My neighbour has 5 cats which like to dig and cr*p in my newly planted garden. Has anyone found a deterrent which actually works?
Deterring cats from cr*pping in your garden.
I got two oranges and split them up amongst my flower pots along with the peel, wanne chunks half buried and under the leaves and the cats havnt shit in them once since 
It was an almost weekly basis before.
It was an almost weekly basis before.
Breaking their legs usually does the trick... 
no, seriously, Citrus is supposed to be good to deter them, get a cheap bag of lemons/limes/oranges & chop 'em up, throw them around the place
no, seriously, Citrus is supposed to be good to deter them, get a cheap bag of lemons/limes/oranges & chop 'em up, throw them around the place
Originally Posted by mrsgrumpy49:
“My neighbour has 5 cats which like to dig and cr*p in my newly planted garden. Has anyone found a deterrent which actually works?”
“My neighbour has 5 cats which like to dig and cr*p in my newly planted garden. Has anyone found a deterrent which actually works?”
Now that's where you went wrong........cats just love newly turned over earth
No seriously, 5 cats visiting is not funny, but as others have said they don't like citrus
Originally Posted by mrsgrumpy49:
“My neighbour has 5 cats which like to dig and cr*p in my newly planted garden. Has anyone found a deterrent which actually works?”
“My neighbour has 5 cats which like to dig and cr*p in my newly planted garden. Has anyone found a deterrent which actually works?”
Shredded bark or gravel. My nieghbours cats hate it as they don't like the splinters of wood or feeling of gravel between their paws.
Plus with shredded bark there is the added bonus as it rots it feeds the plants and helps supress weeds.
Originally Posted by mrsgrumpy49:
“My neighbour has 5 cats which like to dig and cr*p in my newly planted garden. Has anyone found a deterrent which actually works?”
“My neighbour has 5 cats which like to dig and cr*p in my newly planted garden. Has anyone found a deterrent which actually works?”
If your neighbour bothered to bring them up properly, they would not behave this way.
My Impossible Princess would always go in one spot. She must have fertilised the ground well as my pinks grow well there and are a lovely reminder of a friendly well brought up pussy cat.
They are creatures of habit and once they've identified a spot they'll go back unless deterred. It's simply instinctive behaviour but they can be deterred with the right approach. I wanted my two to use their own garden but they would insist on going elsewhere I never knew, but now they use the litter tray indoors which suggests someone's found a good deterrent. They are unharmed though so I have no problem with that.
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Originally Posted by ste1969:
“size 8 up their rear end”
“size 8 up their rear end”
I'm more than happy to put my size 5s or my hubby's size 11s up the rear end of drunken louts thinking they can p*** on my driveway....unlike cats they ought to know better. Most people on here willing to discuss humane solutions, once again I have no problem with that.
Originally Posted by stud u like:
“If your neighbour bothered to bring them up properly, they would not behave this way.
My Impossible Princess would always go in one spot. She must have fertilised the ground well as my pinks grow well there and are a lovely reminder of a friendly well brought up pussy cat.”
“If your neighbour bothered to bring them up properly, they would not behave this way.
My Impossible Princess would always go in one spot. She must have fertilised the ground well as my pinks grow well there and are a lovely reminder of a friendly well brought up pussy cat.”
from reading this statement I don't believe you actually know what a cat is.
Cat crap is not in anyway shape or form "good for the flowers" its about as toxic as it gets in terms of crap.
The best thing the OP can do is use something liek a gravel top dressing or try the citrus thing.
In my experience, bark chippings are ok until they start to rot down and then the cats love the stuff. I top dressed my herb planter with slate chippings for this very reason and its the only thing that has worked.
We have three cats, my neighbour on one side has five and on the other four - so we've given up and just move the poo every time we take the dogs out the front. Funnily they don't poo or pee in the back, might be something to do with the smell of dog pee I guess.
The trouble with gravel is that if the cat uses a litter tray at home then the gravel may be so much like their litter that they think the garden is giant litter tray!
Cat poo doesn't seem to bother the plants in my garden. It's cat wee that kills them off.
Originally Posted by surfie:
“Shredded bark or gravel.”
“Shredded bark or gravel.”
The trouble with gravel is that if the cat uses a litter tray at home then the gravel may be so much like their litter that they think the garden is giant litter tray!
Originally Posted by Justabloke:
“Cat crap is not in anyway shape or form "good for the flowers" its about as toxic as it gets in terms of crap.”
“Cat crap is not in anyway shape or form "good for the flowers" its about as toxic as it gets in terms of crap.”
Cat poo doesn't seem to bother the plants in my garden. It's cat wee that kills them off.
Originally Posted by Sandgrownun:
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Cat poo doesn't seem to bother the plants in my garden. It's cat wee that kills them off.”
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Cat poo doesn't seem to bother the plants in my garden. It's cat wee that kills them off.”
My Tabitha died last spring and last summer one of my rose plants bloomed for the first time in years because that had been Tabitha's habitual wee toileting spot. I think she probably prevented quite a few plants from growing and she was also a meticulous 'digger' so I could never plant bulbs - they invariably got dug up.
My Bernard wees on my lawn which results in dead patches of grass. Cat wee seems toxic but I don't think the poo does any real harm except look a bit unsightly when you see it.
