cats

[Floella]

Can anyone suggest ways I can prevent cats using my garden as a toilet. Humane suggestions please, I don't want to hurt the cats. Friends have suggested a shotgun, but that seems a bit drastic. Any humane suggestions would be welcome. Thanks Flo

[wilsarnie]

In the Kleeneze catalogue this month there are loads of options, from the stuff you sprinkle on the garden to putting anti-terrorist-like spikes up on the fences/wall etc so they can't get in, to those random metal cats with weird eyes.

No idea if any work though!....

[heathfield]

Get a dog?

[sunflower71]

Pepper - I've been putting pepper down every week and so far so good no more cat poo!!

[xanderma]

You could try this plant. My mum tried it with good results...and it looks quite pretty too!

http://plants.thompson-morgan.com/uk/en/produc t/2131/1?SA=1303

Nice to read of someone who doesn't want to hurt the cats - too many people wish them harm for my liking!

Good luck

[bird_81]

My mum always scattered a bit of orange peel around the garden, apparantly cats don't like the smell or something. It always worked for us

[Lonnie]

I used bottles of smelling salts on the borders, buried them up to the neck, had to use about a dozen, but it worked, mostly its local cats that are the problem, and they learn, i've been cat free for a couple of years now,

[bricro]

Garden centres sell Lion Dung which cats abhor.
Expensive though.