Cats in garden

vinpaul wrote: »

I'm really annoyed that people can leave their cats to freely toilet in other peoples' gardens.

I had a word with my cat earlier today - just in case it's my cat that's doing the deed in your garden - All is sorted now, there'll be no repeat.

bloody cat woke me up at 2am, fighting what sounded like a baby(possibly not)right outside my bedroom window. There was crap in the garden this morning too.

if you know someone working in the Zoo they coould give you a bit of elephant gic or lions gic to put in your border. supposed to work really well:D

I saw once on a documentary that if you hit two twigs together it works as a deterrent on cats and they will come nowhere near the noise!


Oh, hang on. Was that Mountain Lions and the Parent Trap? Now I'm just not sure. Must be all the vinegar/citrus/water bottles in the air!


Seriously though, I think catnip works a treat

Folks - Please stop advocating cruelty to cats.

Get either a dog or a shot gun

For the owners !:D

Maudi wrote: »

i had the same trouble with cats crapping in my garden where my kids play.my arguement is if i threw my kids soiled nappys into cat owners garden they wouldnt be to happy [its exactly the same thing as letting your animal out to soil my garden]so i bought a large humane animal trap and now i [relocate]these pests

To be fair, that's a ridiculous argument. If cat owners were to collect their cats' faeces and throw them over the wall then it would be "exactly the same thing". As was pointed out earlier, you can't tell cats not to go to the bathroom in people's gardens, it's not a matter of "letting your animal out to soil my garden".

I hope you're joking about relocating people's pets because that's seriously messed up. Applying your "logic", it would be the same thing as relocating your children if they wandered into their garden.

Maudi wrote: »

i had the same trouble with cats crapping in my garden where my kids play.my arguement is if i threw my kids soiled nappys into cat owners garden they wouldnt be to happy [its exactly the same thing as letting your animal out to soil my garden]so i bought a large humane animal trap and now i [relocate]these pests

Wow, so now we know why there are so many missing/lost cat threads. :mad: I cannot believe someone would be that callous.
Any chance you could let people know where you relocate them to so that they’ve at least some chance of finding their pets???
Humane animal traps cost a lot of money, mabey if you’d asked for advice like the OP, you wouldn’t have been out of pocket & people might still have their pets. Thank God I don’t live near you & my cats are indoor only. At least people now know who to go to when their cat goes missing.:rolleyes:


Anyway, back to the question.
Cats don't like to walk on rocky/rough surfaces, and they prefer to eliminate on loose soil, mabey put down rocks or pine cones for mulch in your garden or lay chicken wire down on top of your soil.
You could also put down mothballs (drop them into a can or jar, cover, and make a few holes in the cover as they are toxic to cats & I doubt they’re very child friendly either)
You could try stringing some unwanted CD's together with knots in between to keep them apart, put them across flower beds and vegetable plots or hang them from trees. Bit unsightly but the idea is the cat sees the reflections, gets spooked, and hopefully leaves.
Certain plants & herbs are meant to deter cats. There is one, Coleus Canina that cats, dogs and even foxes will avoid. It’s also known as the "pee-off plant" or the "scaredy cat" plant. It releases a stench that cats can’t stand. Other plants are lavender, pennyroyal, rue, garlic or Rosemary. FYI, Catnip or catmint has the opposite effect & you'll have a cat party in your garden!!
Spraying water on them will only deter them for that moment. Cats don’t think like dogs & humans, they don’t get the “he did that cause I did that” All they know is you sprayed them & it won’t stop them coming back.
Other things cats hate are citrus, cinnamon, lemon grass & tinfoil.
Hope this helps.:)

runawaybishop wrote: »

You call someone callous for protecting her kids from unsanitary conditions, yet you keep your cats indoors at all times? You sound like the callous one to me.

Oh for God's sake, I'm callous for keeping my cats indoors? Do you know anything about it or is that just your expert opinion? Try googling it.

I didn't say he/she was callous for protecting her kids from unsanitary conditions, but for taking other people's pets & relocating them.

cotton wrote: »

Oh for God's sake, I'm callous for keeping my cats indoors? Do you know anything about it or is that just your expert opinion? Try googling it.

I didn't say he/she was callous for protecting her kids from unsanitary conditions, but for taking other people's pets & relocating them.

Keeping an animal like a cat indoors 24/7 is not natural. if it is for the cats safety then it should be considered if that home environment is suitable in the first place.

I say fair play to her for removing a pest in a humane matter - better than just shooting them or throwing stones at them.

runawaybishop wrote: »

I say fair play to her for removing a pest in a humane matter - better than just shooting them or throwing stones at them.

Please tell me you're not being serious. You can't honestly condone people disposing of/"relocating" people's pets?

As previously stated, there are ways and means of deterring "pests" other than separating beloved pets from their families, which is cruel, unjust and heart-breaking for both parties involved.