How To Keep Cats Off Your Garden Beds

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This is a question I have been asked a lot recently, so I have decided to dedicate an article to it. It is a problem I faced myself in my garden, so I have a lot of personal experience with it.

As with all things of this nature, some people will succeed with one method while others will swear it doesn’t work. All I can do is tell you what did and didn’t work for me.

So with that in mind, let’s get into it!

Electric Cat Scarer

These scarers have a motion sensor and emit a high-pitched noise whenever anything triggers it.

This noise is meant to be off-putting to cats; therefore, they will not hang around them – that’s the idea anyway.

There are many different models around – some a lot cheaper than others, but the one below is the one I got. And it is the only thing I found that worked.

This one is expensive compared to other models, but I think it is worth buying a good product that works and comes with a warranty rather than a cheaper one that might only last a couple of weeks.

Cat Silhouettes

These are simple enough; they are just cat cutouts, usually made of metal, which you place in your garden.

They work for some people, but for me they only partially worked. While they would keep some of the cats out, many others didn’t seem to mind the cats at all.

Rubber Snakes

Not one I have tried myself but I know lots of people swear this method is really effective.

You essentially leave some rubber snakes lying around in your garden. This is meant to instinctively scare cats, even if they have never seen a snake before.

It apparently scares them enough that they often stay away for good. While I haven’t tried it myself, it is a cheap method so if you have a cat problem it could be well worth a try!

Scardy Cat Plant

This is a plant that has been specially bred to keep cats away. They apparently don’t like the smell of it and so will stay well away.

Again it is one I have no experience with as I don’t think it was available when I was having my cat issues about 6-7 years ago.

Cat Spray

This is a spray that is meant to keep cats away. Some people will tell you it works and others will tell you it does nothing.

I have tried this myself, and I had very little success, but some people swear by it. Often I think it depends more on the cat than the product itself!

Water Bottle

A half-filled water bottle is meant to make a good cat scarer. You fill the water bottle half full with water and then place it out in your beds.

The light reflecting off the water is meant to scare the cats and keep them away.

I tried this one and didn’t have any success, but hey – it’s free! So well worth trying at the very least.

CDs stung up can also have the same effect.

Reader Suggestion

I have added this in based on feedback from a reader that said this stuff works well – so it could be well worth a go!

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