Cat Deterrant

Can anyone suggest suitable plants to deter neighbourhood cats from my garden please?

 

An old trick of my granfather's (besides the catapault he always carried ) was to mulch any newly planted areas with gorse clippings. Cats would only attempt to scratch there once.

There is also the old joke about catmint - after midnight you sneak round and plant some in your neighbour's garden!

[ 28. September 2005, 11:05 PM: Message edited by: frogesque ]

 

Hello Petal, I've seen a electrical thing somewhere high frequency supposed to deter cats but wether it's any good or not I don't know.

 

Hi Petal, I bought three of those battery operated Cat Scarers for my rosebeds.They don.t have a very big radious but they worked for a few nights until the cats got used to them then they used to walk in among them.
Eventually I got rid of the cats (and rabbits) with teabags soaked in Jeyes Fluid scattered in among my rose bushes.

 

we used to use pepper.. alhtough it doens't last long.. one rain and you have to do it again..

raw tobacco leaf is also a great way.. for cats and slugs.. but that sort of this is hard to get in the UK.. don't go buy a packet of ciggies as it would cost you WAY too much.. plus ready mades have too many chemicals sprayed onto them..

 

Get a cat - a dog even!!!

 

A friend of mine has a Yorki no cats dare there whilst he's on patrol.

 

Several weeks ago we took on a rescue cat and keep her in the house. We use a wood base litter which can and does go on the compost heaps. Up until then there were always a couple of moggies that hung around the heaps and even sunbathed on them.It's been a while since we've seen them there now so I assume the "odour" of our cat is the reason.Futher trials are underway in the Pampas,another favourite spot.

[ 01. October 2005, 09:33 AM: Message edited by: Paladin ]