We’ve lost more vegetables to the cat than slugs/snails this year…
CatProdder
Fruit peels would probably have more success? Cats can’t stand citrus.
SonOfGreebo
Yeah, you need to cross cross the stakes like caltrops. Plant some biennials dor next year!
IntelligentDrink8039
They absolutely hate tin foil ,Cats and aliens
Don’t ask how I know that but it’s true.
Fat_Ninja1
A cat will shit on top of every fork just to show you it ain’t bothered
Himantolophus1
I covered a border with teasel stems one year (prickly as fuck) and they still managed to get in between them and crap. only thing that stops them is not having bare soil (or mulch).
Birdman_of_Upminster
The cat will laugh in the face of this. I used some wire netting that I creatively cut to make a forest of upward facing spikes.
The cat laid a turd right on top of it as if it was a bed of nails. It was the clearest case of an animal saying a metaphorical ‘f-you’ as I’ve ever seen.
Glad-Effort-1507
It will probably chew on the forks
arduousmarch
Catnip?
kwikasfuki72
Lol good luck with that. Loving the comments on this issue!
But seriously, that won’t be much of a deterrent to a cat. They will literally poo there just to say f u.
Water sprinklers work that are motion activated.
My mum used to put a 2l plastic drink bottle filled with water down (all covering removed). Apparently the glint from the bottle is enough to put them off.
I tried with a CD hanging off a shrub and had similar luck. Not sure how it worked in the night, but didn’t have any poo.
cowie71
We tried the garlic paste stuff. Then the garden smelt of garlic and cat poop
Bigoli91
Citrus peel and oil seems to have done the job for me
FinchMandala
Catnip and catmint stopped them from pooping in my garden as they hate pooping where the good smells are.
mzhal
Male urine will keep them away. Not the nicest solution but it works.
Themelonmash
I’ve had success in my front garden flowerbeds with pepperdust and those bamboo kebab sticks. The pepper is the most efficient as any animal with a nose will be too busy sneezing to do anything else. Don’t plant those ‘cat shoo’ plants (coleus canina), they smell awful any time you touch them… but cats will ignore this.
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I reckon a cat could walk through those forks entirely unimpeded.
Also if you bury rose bush clippings just under the soil, they won’t trust where to stand and will stop shitting there completely ❤️
I use twigs, old rose cuttings and bamboo canes at this time of the year otherwise I have cats come and dig up my freshly planted plants lol
Tried this with skewers. Didn’t work!
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You need to just fence the crops off. My tomato planter used to be a communal litter tray, but not anymore.
I’ve been using barley straw from rabbits, not had cats pooping at all. Keeps the weeds down as well!
Fork handles, handles for forks
Perfect height for cheek scritches 😻
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The cat won’t even notice those forks.
Motion activated sprinkler works wonders. No harm. Cheap and effective. They will learn to avoid the area within a week and then you can remove it.
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We’ve lost more vegetables to the cat than slugs/snails this year…
Fruit peels would probably have more success? Cats can’t stand citrus.
Yeah, you need to cross cross the stakes like caltrops. Plant some biennials dor next year!
They absolutely hate tin foil ,Cats and aliens
Don’t ask how I know that but it’s true.
A cat will shit on top of every fork just to show you it ain’t bothered
I covered a border with teasel stems one year (prickly as fuck) and they still managed to get in between them and crap. only thing that stops them is not having bare soil (or mulch).
The cat will laugh in the face of this. I used some wire netting that I creatively cut to make a forest of upward facing spikes.
The cat laid a turd right on top of it as if it was a bed of nails. It was the clearest case of an animal saying a metaphorical ‘f-you’ as I’ve ever seen.
It will probably chew on the forks
Catnip?
Lol good luck with that. Loving the comments on this issue!
But seriously, that won’t be much of a deterrent to a cat. They will literally poo there just to say f u.
Water sprinklers work that are motion activated.
My mum used to put a 2l plastic drink bottle filled with water down (all covering removed). Apparently the glint from the bottle is enough to put them off.
I tried with a CD hanging off a shrub and had similar luck. Not sure how it worked in the night, but didn’t have any poo.
We tried the garlic paste stuff. Then the garden smelt of garlic and cat poop
Citrus peel and oil seems to have done the job for me
Catnip and catmint stopped them from pooping in my garden as they hate pooping where the good smells are.
Male urine will keep them away. Not the nicest solution but it works.
I’ve had success in my front garden flowerbeds with pepperdust and those bamboo kebab sticks. The pepper is the most efficient as any animal with a nose will be too busy sneezing to do anything else. Don’t plant those ‘cat shoo’ plants (coleus canina), they smell awful any time you touch them… but cats will ignore this.