Homarden Cat Repellent Mat – Indoor/Outdoor Scat Mat to Keep Cats Away from Plants, Furniture & Garden – Black Mat with Spikes for Humane Deterrent – Pet-Safe, Flexible Design

I have a few stray cats in my backyard that I feed on a regular basis. The only downside is that they love to climb onto my split unit HVAC and do their business and dirty it up. I love the cats but I don't particularly enjoy the mess they leave. This Deterrent Pad does the job perfectly! I laid 3-4 on top of the units and held them together with some duct tape. After that, the strays stopped climbing on top of them on their own. In the past, I would put citrus soaked cotton balls to deter them which only lasted a week before the scent faded away. On top of that, I had to purchase odor remover for the 1-2 strays that sprayed on the wall. I wish I had found this product much sooner. I can still enjoy the furry visitors and not have them leave a mess for me.

Great keeps the cats out of my flower bed, easy to assemble nice and sturdy had them for a year and still working. Getting more for my shed

UPDATE: I just put one of the mats on top of the frig to keep the cat from using that as a "stair step" to the top of my upper kitchen cabinets, where I display my vintage cookie jars. It was only a matter of time before he caused a disaster up there, but no more worries about that! I was also able to bring my Shefflera plant in from the garage where it's been since the cat showed up....those are toxic to cats, and he would NOT leave it alone. Now, I put two mats together, put the large plant on top, and he just sits and looks, as if wondering who's dumb idea it was to bring these things into our lives? I'll be ordering another package! ORIGINAL REVIEW: I bought these to put on top of my 24" X 48" aquarium that has a hinged, screen cover framed in lightweight aluminum and houses my 3 yr old Axolotl (Mexican) Salamander, Lilla, (love her to pieces!). A few months ago, we got a kitten....or he got us, wandered into our rural farm place.....and, of course, he soon noticed Lilla and was on top of the tank every chance he got. I tried a cat deterrent auto spray can that quit working almost immediately and a carpet runner I had on hand, turned upside down so that the little "stay-in-place" grab-spikes were facing up. That KIND OF discouraged him, but not on those days when he was very determined and sassy. He'd just "grin and bear it" and there he'd be, seeming to taunt both me and Lilla! They also blocked all the light and air from the top and were butt-ugly. I found these mats on Amazon and ordered this particular pkg vs a roll because the squares seemed like they'd be easier to handle (and they are very easy to use) and they were a good buy for the money. I'd also have extras to use in other places where I want to keep animals away. To cover the top of the aquarium, I used three full mats plus three others cut down to a smaller size (easy to do), 6 total mats, connected by the little hook and holes that are on all 4 sides of each mat (2 on each side). These mats solved my problem 100%, PERFECTLY! One time up, just as quickly off, and all salamander watching is now done from the floor! Not only that, the mats are custom-sized to the screen top and the black color of the mats looks nice with the black trimmed aquarium and screen cover, so they actually look nice.....well, they aren't ugly, anyway. They are VERY light weight, so no need to worry about them being too heavy for the screen, and I can see through them, down into the tank, which I couldn't with the "clear" carpet runner that wasn't actually clear. They work so well, we can leave the cat in the house unchaperoned, which we never dared do before. I docked one star because the little connectors are very fragile and break off very easily. Several of the squares came with at least one torn off and I lost a couple more just taking the squares apart. (They come stacked.) Of course, the squares can be connected with zip ties or twist ties, it's just more convenient to use the attached connectors if they don't rip off.

Product works as expected to deter rabbits. Ordered more of these.

My 1-year-old cat digs dirt out of all my potted plants. It works like a charm to stop her. I cut up the scat mat into smaller pieces and placed several onto the top layer of dirt. The black plastic mat blends in well with the dirt, so it's not unsightly. This product did NOT work on the kitchen counters. First of all, they're pretty sharp, and you have to cover every square inch of countertop edge (trust me - read below), which makes it a headache to use your kitchen countertops in any kind of routine way. You don't realize how well your Tshirt or a kitchen towel snags on this stuff, sending all the connected scat mats to the floor. The bigger problem - other than despising the scat mats on my kitchen counters - is that my cat learned quickly how to jump onto the ittiest, tiniest, little edge of the counter, barely touch the mat, and bound OVER the entire scat mat towards the backsplash. I even tried placing the mats so that they extended a little beyond the countertop edge. No go. I used these for several months, but no matter how I laid them out on the counter, she figured out how to get around them. In summary: worked well for my potted plants, but didn't work for kitchen countertops.

Even though I had to send these back, they really are effective in keeping pets off places you don’t want them. I accidentally ordered a smaller size in comparison to the set I ordered in the past, so I was disappointed. I plan to re-order them in a larger size because they really do keep our pets that have some naughty behaviors off furniture. They’re not necessarily attractive when guests are visiting though.

Great product, good price and fast shipping.

I am a fan of the Cat Scat Mat, but only for Vertical surfaces (like a tree trunk going straight up). After some initial hesitation, our cat would walk on top of the mat (see picture) when on a horizontal, or even diagonal surface. However, we put it on a vertical tree trunk and it remains effective and keeps him from going up. I gave it 4 stars (instead of 5) because the pictures show it on a horizontal surface and it simply doesn't work for that. If it were advertised as a vertical surface only, I'd give it 5 stars. Also note that the material is fairly brittle, so you need to be careful to not break it when installing. The mats have a round loop on some sides and a corresponding peg on the other sides (so that the mats can be connected). These are really flimsy and come apart or break easily. Instead of using them, I used small cable ties which is very effective. I highly recommend using cable ties to connect the mats together and to themselves (like around a tree).