How do I stop my female cat pooing in the yard

Butterfliesarepretty

Fire_Fox wrote: »

I have an indoor cat and flush his business down the toilet. :T You might try washing down behind the shed with bio washing powder to see if that removes the smell and breaks the habit? I have found that what goes in the top makes a HUGE difference to what comes out of the bottom. For Noah rice makes him stink out the whole flat, but grains/ cereals generally are known to make for stinky and soft poops. On raw and high meat foods he does little rabbit droppings!

I will try the bio washing powder on the concrete and wash it down. My cats eat only dry food, odd bit of meat for treats;)

Butterfliesarepretty

Fire_Fox wrote: »

You are not supposed to compost cat poo, can't remember why. Maybe you could put it in a wormery tho? Given the OP only has a yard, chances are he doesn't fancy composting.



I am no large breed dog expert, but you might see if a change of diet reduces the 'output'. My cat changed overnight from pooping three times a day to once a day on a high meat/ low grain diet, and one of the others regulars was saying her Bengals only poop every second day on a raw diet! :T

I have tiny wormery for paper and veg and fruit and teabags, but it does not compost quick enough the worms did eat through it fast at first but now its slow and I get no compost at all , so will be binning it soon.

I live in a terraced, front garden and concrete yard with shed and I am a cat lady not a he;)

lisawood78

Fire_Fox wrote: »

You are not supposed to compost cat poo, can't remember why. Maybe you could put it in a wormery tho? Given the OP only has a yard, chances are he doesn't fancy composting.



I am no large breed dog expert, but you might see if a change of diet reduces the 'output'. My cat changed overnight from pooping three times a day to once a day on a high meat/ low grain diet, and one of the others regulars was saying her Bengals only poop every second day on a raw diet! :T

Thanks FF, am currently looking to change to Natures Diet so will see what effect this has.

Fire_Fox

shawtj2 wrote: »

I will try the bio washing powder on the concrete and wash it down. My cats eat only dry food, odd bit of meat for treats;)

I live in a terraced, front garden and concrete yard with shed and I am a cat lady not a he;)

Oops, I read your username as ShawNtj2 ...

It's up to you obviously, but for some cats it seems to be the cereals that goes right through them, as grains aren't a natural part of an obligate carnivore's diet. There are a number of dry foods that don't contain any cereals - Orijen, Applaws, Fish4Cats and Pets at Home Purely More Meat. I am a complete evangelist for this as Noah has gone from stinking the entire flat out to me not even knowing he has pooped. :j

paddypaws101

I have actually encouraged my gang to poo in my back garden as I have long felt guilty about a cat's natural habit of pooing next door! I scoop and flush the waste every couple of days. Why not give her a tray of sand/soil/compost that she can use and you can clean out? She is only doing what she was trained to do in her previous home I guess and maybe doesn'r recognise open land as an allowed place to pooh.
If you start her off in a tray you might be able to move her on to the 'countryside' by sprinkling a patch of her litter further and further away....

rita-rabbit

poops are meant to smell - I find that `better dry food' decreases smells & volume than `ordinary wet prepared cat food' to be honest - not all cats tummies cannot cope with cereals well (ie Burns & JWB works v well for mine).

clancy

I flush my cats poo down the toliet, but thats only because i have a downstairs toliet as well as upstairs, if i had to run it upstairs i wouldnt do it, i used wooden pellets for there litter box and when needing to be changed i put it in our green bin which is used for garden waste & also food waste....They do occasionally go toilet outdoors in the garden but not so much now its been winter...

Raksha

From a psychological point of view - a shyer cat will poo closer to home, so as not to intrude on a bigger tougher cats territory. The only way to stop her pooing there is to get rid of any other cat who might be intimidating her.

Fire_Fox

rita-rabbit wrote: »

poops are meant to smell - I find that `better dry food' decreases smells & volume than `ordinary wet prepared cat food' to be honest - not all cats tummies cannot cope with cereals well (ie Burns & JWB works v well for mine).

Are poops meant to smell? Both Burns and JWB contain loads of grain (IIRC rice and maize), whereas wet is usually low in cereals. IMO cats that don't smell on the kibble you mention are more likely to be chronically dehydrated or sensitive to one of the meats/ fish in the wet.

~Chameleon~

Fire_Fox wrote: »

For Noah rice makes him stink out the whole flat, but grains/ cereals generally are known to make for stinky and soft poops. On raw and high meat foods he does little rabbit droppings!

Is he having any fibre in his diet? If his faeces are so small you will need to keep an eye on him to ensure he doesn't end up with impacted anal glands.

This is a problem commonly seen in some cats/dogs that are on premium dry diets such as Hill's which is designed to produce less faecal matter and reduce odour. It's probably an indication they're not drinking sufficient water to sustain a dry diet.

Out of my two cats, who are both fed RC dry food, one drinks a large quantity of water and produces normal sized sausage shape faeces. The other drinks less water and produces smaller, pellet like faeces such as you describe. I have to empty her anal glands frequently otherwise they'd become impacted.