Cat cleaning its botty!

[mats01_99]

Hi all. We have a Cat that comes into our garden and rubs its bottom on our conifers (probably urinating at the same time as they have gone a horrible colour). Does anybody know how I can get the ****** to stop this? On a more serious note he also soils in the garden, and with a new baby on the way this has to stop.

[stevie-p]

[edited by AB]

I had the same problem for ages,i ended up putting carpet gripper along the top of my fences,that helped.

[geo0939]

No need to follow the above suggestion ( hopefully it was tongue in cheek).

Old gardeners used to leave lots of lemon and orange rind around the area. I believe you can also buy sprays from pet shops to stop cats clawing at furniture, it's the same idea, some sort of citric acid, diluted of course. Cats just seem to dislike anything citrous, and I'm sureyou don't really want to kill the cat.

[Impret-Sir]

Plant a few holly bushes among the conifers!

[flip-flop]

Well as cats are just about as close to vermin as you can get without actualy being vermin, I'd suggest poisoning!

I jest (about the second bit, not the first bit - horrible creatures), and I sympathise as well as my front garden appears to be the local crap hole for my neighbours rat, and having seen my (18 months old at the time) daughter pick up a fresh turd left by one of this rat, I swear had I been quick enough I'd've kicked it as far and as hard as I could - and I can still get a rugby ball through the uprights from halfway!!!

I've started throwing them over next door, let them deal with their bloody cat's turds - I don't let my labs crap all over their garden.

Grrrrrr - this really annoys me.

[lia*]

spray or sprinkle amonia on the area and immediate sorrunding. this works for dogs and cats. you will find amonia in your supermarket or pharmacy.

[Lonnie]

A bit of advice I was given, and it works, at least, it did for me, is along the lines of lia's post, two or three bottles of Smelling Salts, buried so just the top is visible.

[ACB312]

Try "Silent Roar" cat repellent made from lion dung. I gave some to a friend who had cat problems in his garden and he reckons it has worked a treat. garden centres usually have it or mail order from many places.

[peanut]

Im not trying to start trouble here but I think all of those people who find it nessesary or funny to post responses suggesting harmful resolutions to mats01_99s' problem should keep those responses to themselves and respond to other posts that they can actually give worthwhile responses.

[flip-flop]

Thank you for acting as ABs (self-appointed) arbiter.