Neighbor’s cats are using my garden as their litter box. Do you have a way to discourage them?
carolegsp asked:
Next door neighbors have 5 cats. There are many more in my neighborhood and they all roam free. I have a dog but my yard is not fenced so he cannot be outside unless I am with him. I have motion sensor lights that turn on when a cat enters my yard and I go out and throw water on them which works when I am home or not asleep. I cleaned uo 30 “piles” this week!!! Help!
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Next door neighbors have 5 cats. There are many more in my neighborhood and they all roam free. I have a dog but my yard is not fenced so he cannot be outside unless I am with him. I have motion sensor lights that turn on when a cat enters my yard and I go out and throw water on them which works when I am home or not asleep. I cleaned uo 30 “piles” this week!!! Help!
March 10th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Pour ammonia around the outside of your garden. Cats hate the smell of ammonia. If that doesn’t work I’d call animal control.
March 11th, 2009 at 9:56 am
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March 14th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
moth balls scattered around works.
March 16th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
check at a bait store, or some where, that hunting supplies are sold, and see if they have some coyote sent, or wolf sent, put that around your garden,
March 19th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Call the animal control, as there are laws concerning cats roaming free. Live traps might also be used in extreme cases as well. Cat waste can spread diseases such as toxoplasmosis, so this is nothing to mess with. So call them and get their advice. There are some animal repellants out there, but mothballs are one of the cheapest. You will still have to the remove the waste from you garden as this still attracts more cats.
March 21st, 2009 at 12:53 am
I know this is not an answer you were hoping for, but try to be not too hasty with the cats–try to be grateful instead, for I suspect the cats are doing their job; most likely a field mice roam in your garden too.