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Have you had neighbours' cats visit your garden and leave you a surprise? The excrement of domestic carnivorous animals can contain a whole host of parasites and other nasties that you simply don't want in your garden. If you want to try a green and ethical way of deterring them, please read the following reviews and save yourself a lot of time and effort!
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Bramble Cuttings
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Cost £0
Rating:*****
Thorny plants like holly and brambles are said to be very uncomfortable for cats, who will avoid areas that have cuttings of these plants scattered over them. Our tester found this was very effective at keeping cats off her borders, although it requires very careful weeding!
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Disposable Barbecue Grill Panel
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Cost: £0 - £5
Rating: *****
The metal mesh on the top of disposable barbecues normally would get thrown out when the barbecue has been used once. However, when washed and bent into shape they make excellent covers for newly planted seedlings. Our tester found that no cats went near the area covered by her barbecue cover, although it wasn't particularly pretty.
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Ultrasonic Cat deterrent
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Cost: £15 - £25
Rating: ***
Our reviewer tried the "sonic cat repeller". This device, like all the others in this category on the market, claims to produce a high-pitched sound that repels cats but is inaudible to humans and birds. When a cat steps in front of its infrared beam, it triggers the ultrasonic alarm which sounds for a few seconds before returning to standby mode. It can operate on a 9V battery, or from the mains.
We found that this particular brand worked for the first 3 months, and therafter the cats seemed to get used to it. It had good battery consumption - it only needed one battery during the whole test period, which was 4 months long. However, the tester was able to hear it when activated (she may have particularly good hearing, since other people didn't seem to notice it), although that wasn't a problem as it can be turned off if needed.
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Bottles of water
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Cost: £1 - £5
Rating: *
Half-filled water bottles are supposed to produce peculiar optical effects that allegedly scare cats away. Our tester found that they did not work for her.
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Silent Roar
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Cost: £8 for 500g
Rating:*
This is a nitrogen-based garden fertiliser that is soaked in essence of lion dung - cats are supposed to get one whiff of this stuff, and head for the hills as they're territorial. Our tester found that it didn't work at all - it was just a very expensive quirky kind of fertiliser.
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