How can I stop cats using my garden as the neighbourhood toilet?!?

Ziggy: How can I stop cats using my garden as the neighbourhood toilet?!?
I think I am one of few gardens around my house that still has any grass in the garden……consequently I think every cat in the vicinity comes and Cr*ps there and I would love to hear as to how I can stop this. Any idea???

Answers and Views:

Answer by emma
there are 3 possibilities:

1 – get a cat urself
2 – use your own urine to sprinkle round on the grass – the scent will deter other cats
or easier – purchase some cat repelent at your local garden centre!

Answer by Andrey Ushakov
If you let your cats outside, they will do just that.

Answer by PAwatcher
Put a child’s sand box out for them. They’ll ignore your grass.

Answer by np s
Dont ask these like foolish questions.

Answer by cruiser
I had the same problem with my flower garden and I used this stuff I got from the pet store. I can’t remeber the name of it but it is a cat and dog repellent and it works. just go to the pet store and ask them

Answer by Mim
I have this problem too. Here are a few suggestions. Many people put plastic bottles full of tap water on the lawn, I don’t know if it works it must if they keep them there, put i personally wouldn’t do this as it looks like rubbish.
Jeyes fluid is a strong disenfectent that they don’t like the smell of put then again neither do I! But it’s supposed to work.
Borrow a dog from someone to have in your garden for a day or so.
Find some lions wee, I think you can buy it for this purpose—scares them off.

Answer by Helly T
my mother in law had the same problem until she put mirrors around the garden, the cats see their reflection and think its another cat.

Answer by Colin G
The Cats’ Protection League recommend Lion dung pellets such as “Silent Roar”. Also, for some reason, orange peel soaked in eucalyptus.

Answer by Sarah H
Put half filled bottles of water out
tie old CD’s to plants
squirt lemon juice around & leave lemons out.

Cats hate all these things.

Answer by ScientistX
Yeah cat repellent, urine etc. In the meantime Pepper should work as well.

Answer by diamondgirl
Put lemons in ur garden – it works trust me cats hate citrus. Also you can buy cat repellent spray which is about £5.00. My nan used to fill bottles of water and put them in the bushes and she swore by this.

Answer by yvannek
get a dog.

Answer by Chris
Sprinkle the lawn with pepper. That should do the trick. I don’t think they like their a** burnt.

Answer by achrimsdale
humane method is to sprinkle the crystals that DIY shops sell to deter cats but rain does wash them away

you can invest in an ultrasonic cat scarer either mains or battery as sold on Ebay

both those will work without you being physically present all the time

Also a common trick is to get a large clear plastic bottle 2 litre size, half fill it with ater and leave it on it’s side in the garden. It seems the light reflections scare the cats away

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Answer by paintballfreak1982
go to radio shack and get a stand alone motion detector, they run on a 9v just like a smoke detector but for motion, and they make a annoying loud racket just the same.

place the motion detector where you expect the cats to be walking, as soon as the thing hears the alarm of the detector he will probably crap himself right then but he wont come back into your yard to do it again,

if this doesn’t work just get a pellet gun

Answer by skybluecarp
visit a pet shop l believe you can buy pellets that put the cats off, mirrors l’ve heard are good, perhaps a dog failing that get yourself a shotgun (didn’t mean it, l love cats really)

Answer by Miles L
Get an air rifle,i have shot loads of them,its quite good fun actually!!!

Answer by Margaret M
You cant really cats are the only domestic pet that isnt governed by the trespass laws. They are free to roam. One good thing about cats, at least they bury their own dirt. But if you go to your local pet shop im sure they can suggest something, whether or not the cat pays any attention is another matter.

Answer by thai hoa
there are many way:
– buy a dog and keep it in your garden
– spoil some dog’s “pee water” in your garden

Answer by ian b
They don’t like the smell of garlic, you can buy cat repellant that smells of garlic but it gets washed away.
Easiest thing to do is grow some wild garlic.

Answer by D
Fill a couple of plastic bottles with water and place them around your garden it does work

Answer by pigeondlcp
Re: cats using gardens for their duty. I always have used MOTH BALLS. I crush them up, and sprinkle them all round. The cats hate the smell, yet the crystals do not seem to affect the plants at all. Goodluck.
Deb

Answer by Michael M
sprinkle a little cayanne pepper in the garden. Make sure it is not going to rain
That will chase them away

Answer by LAURIE P
I found that using Fabreeze works. For some reason cats don’t like it. You must spray every few days, after watering etc. but it helps. Cats don’t like orange smells either and perhaps you might try tossing orange peels in the garden.