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#203771 - 04/22/08 10:51 PM CATS IN MY GARDEN!!!
emdeGardener2 emdeGardener2 Great Gardener Registered: 02/22/08 Posts: 944 Loc: Merced County,California	How do I stop my cats from pooping in my garden? If nothing works,I may have to make the sad decision and call animal control. _________________________ Growing a vegetable garden is worth it!
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#203788 - 04/23/08 04:54 AM Re: CATS IN MY GARDEN!!! [Re: emdeGardener2]
tamara tamara NORTHERN STAR Garden Helper Registered: 06/04/03 Posts: 15843 Loc: NB Canada	The only thing that has worked for me was a 'Hooting Owl'. You know the ones from Wal-mart that has a sensor that turns it on when something passes it. Sure kept the neighbours cats away _________________________ Tamara's Photos I'm the keeper of the cows again.
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#203798 - 04/23/08 05:20 AM Re: CATS IN MY GARDEN!!! [Re: tamara]
The Plant Doc The Plant Doc Dream Gardener Registered: 09/05/03 Posts: 1610 Loc: Wisconsin	You could try getting one of those motion sensor activated water sprinklers...Just don't forget to turn it off prior to going out to do some weeding....lol _________________________ Mike Maier aka The Plant Doc
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#203823 - 04/23/08 08:42 AM Re: CATS IN MY GARDEN!!! [Re: The Plant Doc]
Rosepetal Rosepetal Dream Gardener Registered: 01/18/04 Posts: 1561 Loc: Canada - zone 3b	I used moth balls in my flower pots last year and it kept our little kittens out pretty good. _________________________ Kindness is a language the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
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#204017 - 04/23/08 07:05 PM Re: CATS IN MY GARDEN!!! [Re: Rosepetal]
Jiffymouse Jiffymouse Momma Mouse Garden Helper Registered: 08/29/02 Posts: 22646 Loc: Effingham County, GA USA Z 8b	you can also use rose canes or other thorny sticks. they don't like finding that when they start to dig. _________________________ work done behind the scenes is usually the least noticed and the most important.
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#204236 - 04/24/08 04:42 PM Re: CATS IN MY GARDEN!!! [Re: Jiffymouse]
loz loz Big Trouble Garden Helper Registered: 05/18/03 Posts: 40463 Loc: Beautiful Western Maryland...z...	Mom buys some kind of cat spray that she got at Walmart. I'm not sure if it's safe on plants but she sprays it all around the place outside....seems to work pretty good.....at least until it rains real heavy. _________________________ for Cindy to get better!!!!!
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#204241 - 04/24/08 04:47 PM Re: CATS IN MY GARDEN!!! [Re: loz]
emdeGardener2 emdeGardener2 Great Gardener Registered: 02/22/08 Posts: 944 Loc: Merced County,California	The cats hve pooped so much in most of my garden beds that I have to remove the soil and buy topsoil but I can't afford it; my only choice is to abandon my current garden site and find another spot in my yard but tey would probably poop all over it too. _________________________ Growing a vegetable garden is worth it!
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#204250 - 04/24/08 04:58 PM Re: CATS IN MY GARDEN!!! [Re: emdeGardener2]
loz loz Big Trouble Garden Helper Registered: 05/18/03 Posts: 40463 Loc: Beautiful Western Maryland...z...	A few years ago my neighbor got a cage from animal control, well she's elderly and doesn't drive so they came and picked the cats up from her that year. She trapped 10 cats I believe. All wild and feral. _________________________ for Cindy to get better!!!!!
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#204255 - 04/24/08 05:03 PM Re: CATS IN MY GARDEN!!! [Re: loz]
emdeGardener2 emdeGardener2 Great Gardener Registered: 02/22/08 Posts: 944 Loc: Merced County,California	The cats in my yard are my family's pets.My dad has been trying to find a reason to get animal control to come and take them away for a long time;he hates cats but he likes our dogs because they deter thieves. _________________________ Growing a vegetable garden is worth it!
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#204351 - 04/24/08 07:34 PM Re: CATS IN MY GARDEN!!! [Re: emdeGardener2]
cricket cricket Gardener Registered: 04/03/08 Posts: 368 Loc: Texas	pellet gun???? _________________________ Cricket
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#204359 - 04/24/08 07:48 PM Re: CATS IN MY GARDEN!!! [Re: cricket]
Bill Bill Mountain Man Garden Helper Registered: 08/22/02 Posts: 11741 Loc: Cedar Hill Washington	Originally Posted By: cricket pellet gun???? _________________________
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#204367 - 04/24/08 07:58 PM Re: CATS IN MY GARDEN!!! [Re: Bill]
cricket cricket Gardener Registered: 04/03/08 Posts: 368 Loc: Texas	Sorry! Water hose would do just as good. _________________________ Cricket
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#205886 - 05/01/08 02:05 PM Re: CATS IN MY GARDEN!!! [Re: emdeGardener2]
cricket cricket Gardener Registered: 04/03/08 Posts: 368 Loc: Texas	have you thought about maybe making the cats their 'own' garden? till up a spot and keep it moist. I've heard of people planting cat nip...don't know if it has to be dried or something for cats to like it? also maybe a string through a tennis ball tied to a stake in the same spot? I'm not really a cat person, but I would think cats like to play in the good smelling soil just like we do. I keep a spot tilled and moist for my dogs and they just love it and they stay out of my beds and garden. _________________________ Cricket
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