Cats digging the garden
By Kath31
United Kingdom
Is there a plant that will deter cats from using my front garden as a litter tray?
- 26 Jun, 2009
Answers
There is a plant called Coleus Canina or the Scaredy cat plant. It has a pong that cats dislike but is inoffensive to human noses. It does work. I believe it's available in the GoY garden centre. There is also somone on ebay offering them (under perennial plants)
26 Jun, 2009
I tried scaredy cat too, the cat only moved to another part of the flowerbed. You could use lots of these plants in the area though, may work.
26 Jun, 2009
You could try the catwatch cat scarer which is recommended by the RSPB. I have one and also a water gun which works well without being cruel.
catwatch:
http://shopping.rspb.org.uk/p//R0123.htm?utm_source=rspbwebsite&utm_medium=internal&mediacode=T06ITH0221
26 Jun, 2009
you could try a dog or a triffid lol
26 Jun, 2009
I have the same problem.
I used a spray and a gel called get off, but they don,t work.
I covered most the the flowerbed with rocks between the plants so there would be no digging room but it did the toilet on top of a plant.
i,m going to try covering the area around the plants with netting to see if I can prevent the cats from walking on to the beds in the first place.
26 Jun, 2009