Neighbours Cats are a pest what can I do

I have just started digging the borders in my new garden but the neighbours cats think they are the local toilet how can I stop them

 

You can try a water pistol, a catapult, a gun. But the latter two while possibly very effective are illegal and all three methods need you to be there when the wretched moggies arrive. You could of course try reasoning with the cats, but I've never found it very successful.
Best method I've used is a physical barrier. If I've beds that I've got prepared for planting, and as far as a cat is concerned this equates to a |Five Star loo, I roll some chicken wire over them and depending on what I'm sowing or planting the wire stays in place until the plants are established. I also save trimmings from my holly and berberris to scatter on the ground.
You have my sympathy - cats are a ruddy pest for anyone who likes gardening (or birds).

 

You cant, I have a dog that chases cats when she sees them but they still come back for more.

Just be careful when poking around the borders.
Not nice when you get a handful, but you can usually smell it first.

 

Get your own cat...

 

Cats again:hehe:

 

Dave's suggestion - saving up thorny/prickly cuttings to put over areas where you want to deter cats - really works. Try a forest of twigs stuck into the ground to protect newly dug areas. Usually you're just trying to keep cats away while seedlings and new, vulnerable plants get their roots down.

Take comfort in the fact that cats aren't nearly as much of a nuisance as foxes, as I've recently discovered. These days Mr Urban Fox parties all night with his mates, goes through bins and drags rubbish all over the garden, poos on the garden path and even leaves presents in the front hedge. However ... I must admit I still rather like having him around. This may change if he starts housebreaking and trying to eat us, though.

 

Have I mentioned my policy on cats on a previous thread ?

 

Remind me what it was again Ziggy? :hehe:

 

Sorry, it was on the other, other forum, :dh:

"DON'T GET ME GOING ABOUT CATS


Posted by: ziggy searchfield Sep 26 2005, 11:22 PM

............Right, here goes......

1. No one will own a cat without a valid reason.

2. No one will own a fertile cat unless they are a licensed cat breeder.

3. A very expensive licence fee shall be introduced with immediate effect.

4. The licence fee will be used to implement the immediate compulsory sterilisation program of all existing cats.

The above will result in a substantial but humane reduction of cats within a few years.

The population of cats in saxon/medieval times was so small that places were named after wild cats that nested there, such as cathanger( wild cat nest in the wood on the slope )

If the british public truly are animal lovers then they would not object to this program. Who could think that the saturation of our country by a creature with predatory instincts that go beyond mere hunger satiation is acceptable?

Some may argue that cats keep rats & mice populations in check, this is absolute rubbish.

We are plagued by other peoples cats, crapping in our gardens & killing birds, slow worms, frogs,voles etc., the easy targets.

we have been over run by rats & mice, the cats don't bother with them.

From an angling point of view, how many thousands of tonnes of fish are slaughtered each year just to feed our awsomely over-inflated artificial cat population.

For the people that object, because they would miss "little tiddles".......

Get a guinea pig, cuddle it, feed it cereal & milk, tickle it under the chin & squeak at it, it will love you far more than your self centred purring mass murderer.


Posted by: peter mccue Sep 26 2005, 11:54 PM

For God sakes Zig come off the fence do you like Cats or not!!!! "

 

" He who has not lived to love a cat,has not lived"
Roders.

 

"He who has not lived to loathe a cat has not been a gardener" :hehe::hehe:

 

"She who worships her garden and has cats would not have it any other way."
Victoria k-l