wolf urine, and the cats will NOT like this and stop digging around in the beds.
You might have to reapply it after it rains, check the directions.
If you want a home remedy, i've had pretty good luck with putting a little garlic powder (can be toxic to cats, so don't use if you think they might ignore it and lick their paws after), tea tree oil, and hot pepper in a squirt bottle and dilute with water. Ugh, smells bad, but washes off plants and cats hate it. They also don't like citrus oils. Again, you have to reapply it after rain. This stopped the local strays from crapping in my peas!

Answer 5

It isn't really fair to expect your cats to use other people's gardens as their toilet. There are often questions posted here by non cat owners who are upset because neighbours cats are digging up their gardens, and they do have a point. Thankfully most of those people are looking for humane ways to deter cats, but there are some people who are not so kind.

I've always provided mine with a litter tray whether they had access to a garden or not. It makes sense to me because I think it's safer for cats to be indoors overnight and if the weather is bad, they're not always keen to go outside.

If you don't want to use a litter tray, then try designating one area of the garden that they can use as their toilet. Keeping the soil loose and easy for them to dig will encourage them to use that area.

Answer 6

Put a 12-20 oz. bottle of water (with the label removed) in your garden. I don't know why it keeps cats away, but it does! We keep them near our porch to keep the strays away. Good luck!

Answer 7

Keep them in the house - this is normal behavior. Maybe they will fertilize your garden... I don't mind my cats in my garden.

Otherwise mulch the garden with gravel over weed cloth - they won't go in rocks.

Answer 8

There is really no way to stop them unless you keep them inside and have a litter box. They are using their "territory"

Why is is better to go in others gardens but not your own?

Answer 9

"Moth balls along the front and back of the bed about 3 feet apart. The ammonia smell deters them and is harmless to most everything living in the bed."

Answer 10

Mix some hot peppers with water in your blender.
Spray this mixture anywhere you don't want cats
or dogs to go. Works great.