How to Keep Cats From Urinating in Flower Beds

How to Keep Cats From Urinating in Flower Beds. Many cat owners choose to let their cats roam free outdoors. One downside to this is that the cats use anything outdoors as their own private litter box. This includes flower beds. So instead of smelling the wonderful fragrances that the flowers emit, you smell cat urine. You don't have to allow the cat to continue urinating in your flower beds. You can repel them with a few simple home remedies.

Things Needed

• Petunias
• Ginger
• Motion-activated garden sprayer

Step 1

Add some petunias to your flower garden. Cats don't like petunias, and will begin to avoid the flower garden altogether.

Step 2

Use ginger to repel the cats. Another scent cats despise is ginger. You can use the ginger around the perimeter of the flower garden so that the cats have no interest in even going in the garden in the first place.

Step 3

Purchase and install a motion-activated garden sprayer. Cats hate water. When they walk past the garden sprayer it will squirt them. This will cause the cat to run in the opposite direction, instead of entering your flower garden.

Warnings

• Purchase an all-natural cat repellent that contains the ingredient coleus canina. Cats don't like it, and will stay away from where ever you spray it. Plus it is safe to use in flower gardens.

Warnings

• Be cautious when considering ammonia. Ammonia has the same odor as cat urine, so cats stay away from it. This chemical, however, may be harmful to your plants if you use it in your garden.

References

• Problem Cats in the Garden
• How to Keep Cats Out of Your Garden
• Cat Repellent