Curtisden Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 My caravan is stored behind my home on a gravel drive. The problem is the 6+ cats that are around us use the dry underside as a toilet. Any advice of how to stop this. We use a water power scarecrow to keep them off my raised beds but this is is no use here? Peter Quote Kind regards Peter and Rosalind. Remember "One hand for you and one for the ship". https://www. flickr. com/photos/curtisden/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rimmer Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 If you find the anwser, can you let me know too! I must have the biggest litter tray going!! (under my caravan and car) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Drew Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 My caravan is stored behind my home on a gravel drive. The problem is the 6+ cats that are around us use the dry underside as a toilet. Any advice of how to stop this. We use a water power scarecrow to keep them off my raised beds but this is is no use here? Peter My Nans favourite method for keeping cats off her garden was to bury small bottles up to the neck in her garden and put about half a inch of household ammonia in them cats always sniff about before they go and once they got a nose full of the ammonia they took of plenty fast. Quote Steve 2017 Dethleffs Globus I1 Motorhome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m j w Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 If you find the anwser, can you let me know too!I must have the biggest litter tray going!! (under my caravan and car) Try mothballs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtisden Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 One thing that I am trying is Sent Off also sold as Get of Gell. £5 a small bottle but does seem to deter for a week till they dry out. Its the smell in the sun I find the main offence. Why do people throw out their mog to foul someone else's property. Peter Quote Kind regards Peter and Rosalind. Remember "One hand for you and one for the ship". https://www. flickr. com/photos/curtisden/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Any advice of how to stop this. Ask at your local garden centre for a plant, sold under the names of Scardy Cat or Coleus Canina (named by the RHS as Plectranthus ornatus). Its a relatively new plant which has a smell reputed to repel cats and recommended by the 'Vegan Society' as a humane form of pest control. Coleus Canina likes sun & well drained soil, in pots or the garden, tolerates light frost if kept dry. Trim in spring. Height and spread approx 40cm in two years. The foliage produces an unpleasant smell when touched. It can be grown out of doors in the summer, but needs frost protection in the winter. Gordon. Quote Fourwinds Hurricane 31D Motorhome. Also MGTF135 1. 8i Roadster (fun) & Volvo V70 3.2Ltr LPG (everyday car) Unless otherwise stated, my posts will be my personal thoughts and have the same standing as any other member of Caravan and Motorhome Talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuzukiGV Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 (edited) My caravan is stored behind my home on a gravel drive. The problem is the 6+ cats that are around us use the dry underside as a toilet. Any advice of how to stop this. We use a water power scarecrow to keep them off my raised beds but this is is no use here? Peter Try spraying raw vinagar on the gravel under the van with a garden spray bottle. it works. . Tez Edited March 6, 2009 by SuzukiGV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTQ Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 I know the problem well, but if you have ever had rodent damage to your van etc you might have second thoughts about scaring away the filthy cats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netty Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 I've heard that cats hate citrus fruit so I don't know whether putting some lemon juice on a sponge or something might help - totally guessing though - I'll keep my ears open for any other suggestions among us cat lovers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jan69c Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Get a dog ! Quote RegardsIan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest del Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Sprinkle pepper under the van, when they sniff they a nose full of pepper which surprisingly they dont like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tephi Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Try mothballs First you have to catch the moths Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymond Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Cats are vermin and should be treated as such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulthomas Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Cats are vermin and should be treated as such. We use Cayenne pepper and it works. Cats hate it. Needs renewing occasionally but if sprinkled under 'van,and therefore in the dry, its effect will last longer. We also use a sonic gun which you need to point at the cat. ...and it runs like hell!I think we bought the gun from Lakeland but I believe Garden Centres will sell them too. We were once visiting a Solicitor to arrange a house purchase. Halfway through the proceedings he looked out the window,said "excuse me,"went to a grandfather clock and opened the case pulling out a twin barreled shotgun. Pointed it out the window,let off two barrels and calmly returned to replace the gun in the clockcase. He explained that he was sick and tired of cats fouling his garden and that that"seemed to sort the feline miscreants." Then carried calmy on with our dealings. Don't necessarily recommend it,but it seemed to work. Mind you,it was 30+ years ago so you might not get away with it now. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian dunning Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Cats are vermin and should be treated as such. Hi Raymond, I didn't relise that they were classified as vermin, I know a lot of people think that way, Regards, Ian. Quote Bailey Unicorn Vigo and a 2017 Ford S Max and a Mercedes SLK AMG Sport 9 speed, my mid life crisis solver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jan69c Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Cats are vermin and should be treated as such. Thats a wee bit extreme Quote RegardsIan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tephi Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Thats a wee bit extreme The wee is bad enough - the chipolatas are even worse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapmag Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Save your old teabags and let them dry out. Sprinkle a few drops of Obus Oil on them and toss them under the caravan. Cats hate the pungent smell. G. P. S. Too late for you I know. .. but anyone else thinking of putting down gravel use a coarser stone/pebble the larger the better 'cos the cats can cover their mess with larger pebbles! Pea Grit is just like cat litter to them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MOG Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Keep dogs - small enough to get under the van. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rimmer Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Get a dog ! Got one! the cats just wait for him to go in and then go under the caravan and do their business! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashtons99 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 (edited) There are some 'extreme' measures which would perhaps not go down too well on a public forum. I tend to agree with the cat/vermin theory but acknowledge that some consider them to be pets. A friend of mine bought an electric fence unit out of the freeads to keep them out of his garden. They work well and are powered from a 12v car battery. Give that a try. Edited March 8, 2009 by ashtons99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapmag Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 (edited) Just remembered another one although I have no personal knowledge about how successfull it is. Could be an Urban (read Jungle) myth. . but someone told me that if you can get a sample of lion poo from a local zoo and put that uder the van. ..... no cats will go near it!? As I say no personal knowledge about how successful it is. .... but a useful ice breaker topic for when you have dinner guests around!! G. Edited March 8, 2009 by chapmag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tephi Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Just remembered another one although I have no personal knowledge about how successfull it is. Could be an Urban (read Jungle) myth. . but someone told me that if you can get a sample of lion poo from a local zoo and put that uder the van. ..... no cats will go near it!? As I say no personal knowledge about how successful it is. .... but a useful ice breaker topic for when you have dinner guests around!! G. If it doesn't work you can use it on your rhubarb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtisden Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 Problem is you are replacing one lot of Poo with a large example of the stuff with Lions. That is what i am trying to stop building up under the van. Have to say some small improvement is 2 weeks just one offering after using get off anbd that only when the stuff had dried out. Quote Kind regards Peter and Rosalind. Remember "One hand for you and one for the ship". https://www. flickr. com/photos/curtisden/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeyoujimmy Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Problem is you are replacing one lot of Poo with a large example of the stuff with Lions. That is what i am trying to stop building up under the van. Have to say some small improvement is 2 weeks just one offering after using get off anbd that only when the stuff had dried out. The little blighters are constantly using our garden. I pick their offerings up on an old shovel and launch it back from whence it's depositor came. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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