How can you keep a cat from pooping in the flower garden?

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This is a very difficult problem, and the answer depends on how determined that cat is. For example, a cat that lives in an apartment around which there is only a small patch of garden nearby to act as a litter box, that cat will be very determined to poop in it. Some things you can try are:

  1. place chicken wire on any bare soil so the cat can't scratch it up.
  2. place chicken wire or bird netting over the tops of all the plants, draping it down to the ground in a single flower bed.
  3. spray citrus oil on the area where the cat has been pooping.
  4. scatter citris peels around the area.
  5. place a motion-activated sprinkler in the garden.
  6. keep a squirt bottle handy and squirt the cat any time you see it in the garden.
  7. make sure the cat has a clean litterbox available in a quiet spot that isn't near any other strong smells.

Stop faffing around get a Jack Russel terrier.

First answer by Jkrotkov. Last edit by Mcgrumpy. Contributor trust: 355 [recommend contributorrecommended]. Question popularity: 10 [recommend question].

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