Cat deterrant?

atrixblue.-MFR-.

notanewuser wrote: »

If we can identify the perpetrators I'll be asking the owners to come and clean up after them.

You may get some that will clean it once or twice but then ignore your knocks. whilst this is annoying to you it may not be an owned cat that is doing the jobbies, it maybe a feral or stray their excrement smells rather nasty as their diet is littered with raw meat materials and waste products from bins.


the patch of grass that's affected I would dig up, put in a green waste bag and take to dump, then fill in with some compost and grass seed and keep moist till the grass seed has time to root and find its hold get what already been mentioned to keep them out the garden.

pimento

notanewuser wrote: »

But please train them to go at your house and not in my front garden!!!

:rotfl: Good luck with that one.

Azmataz

If you are concerned about your three year old coming into contact with contaminants outside, I'm afraid it will take more than removing cat poo to keep the tot safe from potential harm. Tetanus, Legionnaires' and Weil’s diseases are all contractable from soil and garden vegetation and can pose threats to otherwise healthy bods.

Sure, toxoplasmosis is contractable via contact with cat poo if the cat was infected (not all are) and if hands remain unwashed. Luckily, it's not reported in the UK much, despite much tabloid hype. It's funny, those stories only ever run on slow news days!

Toxoplasmosis can also be passed on from undercooked meat, unwashed vegetables and unpasturised dairy products like some cheeses. They don't have the same 'ick' factor as cat poo, but can carry this bacteria and a whole host of other diseases too, like listeria or E. coli.

Nothing is 100% safe, but I don't mean to put the frighteners on you. On the contrary, hopefully you might find these links useful:

The lowdown on toxoplasmosis: http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Toxoplasmosis/Pages/Introduction.aspx

Minimising garden health risks from the RHS: http://rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=541

farfromhome

notanewuser wrote: »

It's not just wee. It's disgusting. Your choice to own cats shouldn't have others on hands and knees wretching while they clear up their !!!!.

I agree with a previous comment. I doubt this is from a cat. I have cats and also have foxes living at the bottom of the garden. It is the foxes who leave their deposits all over the lawn; it is disgusting and the vilest smell you can imagine. It's nothing like a cat's faeces. Cats very rarely leave their deposits uncovered, it's foxes who do that.

Sorry, can't really help with any suggestions how to get rid. We always remove any deposits before cutting the lawn (and that makes me retch!); with regards to our cats, 2 prefer to use one of the flower beds, the third one will only use the litter tray indoors; I always have 2 clean litter trays for her and for emergencies.

picklekin

Yeah, foxes like to, well, smear, its a scent thing. whereas cats do their scenting in a different way and tend to want to cover their faeces (although mine used to dig a little hole, then poo by the side of the hole and studiously cover the hole in again).

hazyjo

notanewuser wrote: »

If we can identify the perpetrators I'll be asking the owners to come and clean up after them.

After showing them video evidence?!

If someone did that to me re my cats, (1) it would be rather humiliating getting down on my hands and knees in front of them in their garden, (2) it would cause bad feeling and (3) I think it makes you look a bit like a dotty neighbour.

Cats are cats. Deter them rather than cause bad feeling with your neighbours.

My mum's put several rocks down on a patch the cat next door was using. Seems to have worked.

(Each to their own though.)

Jx

notanewuser

hazyjo wrote: »

After showing them video evidence?!

If someone did that to me re my cats, (1) it would be rather humiliating getting down on my hands and knees in front of them in their garden, (2) it would cause bad feeling and (3) I think it makes you look a bit like a dotty neighbour.

Cats are cats. Deter them rather than cause bad feeling with your neighbours.

My mum's put several rocks down on a patch the cat next door was using. Seems to have worked.

(Each to their own though.)

Jx

Hoping the deterrent works too.

aileth

picklekin wrote: »

Yeah, foxes like to, well, smear, its a scent thing. whereas cats do their scenting in a different way and tend to want to cover their faeces (although mine used to dig a little hole, then poo by the side of the hole and studiously cover the hole in again).

When ours goes in the tray, he will aim 100% perfect, but then get out of the tray and 'bury' it by scraping at the floor. Close but no cigar, kittums...

notanewuser

Azmataz wrote: »

If you are concerned about your three year old coming into contact with contaminants outside, I'm afraid it will take more than removing cat poo to keep the tot safe from potential harm. Tetanus, Legionnaires' and Weil’s diseases are all contractable from soil and garden vegetation and can pose threats to otherwise healthy bods.

Sure, toxoplasmosis is contractable via contact with cat poo if the cat was infected (not all are) and if hands remain unwashed. Luckily, it's not reported in the UK much, despite much tabloid hype. It's funny, those stories only ever run on slow news days!

Toxoplasmosis can also be passed on from undercooked meat, unwashed vegetables and unpasturised dairy products like some cheeses. They don't have the same 'ick' factor as cat poo, but can carry this bacteria and a whole host of other diseases too, like listeria or E. coli.

Nothing is 100% safe, but I don't mean to put the frighteners on you. On the contrary, hopefully you might find these links useful:

The lowdown on toxoplasmosis: http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Toxoplasmosis/Pages/Introduction.aspx

Minimising garden health risks from the RHS: http://rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=541

No, I'd rather she could go outside to play without having to worry about her coming back in covered in !!!!.

The other things you list are within my control.

Rachylou1981

I have had a problem for years with cats pooing in my YARD, yes a yard, not covered up or anything. I love cats but I am increasingly frustrated at this and it has made my yard into a place I hate and don't like to sit in (nor anyone else). :mad:

It stops sometimes with my home-made deterrants but then starts up again when I stop. It has recently started again. There are about 6 cats in my street so I don't know which
one(s) it is. I do chase them if they are on my wall or in the yard in order to scare them off but obviously it is someone's 'pitch' and they keep returning.


I have used:

• Orange peel
• Pepper
• Garden ornaments
• Foil
• Pretend snakes

The best ones have to be foil and the pretend snakes, both of which have been back out in the yard since last week and no poo as of yet. Fingers crossed. Very unsightly yard though

Very interested in this motion frog someone mentioned from the pound shop - will take a look there.

Shocked at the bleach comment too - I always bleach the yard after picking the dreaded stuff up. Yuck!