![]() What repels cats in many garden beds are various types of mulches, but not your store-bought garden variety mulch. Other plants you may have success with due to their scent are citronella, lavender, lemon thyme, pennyroyal, and geraniums. Rue is one of the best border plants, plus in the fall you can harvest it, then dry it, to use as a cat deterrent in homemade sprays or to sprinkle around your garden next spring.Ĭoleus canina, also known as Scaredy Cat plant, not only keeps cats away it is also effective at keeping dogs out of your flower beds. There are several plants cats in garden beds will find unpleasant, mainly it’s the scent that drives them away. One of the greatest things about using plants that deter cats is they beautify your yard while they are doing their job. Having cats in your yard is a great way to keep birds away. Keep it clean to encourage them to use it consistently. To keep cats from urinating all over the yard, consider adding a sandbox for them to use as a litter box. Planting catnip on the other side of the forbidden area and allowing the grass in that area to grow taller than other areas will pull cats in, as it entices them and provides cover for stalking and hunting behaviors. Keeping cats from turning your flower beds into their litter box requires you to create an area that they can use. ![]() Nobody wants to go out to their garden and discover cat poop. Position your furniture in ways to prevent cats from jumping and climbing to higher areas that you deem off-limits. Indoors, provide cats with scratching posts to use rather than your furniture. Whether it’s in your home or outside in your yard, create cat-friendly spaces to help keep cats off furniture and out of the garden beds. Cat owners might want to avoid this tactic as it can “hurt” your pet. Others have found blood meal fertilizer and citrus peels work to keep cats at bay, as they find the smells revolting.Ĭayenne pepper flakes also keep cats away, but it will sting their paws. Some people use mothballs around the garden beds to deter cats. You can also use scents to repel cats outdoors. We discourage using commercial cat repellent indoors as it is made from fox urine or urine of a different cat predator. You can also place some lavender or citrus peels inside small bowls among your shelves to keep cats away from fragile items. Aside from citrus scents, some of the best essential oils to use in homemade sprays include lemongrass, coleus, and lavender. Make cat repellent sprays out of three parts water to one part essential oil or you can purchase commercial cat repellents. One way to keep cats off counters and other smooth surfaces is through citrus-scented sprays or cleaners. Others report success when using masking or duct tape on the arms of couches and chairs or pillows. You can also use various scents on small pieces of foil placed in a room to help keep cats away. Aluminum foil, both the texture and the sound it makes as cats walk on it, keeps cats off, plus it’s easy to remove when you want to uncover the surface. If there are specific surfaces inside your home that you wish your indoor cats to stay off, a quick but effective technique is covering the surfaces with something cats find undesirable. ![]() Covering Surfaces as an Indoor Cat Deterrent Stubborn cats may require two or more deterrents so that they get the message that they are not wanted in your yard. If they don’t give you the success you want, go on to some of the other solutions. Here are just a few of the ways to keep cats from pooping in my yard and creating a litter box where there shouldn’t be one. Change up your tactics every so often to help keep cats on their “toes.” The Best Ways for Deterring Stray Cats Something to think about when using these various home remedies is that some cats are more persistent than others. ![]() No matter the problem, we are here to teach you how to deter cats safely and effectively. Natural Cat Deterrent to Protect your Yard.Covering Surfaces as an Indoor Cat Deterrent. ![]()
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