Cats pooing in my plants

Ethel, I'm intrigued by your user name. I always envy other posters' names. I regret mine.

Sorry I don't know much about cats, I'm sure you will find lots of posters willing to share their knowledge.

We used to have a tiny zoo near here that sold bags of 'zoo poo'.

I reckon chilly powder might do the trick, or a male's urine is supposed to help.
Sticks put into the ground so there is nowhere to crouch?
Not very attractive, though.

Chilli.

A mirror strategically placed, might make him unsure of squatting in a place he uses.

Spent coffee grounds mixed with a small amount of Vicks vapour rub ( cheap version). Cats mark their soiling territory with their scent so they go back to it. If you put a stronger and to them unpleasant scent down, they will not return.
You may have to repeat the mixture after rain.

Why do people have big bottles filled with water all over their flower beds?

While they go away on holiday, the upturned bottle seeps water out slowly, to water the flowers.

Nothing stops them ethel No miss A chilli makes no difference nor does garlic ( which they are suppose to shy away from) turmaric, curry powder, prickly sticks, (they tip toe between them) the solar things that emit a special noise, the pretend cats I can go on and on I am the master of trying cat removal things

The water bottles are suppose to reflect the cats image and frighten them away

I am fed up with them have been for years

I am too BlueBelle - nothing has stopped them here. Not even the visiting foxes!

They have even climbed into our potted plants on the patio and cra***d in there!
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Chilli, garlic, citrus smells, sonic noises, water bottles, mirrors, jangly CDs, spikey sticks, special anti-cat powders, gels and so on. Over 20 years we have tried and failed with these and more.
The tiger poo was a non starter as our closest zoo won’t sell poo from their meat-eating animals.

Good luck!
In my opinion, anyone who finds a way to stop them is going to make a fortune!

I've had total success with slim kebab sticks and clear plastic forks, prongs upwards of course, both at home and on my allotment. Also, at home I've gradually crammed my flower beds full of plants so there's very little space for crouching cats.

The product you need is called Silent Roar. It worked for a neighbour.

They even go in my effing plant pots

Here is a picture of the cat scarer with a poo right next to

Yes mine too BlueBelle ☹

Will silent roar work for fox poo? We're plaqued with that every morning, someone suggested white vinegar but it killed the grass.

Kebab sticks are are no deterrent here either...

I've given up trying to deter them. I cover my veg patch with netting when it is bare and just go out each morning armed with rubber gloves and poo bags! We have hedgehog poo on the patio too.

Silent Roar has 999 reviews here:
www.amazon.co.uk/Silent-Roar-Lion-Manure-Repellant/dp/B0002B7OT2?tag=gransnetforum-21

Some do mention foxes Monk08 - take a look.

The Silent Roar did seem to work for us, BUT, please use it sparingly, not as we did, and used a whole box in one go!

When I contacted customer services, the lovely lady explained why, and sent us another box.

Wilkinsons sell cat and dog granules that smell of garlic and scatter around the area and does stop them. I love cats but don't like them leaving their poo presents!

Thank you very much I'll have to give silent roar a go.

* mrsgreenfingers* not my marauding neighbourhood cats even pure garlic made not a scrap of difference

I bought a solar powered sonic thingy last autumn to use in my front garden. I have had about 99% success with it, in that I have only had to deal with fouling twice in the year. I should explain that the front garden is now laid to slate chippings so it is quite difficult to clear anything up.
The small back garden has now got artificial grass, mainly because I can longer cut the grass so there is nowhere a cat can go.
Next door's cat is the only one that comes in and I frighten it by clapping my hands and shouting at it. I don't know whether it really works, but it always clears off
now when it sees me.
Don't you think it is unneighbourly to have a cat these days who is not trained to use the cat litter ?

Do you know where I could get one of these solar powered things from? The cat has probably been coming round into the garden for about 3 years now. He's a very pleasant little cat who I've never had a problem with but only recently as in the last few months he's started to poo in all my plants. I'm not sure why it's only just started to happen.