Cat Repellents For Gardens

Keeping cats away from your garden may seem a little hard, but not impossible. There are various methods for protecting your garden from the unwanted invasion of cats, or preventing cats from making your garden a litter box. However, the most crucial point is to adopt the method that not only works, but works safely and effectively. In other words, you need to opt for the method that does not cause any harm to cats and the environment.

Keeping Felines Out of Your Garden

Though, keeping cats out of gardens may seem difficult, but following these easy tips and solutions might relieve you of your pesky neighborhood cat.

Ultrasonic Cat Repellents
It is a device that takes the help of high frequency sound to deter cats from entering a particular area like, the garden or yard. The sound emitted by the device is inaudible to humans, but quite uncomfortable for cats. The device emits ultrasonic sound, whenever a cat happens to walk or move past it. However, some cats, especially those having hearing problems can be immune to this device. Moreover, it may take a little bit of time for this method to be fully effective.

Electric Fence
Electric fence is another way to keep cats away from the yard and the garden. However, the voltage used should be low enough to not cause any harm to the cats or any other creatures that come in contact with the fence. So, adequate care needs to be taken while using electric fence for deterring cats.

Water
This is perhaps, one of the simplest ways to keep cats out of the garden. We all know that cats dislike to be squirted with water. So, a squirt gun or a motion-sensing sprinkler system can work well for repelling cats. The motion-sensing sprinkler can be a bit expensive, and it squirts water on not only the cats but anyone who enters the particular area. This is the main disadvantage of motion-sensing sprinkler system.

Natural Cat Repellents
They are the environment friendly products that can prevent cats from entering your garden. Cat has a strong sense of smell, and it hates certain scents in particular. The scent of citrus fruits is one such scent that repels cats. So, you can use orange or lime peel around your garden to keep cats away from it. You can use this method to keep cats away from the indoor plants as well. Some other natural cat repellents that can be sprinkled around the perimeter of your garden are, cayenne pepper, ginger, coffee grounds and blood meal.

Even certain oils can help you in your endeavor to protect your garden from cat invasion. Oils like, citronella, lemon, lemon grass, peppermint, lavender oil, orange, and eucalyptus oil can be used in this regard. In addition these natural products, another way to protect your garden from cats is to grow cat repelling plant. Certain plants like, coleus canina if planted around the perimeter of your garden can act as an effective cat repellent. Similarly, you can also plant lavender, citronella, lemon and thyme in your garden, while for the perimeter of the garden, you can opt for cacti or a bed of prickly roses. Rue is another plant, whose strong scent repels cats. But, this plant can be toxic for the cats, if they happen to ingest its parts and so, it is not a very safe option for preventing cats from entering your garden.

Be sure to avoid any product or strategy that can harm cats and other animals. Nowadays, a great many cat repellents are commercially available. But, before using them, make sure that they are eco-friendly and non-toxic. Another common strategy for repelling cats from the garden and the yard is to use moth balls. Moth balls are no doubt effective cat repellents, but what many people do not know is that they are toxic and they can repel some beneficial insects like, ladybugs. So, before, adopting a particular cat repellent or cat repelling strategy, it is very important to find out whether it is safe and environmental friendly.