keeping cats off veg garden

[craig1971]

my niece has started a veg garden but the neighbours cats are using it as a toilet is there any products plants to use to keep cats off her garden

[lottie dolly]

look on here,lots to investigate on the search system
Cats digging up raised beds

[veggiechicken]

Try this one http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...buy_31595.html
If the raised bed is the garden - net it!

[happyhumph]

My grandad used to use a water pistol which worked until the cats worked out its range. Peasticks help, or get a cat herself!

[jonny the plant pot]

Just ask them niceley

[More basil]

Chilli powder scattered on the soil seems to work to a degree. Cats groom... And thereby they soon learn that there are more pleasant places to do their business. (It also deters mice and rats but not birds who don't feel the heat)

[Bigmallly]

Debris netting cages.

[veggiechicken]

If your niece is growing cabbages she will need to net them against the butterflies/pigeons anyway - so can keep the cats off at the same time!

[Bren In Pots]

My veg beds are all netted, it works for me.



Remember please only humane suggestion or the thread will be closed.

[fishpond]

Holly tree prunings work for me at the moment.

[johnjohn]

I haven't tried it but you might like this:

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There's a review here with some other useful recommendations:

http://thescaredycat.com/silent-roar...manure-review/

Or perhaps a trip to the zoo for something a little fresher?

[Potstubsdustbins]

I have a 'cat in a bag' toy, when pressed a recording of a tom cat fighting is played, works for me but you have to be there.

[Penellype]

Nets definitely work, or if you have bare soil covering it with fleece stops the cat digging. Some cats dislike bits of stick poked into the ground at intervals, but the cat that lives next door to me simply digs the sticks up.

[vixylix]

I have two cats - who like to use my raised bed as a litter tray / bed / place to fight. I net it while there's lots of bare soil on show. Once the plants are too big for the netting, the bed has filled out and they're not interested anymore.

The soil in the raised bed is lovely and soft so I dont blame them really

[bramble]

Nothing will deter them if the soil is freshly dug unless you use something like the prunings from rose bushes or net the whole bed. I have a cat and the minute I dig I have to cover the fresh soil.