[Closed] how to stop cats pooping in my garden...

As an owner of three cats, I can testify that a good soaking works wonders if done regularly. Other than that, some sort of dog would help.

i'm sure next doors cat is to blame

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i found 5 separate little piles of it this morning...

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Dagnabit, what do your neighbours feed this beast?

Sounds like more than one cat to me.

Lots of previous threads on the subject, they all end up with some cat hating tosser saying you should inflict some kind of physical harm upon the cat, cat owners retaliate by saying do that to my cat and I'll kill you, and repeat.....

I find a tennis ball by the back door helps, or having easy access to the hose... they soon get the idea once they have been bullseyed with either a couple of times!

So perhaps an overnight stakeout is required...

Same here. 😐

Had to clear over a dozen turds off the lawn after a week away before the kids could go out and play.

they all end up with some cat hating tosser saying you should inflict some kind of physical harm upon the cat, cat owners retaliate by saying do that to my cat and I'll kill you, and repeat.....

I wouldn't like to inflict physical harm on the cat, but I would like to speak to the owner and explain my displeasure.

we had a cat problem when we first moved in 2 years ago but i got rid of them using the water method and never had a problem since but in the last week or so they seem to have come back....
i found some yesterday as well...then this morning one of the samples looked the same as yesterdays....the other 4 samples from this morning looked like 2 separate deposits by 2 different cats....so i'm looking for 3 feline culprits!!

a dog is out of the question as the wife is absolutely petrified of anything that's living and non-human!!

it normally wouldnt bother me but my 5 year old boy like to play in the back garden and now that my daughter is starting to walk i dont want her wandering out into a cat poop infested garden

Cats tend to dig in their crap, and prefer loose, freshly turned soil so if it's on the surface or on grass, it's probably worth thinking about other culprits.

Often people blame cats for crapping on their lawn when in fact it's foxes marking their territory. Cat crap is flat/rounded at the ends, whereas fox crap is tapered.

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How's about putting up chicken wire on your garden walls/fence?

Cats - so I hear anyway - hate walking on chicken wire...

Otherwise, there's loads of sonic/smelly ideas out there that are supposed to deter cats.

Get your own cat/cats. Nothing else worked, I tried every hair-brained scheme I read about/was told. This worked a treat for me in a previous home. My cats didn't poop in our garden, and nor did anyone else's after I got them. Its a better solution to getting dogs, as cats tend to be out and about doing their own thing in the garden whereas dogs are just stoopid and want to be wherever their owners are. Also dogs kill cats. Cats just scrap with other cats.

Okay I see your comment re : your wife being petrified of non-human animals, but it really does work!

Edit : I love my dogs, but they are definitely stoopid

dan1980 - Member

Cats tend to dig in their crap, and prefer loose, freshly turned soil so if it's on the surface or on grass, it's probably worth thinking about other culprits.

Often people blame cats for crapping on their lawn when in fact it's foxes marking their territory. Cat crap is flat/rounded at the ends, whereas fox crap is tapered.

Complete & absolute rubbish, cats crap anywhere: grass, gravel, window boxes, even witnessed one laying one down on the pavement a while back.
They do not bury their mess (another myth) You sound like a typical cat owner who doesn't give a stuff about YOUR animals creating problems for other folk & their kids.
Oh no, can't possibly be Mr Tiddles sh1tting all over the neighbours lawn/vegetable patch etc. Must be a fox, or a wolf. Actually I remember seeing a bear passing by yesterday, could have been that. Nothing to do with me...............

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Lots of previous threads on the subject, they all end up with some cat hating tosser saying you should inflict some kind of physical harm upon the cat, cat owners retaliate by saying do that to my cat and I'll kill you, and repeat.....

Im interested to know what HTS expects the cats owner to do about their cat, given cats are free range animals and aren't well known for listening to what others tell them to do! 🙄

Cats tend to dig in their crap, and prefer loose, freshly turned soil so if it's on the surface or on grass, it's probably worth thinking about other culprits.

oh its definitely a cat....there was one turd slap bang in the middle of the lawn but the rest were on the raised gravel bed...there was also evidence of where the cats had tried to dig into the gravel...

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i've read that alaskan malamutes (which i would love one of) are quite fond of stalking small animals and cats?
they can also scale 6 foot fences though so cats beware

Im interested to know what HTS expects the cats owner to do about their cat, given cats are free range animals and aren't well known for listening to what others tell them to do!

