neighbours cats pooing in my garden

beccam

we got 2 of those sonic things but it seemed to scare them so much they got the squirts and did diarrhoea poos everywhere instead!!:mad:

Worst is we live in a terraced house that is paved back and front, front 'garden' has gravel stones on it but back garden is just paving, people keep saying "cats are clean they bury their poos"..well no they don't they poop quite happily on our paving, our boiler house, even the wall between gardens!!

Doesn't help that we have "crazy cat lady" living 4 doors up who not only has about 4 of her own cats but also leaves food out for all the strays!:(

snowball1972

The cat will allways win, you are just a pawn in their game!

premkit

moth balls, they hate them also. local market traders still sell them.

cirrusmp

My dad once threw a plastic garden chair at our neighbours cat. It never came back. And as a bonus, the neighbour never invited us to one of her absolutely awful garden parties ever again, and as a consequence i never had to talk to her horse obsessed stuck up daughter.

Errata

My OH once threw a flip flop at a neighbour's elderly cat as it was doing the deed. It dropped dead on the spot.

bex2010

In my experience cat deterant gels and electronic devices have no effect at all. Having tried both of these don't waste your money on these.

A water pistol works well and is humane but does rely on you having lightening reflexes and keen eye sight to catch the little kitty cat whilst in your garden. The only sure fire method is to remove or cover any areas of dug earth but even then some will happily poo on the lawn. Maybe the best solution is to get the biggest meanest tom cat to scare off the other cats and just hope that your cat poo's in someone elses garden!

Pretani

chase them or spray them with water. They will find somewhere else to poo very quickly.

Pretani

Errata wrote: »

My OH once threw a flip flop at a neighbour's elderly cat as it was doing the deed. It dropped dead on the spot.

I heard of one having a severe dose of hemorrhoids after being scared off the toilet.:eek:

perplexed.com

We never get neighbours' cats in our garden. This seems to be because they are scared off by our own! ( who poo in their litter tray, rather than the garden, being largely indoor and very particular!).

It's a bit off centre as an idea but if you like cats you could get a nice big ( neutered, of course) Tom who'd scare them all away!

davidlizard

The important thing to do is after you have culled the culprits is to chop their heads off and put them on a stake to serve as a warning to other cats. This works equally well with things other than cats as well - foxes, badgers, noisy kids, TV licence inspectors, door to door salesmen and the like.

Seriously, we have tried several things. We got an ultrasonic repellent but all that did was frighten off next doors cat, which left home. We tried a motion dependent water spray, but that (whilst entertaining) stopped working after 6 months and managed to get me a few times. Water guns are OK but requires 24/7 monitoring of the garden. We have put repellent down but that washes away.

The only thing we have found is to keep the grass short, and cover the flowerbeds with bark chippings over the top of chicken wire.

Tempted as I am to bury carpet grippers in the flower beds or get the rifle out, at the end of the day its not the cats fault - its irresponsible and selfish owners who turn their cats loose to be the neighbours and communities problem.