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Cats
Hi
My new neighbour has three cats,and my front garden is now the cats toilet.
I have tried various repellants. These have not worked, I am getting so fed up with the smell and having to clean up. Please can somebody give me advice.
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Ground coffee would be my top tip. I too have suffered at the hands of the neighbourhood cats and tried many things before hitting on this. Visit your local coffee shop, they often give it away for free, and it's also not bad for the garden
I bought some granules from a smallish garden centre. They were only £3.50. Hang on, I'll go to the shed and get the make.. Vitax 'Scent off Granules' £3.49. These work! I posed this question a few weeks ago on here and got loads of helpful replies. Kept me quite amused waiting with my super soaker too! I have a glass of water next to my back door and chuck it at them too. By the way I love cats and have two - mine have a litter tray and son built a litter tray house thing for outside complete with a tiled roof and so no mess inside the house. Wish he'd go into business building useful things and it looks really good.
I've just met neighbour's 2 new kittens...
didnt have heart to throw stones near them - as instucted by their 'daddy' ! Just said 'shoo' politely.
using strong chillis ( like norfolk nagas) may work? its what we try to do to prevents against foxes and so far so good? OR getting cats of your own :P
Tried putting holly trimmings down, didn't deter them.
Have you tried Growing Success Cat Repellent?
It comes as granules which you sprinkle over the ground. It leaves a garlicky smell which certainly seemed to deter any repeat of the problem I had with cats leaving their mess in my newly dug flower plot.
It is also safe around other pets and children.
I use 'Silent Roar' which is Lion dung (who knows!?) expensive ( from Garden Centres) but seems to work for me,even after rain. Good Luck!
Try old tea bags soaked in Jeyes fluid, or even better, Ralgex - cats hate it!
I have a cat that visits, ( a big old tom) and he NEVER dug up my garden, he must have his old haunts to use. In 3 yrs of freshly dug beds and all kinds of other surfaces that cats are supposed to like, he has been a good boy. He keeps down the rats etc, and mt wee dog is terrified of him. But recently, a new cat has come to the area and kept digging up my carrot bed. (hardly any carrots this yr
) I think Old Tom may be getting too old to patrol all of his territory. (he has been here for yrs, and no-one knows whether he even has an owner) New young cats don't last long here, as the road is not busy but is fast, and any new people who get a cat don't have it long so cats have not been a prob of mine. This is obviously a 'streetwise' cat, and I have heard them fighting at night in my and surrounding gardens. Old Tom was obviously the best repellent, but his power eppears to be waning. I will be giving all of your answers due consideration, and if I find something that works, will let you all know. My so-called terrier seems to be useless, but as he has been trained to allow me to groom other dogs without jealousy, and plays with our pet rats, I can't ask too much of him! A mouse ran under his nose last yr in the kitchen and by the time he relised that it didn't belong, it was well gone! Useless article!