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mjr

Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
First of all - did anyone else misread this as "anti cat bomber plants"? :eek:

cats generally bury their crap and cover it up. Why is it even a problem?
Some cats seem to be defective. How does one repair them? Percussive maintenance?

Not if you use the plastic ones

We discussed this with the Police and as these will not injure, merely painful and uncomfortable enough to deter them you do not breach the " duty of care"
Yes, those plastic pigeon/animal spikes may be OK (although I don't see the problem with cats on fences - they don't crap on the fence tops and it's fugly to secure all the entrances) but using gripper rods is a dick move.
 

MontyVeda

a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
@captain nemo1701 ... have you tried any of the suggestions and did anything help?

I liked the idea of planting strong scented plants so put in some Lavender... only to find a pile of cat shoot right next to it. 0/10 for that idea.

Not sure about the idea of putting out some food with the idea that cats won't crap where they eat... won't they just crap on the opposite side of the garden from the food?

And those silhouette cat things... surely they only work in the short term? The cats will work out that they're not real... or do you move them every few days?

There's a small area outside my yard with a couple of trees, weeds and bluebells. I might empty a bag of sand there and give them a more attractive latrine than my yard. That might work.
 
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captain nemo1701

captain nemo1701

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Thanks to all who suggested various things.

I'm going to try a combination of plants with those sonic alarms. I had a potentially nasty occurrence last week. Fetched bike out of the shed, wheeled it across the lawn and almost trod in a big pile...puddle...of noxious liquid. The blasted things can't even be bothered to bury it....:angry:.
 

Slick

Guru
Thanks to all who suggested various things.

I'm going to try a combination of plants with those sonic alarms. I had a potentially nasty occurrence last week. Fetched bike out of the shed, wheeled it across the lawn and almost trod in a big pile...puddle...of noxious liquid. The blasted things can't even be bothered to bury it....:angry:.
I wouldn't bother too much with the sonic alarms. Our worked for a week or two, but they soon got used to it.
 

perplexed

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cats generally bury their crap and cover it up. Why is it even a problem?

Biggest myth ever...

We had around three who visited our garden and the sodding things just crapped and left it. A token single flick of dirt with one paw doesn't count as burying it. We cured the problem with blocking the access 'runs' and coarse slate - and repatriating the crap with an old trowel.
 

MontyVeda

a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
The cat that craps in my back yard doesn't even do a token gesture flick of dirt over it... which i guess is better than it burying it. I can just scoop it up and hurl it into the neighbours garden. :okay:
 
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captain nemo1701

captain nemo1701

Space cadet. Deck 42 Main Engineering.
Location
Bristol
Biggest myth ever...

We had around three who visited our garden and the sodding things just crapped and left it. A token single flick of dirt with one paw doesn't count as burying it. We cured the problem with blocking the access 'runs' and coarse slate - and repatriating the crap with an old trowel.

A friend of mine was gardening without gloves once and whilst planting, got what he thought was 'soft clay' on his fingers...eeew!xx(
 
It's a common misunderstanding of feline behaviour - equally true of big cat species as in the small cats.

Cats will only bury their waste in what they see as their core territory. They will leave unburied waste on the edges of their territory to emphasise their claims to said territory or where there is a dispute between different cats over what "belongs" to whom.

So throwing cat poo over the fence into a neighbour's garden isn't a solution. The cat may not even be their cat. Cats' territories can be quite large, so please do not assume and pass the buck to someone who may well be totally blameless. The cat in question could live up to half a mile away. More if it's an entire as opposed to a neuter. Cats will always return to use a latrine or to mark their territory - the best solution is to use a doggy poop scoop, bag it up and bin it. Cats have very sensitive feet, so put down things like sharp gravel or slate chippings that make the area less desirable to use. And don't use bleach to clean up as the scent of ammonia will only encourage them to return to the spot.

A note to also bear in mind - some people will lock their cats outside when they are out or asleep, which means that they do not have access to a litter tray during that time. The issue of cat soiling is as much a problem caused by Humans as it is caused by cats, who sometimes may not have a choice over where they toilet. Imagine if all the public loos were suddenly closed and you were bursting. What would you do?

Incidentally, my two refuse to poop outside - they will come in to do that. I am treated to the comedy act of Lexi pooping in the downstairs tray and Poppy waiting next to the tray to cover Lexi's deposits as Lexi apparently never does it to her satisfaction.

Edited to add a point: Are you sure it's cat poo? It could equally be fox poo.
 
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perplexed

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It is most definitely cat crap because I've seen them 'adopt the position' on more than one occasion...

On one side they own two cats-the other own one, so I think it only fair they share the produce. Even if it isn't theirs (and I happen to know that at least some of it is) then their cats are almost certainly doing it to others. Either way, it ain't mine so I'm not keeping it and I certainly am not going to bag it and put it in my bin...
 
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