A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion Hobbies, Crafts and Creativity Helpful Hints Is there anything I can do about the cats?!?

I have neighborhood cats pooping in my rose-garden! They are not messing the flowers up, but I hate the smell; especially when they do it up near the house. Is there any plants, or anything that they will not like that can encourage them to go somewhere else?

pepper, you can sprinkle pepper around it, or fence it off with chicken wire

What kind of pepper? Will it her the plants?

black pepper, like you eat or red pepper, any of it, cheap cause when it rains it'll be gone I got some at the dollar store to use for this

some people say moth balls? I used it the first year around my garden it was supposed to deter the deer. it didn't, so we put up a fence.
if you can ever catch the cat in there you could give it a good spray with the water hose.

Awesome; you guys! Thanks! I will do that. I live in the valley so it doesn't rain here till like Nov. so I think it should work. Thanks again.
Eva

You can try squirting them with a water bottle. I had a cat that used to jump up on the counter and did that to her. She got the message real quick. After that if she even looked like she was going to jump up there I would make that squirting noise and she would bolt away from it.

we did water ballons on stray dogs last year, it's so funny they'll stand and watch as it hits them, then they run

I had a cat as a kid that got covered in fleas. I got some flea dip for cats. dipped that cat in, and never saw her again! ha ha

That is so funny! Well, I got it good with the hose. I hope that works! You should have seen it! It was so mad!

I used to have one of those hooting owl motion detectors. Worked like a charm...I need to invest in another, it stopped working a few years ago.

what's with the dogs tamara...????
(did I miss a meeting?)

Long story made short...I got attacked and bit again on Saturday....by a dog that has known me for 3 years.