General Chat

Can anyone suggest a solution to stop cats from doing their business in my sons' garden. His garden seem to be a magnet for neighbourhood cats to use as a toilet. He is sick and tired of his three year old son finding cat droppings in the garden. He has tried just about everything, orange peel, Jeyes Fluid, animal repellent powder - nothing seems to work. Unfortunately he doesn't know where the cats live or he would return the droppings to the cat owners.

got the same problem Brian. My garden is the local cats toilet and i cant let my kids play out there anymore. Its nasty, nothing ive tried works either Elaine x :o((

Brian, As a cat owner, I have the same sort of problem, However it is from other cats using my litter tray. I put a litter tray in my garden for my cat to stop him doing his business elsewhere. Good as I know he uses it. But so do about 4 other cats in the area! I suppose its in the right place at least! I have heard that you can use tea bags soaked in Olbas oil, I wasn't too sure until i put some of the oil near my cat and he freaked! He didn'like it at all, so it may be worth a try. Pat

Don't know if this is much help, but cats don't like tin foil. This could be placed in pieces where they go most (obviously wheighted down by stones etc!) Or strips attached to a nearby plant close to the ground. If all else fails a chair and hose pipe and a good aim! Good hunting Gina

I sprinkled pepper.......the next morning I saw the cat on the next door neighbor's roof.......sneezing!! PMSL !! ...Babz

hiya, ive heard pepper works, my step-dad used to stick pins in the soil, cruel i know, but it used to keep them off the soil just not off the grass(we couldnt put them there cos obviousley we would of ened up with them stuck in our bums!lol) we dont let him do it anymore though(now we have cats!!) but yeah i think pepper works, and that tamaric stuff! -x-

contact the local zoo and ask for some lion poo - its supposed to scare the cats off as its from a bigger breed than them

David beat me to it - get a dog !! We had a similar problem with the local cats (despite the protestations of the owners (do they follow them all day then ?) that they don't go anywhere apart from their own garden), but since we've had a dog - no problem. Paul

Hello, I find that moth balls are the best thing they last about three months before needing to be replaced.

or go and put loads of catnip in loads of other peoples gardens so they dont get attracted to yours!!!lol

I tried lion poo but it didn't work unfortuneately.

lion poo lol!!!! must of smelt yummy!!!

i have wind chimes in my garden, don't know if they work though they've been there a long time but i have never seen any cats poo

yeh they prob scare em away!

Hetty Sanderson. My son is tolerant of his neighbours cats, but what he finds intolerable is their excreta in HIS garden, where his young son comes into contact with it.

Hi Brian, Anthony is right...moth balls or napthalene flakes do the trick. You can also sprinkle some ground up hot chillies amongst the balls or flakes. I love cats, but not other peoples moggies in my garden. Kaye (Sydney)

I had this problem too and found a big cola bottle full of water helped. That was until the grass grew too long and you couldn't see it! lol

brian i have heard that one of daves about clear plastic bottles full of water and when they see there reflection they run a mile talking of poo i saw a woman scoop up her dog poo put it in a bag and then wait for it put it in her POCKET ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

What annoys me is, my next door neighbour, who I don't get on with, has a cat and shoos it off his own garden and wont allow it to do its business there. As long as it does it on someone elses that OK. Thats only one of the reasons we dont get on!!!!! Margaret

Brian - last year l put tiny sticks in the soil, about 4-6 inches high, it worked,but then they were being knocked over!! So l brought some plants called Scardy Cat - Coleus Caninus(Plectranthus ornatus), the only prob is it smells,but the cats don't like it so l put up with it. It has grown quite quick;y and this morning l noticed a strange fly trap type pod growing,which l presume has a flower inside.l took a photo of it cause it looks so weird. Jude sarf wales