Cats!!!!!

Can anyone suggest a good cat scarer, we are pestered by one cat who comes into our garden during the night and digs 6/8 holes in our nicely planted flower beds!!!
Help please.

 

Could it be squirrel early in the morning? Our neighbour's cat would leave 1 mined heap only. To save freshly sown or freshly planted beds I use skewers. I have prickly beds I place those so that it would be uncomfortabe to walk and sit down there. Seems it helps. Of couse it's not a solution for larger areas.

 

One of these scarers simliar to below works for us, if you have a mains water hose to connect to.

If its just on one or to beds, then some close knit nettings laid taught over the surface of the soil tends to stop them, just cut holes for the plants to come though.

Like @Alisa says, any form of spike works well, we used to use rose clipping and such like, sounds dramatic but they are sensible enough to avoid and once they realise to keep away thats all they need.

We only have to turn the water scarer on when see a new cat to the area or this time of year when they are attracted by the frogs spawning in the pond.
Its not just the water jet that scares them away but the clatter the water sprayer makes.

Edit, just in case anyone think we hate cats or that these are bad practices, its because we like cats that we ensure these devices do not harm them in any way, just discourages them.

 

Its a bit odd really because when I had a dog I used to have problems with neighbours cats digging etc.
Since I dont have a dog anymore I tend to like the local cats coming round to some extent so dont actively chase them off and they do no damage whatsoever.
Dont ask me why?

 

We were the same and enjoyed the odd play, but these days there are so many cats and they don't care where they do their business, even the middle of the lawn, and make a mockery of a wildlfe area or pond as they just see it as another hunting ground for birds, frog etc etc.

They say that so many cats in such a small area can have adverse affect on their health, noticable how few seem to be around for more than a couple of years.

 

Garlic spray may work but not sure, Cut up a garlic clover into small bit a put into a bottle to get smelly for a few days then spray around where cat comes in, may work or may not

Keep mixing and spraying for a few weeks

Here's one about Dogs
Dog pooping on lawn

 

Having had cats own me for 52 years, all I can say is they do not poop or pee 6 or 8 times a night ... and they cover their business when finished. I suggest it is some other nocturnal critter. My cats always come in to use the litter box (although I have seen them have a quickie in the sand garden) so I am afraid I am of absolutely no help to you but I hope you find a solution for your problem.

 

Cat problem? 2 German Shepherds, 2 Dalmatians and a Border Collie = No cat problem!

 

He said don't ask! People are soooo rebellious

 

I have a cat but as in previous comments this sounds like a night-time animal like a fox. In a newly sown border I might have a problem with squirrels digging holes so I have collected used baking cooling trays with criss crossed wire to cover the beds. Also poke sticks all round newly planted seedlings in a bed to deter visiting cats. Works well.

 

I have 3 dogs (all small) and next doors 3 cats terrorise my dogs my dogs see the cats come in the garden and they leg it back in, they are right wimps. 2 of next doors cats co.e and poo on our front lawn and the neighbour over the roads too. The only thing I found stopped the cats pooping on my lawn was the Aspen wood I used in the bottom of my snakes vivariums, i got told that cats fear snakes (how a domestic cat would know what a snake was and to fear it is beyond me), but i gave it a try and it totally stopped the cat coming into our garden at all. I wa also told lion poo put in various places around your garden scared the cats too, so I phoned the local wildlife centre up and asked if they sold it, her response was oh are you having cat problems

 

There are so many suggestions on this subject. At one time we had an alsatian bitch, rescue dog. Fantastic animal. She wheighd in just under six stone. She lved laying close to the top stair, a flight of 12/13. If a cat even thought about coming through the gat, she cleared all the stairs. Wonder she never hurt herself.

A friend once suggested a drum of cat repellant cost £5.50 The cats loved it. I've heard about the lion poo. Also another one is. Mens pee splashed around the garden. No thanks, might be a frost tonight.

I have lost so many plants and shrubs of late. By the pong in the garden, I reckon it's cats.