Rogue cat

Since moving to my new house a month ago I keep finding cat poo in the flower bed of my front garden and new bulbs I have planted have been dug up. I sprinkled some chilli powder around the area in the hope of keeping the cats away for now but can any of you recommend any good smelly plants to keep them away or any other methods please.
Thanks

 

Ah, the old cat question again. I'll sit back and watch how this thread progresses

Lots of different people have lots of different strategies for this, the cat topic often makes for fun reading.

 

criss cross anything with spikes or thorns on over the area. They hate that. Any cirtus peel or use a little citrus oil around the area. One of those automatic spray things?

 

k-l:hehe:

 

Yes this also works:thmb:

 

water pistol if you catch it messing - the RSPCA and the RSPB both reccomend this method,

dog,

Coleus Canina Scaredy Cat (plant),

netting around the bed so they can't get in,

a word with the cats owner although it probably wouldn't work as cats aren't like dogs who can be trained to 'go' on command

... my cats don't react to citrus (one even drinks orange juice if it can, but it's a strange cat), another of my cats will purposfully set off the sonic scarers,

can't think of any more things.

 

yes, if you see it water pistols work excellently. There are the sonic things (which the cats around here tend to like) and also the automatic squirters which seem to work well - set off my sensors or something - my cat hates them.

 

I have a dog but the cat obviously hasn't ben put off by him. I said to my hubby I'd put something with spikes there but the I was a little worried that this may result in injury so may go for something smelly like the citrus.
Thanks for your suggestions but any more anyone has would still be great

 

Lion or other big cat poo

 

ah, yes i meant natural spikes or thorns...... ie old rose stems etc

 

Right.......... so you wont notice the ordinary cat poo cause you have put huge cat poo there.
Bet it would frighten the postman.

 

Cats again:D:D.
Geoff. Got the sense of humour back:wink: Still on the "ironic" side, mate.:D

 

Buy cheap vinegar and spray it on, but it has to be renewed after it rains, also keeping the soil damp, and putting twiggy branches like you use for peas over newly dug soil, I personally wouldn't recommend thorny stuff, as when it decays it goes brittle and when YOU dig that patch again it could be nasty.