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[Guest]

cats are a real pain aren't they! No idea if it works but if you have a local zoo or safari park, ask for some lion or tiger poo and scatter it about. Allegedly that deters them as they don't want to be eaten by a bigger cat!

 

We tried one of those scarecrow water things and it was rubbish and the birds kept setting it off which defeated the object of the exercise. Eventually my gardener broke it by ramming it back into the ground, it broke! They're not very sturdy and it cost us £80

 

water in clear bottles or mirrors is meant to deter them as they don't like their reflection, they think it's another cat. Again, I haven't tried this either.

[Egluntyne]

You can buy granulated lion poo at the garden centre too, or online. **Silent Roar**

[Paola]

You can buy granulated lion poo at the garden centre too, or online. **Silent Roar**

 

That is what I was going to suggest

[Janty]

What about a ca"Ooops, word censored!"ch? I don't have any experience of them but hopefully they work as I have just ordered a foxwatch from the same company.

[Shirl]

Fox watch is supposed to work on dogs and mine just ignore it . FIL has bottles of water around his garden to keep the cats off and has done for years so I assume it works. It does look a bit odd though. I think it works because there's no space in the border for the cats to poo, what with all the bottles

[MedusA]

I have a Ca"Ooops, word censored!"ch and it did seem to work to begin with, but I think the local cats have either got used to it or are deaf (some cats are) as we are getting the same problems as you. There are loads of cats around here and although I would never harm any creature, it really bugs me the way people allow their cats to soil other people's gardens. Maybe I should "allow" my bunny or the chooks to go and poo on their patios.....or is that going a bit too far?

 

I have thought about trying the lion poo stuff. Anybody know if it works?

[Guest]

...I would never harm any creature, it really bugs me the way people allow their cats to soil other people's gardens.

 

You can't let dogs roam around willy nilly but then again, you can't exactly exercise a cat by taking it for a walk on a lead (although I believe some people do with siamese cats!).

 

The human race is to blame I s'pose as we domesticated the animal in the first place. It's a tricky subject and I s'pose we just have to try and deter them as best we can.

 

I grew up with always having a cat around in our house but I'm allergic to them and I'm more of a bird person anyway so we've always had birds, DH and I.

 

I love wild birds too and try to make the garden as safe for them as possible but we came home to a pile of blackbird feathers the other day which upset me.

 

Ruddy cats

[Guest]

.....or are deaf (some cats are)

 

usually the white ones with blue eyes for some reason. We had a white cat called Bert. Mum and dad got her from a farmer whose cat had had kittens and she was lovely. They thought she was a boy at first so called her Bert but then found out she was a girl so changed it to Roberta but always called her Bert or Berty

 

I'm very ambivalent towards cats because I grew up with them but I hate what they do to wild birds.

[Trish]

try citrus peelings scattered on the flower bed, cats don't like citrus smells. It does need replacing frequently though. Grapefruit halves also seem to attract slugs so kill two birds with one stone.

 

Whilst I totally sympathise with the problem of cats pooing in flowerbeds etc it's not really the owners " allowing their cats to soil " everywhere, it's not possible to make a cat poo at home so to speak, I'd be much happier if mine would use the litter tray I always provide and unlike dog owners we can't follow them around to pick after them. The only way to prevent it would be to ban cat ownership and I think that's going a bit too far

[Tessa the Duchess]

There are loads of cats around here and although I would never harm any creature, it really bugs me the way people allow their cats to soil other people's gardens.

 

To be fair it would be almost impossible to stop a cat ranging over a few adjacent gardens, unless you chose to never let the cat out. I also like wild birds, but cats kill birds like foxes kill chickens, given half a chance, it's nature, and I believe nature shouldn't be tampered with, although I see nothing wrong with trying to deter cats. A friend of mine who has a manicured garden puts down ground white pepper to deter cats from pooing in his garden.

 

Tessa

[Helen&Lee]

I know someone who puts curry powder down - she says its the only thing that works.

[keyhole kate]

I have been told that borrowing male dog and letting it mark his territory also works and I know the bottles of water work my nephew uses that method. 4 +

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[bellekatz]

I have been told that borrowing male dog and letting it mark his territory also works and I know the bottles of water work my nephew uses that method. 4 +

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kitty

 

Never did at my house! My cats ignored the dog, as do our neighbours cats at hte back. My cats have always ignored water bottles as our neighbour on the other side will testify