The following list of natural cat deterrents and repellents addresses some common concerns and easy ways to modify the feral or stray cats’ behavior:
-Cover your trash cans tightly or secure lids with bungee cords.
-To keep cats away from gardens, flower beds, or specific areas of property, scatter fragrant items that don’t appeal to a cat’s sense of smell, like fresh orange or lemon peels, organic citrus-scented sprays, coffee grounds, vinegar, pipe tobacco, or oil of lavender, lemongrass, citronella, or eucalyptus.
-Add the herb rue to gardens to keep cats out, or sprinkle dried rue over gardens or landscaping.
-Use plastic carpet runners, spiked-side up and covered lightly in soil, in gardens, flower beds, and other landscaping.
-Set chicken wire firmly into the dirt with sharp edges rolled under.
-Arrange branches in lattice-type patterns or use actual lattice fencing material over soil, this discourages digging.
-Embed wooden chopsticks, pine cones, or sticks with dull points deep into the soil with the tops exposed eight inches apart.
-Pick up some plastic mats to press into the soil. Use mats that have flexible plastic spikes that are harmless to cats and other animals, but also discourage digging.
-Cover exposed ground in flower beds with large (and attractive) river rocks to keep cats from digging.
-Install an ultrasonic animal repellent or a motion-activated water sprinkler
