How do you keep feral cats from using your garden as a litter box?

Try applying a hot pepper spray mixed with garlic,orange peels,Citrus oil sprays,insert plastic forks with the prongs upward.

I've heard that sprinkling chili powder around the area will keep them away.

Check with your local Veterinarian for someone who traps ferals, neuters, and relocates them.

A pellet gun down the ear canal is quieter. Other than that, try a motion sensor made for a garden hose.

If you have rose bushes that need pruning, lay the thorny stalks in the flowerbox. This worked in my small ground level garden. Eventually they will stop trying and "go" somewhere else..

An easy (and humane) way is simply buy some chicken wire and lay it on top of the soil. If the "look" of it bothers you, just spread a VERY thin layer of soil on top - just enough to cover the wire. Cats always paw the dirt first before going to the bathroom and they won't like the feel of the wire. Another kind solution would be to call a no-kill policy organization in your area who can trap the cats, neuter/spay them and find homes for them.

hi Barrbara: In that case, I would say that if you can place a bunch of trimmed rose bushes down - like another reader suggested - it would help. I wish you a speedy solution!

what can I put in my grass of my back yard to stop the cats from just going any place.

Feral cats are a nuisance to everyone except the person feeding them lots of luck trying to stop them from using your garden. My son is having the same problem just read using coffee grounds mixed with orange peel might keep them away. Let us know if your successful.

I have heard that putting used orange or citrus rinds in the garden will keep the cats away.

Dorothea is right. I had a feral cat using my rose bed as its litter box so I bought some mothballs and sprinkled them in the flower beds. I have seen evidence of any cats since.

If you don't believe that cats despise citrus, just peel an orange near one. In garden beds, peelings must be replaced after a rain. There is a product called Critter Ridder, which works for just about anything, except those pesky squirrels.

I PUT CRUSHED, NOT PULVERIZED, EGG SHELLS AROUND THE PLANTS WHICH THE CATS HATE WALKING ON AND ADDS A LITTLE CALCIUM TO YOUR SOIL.

I read if you spread moth balls it will keep the cats away..

MOTH BALLS work!! They repel skunks, cats, and deer. Probably rabbbits, too.

Get a motion activated sprayer at your local diy store, it will spray them when they come near and kitties don't like to get wet.