Any gadgets tips for cat poo?

YoungBlueEyes

A pic would be helpful. Have you considered hedgehogs? They poo as they walk and it’s small like a cat’s, and they’d easily fit under a car. 

I’m aware this is not a deterrent.

Just buy some nappy sacks (cheaper than poo bags) and lift them as you see them. 

diystarter7

Apodemus said:

diystarter7 said:

Ant555 said:

A few years ago (before I got CCTV) something used to regularly do its business underneath our car - not even a big car but a Vauxhall Corsa.  We suspected cat or fox.

I used a product from Wilkos that was a 'cat repellent' sold in a bottle the same format as a typical household spray.  This particular one definitely had garlic in it, it absolutely reeked the first time we sprayed it on the drive but as it was outside it didnt really matter, a few top ups every week or so seemed to do the trick, smell didnt seem as bad after a few hours but I guess to animals with a keen sense of smell, it might still be very strong.  - The one I used is no longer available at Wilkos unfortunately but I am sure you could find a garlic cat repellent spray online.

Hope this helps.

elsien said:

Nothing I’ve tried has worked. A large water pistol and a large dog go someway towards keeping it out when I’m there but then it just comes and craps in the garden overnight when I’m not. 

None of the gadgets I’ve tried have worked, cats scarers, that sort of thing. If you have a flower bed they use, you can put sticks in which helps; at the front which is shingle I sprinkle chilli powder which seems to help until the rain washes away. But generally speaking the suggestion that you didn’t like earlier on about a shovel is probably as good as it’s going to get.

Re the shovel, its not a deterrent... 

That perhaps depends on how you wield the shovel!

I'm after a deterrent not animal cruelty thanks. 

Van_Girl

diystarter7 said:

It bigger poo than the biggest cat but enough for small dog.

In the first home I ever bought, I used to have an awful problem with an animal pooing in the boarder across from the kitchen window. It used to stink in summer and I was always scooping it out. The poo's were absolutely massive so I was convinced the neighbour was letting their dog through their broken fence... until one evening I looked out of the window and locked eyes with a fairly small cat, unfurling the biggest cr*p I've ever seen. 

I tried every deterrent I could think of - citrus, chillies, coffee grounds, the high pitched plug in things, even my then partner having a wee on the area, and nothing stopped this cat. 

That said, cats don't usually go on hard surfaces, so does seem quite strange...

elsien

Van_Girl said:

diystarter7 said:

It bigger poo than the biggest cat but enough for small dog.

In the first home I ever bought, I used to have an awful problem with an animal pooing in the boarder across from the kitchen window. It used to stink in summer and I was always scooping it out. The poo's were absolutely massive so I was convinced the neighbour was letting their dog through their broken fence... until one evening I looked out of the window and locked eyes with a fairly small cat, unfurling the biggest cr*p I've ever seen. 

I tried every deterrent I could think of - citrus, chillies, coffee grounds, the high pitched plug in things, even my then partner having a wee on the area, and nothing stopped this cat. 

That said, cats don't usually go on hard surfaces, so does seem quite strange...

People keep saying that, but it doesn't keep them off my gravel. 

Apodemus

elsien said:

Van_Girl said:

diystarter7 said:

It bigger poo than the biggest cat but enough for small dog.

In the first home I ever bought, I used to have an awful problem with an animal pooing in the boarder across from the kitchen window. It used to stink in summer and I was always scooping it out. The poo's were absolutely massive so I was convinced the neighbour was letting their dog through their broken fence... until one evening I looked out of the window and locked eyes with a fairly small cat, unfurling the biggest cr*p I've ever seen. 

I tried every deterrent I could think of - citrus, chillies, coffee grounds, the high pitched plug in things, even my then partner having a wee on the area, and nothing stopped this cat. 

That said, cats don't usually go on hard surfaces, so does seem quite strange...

People keep saying that, but it doesn't keep them off my gravel. .

...or the slabs on my concrete path. I think some of the cats around here dislike any risk of getting their hind-quarters wet, so squat on the driest surface they can find.  I can see them at it from my kitchen window, so I know it is cats!  A quick tap on the glass normally puts them off their stride, but I can't always be there at the right moment.

diystarter7

Van_Girl said:

diystarter7 said:

It bigger poo than the biggest cat but enough for small dog.

