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A big dog with a loud bark is not a bad idea! Ha! If you're not in the market for a canine, you can also try motion sensor sprinklers to startle cats and scare them away. We've also heard of people putting a sandbox in their yard in hopes of attracting cats to use that location as a litter box as opposed to their garden.
Do any other users have any ideas to keep cats out of the garden? What has worked for you?
Having three cats (all indoor ones) I would be the first to say I'd hate cat poop in the garden/birds being eaten etc etc all the things listed by others.
I would like to make a suggestion that I made to my cat hating neighbour which worked very well. I explained that should she ever see one of my cats in her garden then it had escaped (as my cats are escorted into the garden to eat grass then back in again). I gave her my "super soaker" water gun. A quick blast from that was very therapeutic for her if she saw a cat and ensured cats kept well clear from her garden as they hate the blast of water. Also highly amusing seeing a seventy year old with a giant water gun!!!! Give it a try. Humane and effective.
I have a problem with two visiting cats as well. No matter what I do the not so little blighters still persist in making my garden their own. One wande rs down the garden path as brazen as you like daring anyone to shoo him away. Think I might try the water gun idea too! Mind you as from today we have a hosepipe ban here so I'm assuming that a water gun is OK?
I've just scattered a whole container of repellant and will see... Think only way is to scare them off when you see them, with super soaker water pistol ready filled by window/back door. But if you're at work in the day its a nightmare!
I must admit I used to think the same....then I got my own! She now guards the garden (her patch), the nearest other cats get is walking along the fence line, and she does her business in her kitty litter tray. She is also good fun and is great company, wanting to be with me in the garden, getting her nose into everything. She also has a bell round her neck so doesn't get near to the birds.
However, I understand not everyone wants or is able to provide a home to a cat so the most humane way to shoo them away is with a water pistol. You don't have to aim at all or deliberately go out to soak them, you only want to shoo them, not harm them or scare them so much they hurt themselves trying to get away. Once you have walked into the garden a few times and put some water in their general direction (even if it's just a plant sprayer) they will soon learn and will start to leave your garden as soon as they hear the door go.
@kjd771 - That is really great advice. There is no need to harm a cat to teach it that it doesn't belong in the garden. Cats are incredibly intelligent creatures and can catch on to trends fairly fast. One drop of water usually scares off the toughest of cats, so no need to soak them!
Happy Gardening (and water gun squirting)
The Get into Gardening Team
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