How do I stop cats shitting in my garden!?!

[tvhearts]

Seriously disgusting!!!

Anyone got anything that actually works?

We have two little ones this is making me so mad!! 😡

Getting DH and my DS to wee in the garden has really worked for us.

There is no answer except a dog or move somewhere more rural where the housing is less dense and where every other house doesn't own a cat. Although I never tried loveache's suggestion, all the lemon/olbas type suggestions are of limited use in a country where it rains frequently and water pistols work, but only if you are at home all day. I used pyracantha trimmings to protect small areas of newly dug beds but that's not sensible with children if they are young. You have my sympathy, this used to drive me mad before I moved out of town!

You get a man to pee around the perimeters of your garden. Worked for me!

Same here. DP pissed in a spray bottle and sprayed it on the lawn. Seemed to work but you have to keep doing it every so often.

On a side note, remember to empty the bottle, Dug a spray bottle out the other day that I needed for something else and when I opened it to check was inside, it had DPs stale piss in it

I imagine the taste/smell is a repellent but I always thought it just blew away.
Cats are bloody awful, we've just got new next door neighbours and they've got 2. We can't get a dog as DH is really allergic to pet hair.

My Nana succeeded in stopping neighbors cats and dogs from getting in her garden with a homemade spray. From memory I think it was chili's or Tabasco sauce diluted with water. She sprayed it around the perimeter. I'm not sure how often she had to reapply it tho.

I don't think that the chilli powder or chilli spray would hurt them if you've applied it around your garden. Cats are smart enough to avoid it. It acts as a deterrent.

If they’re pooing in the beds then break up some sticks and poke them into the soil so that they physically can’t scratch there. Seems to work, although they might start using the lawn

I think there are far, far too many domestic pets in this country.

chilli powder or garlic powder (you can get big bags in asian supermarkets)
orange peel or orange squash in a spray bottle
old perfume diluted in spray bottle (those unwanted valentines gifts come in handy)

prickly stuff around newly planted/seeded areas.

Op, update us on what suggestions you tried and what worked.

I second chilli powder in the area the cat poo's. I find I only need spread it in that area for a few weeks, re doing it after rain. It works a treat, so far no cat returns and I have 10 gardens that end on to one side of my garden so there are plenty around. My youngest is 2, I just tell her to avoid the red ground and she does. I hate the smell of cat poo