Help! - Cats are destroying my polytunnel

[lainey lou]

sure it,s cats moggsue there are dozens round here and with out being too crude cat and fox poo smell totally different!

[moggssue]

Haha, I'll take your word for that Lainey, don't fancy getting close enough to fox poo to find out! In that case, hope the silent roar works again for you. Might be something a few others on here would be interested in as well, there have been others suffering with cat problems.

[Vegmonkey]

Hi all - i hate to say i have found the soliution! But i have. The sonic cat scarers that i have been dubious of in the past actually work. I bought one from b and q, and as long as i move it frequently, it totally puts the cats off. I would like to hear if anyone else has had any success/failure with them...

[lainey lou]

Haha, I'll take your word for that Lainey, don't fancy getting close enough to fox poo to find out! In that case, hope the silent roar works again for you. Might be something a few others on here would be interested in as well, there have been others suffering with cat problems.

My old dog used to love nothing better than a roll around in fox poo! It's stinking!!!!

[carrottop]

Cats are destroying my garden too

untill recently i didnt have a problem with cats in my garden or the veg patch,but now i have ,the diffrence between now and then is i had to have my own black and white moggy put to sleep due to his illness,Marmite(you either love him or hate him)would not allow another cat in,and didnt leave any problems,maybe if you get a cat the others would leave,regards Carrottop

[Hazel at the Hill]

Hello carrottop - I'm sorry to hear about your cat, and about your subsequent cat probs on your veg plot - but welcome to the Vine.

[shirlthegirl43]

Hi and welcome to the vine carrottop. Sorry to hear about your loss. Our cat problem is our own cat - I have the only cultivated garden in the vicinity and he just loves it!!! I have promised that next year we will build a special cat corner with sand dug into the soil and some catmint planted around it in the hope that it will stop him digging up my veggies

[Gazza]

A plastic pop bottle half filled with water and layed on its side seems to keep cats away. Its something to do with the noise the water makes!! Worked for me. ***** fluid on bricks placed nearby also works. They dont like the smell - who does?

[penny]

I also have a perforated polytunnel, someone told me to try mothballs along the sides not noticed any change yet though.

[Maf]

I got a Scarecrow to stop cats.

Not the type stuffed with straw

It's a motion sensing garden sprinkler type thing. When it detects a cat (or Heron) it lets out a quick burst of water.

It's a shame that it worked so effectively. Much delight was had watching the cats sh*t themselves when unexpectedly sprayed

[yoanbob]

I'm with vegmonkey the electric sonic things really work

[Madasafish]

I do believe cats are not protected in law. and if they stray onto your property you can kill them humanely.

I would gently tell their owner this and then start trapping them.. or shooting them.

(We have a cat which annoys our turkeys... I throw water at it and chase it away whenever I see it. Makes no difference:-)

[everdream78]

Someone told me that cats don't like the smell of citrus - my friend tried lots of orange/tangerine etc peel and that seemed to work quite well.

[MadamJoJo]

A great organic and FREE repellant is to urinate around the polytunnel....honest. It works to deter foxes, and cats are even fussier......they HATE the smell of urine (especially male urine)....but no hovering around public toilets to collect supplies because you will get a reputation!!

[areia]

ironically the best way to keep cat poo out of your garden is to have a cat yourself, but that depends on how guilty you feel knowing that they will go in other peoples gardens i wasnt allowed a cat, but i have a killer rabbit so he deters cats as he well tries to offer some extra loving if you know what i mean, *tiz funny watching the shocked expression the cats * other than that madam jojos idea is good also if theres a zoo near you, cats hate the smell of tiger poo, and it dosent smell that bad just put it at the bottom of the garden