Cat wee

Hey all,

Not an anti cat thread

I adopted my sisters cat about a month ago, he is an indoor/outdoor cat. He currently toilets in areas of the garden I dont want him to. His poo while smelly isn't a problem as I can dig it up and bag it daily, however his wee is what worries me, how much cat wee does it take to render a patch of soil useless?

He has a litter tray in the garden, but I guess the soil is more attractive. I don't want to make this someone elses problem but would like to make the flower beds unattractive and off limits to him. I read the labels on the cat repellant in B&Q and Pets at home but am unsure if I should use it, how friendly is this stuff towards the wildlife (Birds/insects).

http://www.petsathome.com/shop/get-off-cat-and-dog-repellent-crystals-400g-103165
http://www.diy.com/nav/garden/garde...ss-Cat-Repellent-500g-10777785?skuId=11268371

Bare in mind my garden is pesticide free and I do want to keep it that way

Cheers

 

Cats hate citrus, so if you could use something citrus-based it would be garden and wildlife-friendly

 

As he settles in he'll spread it around. Cat's don't wee gallons anyway, and if he's anything like mine he'll take to going next door too.

 

If you plant a Marsh Valerian, then all the beds will smell like cat wee anyway

 

If you could prepare a secluded corner somewhere with some lovely, clean peat-based compost, then stick a few plant labels in, he'll make a bee-line for it, trust me
I'm pretty sure that cat wee is relatively harmless, though, compared to bitches.

 

The neighbours are safe, I'm the only one with a flowerbed from what I can see.

There is old farmland that is now overgrown and fenced off to the front of the house, he spends most of his time over there, but I am sure he comes back home to do his toilets. If his wee wont destroy the soil then it isn't a major problem, I think the b&q repellent uses citrus oils on clay granules but I don't really want to add more clay to the ground.

I was going to give the soil a light watering every time he goes out as I read they dont like wet soil, but in this weather it will end up rotting everything.

My sister said he is probally just marking his area and will stop as time goes on, but he is lazy and I have a feeling if left unchecked he will just get used to doing it there. Also worried about the local cats noticing his smell and getting into a territory toilet war in my garden lol.

 

Try Jeyes Fluid around the flower bed.

 

I have always disagreed with this theory as my cats (English and Portuguese) live with thousands of orange/tangerine/lemon trees around us ... they sleep under them in the summer time. So, some have been brought up with citrus and others not ....

 

All our neighbours cats seem to do just that, in my veg beds and on my lawns. And I don't find it pleasant at all. Neighbours don't care; most don't have gardens and the one that does doesn't look after it, their grass is knee high and their two cats prefer my lawns.

 

I do sympathise actually. When I moved here I had Jack (my border collie) and Sage (my cat who'll be 20 in March) and I was plagued with a cat coming in at night and scenting around the house. Jack was just a big softie and Sage was rather past it as far as defending her patch. Then a friend moved abroad and I inherited his big tom Salem. He can, and does, defend his patch which has now extended into the neighbours gardens.
In all my years I've never had a cat that does it's biz on the lawn - that's a new one on me. Then again, I've never had a cat that can resist a nice patch of freshly dug soil either!

None of my cats seem to be able to do their stuff if you're watching them. They seem to like a little privacy!

 

Maybe there are exceptions to every rule? I know some certainly have a strong dislike, but that's not to say they all are

 

My cat is generally very polite, and if I plant something of reasonable size, he avoids that area. Even if he's a bit annoyed about his patch being messed with for a couple of days. So you could just try planting something fast growing?

That said, he is also the main suspect for digging my new thyme up out of a trough, throwing it half way across the patio before pooing in the hole. While I like to think he would never do such a thing... He probably did.

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He has dug up and destroyed a patch of bluebells that were growing.

To make matters worse another local cat has now decided he will do his business in the same place.

It all happens in the early hours of the morning (don't see a single cat during the day, not even my own). I put squash bottles half full of water on the flower bed and netting, but he/they must be ninja cats.