- 1). Shout at the feral cats when they near the flowerbed.
- 2). Fill a spray bottle with water. Spray the feral cats every time you see them. The water startles and annoys them because cats don’t like water.
- 3). Install a sprinkler motion sensor near the flowerbed. Place the sensor in an area the cats like but people don’t go near. This sprays water when the offending cat activates it.
- 4). Slice off the skins of citrus fruits using a knife. Citrus fruits include lemons, limes and oranges. Scatter the peels or skins in and around the flowerbed. Cats have an acute olfactory sense and don’t like the smell of citrus fruits. Replace the peels once they start to decay or lose their scent.
- 5). Place small gauge chicken wire 1 to 2 inches below the flowerbed’s surface. The wire deters feral cats from digging up the flowers.
- 6). Sprinkle ginger powder around the flowerbed’s perimeter. Cats also don’t like the smell of ginger.
- 7). Scatter small stones or pebbles with rough edges around the flowerbed to make walking uncomfortable for cats.
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