Deterring Cats from Garden

[Trackman]

My foxes seem to keep most of the local cats at bay...

Problem is with foxes is during nookie season, their mating calls are something else and startle me at night even though I know what it is, I would rather have cats scowling at each other at night.

 

[Cloud Strife]

I'd agree, but two important things:

1) Don't stand downwind when spreading it.
2) Don't rub your eyes after spreading until you've thoroughly washed your hands.

I'd add 3) don't scratch around in your trousers afterwards.

Not that I've got first hand experience of having done that, or that I stood in the shower howling!

 

[Ashley Hill]

I don’t know if this works. Lion poo extract coated pellets.

Amazon.co.uk

We bought a battery cat repellent and absolutely everything set it off. It also sounded like a car alarm which kept not only us but also the neighbours awake. We abandoned it after a day.

https://amzn.eu/d/hRthewm

 

[DM352]

We have one cat we own that goes in our garden but is heavy and has short legs so cannot visit neighbours by scaling the fence. Also if it is -30 outside the said cat puts on the reversing lights when the back door opens. That said there are bob cats and coyotes that sometimes visit the neighbourhood with the tell tail signs of no longer seeing wild rabbits around. It is rare we have neighbouring cats visit and heard some that have roamed have been caught by wild animals.

In Calgary and Edmonton there is a bylaw against cats roaming at large and they need to be licenced. I learned this the hard way when first moving here at a B&B where their cat wanted outside so I let it out front with the owner soon chasing after it.

 

[Three-Nine]

If a water pistol doesn’t work, possibly try a NERF gun? They fire soft foam projectiles so shouldn’t harm the cat, but I guess there is a risk it would try and “play” with the incoming rounds…