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Pesky Cats
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Dont get me wrong I am a massive cat lover but I am sick of the local cats ripping open our bin bags and our rubbish being all over my garden. We dont have wheelie bin cos 1. we have had 2 nicked and 2. tbh we dont have much space where we are. Our rubbish is collected fortnightly like most and its getting ridiculous every day the garden is strewn with rubbish. We wrap food waste but to no avail. We also share our rubbish area with 4 houses. Is there anything I can put in our rubbish area to stop the cats going there?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Hi thanks, but we dont really have space for bins. No one on our side of the street have them as we all share a walkway between our gardens and everyone shares a garden with their next door neighbour lol. The walkway doesnt belong to us it belongs to the pub next door and we cant put anything in it, there is a specified space for rubbish - if its not there the binmen wont take it.
Hi Greedyfly - ok - as your rubbish is collected fortnightly it is a problem.
Best thing firstly to do is double bag the rubbish - just get cheap black bags for use with your council bags.
Then purchase a file of citronella - its not expensive but lasts for ages. Available from chemists. Put few drops in a plant spray (the plastic sprayers) - top up with water and spray over the bags where they are left.
Unfortunately cos your rubbish is only collected fortnightly, and due to weather conditions (rain etc) u may have to reapply every so often. Quick spray over the sacks is all it takes. But i can say from experience that cats, foxes, hoggies etc do not like the smell. They will hopefully stay away from the sacks. Meanwhile def get in touch with the council - you pay council tax so hopefully they can help you out. Meanwhile try the citronella - it does deter the little critters from ripping open the bags and making a mess. :o)
Best thing firstly to do is double bag the rubbish - just get cheap black bags for use with your council bags.
Then purchase a file of citronella - its not expensive but lasts for ages. Available from chemists. Put few drops in a plant spray (the plastic sprayers) - top up with water and spray over the bags where they are left.
Unfortunately cos your rubbish is only collected fortnightly, and due to weather conditions (rain etc) u may have to reapply every so often. Quick spray over the sacks is all it takes. But i can say from experience that cats, foxes, hoggies etc do not like the smell. They will hopefully stay away from the sacks. Meanwhile def get in touch with the council - you pay council tax so hopefully they can help you out. Meanwhile try the citronella - it does deter the little critters from ripping open the bags and making a mess. :o)