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Old 08-08-2015, 09:12 AM   #1
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Default Cats in flower beds

Short of shooting the little bastards (since they are my wifes cats); do any of you have a GOOD way of keeping cats out of your flower beds?
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Old 08-08-2015, 10:46 AM   #2
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Remove the catnip and plant it where you want the cats to poop.
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That's why I don't have cats around anymore, they dig in the garden too.
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That's why I don't have cats around anymore, they dig in the garden too.
Kind of a Catch 22 with my cat. She is a good mouser and killed the rabbit that made its home in my onions.

Only problem is with her crapping in the garden. But she keeps the mice/voles/gophers/rabbits/birds out of it.

In the past, I've bought cat repellant from the hardware store to keep stray cats out of my flower beds. That seems to work until it rains.

I've heard bleach will work, too, but I think they like it.
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We've got feral cats, I feed some and that's not where you want to go. I can dig that. Unproven but try sprinkling/growing cilantro. I have 4+ my neighborly friend, they all hate it. The fresher it is (growing) the less they like it. Works in salsas and more. I add it to my meatball sauce for Italian pasta dishes. No complaints from the humans, yet.

It's worth a cheap try. I have almost no issues with cats "using" my many flowerbeds. I'm talking 98-99% clean. When I had backyard dogs cats always used and abused the front beds. Just a consideration. I've been a landscape guy forever. Cat doo in beds always seems to relate to overpopulation or fear of larger, louder 4-leggers. YMHO. Mothballs just stink.
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I went to pick up a customer today,she didn't see me pull in and when I went to knock on the door the motion activated sprinkler naild me,,,perhaps something like that..or a noise maker
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Fix them up a litter area elsewhere...
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An outdoor "Kitty Litter" box surrounded by Catnip.
They will love you for it.
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My American Bulldog scares them off from inside the house. I sucks when there is a crat orgy outside the bedroom window while I'm trying to sleep!
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Short of shooting the little bastards (since they are my wifes cats); do any of you have a GOOD way of keeping cats out of your flower beds?
Dog hair scattered around will keep cats out.

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My American Bulldog scares them off from inside the house. I sucks when there is a crat orgy outside the bedroom window while I'm trying to sleep!
I've always had good luck with cat orgy noise. No warranty but...
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My Dad had great luck with an electric fence. Cats learn that lesson very quickly.
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