In the first home I ever bought, I used to have an awful problem with an animal pooing in the boarder across from the kitchen window. It used to stink in summer and I was always scooping it out. The poo's were absolutely massive so I was convinced the neighbour was letting their dog through their broken fence... until one evening I looked out of the window and locked eyes with a fairly small cat, unfurling the biggest cr*p I've ever seen. 

I tried every deterrent I could think of - citrus, chillies, coffee grounds, the high pitched plug in things, even my then partner having a wee on the area, and nothing stopped this cat. 

That said, cats don't usually go on hard surfaces, so does seem quite strange...

Many thanks, appreciated sincerely.

IMHO, it may be a rouge cat that is ecentric and only poo's on hard surfaces, don't know but I still think its a do. However, when the dog/cat did it under the suv and its high off the ground i think it is unusual for dogs to go under cars.
Thank you.

diystarter7

Apodemus said:

elsien said:

Van_Girl said:

diystarter7 said:

It bigger poo than the biggest cat but enough for small dog.

In the first home I ever bought, I used to have an awful problem with an animal pooing in the boarder across from the kitchen window. It used to stink in summer and I was always scooping it out. The poo's were absolutely massive so I was convinced the neighbour was letting their dog through their broken fence... until one evening I looked out of the window and locked eyes with a fairly small cat, unfurling the biggest cr*p I've ever seen. 

I tried every deterrent I could think of - citrus, chillies, coffee grounds, the high pitched plug in things, even my then partner having a wee on the area, and nothing stopped this cat. 

That said, cats don't usually go on hard surfaces, so does seem quite strange...

People keep saying that, but it doesn't keep them off my gravel. .

...or the slabs on my concrete path. I think some of the cats around here dislike any risk of getting their hind-quarters wet, so squat on the driest surface they can find.  I can see them at it from my kitchen window, so I know it is cats!  A quick tap on the glass normally puts them off their stride, but I can't always be there at the right moment.

Apodemus said:

elsien said:

Van_Girl said:

diystarter7 said:

It bigger poo than the biggest cat but enough for small dog.

In the first home I ever bought, I used to have an awful problem with an animal pooing in the boarder across from the kitchen window. It used to stink in summer and I was always scooping it out. The poo's were absolutely massive so I was convinced the neighbour was letting their dog through their broken fence... until one evening I looked out of the window and locked eyes with a fairly small cat, unfurling the biggest cr*p I've ever seen. 

I tried every deterrent I could think of - citrus, chillies, coffee grounds, the high pitched plug in things, even my then partner having a wee on the area, and nothing stopped this cat. 

That said, cats don't usually go on hard surfaces, so does seem quite strange...

People keep saying that, but it doesn't keep them off my gravel. .

...or the slabs on my concrete path. I think some of the cats around here dislike any risk of getting their hind-quarters wet, so squat on the driest surface they can find.  I can see them at it from my kitchen window, so I know it is cats!  A quick tap on the glass normally puts them off their stride, but I can't always be there at the right moment.

We have a fairly open plan house and windows in place of a wall but to the front is a double integrated garage and a dining room so we are not at the front  rarely.

We have Ring security camera but it does not work to the front need to change but works to the sides and back so may change that.

I'm not a violent man, a coward really but if I see its a dog and the owner/etc is there, I will be ready for their abuse with  obile in my hand and ready to call the cops with the abuse. If its a cat which I doubt, I could put it on a lead and see where it took me and then tell the owner/s off.

Van_Girl

elsien said:

People keep saying that, but it doesn't keep them off my gravel. 

Gravel I understand, because they can at least attempt to bury it. But cats really just do what the hell they like, don't they?   

diystarter7

We have put red chili pepr on it for two nights, going to get more but a bit of rain washed it way the other night,
Everyone I've spoken to say they've never known a cat to poo on a block paving in the middle or some distance from grass soil.
I'm just hoping whatever it is it stops
Otherwise, I will try some of the ideas mentioned here
It's not fox poo for certain as it does not stink from 20/30 feet.

Gravel they can as well as soil/grass etc but hard, clean surfaces and under a car, not too sure.

Thanks all I will update if I think the chili works but as its on hard surface rain washes it away apart from the bigger piles of the chili.

Buying more red chili pepper today