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Hi folks, I'm looking for some help on ways to keep cats out of my garden without doing them any harm. Since new neighbours moved in their bloody cats have been scaring off all my wee garden birds that I like so much. I've tried chucking cups of water over them but they keep coming back, bought one of the spray things that is supposed to deter them but no joy either. :shrug:

Tommy.
 
I've gave them a good soaking umpteen times but they are still coming back unfortunately. I had thought about the ultrasonic thingy but I was also concerned that it would scare off the birds.

Tommy.
 
Apparently Tiger wee is good for keeping domestic cats away. Good luck getting some though, I understand hes quite busy with his Golf again these days...
 
If you have money to spend do a search on a device called a catwatch. The are reportedly the best way of keeping the mogs out.

A rottie would probably not work too well, cats know they can outrun them. There are even some brave ones that come into our garden and we have a very agile lurcher. I'm going to be buying a catwatch.
 
Cheers for the replies guys, I'll look into the Catwatch and in the meantime if anyone has some tiger pee they don't need, you know where to send it. :thumbs:

Tommy.
 
If you have 2 metre high fencing around your garden get some 12" shelf brackets and plastic netting to construct a 12" inch overhang on the inside.
At first that does not stop cats getting in, but it stops them getting out.
Chase any cat that comes in, but leave an escape route like a gate open.

Cat will try to run up the fence, but cannot get past the overhang ....... big panic.

Cats hate going into places they cannot get out of and will not come back.
Works without doing harm to the animals.

Orange peel, lengths of hose (snake), bottles of water etc only work for a while.

Used to be a liquid called Renardine to deter foxes (think it is now banned).
It worked OK, but the stink from it was horrific.
 
arclight said:
If you have 2 metre high fencing around your garden get some 12" shelf brackets and plastic netting to construct a 12" inch overhang on the inside.
At first that does not stop cats getting in, but it stops them getting out.
Chase any cat that comes in, but leave an escape route like a gate open.

Cat will try to run up the fence, but cannot get past the overhang ....... big panic.
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That's all very well, but what if a cat gets into the garden whilst your on holiday?

Have a look in your local garden centre - they sell all manner of cat deterrents. Often very strong lemon scented things work - we bought some gel granules (can't remember what they where called) which we put down to stop our neighbours cat using our borders as a toilet. It worked fine.
 
My granddad used to use tea bags soaked in Jeyes fluid or diesel and sat them in yoghurt pots, that kept the cats away. It may keep birds away as well though.

We've also used some gel crystals that we got from the local garden centre and they worked quite well. The name was "Get off" or "Keep off", something like that - I could only ever remember the "off" so I always called it something else and would get a :lol: :nono: from my partner.

Or there's Lion poo.
 
Water pistol. Loads of fun n it dosen't harm the wee furballs.
 
..is it an old wives tale that if you urinate around your garden borders it marks your territory and keeps animals away...?
 
arclight said:
If you have 2 metre high fencing around your garden get some 12" shelf brackets and plastic netting to construct a 12" inch overhang on the inside.
At first that does not stop cats getting in, but it stops them getting out.
Chase any cat that comes in, but leave an escape route like a gate open.

Cat will try to run up the fence, but cannot get past the overhang ....... big panic.

Cats hate going into places they cannot get out of and will not come back.
Works without doing harm to the animals.
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My dad knows someone who tried something similar by trapping the cat indoors with only a single escape route. He ended up in hospital (the friend, not the cat.)

matty said:
Apparently Tiger wee is good for keeping domestic cats away. Good luck getting some though, I understand hes quite busy with his Golf again these days...
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Isn't it nice to see a celebrity driving an ecologically responsibly car in these troubled times?:D
 
.177?

OK maybe not :D

I'm sure you can buy a repellent gel that you put on lawns etc to keep them away. I have a Border Collie...that keeps the cats out :lol:
 
No chance. Not even using Rotweillors. The neighbours have two - and one of my five cats keeps winding them up by running through their garden or parading along the top of the fence.

As long as you have birds in your garden, you're going to have the cats visiting. If you don't want the cats - get rid of the birds.
 
I have 2 electronic sounders i bought from B&Q the ones specifically for cats.
they have a pir on them which sets of the sound when activated and won't effect any other animal. You can use battery
power but they don't last long,I bought a power supply for them.Not had a single problem with cats in the garden since.:thumbs:
 
Blapto said:
Isn't it nice to see a celebrity driving an ecologically responsibly car in these troubled times?:D
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only the bluemotion model..:p
 
Dog poo :D If you have a dog great, if not ask someone who does if he can supply you with fresh stuff every few weeks. Scatter it under your hedges if you have them, as far around your garden as possible. Or hide it behind plants in your borders.

