Cat deterrent

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NDN bloody cat keeps pooping in our garden!! I don't know how often cats poo but judging by the amounts I clean up it must be doing it at least three times some days. It's just on the gravelly stones, no plants to worry about but I need some tried and tested ideas? I know there's plenty about but don't want to spend unnecessary money. To make it worse, I've just been in the garden cleaning it up and the little s**t was in his own garden just watching me

How do you know it's all from 1 cat? Have you seen them do it or are you just assuming its them?

Yes I've seen NDN cat do it, haven't seen any other cats in the garden but I still need a way to deter it/them regardless.

How much gravel have you got? It might be worth covering it with some plastic netting for a couple of weeks until the cat finds somewhere else to go. The are creatures of habit, and you need to break the habit. Alternatively, keep a water pistol to hand. They don't like that much.

Cats hate anything that smells of citrus, particular oranges. I know it's outside but I'd be tempted to cut up an orange around where it goes the loo, our cats hate oranges and they run off from the smell of them. I think you can also buy proper cat deterrent spray for your garden that works on this principle x

I don't know how often cats poo usually about once a day. We put a trail camera in our garden and found that we have 4 visiting cats that we didn't know about, and two foxes. So I suspect NDN's cat isn't the only offender.

We tried all the sprays and gels but they didn't work for long and after one cat killed a family of blackbirds nesting in our garden we invested in a sonic cat scarer. It works by making a sound that cats find irritating. It only goes off when movement is detected. We couldn't hear it and our dog wasn't bothered by it. It really worked for us. Saw cat pause and run off and they seem to have got the message and leave our garden alone now. Not cheap but worked well for us.

I mix used coffee grounds and Vicks vapour ( cheap version) and put that on the soil. Does the trick.
In gravel you might have to think of something else to carry the menthol smell, otherwise the coffee would show.i have heard that paprika works well.