Train their cats to use a litter tray? Might not stop them crapping outdoors 100%, but should certainly reduce the amount, unless the cat is an infinite crapping machine...

Cut your grass short and scare them off. Its worked really well for me but I don't have any flower beds, just grass and a great big bike shed !

We have similar problems with our front garden; they have also now learned to climb up the front of the van, onto and across the garage roof and poo in the back garden now too.

I'm going to get a pet bear. Then when it eats all the cats (and all the neighbours) I can say that it is also a free range animal and doesn't heed the advice of others, so I am clearly entirely blameless.

[i]i've read that alaskan malamutes ..are quite fond of stalking small animals[/i]

Well that's very unusual behaviour for a dog...

I was going to suggest silent roar as well, but it has already been suggested.
It works, although used to be hard to find. Not harmful in any way either.

Leave scraps of food, dish of dog food out at night, the resultant foxes should keep away the cats*

(* - caution, thus may result in foxes crapping in your garden, in which case you should remove the dog food and leave peanuts out**)

(** - caution, this may result in badgers crapping in your garden, and probably digging up the lawn too!)

Been experimenting with a few ideas since asking the same question a little while back.

Grow lavender, rosemary, lemon thyme (or anything else with a citrus oil style), garlic/onions near your garden edges. They don't like them. It's good in pots 'cos you can move it if they change paths through your garden. They don't like spikey stuff either.
Remove any mint, it's like catnip, they like it.
Got some cat deterrent granules from asda. Sprinkle on ground anywhere near where they've done it. And where they come into your garden.
Got a cat deterrent spray from home bargains, spray tops and bottoms of fences that they climb over. Reach over and spray the neighbours side so they're put off before they get to yours.
It seems the "deterrent" in these products is usually a garlic/chilli or citrus oil, or both. Make up a garlic/orange/chilli oil mix for a home-made deterrent and use sparingly too.
You may decide to add a bit of your mix to the super soaker if you decide to go down the "stakeout" route.
It's true, they don't like chicken wire. They really don't like holly. Put branches/sprigs of holly along their paths, stapled on the fence, and wherever they do their mess. They won't walk there twice.
Cut your grass short, even to the point of being "crispy" in this weather.
If you can get hold of that lion poo, it's got good reviews. I couldn't.

For best results, get hold of all the cat deterrent measures you can, and try to figure out where they come into your garden. They often follow the same route/path.
Then clear all the mess there is, and put down all the deterrents at the same time. (Keep reapplying the spray/granules for about a week.) Real overkill, but you want to shock them out of their old habits and make them go elsewhere. Once they find a "better" new place, chances are they'll stay there. This weather's perfect 'cos of a lot of it is scent based and can be washed away and need reapplying after rain.

And if you can borrow or dogsit a mate's hound for the weekend that will really help. You don't need to keep the dog permanently.

Cut your grass short and scare them off. Its worked really well for me but I don't have any flower beds, just grass and a great big bike shed !

grass is as short as it can be...

I'm going to get a pet bear. Then when it eats all the cats (and all the neighbours) I can say that it is also a free range animal and doesn't heed the advice of others, so I am clearly entirely blameless.

hmmmmm....that sounds tempting...

has anyone used one of those sonic cat repellers? are they any good?
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Complete and absolute rubbish, cats crap anywhere: grass, gravel, window boxes, even witnessed one laying one down on the pavement a while back.
They do not bury their mess (another myth) You sound like a typical cat owner who doesn't give a stuff about YOUR animals creating problems for other folk and their kids.
Oh no, can't possibly be Mr Tiddles sh1tting all over the neighbours lawn/vegetable patch etc. Must be a fox, or a wolf. Actually I remember seeing a bear passing by yesterday, could have been that. Nothing to do with me...............

Sorry for all this, but it's a slow day at work... Anyways:

You seem angry about this, can I suggest a stop at www.reddit.com/r/aww to calm you down, all though there are cute pictures of ickle pussy cats there.

Domestic cats are quite timid animals, the reason for this is due to an instinctive throwback from the mists of time when they weren't fed out of a can, or murdering garden birds off the feeder and had to put some effort into getting a meal. Sadly for Mr (Or Miss/Mrs, lets not gender stereotype) Fluffy, other things would also quite happily like to turn his/her/its fuzzy backside into a tasty snack.

