How do I stop a cat coming into my garden...

Sorry comment was meant for nanmacgeek. My DH has tried everything. He's thinking of buying one of those sonic things

Doesn't work

Stick a few sprigs of holly in the planter or sprinkle white pepper on the compost.

I had a cat that started going to the toilet in the house. Yuk! Our vet told me to place a tiny amount of cat food in the places she was using as a cat will never wee or poo where their food is. It worked straight away, never had a problem again. Perhaps it would solve the problem.

Wow! So much advice - thank you all for taking the time to answer... To be fair, I reckon once I have planted up and covered the soil with pebbles/gravel, that'll put it off. Then in the meantime, I'll dry citrus peel and save my coffee grounds. At any rate, I think our tiny garden will smell very inviting to humans and hopefully not that darned cat!

NB: Not sure I'd go the ultrasound route as one of my dogs has super-sensitive hearing and it might upset him. Last thing I want is him barking his head off at 3.30am!!

The water pistol idea is so appealing - at least we would have heaps of fun with DGS!!

Yes we had a problem, but sharp plastic edging along the to
Of the fences. Can’t remeber what it’s called. Also put bits of green netting by the one small tree. Seem to do the trick.

Greyduster. How very cruel.

I have two dogs and a cat, my cat would be like this one ?. I have to admit to being embarrassed ? as I know he toilets elsewhere, he never uses his litter tray! I suggested my neighbours to let their dogs out and chase him. My neighbours all have beautiful gardens and we do all get on. One neighbour who has an elderly dog, let him out when my cat was in her tree..... cheeky cat now taunts her dog. I have always told them to knock and I would be more than happy to clean any mess. I really don’t know what to advise, cats do tend to be a law unto themselves.

These are brilliant no cats in my garden since installing these front and back

www.amazon.co.uk/PestBye-Battery-Operated-Waterproof-Repellent/dp/B004SGC75S?tag=gransnetforum-21

I have no pets but cats live either side of me and use my garden as their toilet. I am told this is what cats do as they will not soil their own territory. Every time i clear weeds and dig a piece of earth it is despoiled the next day and the smell is gross. Planting close together does not stop them so now I have weeded, smoothed, laid liner and covered each section with various shades of slate chips with the plants either in the earth but surrounded by chips or displayed in pots on top. It looks attractive and is far less work to maintain.
However, if this is not for you the only other two remedies not yet mentioned is to get your own cat or cover the area with pepper, I am assured both work but of course the first one means you will be responsible for inflicting on others what this cat is doing to you ?

Hi! My next door neighbour's cats have used my garden for the last 11 years, ever since I've lived at this address. I have tried EVERYTHING plus his brother to keep them out. Presently, with wall to wall trellis attached to fencing, I have wedged chicken wire behind every trellis, sticking out about a foot from the fence. Where possible I have attached the wire to a tree or bush to keep it taut(ish). The last time I saw a cat it had tried to jump down from the top of the fence as usual but found it's way obstructed by the wire and was having a helluva job getting back to it's own territory! Hurrah! I haven't seen one since. 2nd best was putting tea bags soaked in Jeyes Fluid around the places they visit, without touching the plants, and dousing the said fence in Jeyes Fluid too, which also kept them out., The problem was having to continually resoaking the teabags or replacing them completely as they burst open with the weather and spilled their contents everywhere and redousing the fence. The wire is the best of the lot and doesn't hurt them. It only took me 11 years to find out!

Does garlic definitely work for squirrels and cats?

Can you let the dogs out during the day but keep an eye on them? The cats might be more reluctant to visit if they know the dogs might be around when they do?

Next door’s cat has not visited us at all since our big lad gave her a terrible fright one afternoon whilst he was out napping in the grass under the bird table. Cat wasn’t harmed at all but has decided discretion is the better part of valour!!

If you make it difficult for the cat to get into your garden, with a flimsy fence topping, netting your gates etc, they will sometimes go to a place with easier access, instead. Of course, it depends on how practical it would be to catproof the place.

I have a large garden pot which is 3/4 full of compost, waiting for me to plant up. The warmer weather has meant that the compost in the pot gets really warm and the ideal place for my cat to lie and bask in the sun!!! I have tried putting sticks in the pot - he lies on top of them. I have tried laying the sticks on top of the pot - he knocks them off and then lies down in the pot. Trouble is that when he comes indoors, so does the compost from the pot which sticks to his fur! Garlic cloves going in this pot too I think.

I had a problem with foxes digging up flower beds and eating the bulbs. After filling in holes for 5 mornings on the trot I bought some garlic, halved the cloves, stuck them under the surface of the earth - no more foxes!!! I also have a cat but he usually uses his litter tray indoors overnight, so no 'parcels' left outdoors. I now have a problem with squirrels digging in my pots and garden so I am off to buy more garlic and will again halve the cloves and put them under the surface of the soil. Trouble is, I hate garlic, so don't normally buy it, but it does work!

I have used , with great success, used coffee grounds, store them up evey day and sprinkle liberally, it's works brilliantly, unlike orange peel and the useless device that we bought from Amazon! If I forget to do it, the cats return to pee everywhere!

If I've got empty pots waiting to be planted I always lay a few prickly sticks over the top, digging a couple in a bit so they
are not easily removed. It seems to work.

Get a pump action water pistol and mix citronella oil with the water. Cats hate citrus!

Wilkinsons sell cat repellant for gardens,
Al;so orange or lemon peel is supposed to repel them, never tried these as i have cats of my own,but might test it in a spot they use

Dog not dig

You can buy cat and dig repellent pellets and sprays in most hardware stores, Homebase, B&Q and places like The Original Factory Shop for about £3.
I recently bought the spray to stop a fox coming into the garden and it worked.

I have spray bottles by my front & back doors, not to use on cats invading my garden but for my neighbours when they feed my "hell cat" when I'm away. He's very territorial but the softest, soppiest cat around me (he goes for feet!!)

My cat is litter trained but hates using it preferring outside (couldn't put tray outside as it would get soaked in the rain). He does love using my garden when I've dug it over.

My neighbour has tried every deterrent going as all the cats seem to use her garden, none of them has worked. I agree with others, just make it impossible for cat to get onto the pot & it'll get the message.

A neighbour's cat often used to lurk under shrubs in our garden, waiting to,pounce on the birds we feed and water.

Plenty of nice prickly pyracantha prunings strewn over its hiding places seemed to work quite well!

www.jparkers.co.uk/6-cat-shoo-green-1009058c?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIr_nRntKq2wIVzJPtCh0qywlBEAQYBCABEgLxd_D_BwE

I bought a Masterblaster, a high powered kids water pistol.
Never had any luck with soaking the cats, but had lots of fun trying.