How can I stop cats doing their business on my lawn?

[Linnet]

I have a real problem with cats doing their business on my lawn.

I have nothing against cats, think they're quite nice, I wouldn't mind if they were digging in the flowerbeds and burying it but they don't they do it on the grass and it's driving me up the wall.

I have two children and I don't like letting them out into the garden because of this.
I never actually catch a cat at it, there are quite a few cats around my area, so I'm not sure if it's just one cat or a few.
There is also a bin area which is paved and they do it there as well, on the slabs. It's disgusting, unhygenic and I'm at my wits end.

So before summer arrives I need to get this sorted. What can I do, plant, spray etc that will discourage them from using my garden as a toilet?
I've tried, pepper, orange peel, special granule things, special sprays, nothing seems to work.

Please help me. Thanks

Does it need to be male pee? Easier for dh than for me. (LOL at the idea of me squatting around the garden, weeing, while neighbors watch.) Dh can go out after dark.

We have this problem. We have one cat, the next door neighbour has two and the woman over the road has NINE! I think it must be a territoral fighting thing because it is all over the lawn.

Keeping it very short does help and we got a high-pitch noise box from the garden centre last year which was also good (but unfortunately packed up over the winter).

Our own cat is no bloody use whatsoever though and will just sit there and watch every cat in a 500 yard radius crap in the garden.

Has anyone found something that really works ??? Am desperate now as want DD (9months) to be able to crawl all over our lawn (luxury for us, only moved in in January) during the summer. Daren't let her out on the grass at moment as covered in cat Sh111t. Keep mowing grass and have sprayed it with some stuff from Tesco, but no luck so far. Will get DH to try the wee one !! Please keep this updated with success stories !!

Old post but thought I would update as I bought this from this company www.birdfood.co.uk/product_details.php?area_id=2&group_id=17&nav_id=100&prd_id=382 last July. It seemed to be working really well but then packed up. Good news tho, I emailed the place I bought it from (bought online so have reciept email) and they have sent me a new one, no questions asked.

I also have short grass, bark chipping on the borders and fire my high pressure jet hose at any cat I see from my kitchen window. That can get the half way up the garden so if quite effective (hoselock) I haven't seen a cat for about three weeks now.

I agree with another poster than they seem to get in the habit, so if you chase them off for a month they get used to going somewhere else.