Now your average diet of voles, bunnies and various insects gives you exceptionally stinky stools (try it and find out!), and on top of this, in general predators have quite sensitive senses of smell. As a result, pre-domestic kitties would bury their poop so as to not signal to bigger, meaner, and hungrier animals that they were about.

The only time a moggy would normally be prepared to take a dump in an obvious place would be to mark its territory for hunting rights.

Now, fast forwards a few thousand years, and suddenly, Mr or Mrs Tiddles is surrounded by humans, who, because they are much bigger, and generally man handle them, ruffle them and make cooing baby noises, are considered more dominant. Because they are a bit stupid and can't think like anything other than a cat, believe that we go out hunting and like to chew on small rodents and birds too. So as they believe we are the dominant creatures, with the hunting rights to the local territory, cats don't normally have a pop at challenging things by taking a crap in the middle of your lawn because in cat behavior terms it means "**** off, this is my garden, and I'll 'ave your eyes out if I see you", and lets be honest, cats aren't stupid enough to think they'd win in a fight with a 4ft plus biped when they're only a ft or so high.

It's possible that new cats in the neighborhood can start a territorial dispute (especially if they're intact), but it's probably worth bearing in mind that the average male moggy with his nuts chopped off (and lady cats that have been done) will rarely stray more than 300m from their owners house, so the likelihood of cats getting into territorial disputes with neighbors is fairly low (especially as male and female cats will normally share their territories) when there is the possibility of serial crapping to mark territories, but this is normally short lived until the dispute is sorted. Intact males with roam further, but then it's arguably irresponsible ownership to keep a male cat intact unless there's a very good reason for it.

Occasionally, when cats get ill, the poor little things might take a crap wherever they are when they feel the urge, but generally we're talking produce that would score very highly on the Bristol Scale. And occasionally, if cats have been removed from their mummies too early on in their life, and haven't learned to cover their poop, they may have bad habits and crap casually in places they shouldn't, but a responsible owner can overcome this.

That silent roar stuff makes domestic moggies believe there is a much larger cat about, and so if the crapping is from a territorial point of view, should stop it. If it's for other reasons, like the cat is a bit dumb and hasn't been taught to bury it's crap, or in fact the poop is coming from a fox (which incidentally don't have any issues with having a dump wherever they feel like it) then it wont.

So in summary, the vast majority of cats can, and do bury their crap, and generally they prefer freshly dug soil, because frankly, cats are lazy, and will go for the easy life given half the chance.

And for the record, I'm a fairly typical cat owner who treats/worms/inoculates my [url=

'ickle killer. I've taken the time to make sure he was fully litter trained, and burys his turds. When he started going out, I made sure he knew his garden was the best place for him to crap. He now uses my flowerbeds as far as I know exclusively for his toileting. I've also taken the time to find out what makes him tick, and to overcome bad and undesirable behaviors by understanding the reasons behind what he does. I've also trained him to stay, give me a paw, and to trip me over whenever I'm going down stairs. We're working on fetch.

Whilst I appreciate you have a downer on cats, probably from personal experience of having crap in places you don't want it, and possibly because you're worried about the health of your family, please try and remember your prejudices are based on a tiny subset of human experience, and that many many other folk will be living in and around the 7 million cats in the UK and not even noticing their toiletry habits.

I'd make an apology for length, but I've never had any complaints before.... 🙂

Might have been done already, but if you've not seen it its well worth a watch!!

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Forget silent roar - I'm a Tiger (in a Gareth Cheeseman style 😉 )

Just used my own urine - best when it's most pungent - and orange peel at said little buggers favourite deposit points.

Worked a treat.

So in summary, the vast majority of cats can, and do bury their crap, and generally they prefer freshly dug soil, because frankly, cats are lazy, and will go for the easy life given half the chance.

They don't in my neighbourhood. In any case, those of us who grow food in our gardens would prefer to have it free of cat poo.

I don't blame the cats, I blame the lazy, selfish and irresponsible owners.

Get your own cat/cats

How to get rid of cat crap? increase the number of cats but [i]possibly[/i] keep it out of your own backyard,
[b]go team![/b]

BB gun by the back door, remember not to turn the inside light on when you come in, you'll get one eventually, very satisfying and no harm done*

*not much

Build two sand pits with covers. Pit one is kept covered at night and is for the kids to play in. Pit two is kept covered during the day and is for the cats to crap in, they'll prefer it to the rest of the garden.

