Cat Deterrent Talk.? All post of this nature in this thread only.. Humane talk only please.!

Maybe,but cats are easy to look after.

 

They always do that usually.

 

So I've had a good read through this thread after getting fed up of cleaning cat poop up or going over it accidently with the lawnmower (although most of it is off topic and complete waffle in relation to repellents!).

I'm going to go for the Catapult Animal Repellent spray due to it containing the aluminium ammonium sulphate. I looked at the Scat-a-cat pellets they do but they are the garlic based ones.

Vitax Stay Off Ready To Use spray looks very similar too.

The cheese grater and citronella candle idea was not something I fancied doing!!

 

Wonderful; thank you. One of mine used to try to play with the resident pine marten. Who did not know what to make of that.

 

hi we moved in 3 yrs ago and there are alot of cats about mostly they dont come in but our next door neighbour has 8 cats we have tried different detterent eg plants , plastic spikes , sprays , water , sonic noise , they still come in and dig poo and wee we are totally fed up with them dont get me wrong we like cats but with the amount of money we have spent of protection for our garden is huge , the neighbours even had a go at my wife and said she is shooo cats out of garden in a un frienedly maner how is unsure as she is all ways with me as i am her carer as well has husband ... any advice would be great thanks

 

You need to get a cat or dog.

Just joking, but it works.

 

thanks for your reply we do have a dog he is the same one in the avatar picture his name is king rocco one for the ladies ..

 

OH of course, does he chase cats?

 

rocco is a very friendly dog he is more inquisitive than chase we have a cat next door called tilly both rocco and tilly had a sniff of each other which i find strange

 

What works for us most of the time, is to use some fine mesh black netting laid on top of the soil and pegged down, cutting slits in it to go over existing plants or to allow new ones to come through.

Has worked well for several years and once the plants are growing you do not really see the netting.

Also for areas difficult to net, treading the soil down so creating a hard surface makes them look elsewhere for softer soil.

The other effective method are the PIR water sprayers, they soon learn the gardens out of bounds.

 

thanks for your reply we tried meshing the garden where the flowers and veg grow cats still come in to mess about , we have spent alot of cages to house veg and flowers but the cats are still coming into the garden , with water sprayers i think you need a outside tap which we have not got