This post is about some tips and tricks that gardeners might employ if they are concerned about neighbours’ cats coming into their garden, digging around in the soil and going …
David Domoney, a British celebrity horticulturalist, has a ‘hack’ for keeping cats off your garden. He said: “One of the things that has worked effectively for me in the past …
New ‘hack’ – used tea bags sprayed with Deep Heat to keep cats off your garden? Read More »
Is vinegar a successful domestic cat deterrent? I wanted to answer the question scientifically. I wanted some hard evidence discovered in a scientific study. I failed to find such a …
Rue (Ruta graveolens) is a herb that was referred to as a cat deterrent in the first century AD by the Roman author Pliny in his massive book Natural History. …
Rue is a plant that may work as a cat deterrent when crushed Read More »
The sound and appearance of tin foil does not affect all domestic cats equally it seems ?. The picture confounds the world view of domestic cats as creatures that are …
Picture of a domestic cat happily crouching on tin foil Read More »
A lot has been written on the topic of deterring free-roaming domestic cats from neighbours’ gardens. I cover a recent discussion using plants in the EXPRESS newspaper below but first …
There is one effective way to deter cats from gardens Read More »
Citrus fruits might be an effective cat deterrent for a small, contained area such as preventing your cat from using a large flower pot as a toilet. However, I don’t …
The ultrasonic sound cat deterrent is recommended by the RSPB. It’s effective between 22-46% of the time and is therefore moderately effective in deterring indoor/outdoor cats from coming into your …
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