You could even scoop the cat crap out of pit two and return it to your neighbours........

D0NK you just properly annoyed me then. Admittedly I'm a little tetchy today, but he asked for suggestions on how to stop cats pooping in his garden and I offered a perfectly legitimate solution that in my experience works, no matter how ridiculous you think it might be. You got anything constructive to add to help the OP?

BB gun by the back door, remember not to turn the inside light on when you come in, you'll get one eventually, very satisfying and no harm done*

i have two....but one normally has a habit of dismantling itself when you fire...the other has a laser sight attached, so should help with my dodgy aim....do i go for the rump or should i be a bit more humane and fire warning shots?

Have had some success with leaving CDs out in the veg plot they appear to be wary of the light reflecting off them.

right, i've ordered one of those sonic cat repellers from amazon for £15....should arrive tomorrow....should see results in a few weeks...but in the meantime i'll be brushing up on my shooting skills!!

Admittedly I'm a little tetchy today, but he asked for suggestions on how to stop cats pooping in his garden and I offered a perfectly legitimate solution that in my experience works, no matter how ridiculous you think it might be.

Your solution just transfers the problem to some other poor sod. Not very neighbourly, is it?

Unfortunately I can't really argue with that one, regardless of how much I'd like to, no it's not particularly neighbourly.

Anyway, in all fairness, my initial post was partly tongue in cheek. Obviously no-one is going to get a cat just to stop others pooping in your garden, it just so happened that when I got two some years ago, that all pooping in my garden ceased. So I decided to relate my experience to the OP as either way it worked for me. I only dug my heels in because D0NK annoyed me. Sensitive and tetchy. Going for a cider in the sun now I think.

This is what I plan to do with the cat that craps in my garden and killed a Bullfinch last week. I intend to snare it, gaffer-tape/zip tie all its legs together for safety, then shave its torso, draw a large target on its flank in permanent marker, and then release it with a rifle bullet attached to its collar. If that doesn't get the message across to its owners, there's only one other solution.

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Gonzy - Please post results on the sonic deterrent I'd be interested in the results.

As posted on the same subject different thread yesterday I use some cat repellant and also pee in the garden every couple of days in pre-determined spots to "mark my turf" grrrrrrrr

Also look at lavender and some of the other plants (some lilies) that are said to be off putting to a squatting cat. I've seen great results especially with the added grr in the above 🙂

sonic repellers work....unless the cat next door is deaf as in our case!

Worth a shout - we got some plants (cheap like 1.99 each) from our local dobbies garden centre last year - HARMLESS BUT THEY WORK, CATS HATE THEM. They have quite a potent scent but only if you're close to them.

I can't remember the name for sure but I'm sure if you ask someone there who looks like they remotely know something about plants they can probably tell you the name of them. I think they might have been Coleus Canina - goes by the common name "scaredy cat plant".

This probably ranks up there with the most useless post in the world ever! but there's my two penny's worth!

The people next door to us have started putting full bottles of water laying on their sides in the veg patch. I was a bit confused why they had them there but by all accounts cat's dont like their own reflection. I've been told it works because they have stopped dumping there.

I've got a cat, Ian. He's a propper serial killer. Always bringing home mice, rats and birds, proud of him! The other day he managed to get a seagull, massive thing. He had an extra pouch that day 😆

captainslow - i'll let you know how i get on with the sonic repellent once its up and running...

i noticed my neighbours on the other side always leave a bottle of water in the middle of their garden...never quite realised why until i read twoniner's post...i'll give that a try when i get home....

shibboleth....its a tempting thought...but i got to catch the little critters first though!! anyway i got the b/b gun out yesterday much to the wife bemusement...laser sight works perfectly so those cats better watch out.... 😛

Easy. Get a cat of your own. Sorted.

Easy. Get a cat of your own. Sorted.

i'd love to get a cat of my own....we used to have loads at homw when i was growing up....the wife though is absolutely petrified of animals so its not an option... 🙁

I'd have to agree about cats preferring freshly dug soil. We have a lurcher so cats give the garden a very wide berth. Apart from once a year when the beds are dug over and the y all start sneaking back in. One or two close encounters with Kasper and they stay away again.

