How can I prevent cats coming into my garden?

Local cats are coming through my garden and are using our garden as not only a toilet but also they are often fighting each other and "singing" during the night. Now some of you out there may find these animals loveable but I however really can not tolerate any more of their late night X-factor style auditions. Please let me know what are the most cost effective way is of removing these foul creatures from my garden, thanks.

How can I prevent cats coming into my garden?
Well water is all well and good but if you want them to stay away when you're not there or at nighttime, then orange peel sprinkled around where they normally go (ie: where you find the droppings) cats hate it!





There is also a product I used to sell at my old job called a CatStop, it is from http://www.drivall.com - a UK company who do delivery. Here is the product:





http://www.drivall.com/pestdeterrents/ca...





Hope this helps!!!
Reply:Hi there...Common odours that are effective deterrents for cats are:





Citronella works best for cats as well as citrus scents (primarily towards cats), cayenne pepper, coffee grounds, pipe tobacco, lavender oil, lemon grass oil, citronella oil, peppermint oil, eucalyptus oil, and mustard oil.





"Havahart's Cat Repellent" uses capsaicin pepper and oil of mustard as its active ingredients. It repels by both taste and odor, has a lemon scent.





Every animal responds differently to each of these. Some will not be phased by them and others will be quite revolting.





For training purposes they are applied on items that are to encourage avoidance behaviours and not for use with a squirt bottle as they could harm the eyes or respiratory system. Test each substance and observe to see which works as a deterrent so that accidental injestion does not occur as some could then be fatal.
Reply:Plant catnip or basil. If you're up at night - throw rocks at them - the cats will equate pain with not returning back to your garden.
Reply:Borrow a cat. Roll it in flour and let it wander the garden at night. The other cats will think it is haunted and they will go away!
Reply:Ammonia or moth balls
Reply:place half bottles of water in different places in your garden, it scares them off
Reply:Sprinkle chilli pepper on the soil.
Reply:I use a pellet gun and bury the target behind the garage
Reply:get a shot gun
Reply:There are lots of products that you can buy:





Sprays





Special plants that deter cats and dogs, they are plants made just to smell bad to the animals. Marigolds work for rabbits...not sure about cats.





You can also put some garlic around.





Good luck
Reply:spray them with water
Reply:get your self a dog
Reply:There are products you can buy at pet stores to help with this problem. One is called Repel the other is Boundary. They work like a charm. It comes in a granular form and you sprinkle it around to keep the animals away. It is inexpensive and the only down side is that you need to reapply it weekly and after heavy rains. You don't have to limit it to your garden...you can use it around the whole parameter of your yard to keep them completely away.
Reply:Get a small to medium size dog!
Reply:My local zoo sells Lion Poo manure!





It'll make them think there's a damn great big cat around and they'll leave your garden alone. Alternatively a squeezey bottle with water and a little lemon juice (jif will do!) - I'm quite a good shot now. (and I have a cat!)
Reply:a rat catcher ait rifle will always deter the litttle feckers just pop one of those little lead pellets into the cars a rs e and wolla no more moggies
Reply:seasoning salt it burns their nose so they will learn to stay away
Reply:Use fly spray regularly on the boundary they hate the smell I use it on my bin bags to stop them.
Reply:first of all it isn't the cat's fault it is their owners who let them outside, so start there or just call animal control, they shouldn't be outside to roam around on their own anyways. Leash laws do apply to cats as well.
Reply:cats hate citrus fruits


so try leaving a few orange peels in your garden


or have a water gun ready
Reply:Use (male) human or dog urine as a repellent, Keep away from food items.
Reply:put coffee grounds out of a coffee machine on the dirt in your garden i had that problem but they stopped once the coffee grounds were on the dirt
Reply:aaah leave the kitties alone they aint hurting noone.
Reply:You can get electrinc repellers that give out high pitched noises which only cats and dogs can hear. I have used the rodent repellent and found it very effective.
Reply:Good question I had the same problem, What you can buy is plastic strips they are about 2ins wide and about 18 ins long and have spikes, harmless to the cats they come in a pack of 10, so what you do is screw them to the top of your fence and gates where they come in. That's what I did and it stopped them. You can get them in black or brown colour. You will find that will do the trick.
Reply:but what you could do is sing along with them,who knows you may become buddies. then you could just ask them to keep out .
Reply:by a cat. lol. no, seriously, cats are very terratorial, and if you get your own, it will see that no cats enter your garden.
Reply:electric fence
Reply:You can buy cat repellent from some garden centres but a more eccentric way is to buy lion dung (can be bought in some garden centres) and spread in your garden. Cats are dead afraid of the smell of lions, even if they've never seen one.
Reply:Place moth balls on top of the dirt or you can shave into flakes.
Reply:This is beginning to be a problem in some cities. I live in Defiance, Oh. Its a smaller town. Average I guess. But the town has passed a law stating that all cats have to be on a leash if their outside. The town nearby has also made a new law. If a cat is found outside then it will go to the shelter. You will have to come get your cat and pay a fine. Maybe you could talk to the city council or someone at your court house. You could ask if this is beggining to be a problem. Maybe there has been a lot of complaints and they would make a new law. Basically it's like having a bunch of stray dogs. The dog warden takes them to the shelter. Thats the same w. the cats.