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Hi All, I have a large(ish) flower bed, which the local cats are using as an en-suite. At the moment it is filled with gravel and plants are in pots so easily removable, apart from 2 which i would hope to keep. removing the flower bed is not an option as there are the remains of family pets there! I have tried those black spikey things from Amazon which didnt work (ended up with poop on them which was impossible to get off), larger type gravel / slate chippings hasnt worked either. Has anyone any suggestions? I am tired of cleaning out the poop, I am seriously considering paving over it and sitting the potts on the paving, or concreting over it. Thanks all.  

Answer 1

I have lived in my house for ten years and I have tried everything , lavender , pepper , lion poo , spikes , sonic scarers and loads more and the only thing that has worked was buying my dog! X

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@decasyllable beautiful x

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@dahl99627 until he sees a cat then he is ten men lol x

Answer 2

I got these off ebay work for me

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@cloakanddagger thanks a lot for that.  

Answer 3

No poo in site since i got mine x

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@cloakanddagger beautiful. Love the monkey puzzle tree.  

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@dahl99627 thank you

Answer 4

Shake pepper over beds I find that to work

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@mayotte thanks. Tried that. Didn't work!  

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@dahl99627 try red chilli flakes. They don't kike the smell. If you go to asda try world food. So you will get it

Answer 5

Lion poo - either from zoo or you can by from nurseries

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@inheritrix687 thanks for that

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I bought lion urine soaked pellets from amazon. Worked when we moved into our house that had been empty for a year.  

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@dahl99627 hope it works for you as well as it did for us  

Answer 6

I used to put orange peel in the kids sandpit and that kept them away.  

Answer 7

Mix cinnamon into the gravel, we have it in the outdoor sandpit and they don't go near it. Also cats don't like lavender apparently so maybe plant some in the bed.  

Answer 8

Put 6 inch stick all around in the gravel so they cant sit down I had to for same reasons it worked for me

Answer 9

I HAVE SEA HOLLY PLANTS

Answer 10

Clear plastic forks with handle in the ground  

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You can get them from poundland

Answer 11

Buy some get off crystals shake them on to the soil. Just keep topping them up.  

Answer 12

Get a dog matey  

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@lustre310 our last lad died ten years ago in june and hes in the flower bed! Haven't had the heart to get another. And, ironically, we have a one eyed rescue cat who uses her litter tray!  

Answer 13

We got my Mum some sonic repellers on line, battery, motion sensors and they seem to be working at her house. She's had them since Mothers Day one front garden and one back.  

Answer 14

Coffee grounds, ive just put planters out and the local cats think it's their new litter tray!. Put coffee grounds round the edges and managed to keep them off  

Answer 15

Chilli powder works.  

Answer 16

Cinnamon is meant to be good for that

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Cats hate garlic, i had a cat that was being g bullied in my garden by another cat, used to come in thru a hole in the fence so i put garlic in and around it and solved my problem.  

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I use thin bits of sticks with a small bit of vicks vapour rub on it and put around the garden they don't come anywhere near now. Works great.  

Answer 19

Buy 50 plastic forks off e bay stick them prongs up for a month , did it on my veg patch , no more mess !  

Answer 20

This stuff is brilliant

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Where did you get this from please

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@justis home bargains., they do sell it on ebay but its dearer. Also poundland sell it too

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Thank you so much

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@justis ur welcome , its the only thing ive found that works & ive tried loads of different things , good luck x

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@apologia thanks x

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@dahl99627 ur welcome. I know b&m sell it too sometimes

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@apologia im in. roi so will try ebay for it. I went out with the orange skins a few mins ago. Will see if they work too )they were the only suggested items that I have at home)

Answer 21

I have chicken wire over mine and has stopped the cats pooping in it, including my own  x

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@hemostat91 tried that ended up with poopie chicken wire!  

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@dahl99627 aww no! I’ve been lucky. I heard black pepper is good, but when it rains it needs redone, so could be costly xxxxxx

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@hemostat91 thank u x

Answer 22

Giant super soaker water pistol, for when your home

Answer 23

Orange peel, or curry plants

Answer 24

I used citrus and it’s worked. Had the same issue and not a single poop since. Just squeezed oranges all over and them tore up the skins and left them scattered

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@falter just did that will keep fingers xd.  

Answer 25

Try to plant some coleus canina apparently cats hate them. I tried it in my garden and it does works i my garden. X

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Egg shells

Answer 27

If I have gravel it’s a local cat litter. Beds they leave alone

Answer 28

There actually a plant you can buy that the cats hate its to do with the smell of the plant cat dont like the smell so they won't use your flower bed i cant remember for the life of me what its called i only knew about it from a garden programme i was watching maybe try to gogles it and see if you can find it.  

Answer 29

Curry plant. Anyone who uses Chili powder wants to see what' happens to a cat that gets it on their fur or in their eyes On the fur the cats groom. Chili cause severe diaoreah. In the eyes its strong enough to blind an animal

Answer 30

Water! Cats won’t go to the toilet near a water source x