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Message 1.Â
Posted by nanpickle (U14258493) on Monday, 9th August 2010
Hi folk, I am so so so angry !! I am an animal lover - love all animals and would never willingly hurt one, even next door's cat who insists on using my garden as a toilet. I can tolerate this in the flower beds, but I guess there are now insufficient gaps for her to find enough soil, so recently she has been climbing into the pots of my bay, olive and orange trees and proudly leaving me a deposit on the top of the soil. I removed the deposits and placed small twigs and sticks around to deter her. The final straw came yesterday when I went to pick a lettuce ......... I grow mine in a large trough which I have placed on top of an old table to deter slugs, etc. Yes, she had climbed up on to the table and into the trough !!! I now have to throw away my remaining lettuces and the soil. I was so angry that for the first time ever, I tossed the offending package back over the fence into her own garden - in the vain hope she may think that is a good place to go in future. I do have another sowing on the go in the gh, so I guess I will have to plant them in new compost and surround with sticks. What a pain she is.
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Message 2
Posted by chris (U14479141) on Monday, 9th August 2010
hi nanpickle,im really sorry to hear of your cat problem,i to have a major problem with cats as the next door neighbour has 6 plus 2 more live next door to her,unfortunately there is NO legislation for them and there jolly well should be.the only deterent iv`e found that works is netting i have my entire veggie patch under netting and it does stop them,i hope this helps and happy gardening regards chris
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Message 3
Posted by irisdublin (U14428036) on Monday, 9th August 2010
Hi,
A friend told me that old tea bags soaked in jayes fluid scattered around your veg works great! -
Message 4
Posted by joanne (U14429175) on Monday, 9th August 2010
hello, what a shame nan. cats apparently can't stand orange try putting the peel in between the plants this might stop the pesky so and so joanne
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Message 5
Posted by lotti newbi (U14455678) on Monday, 9th August 2010
Look on the bright side - don't they chase away the pigeons?!
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Message 6
Posted by farmerSteve (U2644680) on Monday, 9th August 2010
I assume you are certain it is cats Foxes love doing it on somewhere prominent too
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Message 7
Posted by nanpickle (U14258493) on Monday, 9th August 2010
Yes it is definitely my neighbour's cat. I have caught her in our garden lots of times and the other evening she strolled into our living room (much to our dog's disgust). As I say, I could never hurt her and feel terribly guilty if she runs away when I go in the garden. OH suggests we make friends with her so she thinks our garden is "hers" and will then go further afield to leave her mess. I wouldn't mind but there is plenty of "open" earth in her own garden she could use, but of course she doesn't want to do it there. I tolerated it in our flower beds, but when she started using our pots and now my lettuce trough, enough is enough !! Nan x
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Message 8
Posted by the2 jays (U14383723) on Monday, 9th August 2010
Our cat obviously doesn't think she lives with us as she uses our garden for her toilet. I think it may be because she adopted us. She used to live in the house behind us. I have a half barrel I've just cleared to plant some veg in but she has taken to sleeping in it. Makes a change from the wheelbarrow.
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Message 9
Posted by doncat (U11203674) on Monday, 9th August 2010
I know how you feel as unfortunately I have had the same experience in a trough of carrot seedlings and have just had to clear them all out. Disgusting! I know I could have covered them with fleece as I did earlier in the season but forgot to do this and have just come back from a week's holiday to find they have 'visited' the troughs several times, probably as there is no spare soil left among the other veg which was being uesd before. Some pebbles have also been used.
My old uncle I visited on holiday showed me his collection of bottled stuff he'd bought to repel cats, all useless he said. Someone told him to try moth balls which you can use as they are or crush into a powder and he says so far this has done the trick so I will be buying some tomorrow and give it a go. -
Message 10
Posted by cellarina (U3441540) on Tuesday, 10th August 2010
Sorry to hear about this, nanpickle. We recently dug a small trench in a corner of our garden because we have been intermittently looking after a neighbour's dog, which usually waits till he comes to our garden to deposit on the lawn. We put his offerings in the trench and add a little soil. To our surprise, we found that at night a visiting cat now deposits on the top of this. Perhaps you could try a trench and put the cats mess in there - may be she will then use that?
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Message 11
Posted by joanne (U14429175) on Tuesday, 10th August 2010
just ad a thought. You could get a cat of your own.
she may then not go in your garden because of the competition. It would be your cats territory not hers joanne -
Message 12
Posted by nanpickle (U14258493) on Tuesday, 10th August 2010
Joanne I think our dog would probably leave home. Although before we had her we had a cat (inherited her when we bought the house), people who were then "over the fence" had at least 6 cats - they were not speyed and constantly had kittens - and they still used to come into our garden/greenhouse/house, so they weren't put off by our poor old lady. Nan x
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Message 13
Posted by joanne (U14429175) on Tuesday, 10th August 2010
you don't want him to leave home. just had another thought what about planting a plant called scaredy cat inbetween the lettce and veg cats don't like it
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Message 14
Posted by nanpickle (U14258493) on Tuesday, 10th August 2010
I tried that before Joanne, but the wretched cats would sit near it. I could understand it if I had the lettuces in the ground, it is the fact that she had to jump up on to the table and actually get into the trough that is the killer.
No, I am just going to have to transplant my new lettuces with sticks in between them to stop her getting comfy enough to go there. Nan x -
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Posted by joanne (U14429175) on Tuesday, 10th August 2010
If I can come up with another idea i shall certainly let you know joanne
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Message 16
Posted by Lazymike (U3710800) on Tuesday, 10th August 2010
Hi
I have had the same problem with the neighbourhood cats.
I tried "Silent Roar" which is pelleted Lion's urine and dung.
It seemed to work for 5-6 months at a time. It is quite tough and outlasts rain. In fact even 1 year later I come across some of the pellets in pots when I broadcast it around the garden.
it isn't cheap, but it does seem to work. it also rots down as a fertiliser, which is why you won't find it in animal repellants, but in with the fertilisers. or you can find it on the internet.
hope it helps, and tell me if it does
Lazymike
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