Cat messing on my grass!

[channel99]

My neighbours cat keeps "messing" on my grass! We have no pets but the garden is used each day by my 2 year old niece!

Can anyone tell me a "safe" way of keeping the cat out of my garden or discourange it from "messing" on my grass?

[ianglyn]

hi.
i have a same problem.iv spent about �2,000 this year on my garden,from putting a lawn and a great rockery and i have a border all around the lawn.but the cats still keep doing it.iv bought plants from my nearest garden centre and they work "GREAT".
but where iv put the 2 plants the cats dont do there thing.but they do it else where,so i moved the plants to where they were doing it and they have started doing it where i moved the plants from.
other than shoot them,put rat poison down.
i need the cats gone,but at the end of the day they are someones loved pets.but i need them gone gone.

[garner]

The plant is cat shoo [ coleus canina ] you plant it in a container and move it around.The other thing you could try is find the point of entry the cats are coming in and put pepper dust down, only thing with pepper dust is ,you have to keep putting it down if it rains ect.

[4candles]

Pop down to your local toy shop and get a high power water pistol - doesn't harm the cat but they don't like getting wet.

[Tallulah!]

Are you sure it's a cat? They usually like to dig holes. Hedgehogs leave horrible poohs on our grass.