We used to get feral cats daily, but not anymore. So long as you make sure you put fresh stuff down every few weeks or so, they will keep away.
 
I've got a problem with these little vermin crapping in my garden too.
We've got one of the items Trex500 mentioned, which seems to make a bit of a difference but not kept them out 100%.
Deffo helps mind.....

I'm seriously considering killin the little ****ers.
Seriously.
 
What about planting catnip in a neighbours garden so they go there instead? :D
 
Gonetae said:
Hi folks, I'm looking for some help on ways to keep cats out of my garden without doing them any harm. Since new neighbours moved in their bloody cats have been scaring off all my wee garden birds that I like so much. I've tried chucking cups of water over them but they keep coming back, bought one of the spray things that is supposed to deter them but no joy either. :shrug:

Tommy.
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:D http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=132137
 
My mother in law had cat problems and she managed to solve hers by planting lavender at intervals around the garden and and in winter when it wasn't quite as strong just misting some diluted lavender oil around the edges - didn't do any harm to the plants or anything.

They are a pain though, better than moles though eh!
 
joodles said:
..is it an old wives tale that if you urinate around your garden borders it marks your territory and keeps animals away...?
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No it works...I used to sprinkle bottles of urine around the borders once a week and it did seem to keep the cats away...My wife did think I was insane though, especially when I'd howl in the bathroom after a near-miss incident...lol
 
kittylitter said:
My mother in law had cat problems and she managed to solve hers by planting lavender at intervals around the garden and and in winter when it wasn't quite as strong just misting some diluted lavender oil around the edges - didn't do any harm to the plants or anything.

They are a pain though, better than moles though eh!
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We've got loads of lavender in our garden, our cats love it! :D
 
kid with an air rifle,

or ask one of our military members if you can borrow a machine gun..... or tank
 
Tried about everything..........the latest, and it seems to work up to now, get 2 old CDs, glue them back to back, put two small coins on the CDs, paint the CDs black, remove the coins to leave two silver (eyes)..do the same the other side. make a hole so you can hang them from a bush, any breeze causes them to move, the cats think its a bigger cat, specially at night, they must work because someone as pinched one.
 
Here's one for you then. How the hell do I stop the neighbours cat coming in to my garden and terrorising our cat?

Theirs is male (neutered), ours is female (neutered). He's just a big bloody bully though.

The story is, it used to live here some years ago, then the old tenant did a disappearing act and left the cats, so they lived wild for a couple of years. Then it started trying to get back into our house...and next door 'adopted it'. It still tried to get in here though.

Strange thing is, it craps itself if it's noticed so it knows it's in the wrong. As soon as it knows I've spotted it, it bolts for the door and it's gone....

It's also terrorising our cat (a runt of the litter, but a meek little thing), they fight most of the time. (It sits on our windowsill and they snarl at each other through the window).
Or it will sleep on our garden furniture etc.

As soon as I get the water spray out it runs off, but the sod knows how far the water can reach and just saunters off after that distance. Few minutes later it's in our garden again.

Get the message....**** off! lol

So, how do I deter one cat while not detering our own?
 
Marcel said:
Here's one for you then. How the hell do I stop the neighbours cat coming in to my garden and terrorising our cat?

Theirs is male (neutered), ours is female (neutered). He's just a big bloody bully though.

The story is, it used to live here some years ago, then the old tenant did a disappearing act and left the cats, so they lived wild for a couple of years. Then it started trying to get back into our house...and next door 'adopted it'. It still tried to get in here though.

Strange thing is, it craps itself if it's noticed so it knows it's in the wrong. As soon as it knows I've spotted it, it bolts for the door and it's gone....

It's also terrorising our cat (a runt of the litter, but a meek little thing), they fight most of the time. (It sits on our windowsill and they snarl at each other through the window).
Or it will sleep on our garden furniture etc.

As soon as I get the water spray out it runs off, but the sod knows how far the water can reach and just saunters off after that distance. Few minutes later it's in our garden again.

Get the message....**** off! lol

So, how do I deter one cat while not detering our own?
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KARCHER WASHER, water on, cable through the window into socket, flick the switch when it comes near, if you time it right you should get the jet up the bit that looks like a pencil sharpener
 
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