Best way to deter cats from pooping in my dirt? (dogs, fence)
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Sorry I can't help you, but I think your creative idea is really pretty funny!! I'm sure someone can recommend what to put out, but if not, go with your own idea
I don't have any direct experience with this, but some info from what appear to be reasonable sources (i.e. not those where people are keen to harm the cats or such):
The first one covers more ground for those cases where people have feral cats in their yard and aren't sure what to do. But halfway down there's a section about garden, etc. Plus if you look on there a bit there are a couple of other good ideas, such as the motion-activated sprayer.
The other site has some different ideas. That Silent Roar product cracks me up, says it's made with essence of lion dung! The second site might be British but the idea of the certain plants might work if the plants are available here. Also fake snakes, very interesting, I wonder if that would really work though if they've never been taught to fear snakes?
The citrus/lavender/eucalyptus/etc scent thing might be the easiest to try. I gather that is the basis for some of the commercial cat deterrent sprays. That may take repeated application though, not sure. Depending upon how persistent they are you may find you'll need a combination of several things to truly be effective.
BTW, the sand idea is brilliant IMO, you should definitely try that.
Hubby is completely against sneaking into the neighbor's yard to create a sand pile. Bummer.
Since his solutions aren't cat friendly, it's up to me to figure out the nicest way to solve this.
For the cats' sake, it's a good thing hubby listens to me!
I've been doing research.
I liked the idea of holly and rose bush clippings but hubby won't let me do that because he says the dogs will get hurt.
Sadly, dogs are more stupid than cats in that regard.
I read that placing a gallon container of water deters them. Sounds crazy that simply seeing a plastic gallon bottle with water would scare them away. That's the first I'll try because it's easy.
If that fails, I try some of the suggestions you found! (Won't it be wild if the plastic water bottle scares them away?!?!?)
While my plan is clearly brilliant, it's also obviously very flawed.
Flawed yes, brilliant ... hardly. Trespassing and damaging a neighbor's property is never an answer.
Fence in your compost heap. If the cats can't get in, they can't dig. Toss lemon and orange peels on the top of the pile. Consider covering the top with a screen.
Hahahaha I am so sorry you have this problem but the fact that I was going to say Get a Dog and you already have some that enjoy the visits is just toooo much.
My suggestion would be to plant Catnip between the two properties.
Flawed yes, brilliant ... hardly. Trespassing and damaging a neighbor's property is never an answer.
You're no fun!
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Originally Posted by greg42
Heh, I took that as fairly obvious just goofing around. Can't *really* do that, of course, but there is a certain appealing logic to it....
Thanks for seeing the appealing logic.
I was goofing, but it would be possible since much of their property is wooded. Heck, I could ask my girlfriend who lives next door if I can dump some sand on her property in the woods right at the property line. She owns a cat. She'd probably go for it because she hates that they are irresponsible cat owners.
It is truly brilliant because it would work! Everybody would be pooping where everybody should without anyone being hurt. In my research, I've learned that people do TERRIBLE things to cats who poop in their yards. I would never do anything that would harm a cat. The neighbor should be glad I came up with my brilliant sand solution.
Funny thing is he probably would never discover the sand pile since he is rarely outside. And if he did discover it, he wouldn't do anything about it because he's super lazy. He probably wouldn't realize that it wasn't always there.
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Originally Posted by dynimagelv
did you even TELL the kitties...."Don do dat."
Theyre kats, they'll unnerstan.
I've tried. They're sort of feral. They were born outside and have never been inside. They're basically ignored except for feeding. It's obvious when the neighbor has forgotten them. I can see them waiting forever to be fed on occassion.
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