I love my garden but I love the cats more and I prefer them to toilet outside so I don't have to come home to a smelly house. I can understand why gardeners may get a bit annoyed with cats, particularly if they don't have cats themselves.
Get a man to pee round your garden. if you cant get one then get a freind to get their husband, father, brother to pee in a bucket or something then put it round your garden where the cats go.
Has to be a man though not a boy.
Has to be a man though not a boy.
Originally Posted by surfie:
“Shredded bark or gravel. My nieghbours cats hate it as they don't like the splinters of wood or feeling of gravel between their paws.
Plus with shredded bark there is the added bonus as it rots it feeds the plants and helps supress weeds.”
“Shredded bark or gravel. My nieghbours cats hate it as they don't like the splinters of wood or feeling of gravel between their paws.
Plus with shredded bark there is the added bonus as it rots it feeds the plants and helps supress weeds.”
Our neighbours cats( they have about 10) love gravel and our front garden which is mostly gravel is just one massive litter tray, I gave up in the end picking it up, hopefully the filthy things will be getting it in their paws and take it back into their house.
They dont just use the gravel, they have pooped on our doorstep mat, on the grass, on top of plants, and even in our garden chairs.
Originally Posted by 2shy2007:
“Our neighbours cats( they have about 10) love gravel and our front garden which is mostly gravel is just one massive litter tray, I gave up in the end picking it up, hopefully the filthy things will be getting it in their paws and take it back into their house.
They dont just use the gravel, they have pooped on our doorstep mat, on the grass, on top of plants, and even in our garden chairs.”
“Our neighbours cats( they have about 10) love gravel and our front garden which is mostly gravel is just one massive litter tray, I gave up in the end picking it up, hopefully the filthy things will be getting it in their paws and take it back into their house.
They dont just use the gravel, they have pooped on our doorstep mat, on the grass, on top of plants, and even in our garden chairs.”
It depends on the type of gravel used. If using gravel worn smooth then the cats are still liable to ue it as a litter tray but they don't like course gravel with large piece, stone chippings or even chipped slate. It has detered my neighbours cats along with the bark chippings from using my garden as thier toilet.
The other thin rumoured to work is placing a few toy snakes around the garden as cats apparently hate snakes.
I don't notice a problem with the neighbours cats pooing in our garden.
They may do but I haven't found/seen any evidence.
I have a problem with my own cat pooing in the garden.
The Beast will watch me digging and weeding the borders ready for planting flowers and then walk up, kick a hole in the soil and look me right in the eye as he does an epic dump.
Git.
They may do but I haven't found/seen any evidence.
I have a problem with my own cat pooing in the garden.
The Beast will watch me digging and weeding the borders ready for planting flowers and then walk up, kick a hole in the soil and look me right in the eye as he does an epic dump.
Git.
Originally Posted by 2shy2007:
“Our neighbours cats( they have about 10) love gravel and our front garden which is mostly gravel is just one massive litter tray, I gave up in the end picking it up, hopefully the filthy things will be getting it in their paws and take it back into their house.
They dont just use the gravel, they have pooped on our doorstep mat, on the grass, on top of plants, and even in our garden chairs.”
“Our neighbours cats( they have about 10) love gravel and our front garden which is mostly gravel is just one massive litter tray, I gave up in the end picking it up, hopefully the filthy things will be getting it in their paws and take it back into their house.
They dont just use the gravel, they have pooped on our doorstep mat, on the grass, on top of plants, and even in our garden chairs.”
My cat <s> go barmy if they can`t cover up their poo with soil or cat litter ..... in fact Olli <bless him> used to really get worked up if there wasn`t enough cat litter in his tray
I started a thread the other day about cats pooing in my porch and now it's gone. I wish the dratted cats would disappear that quickly!
Put citrus around the plants, bark shavings or the innards from tea bags.
It's also worthwhile 'making friends' with the cats, they rarely poo in gardens of their friends as they consider it their territory. Doesn't always work, but my vet recommends it as it is normally successful.
It's also worthwhile 'making friends' with the cats, they rarely poo in gardens of their friends as they consider it their territory. Doesn't always work, but my vet recommends it as it is normally successful.
Originally Posted by .Lauren.:
“Put citrus around the plants, bark shavings or the innards from tea bags.
It's also worthwhile 'making friends' with the cats, they rarely poo in gardens of their friends as they consider it their territory. Doesn't always work, but my vet recommends it as it is normally successful.”
“Put citrus around the plants, bark shavings or the innards from tea bags.
It's also worthwhile 'making friends' with the cats, they rarely poo in gardens of their friends as they consider it their territory. Doesn't always work, but my vet recommends it as it is normally successful.”
Cats don't toilet in the gardens of their 'cat friends' - I don't think they consider the sensitivities of their human friends. My 3 cats toilet in my garden and probably elsewhere too but I rarely see any of the neighbouring cats toilet here - except, occasionally, one who just sprays - despite their regular visits here. I've spent this morning doing some gardening (first chance I've had in weeks with the rain) and I've found lots of cat poo in various spots (well I do have 3 cats). I must admit I wouldn't like to find it if I didn't have cats so I can understand gardeners wanting to deter cats from their gardens.
My garden is still looking nice despite my cats habits
