How stop the cat in my garden

Green Finers

Hi everyone

Thank you for your helps.

I have having a issues with neighbours cat coming to poop in my garden. I plant some daffodil and twolips and some strawberries plants to get the harvest in autumn.

I see the cat pop in the soil when I water the flowers and check the plants.

I saw my neighbour cat coming in and I see it with my own eyes pooing, spraying, and scratching the soil and scraping the branch of my small apples trees.

Its not acceptable to me.

Thankfully no fruit on the tree but when summer come and is fruit then spray and poo is toxic and the washing won’t help it.

My daughter 6 years old likes do the garden and I’m afraid the poo will poison her. Neighbour won’t listen she don’t care. Cat is free and independent.

I already try ultrasound, bottle of water spray gun, citric skins, lavender and pepper and nothing works. I also try vick for nose and doesn’t work.

Sprinkler not going to be option. The house tap is at back of garden so I will get soaked when I use my owned garden. So I can’t even turn it on or off at my own pleasure.

Please help me with suggestions. I hope this is the write category to post in.

Thank you all. Good bless you.

3102derek

Exact same position myself, only its three cats from the estate. No idea who owns them....

Getting really tired cleaning up other peoples cat shite from my flower bed.

Have the ultra sound sensor too, and this works for a bit, but they keep coming back.

jellybear

I've used Get Off granules. They seem to be working, so far. They'll obviously need to spread again, so it's not the cheapest solution.

My dad swears by used tea bags with olbas oil on them but I haven't tried that yet.

EmmetSpiceland

Does leaving bottles full of water actually work? And, if so, does it only stop dogs?

afatbollix

Have you written a strongly worded letter to the cat?

That or ring Joe Duffy and hope the cat is listening to the radio and gets the message.

It's the outside world, It's what makes us different from the animals, Leave them alone to live in peace.

Green Finers

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118546319#Comment_118546319

I have try this stuffs to. Not working. Thanks all for replies.

goldenmick

Get yourself a cheap pump action water gun. Google it. Inexpensive and available at loads of places.

It will completely soak the little bleeder.

I guarantee that when the fecker has encountered that a few times, it will avoid your garden like the plague.

o1s1n

Cats hate the smell of citrus. If I bring any kind of citrus fruit close to mine they run a mile.

Maybe try some orange peels in the garden?

Atlantic Dawn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118546383#Comment_118546383

The OP's neighbours choice of pet should have no impact on what the OP does with their back garden, it's their own private space to do as they please. Their neighbour should restrict the movement of their pet to their own property or else move to the countryside where it won't bother anyone else.

o1s1n

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118546390#Comment_118546390

I 100% agree with you re people's pets not having an impact on what the OP does (hence me having indoor cats). What I don't agree with is purposefully leaving spikey things out in the knowledge that it's going to hurt an animal. There are better, non painful / lethal ways of dealing with other people's pets.

Green Finers

Read the top message. I try already.

josip

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118546371#Comment_118546371

And fill it with dog urine.

Green Finers

Read my messsge. Already try it.

Nothing working. My daughter will be sad if the fruit get ruined.

o1s1n

Have you tried talking to the neighbour?

Green Finers

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118546400#Comment_118546400

What is the method?

Stuff I haven’t tried already

Green Finers

What is the law in this country if neighbor cat or dog damage the property?

goldenmick

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118546408#Comment_118546408

You don't want a plain water pistol.

You need a double (jet) high velocity, pump action water gun.

This things are very powerful and you can be up to 10 metres or more away.

I know because my ex-wife had problems with a big tom coming into the garden and terrifying her 3 female cats. I ordered her this pump action water gun online, and after the tom had a few real soakings its not been back since.

Cats hate water, and it's the best and most humane way of dealing with your problem.

Green Finers

This one similar one I use already. No good

josip

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118546433#Comment_118546433

It's the law of the land. You'll to fix it yourself. Unless it was a dog and they injured a child.

But if you 'fix' it by mistreating the cat, even on your own property, then you'll feel the full force of the law :|

So pellet guns, salt guns, nail guns, black widows, deadfall traps and laser pointers are not options I'm afraid; even though technically the cat is a pest for your crops.

goldenmick

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118546532#Comment_118546532

Are you certain it's a domestic cat and not a tiger?

Ten of Swords

OP please dont start multiple threads for the same thing in different fora.

You've asked this question in the Pet forum and the Gardening forum too and honestly either of them are a better fit than After Hours.

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