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Home & garden.

17 September 2021

Cat repellents compared

If cats have become a nuisance in your garden, find out the best ways to encourage them to go somewhere else.

Which?Editorial team

Cats are adored pets, but they can become a nuisance if they leave their mess in your garden, keep you awake with fighting or scare off the wildlife.

More than 6,000 Which? members completed a survey which revealed that 55% have problems with cats in their garden. Three quarters reported soiling as their main problem, and more than 4 in 10 reported cats scaring off, attacking or killing garden wildlife.

If you're a Which? member, you can log in now to find out which of the products and techniques in the table below have proved effective for our members when trying to encourage cats to go elsewhere. If you're not yet a member, you can get instant access by joining Which? today.

Our members' top cat repellents

Type	No of members tried	Member comments	Member score
	339		67%
	213		58%
	368		48%
	389		44%
	173		43%
	103		43%
	95		39%
	1,085		32%
	65		31%
	240		26%
	88		25%
	73		25%
	109		21%
	78		21%
	169		20%
	53		19%
	561		18%
	406		17%
	114		16%
	261		15%
	330		14%
	112		13%
	260		11%
	783		11%
	264		11%
	928		9%
	213		8%
	1,279		8%