Keeping cats out of flower beds.

I’ve heard you can put citrus peels out and it will deter them. Not sure if it actually works though.

What is a yard enforcer? I have the rubber mulch also so it's really a pain

Yard Enforcer

I know it isn’t cheap. But, I wasted a lot of money on other methods to try to keep the squirrels out of my garden. I should’ve gone with this from the start. This has by far been the most effective.

ETA: Here it is in action.

pepper spray works, i dont know much else to keep them out

you can mix your own concoction, i think youtube has a video showing how

the pepper makes them sneeze like crazy so they dont want to stay around it

I preface this by saying my situation is the same because my neighbor has a bunch of cats but different than yours because she is directly next to me and it may be a bigger problem than yours.

That said, I have extensive history with this very problem up to the point of getting in a long drawn out argument with my neighbor and parish animal shelter officials. I have tried everything crazy cat hoarders suggest including red pepper flakes, moth balls, citrus, mint, fence spikes, high frequency motion activated sensor, a dog, and yes, a motion activated sprinkler. Most of them are high ineffective. The sprinkler does help some but they cats will find a way to circumvent it or the is too sensitive to catch them and the batteries consistently die.

the ONLY THING that will solve your problem is trapping and removing them. You can chose to tell your neighbor or not but in the end, this is all that will truly correct your situation. Also, depending where you live, DO NOT bring them to the animal shelter as they will just simply ensure they are fixed and send them back to your neighborhood because there are "cat colonies" that people like your neighbor and mine run.

Good luck

Antifreeze

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I'm thinking about going have a conversation however I don't think it will go far. I'm going to try the motion sprinkler as it's a small flower bed, more of a planter if you would, and see how that works. If that doesn't work I'll have a conversation and if that yields not results I'll start trapping and taking them for a long ride. I caught one in my boat this AM. I'm afraid if I talk to him with hopes me may remove them, and then he dosent, they start showing up dead, I'm suspect number one. It's truly ridiculous though and the smell is horrendous.