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[honeybun]

I think I have probably asked this before but I can't find the topic and can't remember the answers..... 


The neighbourhood cats are back using my garden as a big litter tray. Could any of you cat ladies tell me if there is anything I can use (apart from a machine gun) to deter them. I don't like it but the reason I really hate it with a passion is my little dog finds cat poo irresistible and then becomes very unwell. This results in a trip to the vets that's costs me £40 a time. I can't afford that on a regular basis so I really want to put something down that will keep them out.

HELP PLEASE

I am thoroughly fed up with the mess and mostly the bills.

There has to be something they hate.


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[CLKD]

Water hoses!  ......... turned on fast with a thin spray ........ however, if it's really a problem and there is enough space in the garden, leaving them a large litter tray with pellets so that they can use one corner might work if you don't mind emptying and re-filling?  Other than that, Lion Dung from the garden centre?

[littleminnie]

http://m.wikihow.com/Repel-Cats

[suzicals]

try putting rose trimmings or other ****ly branches in the areas they use the most.  You can get sonic devices that obmit a sound they dont like, but i am not sure how well they work, if you catch them in the act a burst on the hose will soon send them scurrying.

I have three cats and i have told my neighbours that if they are being a nuisense to send them away with a flea in their ear, a spray on the hose wont do them any harm. but they soon get the picture

[honeybun]

I let the dog see them off during the day but they come to do their duties in the night.

Just want them to go away. I don't want to give them a litter tray, that's what owners are for, not me 


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[Taz2]

I don't think there is a way honeybun short of fencing your garden in such a way that they can't get in!

Taz x

[honeybun]

That's not really what I wanted to hear to be honest.

What do they hate the smell of more than anything else. There has to be something.


Honeyb
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[Taz2]

They don't like orange peel.

Taz x

[Dyan]

I know there use to be a repellent called 'cat off!" But don't know if they still make it HB

[CLKD]

Lion Dung - from the zoo or garden stores

[Scampi]

I second lion poo!  It's sold as a fertiliser as packaging laws don't allow it to be sold as a cat repellant!  But it does work (it's been treated/sterilised, so it's safe for your dog).

[Greyhoundgal]

I can loan you a couple of cat-hating greyhounds if you like

[vianne]

There is a pepper like substance you can buy from B & Q that might help. We got some when the foxes were digging up our garden but its supposed to work for cats too. I'd agree that if you see them, a water spray in the face can be very effective, thats how we keep ours off the Christmas tree indoors every year! 

[Rowan]

Cats don't like rosemary, you could get some rosemary essential oil and mix with water and spray where you don't  want them.

http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/cat-repellent.htm

If all else fails

 

[honeybun]

Thanks all, some good ideas that I will try.


Honeyb
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