HELP! My cat keeps going over the wall into my neighbour's garden.?

Next door is very proud of his garden and goes mad (rightly) when he finds cats%26#039; mess in his recently laid gravel flower beds. We%26#039;ve tried some jelly stuff from the pet shop, mothballs, spikes on the wall (The cat just takes a different route into the garden!) Throwing water when seen! Swearing and gesticulating! Nothing works! No, I can%26#039;t tell my neighbour to get a dog! There must be some way without declawing (which I will not do.), euthanasia (out of the question!) or firearms (NO!)! Any new ideas? I had to go into next door this morning with an apology, rubber gloves and a plastic bag! HELP!

HELP! My cat keeps going over the wall into my neighbour%26#039;s garden.?
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http://www.freedom-fence.co.uk/
Reply:Cats will be cats, if it isnt your cat messing her garden then another one will do it. You will find that cats rarely mess their own gardens, so your neighbour is the closest best thing. She will get in one way or another. And like I said, it may not be all hers.
Reply:There is no logical way to keep a cat from wandering outside.


The only solution is to keep the cat inside.


Declawing is absolutely not a solution.
Reply:This may be out of the question for your neighbour but if he got a cat, a male not a female that would go into heat, (which would only attract more cats) it should stop cats from entering his garden since they will then see it as another cats territory.





Another idea is getting your cat neutered, this will stop his desire to stray and mark his territory.





You could also get a fence extension for your garden, this is basically an add-on to your existing fence (if you have one) that goes at the top of the fence, its a net that hangs over to your side at an angle. Hard to explain so il give you a couple of links that might explain it better:


http://www.woodycoon.com/html/cat-proof_...


http://www.davidhurst.btinternet.co.uk/C...


http://www.catfencein.com/index.php


http://www.catfence.com/pictures.htm
Reply:Your neighbour needs to catch your cat %26#039;in the act%26#039;, then do something to frighten it (NOT hurt it) so it associates that fright with what it is doing. Maybe banging something loudly (saucepan lids?), spraying with water etc. It must associate the fright with what it is doing rather than a particular person, so shouting and yelling from a person will not work as the cat will just work out that it is OK to do it when the person is not around. It must be a disembodied sound or act. So if spraying water don%26#039;t let the cat see where the water is coming from. This won%26#039;t be easy but would probably only need to be done a few times before it gets the message. I sympathise with both you and the neighbour. Its not nice for the neighbour to have the cat spoiling his garden. But I know how difficult it is for cat owners to stop cats from roaming. I used to have four of my own. In the meantime you need to keep cleaning up after the cat to placate your neighbour.
Reply:Theres not a lot you can do really, though im told you can get a thing you put in you gardent that deters cats, not sure where you%26#039;d get one from
Reply:if you mix vinegar with water and put it down the side of your fence that should work cats don%26#039;t like the smell of vinegar
Reply:Its a cat.





They go where they want.
Reply:Just let your neighbours know the score with your cat and they will probably put orange peel down for some reason cats hate it hope this helps you.
Reply:keep your cat inside is the best way. or leash train your cat and you can take him outside from time to time.
Reply:Give him a squirt gun with ammonia in it. If he will squirt the cat in the face a few times, it will help discourage his activities.





Also, red pepper around the base of the plants will help, but has to be re-done after every rain.





There is no sure answer other than to keep your pet locked up in the house. Cats will do as they will unless leashed or pent up.
Reply:Other than keeping your cat ind doors all the time, there is no way you an stop it. I am a keen gardener too, also have a cat. I have the odd mishap but don%26#039;t get paranoid like your neighbour. Bit of give and take.. Dnt suppose yours is the only cat in the neighbourhood.
Reply:youll never stop a cat from wandering around the area that you live in so either build a higher fence or get different neighbours..as for messing in their garden tell them animals never sh8t on there own doorstep
Reply:Just for the record, mothballs are poisonous and should NEVER be used as a deterent to cats. So is ammonia in a squirt bottle (to the pinhead who suggested that one!) I agree that an orange scented spray (non toxic) would work well. If you can find something to use you could offer it to your neighbor as a peace offering. Other than that the only option I see working is keeping your cat inside.
Reply:Your cat has establish your neighbour%26#039;s garden as part of his territory. The fact that he don%26#039;t burry it makes it clear that he wants to mark it as part of his territory. It will be very difficult to stop your cat from going there apart from keeping him inside. Scaring him with a spray bottle or anything that YOU would use will not do the job because you cat knows that this %26quot;scary%26quot; thing is activated only when you%26#039;re around. When you%26#039;re not, it is safe to go.





By the way, indoor cat live much longer and NO they do not suffer or are not unhappy about it. People thinking this are just putting human feeling to a cat. Sure the first two weeks he will cry to go outside but if you keep him inside, he will loose his idea to go and mark his territory and will establish his new territory inside the house. 21 days later he wont%26#039; ask you again to go outside





Otherwise, the only other possibility would be to go buy a motion detector horn bottle at a pet shop. It%26#039;s basicly an compressed air horn that sounds whenever a mouvement is detected in its line of sight. You would have to put one at each end of the garden but I never used them outside. The wind would probably trigger it but I really don%26#039;t have anything else for you.
Reply:We have the same problem with our next door neighbours who are not nearly as nice as you seem. You can buy a cat repeller which transmits a high pitched noise that humans cant hear but cats dislike. Works a treat and causes the animal no harm. These cost around £25 pounds. You could maybe buy your neighbour one of these as a peace offering. He could place it in a bush or plant or something and wouldnt even notice it was there.
Reply:Well as other ideas leash, keep inside, and agree with others your kitty might not be the only one! Cats aren%26#039;t like dogs and do as they please (most all the time, LOL:) I would say to let her out only when he%26#039;s out gardening or he%26#039;s watering this will deter. But really I think you%26#039;re just gonna end up cleaning the garden alot.
Reply:The only thing I can think of is to keep a litter tray indoors and train your cat to go in that. After a while when he/she is used to going in it you could try placing it outside your back door. Good luck!
Reply:cats dont like eucalyptus,so squirted a load on my fence it works as long as it doesn%26#039;t rain,expensive though!



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