Cat deterrent on fences

[akmum18]

I want to add something on top of my garden fences to try and deter cats/foxes in my garden. Ours is the only one with grass/mud around here so we have a queue of cats using it as a toilet and I’m fed up with cleaning it before my children can go outside. They will run if they see me so this usually happens when I’m not home so water guns etc are no use. The options I have found is trellis - am I allowed to add this on top of the 6 foot fences including neighbours boundary? Fence spikes - again can this be added on neighbors fence and is it legal eg if neighbours claims they cut themselves on it? I’ve also read about nailing foil to put them off walking across. Lion poo didn’t work. Any advice or tips would be appreciated!

get your own cat, or befriend a neighbour's so he treats your garden as his own. Cats are territorial so other cats will avoid it if they know it is not vacant, and your cat will fight off any intruders.

Also, being tidy animals, your own cat will keep his own territory clean and will bury his own waste.

Only land wihich is empty and unoccupied (by cats) is treated without respect.

Try a sonic cat deterrent? They're meant to be good.

There are roller bars that you can attach to the top of a fence to stop cats getting in/out. One brand is Oscillot but think that’s Australian. Quite pricey so only if you have a smallish garden.

Forgot to add I do have a cat but she’s very timid and terrified of all these cats so runs and hides inside when they come in the garden her scent hasn’t stopped them as they just mark over hers. Thanks for other tips I’ll look them up

The roller bars are the only things that work. Our neighbours put the spikes up. Our cats have no problem walking on them, or (it's terraced) they can go over the roof and down. We have trellis on ours which they happily climb and walk across the top of. In a terraced or semi-detached house then don't waste your cash.

I'm in the same boat. Next doors cat shits everywhere in my garden but we're all out during the day.

We've tried a sonic repellent. The cat isn't remotely phased by it. Saw it sat there in front of the device nonchalantly licking its friggin' bollocks! Total waste of money, it annoys us more than the cats!

If the fence is on your neighbours side and is their property then I would think you would need their permission to add things to it.

Thanks all it’s a terraced house so one fence is mine the others is next door, the main fences the cats hang about on is my side so would hope I’d have a bit more freedom to add stuff. Short of shooting the bloody things I’m not sure how to stop them!

Can they bypass the fence via the roof though? Or is it straight 2 storeys at the back of both your houses?

www.primrose.co.uk/fence-wall-spikes-c-24_10780.html

I have this week used the Primrose wall spikes in WTFIs post, on the back fence and 'my' side fence (terraced house). I have had huge problems with squirrels digging up the garden and leaving roots of plants and bulbs exposed. Next door's cats have been a total pain in the neck, using my garden as a latrine. Luckily they live in the house that shares 'my' fence, so it is really working. I used the recommended glue, and it was very easy to do.

I too have tried the sonic repellent, and the cats and squirrels chuckled at my naivite. (But I do keep a couple of water pistols handy, just in case I do have an invasion.)

Depending on the size of your garden a cheaper version of the oscillator fencing would be having a very taught wire put up on top of your fences (you'd need strong fence posts either side) and pvc pipes on the wire meaning the cats cannot get a grip. It just rolls on the wire and they're forced to let go. Would your style of fencing/walls allow this?

Sonic repellers are crap by the way. When they do work, you can't guarantee the real range and they can cause headaches and discomfort to children and nearby pets who aren't bothering your garden.