Gonzy, please don't consider shooting someone's pet cat - that is a shitty thing to do. I assume you're trollingbut it's pointless trolling your own thread.

that is a shitty thing to do

so is taking a dump in my garden for my kids to find!!...maybe they should teach their cats to use a litter tray!!

i'm only going to fire a few warning shots nearby...but to be honest i doubt this will ever happen as they only come around in the middle of the night...

Anyway, in all fairness, my initial post was partly tongue in cheek

Increasing the amount of cat shit around just to keep it off your lawn still seems silly tho. Thought cat faeces was like dog's, ie pretty nasty stuff in it, but unlike dog owners cat owners [i]seem[/i] to be immune from responsibility. Never heard of someone being fined for their cat crapping in public but happy to be proved wrong.

The animals act implies that cats have a "right to roam" as they are not covered under other regulations forcing owners of other animals (e.g. dogs) and lifestock to keep there animals under control, and are generally less likely to cause injury or damage to property. The fact that the animals act does not cover cats also means that they cannot, in law, trespass, and as such the owner cannot be legally responsible for what the cat does outside of their property.

The "right to roam" is also supported by the Animal welfare act which states that the welfare needs of the animals in your care are met, and one of which includes the need to exhibit normal behavior patterns.

The environmental protection act considers too may cats being kept in a property a nuisance or hazard, but doesn't consider fouling an issue unless it is "significant"

Cats are protected by the Protection of animals act and it's illegal to harm, infuriate or terrify them, as well as administer poison, or injurious substances. Also as cats are considered property, taking one from its owner is considered theft.

Cats are protected by the Protection of animals act and it's illegal to harm, infuriate or terrify them, as well as administer poison, or injurious substances. Also as cats are considered property, taking one from its owner is considered theft.

Would shaving a cat infuriate it? Is permanent marker poisonous??

I have tried the ultrasonic scarers and they can work very well, depending on the individual animal of course.
This seemed to keep most of the crap away most of the time until they managed to slip under the radar & I had to move the repellers round the garden a bit.
The gravel drive was tricky to cover as they would walk under the cars undetected & curl out their turds next to the drivers door GRRRR!!
Now both the neighbours cats are dead the problem has happily subsided.

Would shaving a cat infuriate it?

At the very least it would be criminal damage, alongside animal cruelty.

Is permanent marker poisonous?

At the very least it would be criminal damage, alongside animal cruelty.

So why is it perfectly legal to allow an apex predator to roam completely free to kill protected species of native birds?

Last time I checked, cats dont generally hunt by shaving and drawing on their prey. Lack of thumbs and basic artistic skills you see.

Although if they do, it would explainmy I can never find my sharpies at home and am always charging my beard trimmer...

shooting a cat will not stop it shttng in your garden, a cat has no idea what a gun or a pellet is or that the pain inflicted is supposed to be a deterrent. Once healed they will be back to reclaim the territory that other cats have claimed as their own in its absence they will do this by leaving LOTS of shts on top of the other cats shts,,,,, that's a lot of shts.

I have grown large bushes in the corners and use fine bark around them as the cats tend to like to poop in private behind them, well out of the way of kiddies hands. I also bury chicken wire under my soil and put fine 'sweet pea' type netting around my beds in the summer, it doesn't look great but I have accepted that i will never ever stop every cat in the area from shttg in my garden i can only try to prevent it.

if anybody is thinking of shooting a cat please remember that this animal could be the one thing that brightens a pensions day or be a pet loved by child. shooting it will not make a difference but cause great upset for the owners who have no control over the cats toilet habits.

if anybody is thinking of shooting a cat please remember that this animal could be the one thing that brightens a pensions day or be a pet loved by child. shooting it will not make a difference but cause great upset for the owners who have no control over the cats toilet habits.

don't worry i wasn't being serious about shooting at any cats...i like them too much...still working on convincing the wife about getting a kitten to help overcome her fear of animals...the gun is for shooting practice with the neighbour's young son... 😆

Why don't the effing retards who insist on having a cat buy a rabbit instead.
I like rabbits.

Growing garlic doesn't work - or I have french cats here in ireland.

However I've taken a long term view and started to grow a lot of lillies.

Why not just use a super soaker? I'm sure it'll have an effect.

TBH this all seems pretty silly to me - Lion Poo extract is well proven and cheap, does not require injuring an animal minding it's own business and doesn't require you hanging around waiting!

Duuuude - Live and let [s]live[/s] crap.

