General Chat

It is a criminal offense to shoot cats, dogs, most wild life with an air rifle.
Anybody seriously suggesting that as a way of keeping OP cats out of gardens cannot be serious or if they are then deranged.

Cats have territories which overlap but CatA and CatB will not use the same patch at the same time i.e. they time share. Even if you shot the cats others would simply take over the now vacant time shares so as well as risking prison and no US visa you'd be no further forward in evicting cats.

It is also illegal to deploy sound devices with a high frequency. This is not because cats don't like them ( they don't ) but they are also extremely distressing to babies, children and young people.

It is illegal to poison them and again risk of prison sentence ( the RSPCA take a very dim view and have powers of arrest which they use ).

It is illegal to put glass and other sharpies on top of walls. This is because although cats don't like it the human rights of burglars are infringed and perhaps more importantly the boys in blue don't like this sort of thing when in hot pursuit.

So what to do ?

Cats do not like spicy smells or garlic and you can get stuff based on this designed to deter cats. It works for a while or until it rains. Legal. Fairly expensive. Only works with some cats.

Put netting over growing veggies and freshly dug soil. Very effective and cheap, works when it is raining.

And of course the ultimate answer, get a cat, large is better.
He/she will not allow frolicking from the others and will go off to do his/her business at OP garden.

Many cats are very good at catching the gardener's worst enemy, moles, so think about the balance.

Cat's don't seem to bury their poo any more Nolls - they poop and run these days lol

Yes Lyndi, when I first got the gel I didn't realise you don't have to put much down - and same as you, I had to close all the windows it was such a pong!!. Don't worry, the smell fades over a few days, and you don't have to replenish much before the cats will soon learn to avoid your garden. ;-)

Most stuff you buy washes away in the rain..........only logical answer buy your very own tiger.........tiger poo is supposed to be THE deterrent,or so i'm told :-S

I can appear to be deranged when cleaning up yet more cat poo Rollo ;-)
I have looked at the plastic type spikes you can get, and I see you have to display a warning sign to say they are being used :-D
Again that would only solve the problem in the back - the bigger problem is at the front :-(

I wouldn't mind so much if I actually liked cats, but.......

They sell a product based on the smell of big cat poo lol, not sure that would be an improvement on the garlic :-D

Mau, I am probably using the stuff at the right time then, it's not often we have a spell without rain :-)

Lindi I would stick with the garlic :-D

Our problem is not cats but rabbits :-(

I've tried them all.

Nothing worked :-(

If thjere's something new on the market please let me know!

ditto Scozz


Has anyone bought and put down chicken manure pellets?

It is not illegal to use electronic cat deterrents, they sell them everywhere, and if you get a good one they do work.
They also scare off foxes and moles.

George

Those buzzing deterrents do work but the batteries don't last and the rain damages them.
This year I have had the sprinkler on so much the cats have avoided the garden - they don't like wet grass. I also put all their poo in the garden next door from where they come from.

Got some cheap powder from the £ shop which seems to work even on the wet soil.

Don't know where all the foxes and grey squirrels have gone this year. We have some secret removers round here which nobody would snitch on.

Have never had a fox, squirrel, rabbit (except for our pets) or a mole in my garden. Hope it stays that way :-D

We had a fox come to our garden every night during the winter it would crawl under a small tree the branches of which touched the ground the go in the morning the earth where it sat was as hard as rock by the time it left, not seen it now for ages hmm! :-(

Lesley - you need a cat :-D

Have to admit, my cats poo in MY garden. How do I know?
I have a raised area full of builder's rubble, that I covered with weed suppressant and bark.
I've seen them doing it in the bark!!
My cats are regularly squirted with nasty chemicals so they don't have worms. The poo dries in the bark to a dust, and I re-cover with fresh bark every year.

http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/the-potting-shed/update-on-jeyes-fluid-and-cat-probs/79172.html

Have a read of the above questions and answers, info about Jeyes fluid there, I think it is toxic to pets but there are ways of using it to deter the cats.

It is unpleasant, luckily the cats who come into the garden to steal the birdfood don't seem to leave anything here, but they do have a lovely big field on the other side of the hedge so hopefully use that.

Hedgehog isn't so good tho, leaves little mounds on the grass, maybe I am feeding him/them too well.

Lizx

A neighbour of mine sprayed them with a hosepipe. The hardest bit was managing to wet them before they ran off, but once he got them they never came back.

A work colleague scooped it up, called round at the cat's owner and tipped it on their new hall carpet, saying I believe this is yours, you might as well have it back. That did the trick too.

Try this.............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKx4SfP13kI ~ but you'd probably get wet too.

:-D

If you're pestered by REALLY EVIL cats you might want to try this.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqsy-2_BlaA

:-0 :-0 :-0

Jeyes Fluid should never be used near cats,if licked off their paws it can cause the most horrific death by burning their insides,tell you on the tins**** Harmful to Cats.*****

Jeyes can be used round the garden/bins etc watered down,,,,,,, when dry doesnt present a problem.

cats dont like things that flicker or shiney...

Oh dear lol, poor neighbour thought it was gas she could smell :-0
And the cat(s) have gone over to her garden ;-)