How to stop a cat sh1zing in a pot plant?

[Thugscub]

Help. Can't tumble dry, kick, shoot, thump or otherwise harm the cat, belongs to g/f.

[ITCynic]

Sprinkle some chilli powder or cayenne pepper powder in the potplant. They learn very quickly. Worked well for me when I had cats.

[Viva]

If you can't get rid of the cat (1st choice), get rid of the pot plant.

[spacemuis]

Tried the powders/pepper thing and didn't work for me. Best solution: get some large pebbles and cover the soil around the plant with the stones (you can get nice white ones from gardening shops - larger is better). A cat will only make a toilet where he can dig...or, more precisely, on a surface with the right texture ;)

[xrapidx]

Get a dog to guard the pot plant.

[Dilsnick]

How about this... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIbkLjjlMV8) hehe :p

[Edduck]

Bury some catnip under the soil, no cat will want to do their business where it smells irresistable to them :D


PS if the soil starts disappearing you know your cat is getting enough "roughage" hahaha

[Thugscub]

Lol will try the stone trick. I tried pepper all I had was a sneezing cat. Thanks.

[OGroteKoning]

Rub vics vaporub on the pot edge. The smell is too sharp for them to stay around for long

[bdt]

You can signify ownership of the pot plant by pissing in it yourself :erm:; and maybe on the cat to thoroughly get your point across ..remember that feline dialogue around territory is through the medium of piss. :D
Or, less drastically, you could take to dumping coffee grounds (you know, from filter coffee) in the soil instead; cats are known not to like that either. Also, depending on the plant you have, it may even be beneficial to the plant too!

[ponder]

Throw a bucket of ice water of the cat and tazer the hell out of it!

[satanboy]

cayenne pepper powder or sharp stones in pot

[biometrics]

Why is the cat doing it in the pot plant? Does it have access to the outside? Do you live in a flat or house? Is it old, ill or recently adopted?

[Venomous]

you could by cat-off stuff from a vet.

Have never used it. Just heard about it.

[Thugscub]

To all the ideas thanks I am still trying to stop laughing.

[satanboy]

you could by cat-off stuff from a vet.

Have never used it. Just heard about it.

doesn't work...

the weird thing is our cats are scared of a cow hide carpet/throw and the fake fur throw we have ...they refuse to walk or lie on it...

[Thugscub]

/piss on the cat. Bwahahaha love it.

[Thugscub]

I forgot to mention I still have to smoke the plant.

[Tun@]

Set up a couple of mouse traps on the dirt

[eXisor]

When I was a flat-dweller I had the same problem. The stones solution ended up on the floor around the pot (I have big cats).
What worked 100% was to cover the soil with chicken-wire... Just cut wire into a circle and from a side to the middle... make a hole large enough for plant.. then bend edges around rim of pot.
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[bdt]

/piss on the cat. Bwahahaha love it.Though you laugh, I did this and told my buddy (who still has his tom) to do it to his when it got a bit too free and easy with the wizzle stick. It worked then and on his one too ..sure the cat wasn't hugely happy with him but it *did* achieve the desired outcome.


I forgot to mention I still have to smoke the plant.Ah ..then it's almost impossible that coffee grounds would be detrimental to the plant so that's a freebie on that score. And if it helps the plant, so much the better. :rolleyes:

[Splice]

Open a Window!

[Thugscub]

Could not get the cat to stand still long emough to pee on it. The chicken wire is the best thanks guys