I'd rather the protected bird species that I spend a lot of money to encourage to breed in my wood were allowed to live and crap, rather than some latch-key predator that some 30-something divorced primary school teacher has decided to buy as a surrogate boyfriend.

if anybody is thinking of shooting a cat please remember that this animal could be the one thing that brightens a pensions day or be a pet loved by child. shooting it will not make a difference but cause great upset for the owners who have no control over the cats toilet habits.

Cat owners have complete control over their pets' toilet habits.

just cover the afflicted part of the garden in orange/ tangerine peel.

cats wont go near citrus smells.

best to suggest to neighbour that he/ she gets some sand delivered from builders merchant to their backyard (space permitting) as continued use of soil by cats ususlly results in their moggie becoming infested with worms.

I attached gripper rods to all my fences when the kids were young, seem to stop them coming into the garden.

Now I don't worry, as if its not my dogs crapping in my garden its my neighbours dogs or one of the many folk walking past dogs (we are on a long-distance footpath) or the foxes or the cats or even the bloody horse from next door 🙂

Just have a cat-cull.

With two small children to worry about and some well tended raised beds I got annoyed with the mad French witch next door and her four cats. Our garden was their loo.
So, I started lobbing the shite back over next door. It didn't bother me if she was sun bathing in the garden either.
The problem was solved within a couple of months when she moved house.
Job(bie) done.

I have got one of those ultrasonic things. Worked from day one. No more cats! The batteries have died and they still do not come back! Mwahmwahahmwaha!

I got the Amazon sonic deterrent, it works 🙂

However its not effective on foxes, and rabbits just due a funny jump when it comes and and then ignore it.

[i]Why don't the effing retards who insist on having a cat buy a rabbit instead.
I like rabbits.[/]

I refer you back to the fox issue. My rabbit run isn't fox proof it appears. The remaining rabbit is stupid/fearless and will stretch up the window of the shed whilst a slavering dog is turning itself inside out on the other side.

To cat owners or those with cat problems...just turn over a far corner of the garden once in a while and you may find the cats choose that over your lawn.

just turn over a far corner of the garden once in a while and you may find the cats choose that over your lawn

Or get a sand pit.....

The private school across the road from us has a sandpit and our cat won't do his business anywhere else, much to the delight of our neighbours, who don't have any mess in their gardens and who don't like the spoil little brats who go to the school. 8)

Trap the cat & deliver back to owner with...

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The more I read from cat owners, the more I realise what a bunch of selfish, arrogant, irresponsible twunts they are.

You must get very tired jumping to all those conclusions.

Homework:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b02xcvhw

Looks interesting, might open a few eyes.

Takisawa2 - be sure to post up a PSA for when those cat-carriers arrive in Lidl/Aldi will yer...will get two.

Shibboleth - The phrase "like herding cats" didn't come about for no reason. It's because case are, at best, only ever a small step from being feral and as such can be a law unto themselves. The vast majority of pet owners are responsible human beings. Should I regard all dog owners as selfish idiots because one git lets his dog piss on my motorbike cover? Nah, didn't think so.

In response to the OP - The problem with shooting at cats with a gun of any sort is that if the irate cat owner sees you and calls the police you're likely to get a raid from armed police, a night or more in the cells and a criminal record. I speak from experience, having called the cops on one such neighbour (had I known armed response cops would arrive mob handed and close our street before kicking the guys door in I would have simply called round to the guy in person and made my displeasure known).

Water works a treat - cats hate water, and aren't daft. No cat owner in the world will object to their moggy being ejected from the premesis in this manner.

Also, if you want to make doubly sure a fox isn't involved (as cats will almost always bury their poop), spray a wee drop vinegar in the affected areas. Cats, dogs and foxes all dislike the smell. Job done! (or not, hopefully!) 🙂

Also, if you want to make doubly sure a fox isn't involved (as cats will almost always bury their poop), spray a wee drop vinegar in the affected areas. Cats, dogs and foxes all dislike the smell. Job done! (or not, hopefully!)

Really?

I'm going to get some flammable vinegar and we'll see...

grantway - i'm not THAT fat.. 😉

update: i installed the sonic repeller on Thursday evening...the following morning there was just the one deposit of cat poop....Saturday morning fared better as there was just a little wet patch in the gravel where the cat had taken a leak...but since then we have not had any more visits...so it seems like its working...

how to stop cats pooping in my garden...

Get a Raven?

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/raven-1-cat-0