Ideas on Keeping Neighbors Cat out of your garden..? (snake, yard, dogs)

[andthentherewere3]

Originally Posted by southernnaturelover

I started a little Koi pond in the back yard and then I started noticing missing fishies.

Cats rarely bother fish ponds, our cats don't bother mine. They'll drink from the water, but they ignore the fish and frogs. (we have an invisible fence to keep our cats in our yard) Raccoons/herons etc. will take fish, though.

[jenmac99]

Alright, I am at my whit's end. I have 2 dogs and my neighbor has 4 cats that are out 24/7 and their dog they leave in their yard all day everyday barking all day everyday. The cats poop in my yard constantly and for some reason both my dogs can find the poop in a split second and unfortunately like the flavor. Last night I noticed something on my floor after my dogs came from going out to do their business. I got a tissue and picked it up and sure enough it is a roundworm. My dogs are on preventative and get checked quite frequently. I am sooooo mad at the irresponsible people who feed animals and do not treat them/fix them etc since they may effect others around them. Now I have to take my animals to the vet ($$$$$$) because I do not know if they injest this poop with all the parasites/etc. how it will or how it has effected them. It stinks when you clean up your own yard and take care of your own animals it is still not safe. I have tried everything imaginable short of barbwire. Talking to this individual is useless. Does anyone have any advise??? I would never harm an animal but they are causing harm to mine?? Does anyone have any ideas?

[stillkit]

The answer to your cat problem is so simple that I find it hard to believe nobody's thought of it yet.

One word: Dog.

Leave a dog loose in your yard, or at least on a chain long enough to cover your garden, and your problem is solved...permanently. Better yet, leave two dogs to guard your garden.

No more cat problem.

[jenmac99]

I would love to and you are right but I know if I did that my dogs get into trouble (dig, eat rocks, get out) and bark all day, which I would never bother my neighbors with that (unlike others). I spoil my dogs and only allow them in the yard when I am out with them to either do their business or play especially since they like cat poop. I really have to follow them. I am also a animal nut - I have only had rescue dogs who came from the streets (some very abused) and always fear they might get out and get lost again. Like I said spoiled........

[Luvvarkansas]

Sweetgum balls are good for planters. I have two on my porch that my cat claims every winter as a napping spot, and she wants to continue it in the spring when I plant something in them....she just lays right on top of the plants and breaks them. I finally learned to just go gather a bunch of sweetgum balls from the yard (have to be still sharp), put them on all the bare soil after I plant, and presto, problem solved.

Not a good solution for a large area, though, unless you found a source for a large quantity of them. It only takes one layer to work.

Do they sell sweetgum balls commercially? I've never seen any. Maybe that is someone's million-dollar solution!

[jenmac99]

The tough part of this is I have a large area fenced in and they would hurt my dogs as well. I was going to try chestnut casings which are really spikie but again that would hurt my dogs.

[sarahkate_m]

Originally Posted by andthentherewere3

Cats rarely bother fish ponds, our cats don't bother mine. They'll drink from the water, but they ignore the fish and frogs. (we have an invisible fence to keep our cats in our yard) Raccoons/herons etc. will take fish, though.

Southernaturelover was talking about feral cats which probably have a greater predatory sense than regular housed cats.

My cat is the predator type who'll bring a rabbit home in a heart beat if she can, even though she's never been feral. I bet she'd love a little koi sushi too!

Kate

[Steve Bagu]

Have not read all the posts so hope I'm not a repeater.

We always had a cat that did her/his thing in the litter box inside the house.

Outside found that they like sandy or dry soil for easy digging to cover their mess.

I would always water down around the rose bushes and tried to keep the top soil damp much as possible. Wood mulch was also a help to keep the soil damp.

Other then that never had any more problems.

Steve

[ne georgia]

I tried the Chili Pepper, and Cayenne Pepper method this summer, and it totally worked. Once the kitties get a wif of that stuff on their noses, they will stay away.

[ESFP]

Originally Posted by stillkit

...One word: Dog.

My neighbor's cat ate at our bird feeder, and not bird food. To solve this, I borrowed a "Hav-A-Hart" trap. Kitty got caught the first day. I let my dog terrorize it in the cage. He circled the caged cat and barked at it. About 1/2 hour later I opened the cage and Mr. Kitty ran home about 100 mph, never to return. I think that was humane.