Suggestions to prevent cats doing business around HA properties?

suelizab

I dont think there is any need to bring mental health issues in to this, it is insulting and discriminating.

mikeandrach_2

ive seen numerous far better !!!!! pics on the internet than that one

racing_blue

"Cats doing business around the properties"

Mog: Look at this open can of Tuna. Best there is, caught by rod and pole. Two quid in Sainsburys, yours for half that.

Lucky: You got that from the bin and it smells funny. I'll give you half this mouse liver for it. I stalked that mouse all night.

Mog:I want the whole liver.

Lucky: You drive a hard bargain. OK.

calicocat

You would maybe better posting this on the pet section? Although to be honest no-one can stop cats doing what they do really. My cat does hate the gravel (it is larger type gravel) where I have moved to so that may work.

Quite why it has anything to do with HA I have no clue.

fionajbanana

calicocat wrote: »

Quite why it has anything to do with HA I have no clue.

The HA maintain and own the areas around the 4 houses and 10 flats. My house is leasehold and I pay £25 pa ground rent - lease is 125 years.

meercatsunited

jeyes fluid using a watering can every couple of weeks keep it off nearby plants or they will die, it destroys the scent keeps dogs off as well

Davesnave

meercatsunited wrote: »

jeyes fluid using a watering can every couple of weeks keep it off nearby plants or they will die, it destroys the scent keeps dogs off as well

....and makes the area smell like a public toilet from the 1960s!:)

Cats can absorb the phenols in Jeyes through their paws, so it's up to the OP whether they'd want to use it, and at what dilution levels. Once again, it's a method which has a cost, and not just in monetary terms. Presumably, some of the residents live close to the area and it's questionable whether Jeyes is more pleasant-smelling or less noticeable than cat poo.

outofmoney

I have watched a cat slowly and painfully die from being poisoned. It was not nice and anybody that considers doing it or shooting a cat needs a serious look at themselves.

Whilst cat faeces in the garden is a pain, I would rather be digging that into the earth than clearing away the little orange and pink bags left by dog owners and the numerous bottles, plastics, crisp packets, sweet wrappers and dog ends left in my garden by humans.

witchy1066

Davesnave wrote: »

RSPCA.... Don't think so.

From their web site: "We collect sick or injured stray cats but identifying genuine strays is a challenge and due to lack of resources we do not normally collect healthy stray cats."

Surely by now, it's becoming clear that making the area unattractive is the better option here, albeit at a cost. Much of that could be labour, available free if the residents are motivated and organised.

I agree with your last sentence Dave, its probably the best way forward for the OP

were I live S Wales the RSPCA will give you cat traps to catch stray/feral cats and if you take them to the vets the vets will neuter them free of charge , this may be a scheme for certain areas I don't know, still worth an ask I would think, its worked and we have very few strays now, in fact just one, now, who we think was the mother of all the others , she is quite old and we are happy to let her live her life out in the area
ok not a short term solution, I know but if the cats are feral the problem for the OP will only get worse

doesnt solve anything if its family pets I agree, the best thing , already been said is to make the area unattractive to the cats

mikeandrach_2

get a Doberman, problem solved, and free security