how can i stop cats poo-ing in my garden.

[misdee]

need to stop pesky cats using my garden as a litter box. what works?

im with you there! bloody moggies....help us both!

and remember i cant clear it up so its dh job and he hates it. dd's loves yelling 'go away cats' at the windows but it doesnt work unless the window is open

Stnd at your back door every evening for 3 days with a waterpistol. This should teach most of the neighborhood cats that your garden is't safe. Also it is so satisfying......

there are illions of threads on this
do a search

Madame Butterfly had a thread on this before. I'll try to find it for you.

There is this one here

cheers. might invest in cat scarer. my garden is laid to lawn and the cat poops at the end where i hang the clothes out. dirty thing. its not even my cat!

hmmm, nieghbour has 2 mangy mogs and forever papping on my border! horrible things! keep meaning to speak to neighbour but never see her, she cant do much, but if she does see them vault my fence, she could grab them back! or i might have to invest in some starfish!!! KIDDING!

Air rifle.

slices of lemon in your borders. worked for me and is environmentally friendly!

my garden is large and no borders, just fences. think dd2 would pick up the lemon to eat as well.

shoot the bastards [duck!!}

dog (borrow a friends to wee in the garden every few days- cat's will soon stop using your garden)

Have you tried cat pepper? Works for some cats.

might invest in a samll dog, but then will have to stop that poo-ing in my garden lol.

or invest in your own small cat! although ours has backfired, as it turns out to be a big chicken and won't go outside.....

at least dog's poo on top of the surface so you can see it and pick it up. cat's bury it so you dig it up gartdening (yuch)

dd's are allergic to cats.

we tried last year to see if allergies had gotton better, had a kitten for 2 weeks and had to re-home it as dd1 asthma was playing up and dd2 also started coughing horribly.

You can buy a plant called scaredy cat (it has a proper posh latin name too - I'll see if I can find it...hang on...).

Here you go - it's called coleus canina (works with dogs too, unsurprisingly with a name like that!).

scaredy cat

Orange peel

Apparently if you fill old coke/lemonade or similar bottles with water that scares them away. Put about 3 in your garden, spread out. They do not like the reflection!

curry powder (cheap stuff- buy it in a massive container) or pepper

Isn't curry powder abit cruel to cats or any animal - hightened sense of smell - my dh and I love cats - amazing creatures - I think Pixiefish needs reporting to RSPCA

Are you sure its cats and not foxes?

I have had a cat but never notice its poos, it buries them in flower beds. (unless they only do it in neighbours gardens to keep their own ones neat and tidy!!)

Pepper is a good idea - it helped us house train our cat. And the other idea is if you see them in your garden spray them with water, water pistol or just chuck a jug of water in their direction.

its cats. i've seen the little thing crouching down to poop on my lawn.