"Donwill" popple @diddle .dot wrote in message
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Can anyone comment on the success (or otherwise) of strategies to prevent
cats fouling their garden.
Is there a DIY solution to this problem?


Always remove the droppings as I believe the smell encourages them to use it
regularily.

Placing thorny cuttings such as holly or pyracantha over the area is
effective.

They don't like getting wet and you can get movement sensor type devices
that go on the end of the hose and give everything that passes a soaking.
Not sure how practical though as the hose pipe would have to be on all the
time and if plastic might burst. Probably also expensive.

Tom cat smells on concrete or paths can be mitigated by watering with a very
dilute Domestos solution (should not be used on soil) and may be effective
at deterring them as they don't like the smell of it.

Roger R