Neighbourhood cat messing on our lawn!

diystarter7

hadenoughnowthanks said:

Get your own cat. 

you mean like this one? 

diystarter7

sheramber said:

Covering a whole lawn  is different from dealing with a small area.

You can get sonic deterrents that cats do not like but will not disturb other animals.  Google will help you.

I recall reading a which review I think and out of the sonic device tests the highest score was only 67%  - from readings old threads on MSE, on the whole they dont work

On the grass as i said sprinking red chili powder and redo if it rains once the cats got the sniff of that hopefully it moves to another garden - try to keep grass short also helps but diffucult in the winter

sheramber

With the current weather you would need a bucket load on chilli powder to keep renewing it.

TripleH

We had a cat pooping in our garden when we moved in (new build), it was our neighbour from 3 doors downs.

Our eldest cat fixed it by peeing in the garden to mark her territory and it stopped.

It did give us the sight of our 21 month old marine coon trying to bury their poo in stone chippings unsuccessfully when they mistakenly failed to realise you're meant to do your business in the soil area...

TBagpuss

Ctrus peel is pretty effective - it looks messy but (assuming people in your family eay citrus fruits) its much cheaper than buying custom made repellents, doesn't damage the lawn and can be composted afterwards. 

Start by removing any visible poo - I would make a solution of biological washing powder and water and pour it over where the poo was - it helps get rid of the smell without smelling like another cat, so means that it doesn't smell familiar, but also doesn't smell like a rival cat and trigger a (literally) !!!!!! contest) 

Then scatter large chunks of peel around - I use grapefruit as it usuauly has thick skin which seesm to hold more zest , and to continue to smell citriussy for longer - if I remember I zest the skin slightly before I eat thegraefruit so you have as much of the oil /smell released as possible.  You can also use orange, lemon or lime peel, if you eat / use any of those fruits.  

The peel will get waterlogged and lose it's cent if there is a lot of rain so replace it regularly. 

If you don't normally eat much citrus fruit then buying some for the purpose may still be cheaper thna gels, in that case I'd sugget cutting it into quarters and queezing slightly in the gardn to make use of the smell ofthe juice as well as the peel 

I've used this very effectively to train my own cats off the areas of my garden I don't want them to use (combined, in my case, with judicious use of waster from the litter tray to direct them to the parts they are allowed to use!)  and it seems to work quite well. 


I've also found ' get off my garden' works wuite well - it's a itrus scented gel you can buy from garden cnetres and pet shos, but the gel swell up and becomes ineffective in the rain, and it gets quite expensive unless you are oly dealing with ta very small area. 

They are also powders which are garlic scented but I haven't found them to work as well for cats, although they do seem to deter dogs. 

If you see it in the act then shouting, throwing thing to land hnear it, or shooting a water pistolat it will all also deter it, they like to feel safe when pooing so scaring them off means your garden feels less safe!