How do I prevent pidgeons from coming to my house?

They like to eat my cat's food, and they poop all over the place (disgusting!!!). Is there any truth to the theory that pidgeons do not like marigold flowers?

How do I prevent pidgeons from coming to my house?
The artificial owls and snakes work up to a point, but you have to continually move them to make them effective. The birds soon figure out that the owl and snake figures are fake and perch next to them and even on them. I've seen it with my own eyes.





As suggested, continue to keep the cat food indoors. Are you feeding the birds outside? Pigeons like cracked corn, bread scraps and what not.





If you have pulled all forms of food, the birds will eventually go away. It just may take awhile.
Reply:Put some fake owl's and or snakes around the house, most birds are scared of both, Fake owels can be bought at a swimming pool store and the snakes can be bought in a toy dept in dept stores. People put fake owels around the pool to keep birds away. If you have birds building a nest where you don't want them, put a fake snake there, snakes cost under a dollar.
Reply:Maybe if you were to get some bird seed and feed the pigeons in an area away from your porch, they will stay over there!
Reply:Keep your windows and doors closed. Keep the cat food where your cat can still get but the birds cant. Get a net, a butterfly net would work, catch them and put them back outside.
Reply:Rabbits don't like marigold flowers. Birds are indifferent.





Bring your cat's food indoors. If it is the cat food that is attracting the pigeons, take away the incentive and they'll stop coming over. One would think your cat's presence would scare them, but apparently not.





If you can't get your cat into the house, Home Depot sells these big ugly black plastic things with eyes on them that are supposed to scare birds. Go buy a couple of them and put them around your property for awhile. About the time your neighbors stop laughing, the birds should be gone.
Reply:maybe u can make a fake dog or some sort of fake puppet 2 scare those pidgeons .
Reply:By not giving them your address!





Actually, you can buy owl figures to scare them away. Crow hunters often use these to attract crows, which are natural enemies of owls and hawks. If your pet is a house cat, feed it inside. If not, the food placed outside may be attracting all sorts of rabid varmints (raccoons, opossums) besides just pigeons.
Reply:eat them. apparently they are very tender and taste like chicken!
Reply:Put a rubber snake or hawk on your roof.
Reply:Don't waste your money buying fake owls. Owls eat rodents and reptiles. Pigeons instinctively know this. They will not be fooled. However, pigeons are instinctively afraid of hawks, which eat birds. I don't know where you could get a fake hawk, but maybe recorded hawk cries might help.
Reply:sit in the garden with a pellet gun and pop em off one by one
Reply:keep windows and doors closed and put bird seed far away from your house