How to keep cat from using my garden for a potty

[NeedSun25]

Pee into a squirt bottle and squirt it all over your yard. Cats are territorial and will not defecate if the territory clearly belongs to someone else.

[M3 Mitch]

I have read that orange peel is a mild deterrent to cats. Have not really tried it myself.


Cat waste will repel most rodents and rabbits, maybe having the cat do his thing in your garden is not entirely a bad thing.

[Ghaati]

Citrus is definitely a deterrent to cats. Citrus oil is also a deterrent to ants.

[Parnassia]

Many years ago I worked for a county animal control. We'd get complaints about a neighbor's cats all the time. A few suggestions some people found worked:

Collect dirty human hair out of the family combs and hairbrushes and scatter it in the garden.
Put clear glass jugs of water around flowerbeds. At night when a cat's eyes are dilated, the reflected light can spook them.
If you live near a zoo, ask for a sack of lion poop. Scatter it in the garden. A really BIG kitty may intimidate regular ones.
Weed fabric or chicken wire buried just under the surface discourages them from digging.

[Jude24]

Originally Posted by Bungalove

Please do post your results. I feed a neighborhood stray every night, a big tomcat that I call "Tommy" (real original, lol). Last night that big old booger had no sooner finished his dinner when he went right over to my nearest flower bed and squatted right in it! I called him a bad cat and he trotted off, but I was majorly ticked! What an ingrate!

I got a tub of this coyote/fox urine granules:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I sprinkled a small amount just around the one flower bed the cast was using. It has only been one week, but it has not squatted in that area. I have seen it hanging around the other end of my back yard.