Stop cats from crapping in your yard
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Do you have strange neighborhood cats crapping in your yard? Don't you hate the stench and cleaning up after someone else's nasty cat? After reviewing a lot of posts on the internet, I decided to try spreading crushed red pepper over my yard. And "voila" no more cat crap, no more stench and no more worries. If this didn't work, my next step was going to be catching one of the buggers in a trap and tying a noose around its neck, to leave it swinging from the branch of a tree as a warning to all the other nasty critters. However, thanks to a $5 bag of crushed red pepper bought at the local Asian (Korean) supermarket, the problem is fixed. It was just too easy!
For background, I learned that some people tried using coffee grounds, with marginal success. Others flamed about crushed red pepper being bad for kitty eyeballs, and that if the pepper gets in their eyes, they may gouge their eyes out with their claws. I guess this would solve the cat crap problem too. I think that cats are damn smart animals, and one whiff of crushed red pepper and they tell all their friends, "Hey, this place is off-limits now, so let's go crap in someone else's yard." Not my problem anymore. Well, almost actually. After about a week, one furry bugger crapped again, so I refreshed the red pepper, and have done so a few more times at about 5-7 day intervals. Now I find the odd poop once a month or so. But I can live with that.
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Cat lover's consider this:
An alternative (albeit expensive) solution...
If you are the kind of person who prefers expensive high technology solutions to cheap simplicity, then read on. One of our kind readers pointed me at the "Bird-X YardGard Electronic Pest Animal Repeller." For only $125, you can pain kitty ears with high frequency just when they are searching for the ideal spot to toilet. One may argue that it is money well spent, but I recommend you try the $5 crushed red pepper before rewiring your house to provide electronic deathrays to your yard.
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Kudos, there is a family of discusting cats that made the part of my complex smell like cat piss. I'm going to head to the mexican supermarket and get some red pepper for much less!
I've heard you can spray vinegar and just refresh it when it rains. Then again, your yard will smell like a salad instead of a Korean BBQ...
I love cats, but I keep mine inside. My driveway is beach sand and the neighborhood cats think its the town litterbox! I am so sick of scooping the neighbor's @%#^$& POOP! In the summer I come home to freeking flies from HELL!! If the pepper doesn't work I'm getting a trap and leaving the cat at their door with it's poop!
Does the red pepper harm dogs? The cats in my neighborhood are using my backyard right where my dog runner is. He likes to eat the presents they leave.
Lost a good friend last week over her cat crapping in my yard. Will try the red pepper flakes since the mothballs don't seem to work. Still can't beleive I lost a friend over cat crap....
Great info. I'm trying it out immediatly. neighbor is one of those ferel cat caretakers. each night at about 6pm I can count over 10, yes TEN cats waiting to be fed. I've tried talking to her about not feeding the cats but that went well. Our county animal control has been brainashed by the cat lovers in the community. Kill one and it is a year in jail and $1000 fine. Catch one and drop it off at animal control, well that costs $90. Crushed red peppers here I come.
Feral cats carry twenty or so diseases transmitted to humans via scratch/bite or feces /urine . Several are fatal. Cat ranching is a threat to your community. The "caretaker" cat ranchers are going to kill somebody. Feral cats denude their range of all small wildlife. They catch them and tear them open and eat them alive ingesting all the diseases from the rodents/birds etc. Cat nutters feeding and subsidizing cats are bad for your health. Trap and euthanize and keep your family safe. Keep away from feces. Feral cats are a significant health hazard to any community and it is the municipalities responsibility to maintain public hygiene by trapping and euthanizing.
Hsus.org website has ideas. You are a sick one even suggesting hanging an animal.
Thanks for the great advice!! I can't wait to get these damn things out of my yard. I like cats, I have one in my house that stays in my house and doesn't crap in anyone elses yard. I also have a 1 1/2 year old son who loves to play outside and is very curious. The thought of him touching cat crap.... ewwww. I think I would hang one too!!! Thanks agian for the advice!!!
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Nice hub, good advice.
Gardening Angel
Does the red pepper hurt dogs?
Great Idea, will give it a shot. Have about 5 of the pests crapping and scrapping in the yard each night. I have a 2 yr old who explores by day. For cat lovers who despise the idea, keep them in your own yard, and no one gets hurt. If the peppers don't work, maybe it will enhance the flavor of cat stir fry !
Trying to get rid of cats in my yard because they are hunting frogs, lizards and birds. Wondering if the red pepper would be harmful to other creatures.
I just read the title and couldn’t stop laughing, great!
Then when I saw you were a canine well I almost peed myself.
I love it you so made my day!
Oh you do know by the way that dogs are the ultimate answer to cat poop right?
They gobble it up, mm mushy mush.
All kidding aside though I am very sorry to hear that other cat owners were so negligent and disrespectful of your right to a poop free property. I swear you dog will never get to eat my kitty’s “gifts”.
*hugs*
Sib
Actully while I find the information usefull, I find the poster a disgusting piece of garbage. Hanging cats to warn others? And while most cat owners keep their cats indoors, the outdoor variety is quite useful in controling the rodent population but perhaps the poster was to stupid to consider that, ie: squirrels and such that do damage to gardens as well.
Chris babbled: "Actully while I find the information usefull, I find the poster a disgusting piece of garbage."
Oh cry us a river of tears about the use of the words by the poster. And thank you for pointing out how it is a good things for domesticated animals to be able to roam freely. Actually that is a great idea. Damn the leash laws too. Let the cats AND the dogs roam free. And god can sort it out.
i prefer the .22 method
Thanks for the comment. I hate this one fucking cat keep on playing on top of my car. I should spray red pepper powder all over near my CAR!!!!!!!!!!
Hilarious post!! Laughing is great therapy. I needed that. I've been so frustrated with the stinky cat crap in my yard, but I don't agree with my husband who wants to shoot them with a BB gun. THANK YOU for a simple solution! Why didn't I think of that? I seem to recall my grandmother having success using red pepper to keep several menacing squirrels out of her yard. I'm going shopping tomorrow...
Anti Freeze and fish paste works well too.
There are other methods that can be used - red pepper is extremely cruel and causes cats immense pain.
The website below gives a lot more humane ways to stop cat's doing their "business" - they are only doing what is natural after all.
YEA I JUST CATCH THEM WITH A CAT TRAP AND HANG THEM FROM A TREE IVE DONE IT TO ABOUT THIRTEEN SO FAR BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO THIS THEN THEY CAN'T COME BACK.
Thanks for the information!!! I used vinegar in a giant spray bottle last year to keep the neighborhool cats off of my porch and furniture that is outside...to no avail! These cats are NASTY...they spray all over my porch and scratch on the door to try to get in (apparently the freak that lived here before I, left food and treats out for the feral cats....pretty nice of her huh???). They love to use my flower garden as a litter box as well....even when I am sitting right outside, they will do it right in front of me! NOW they have decided that my new Jeep is for their use to sharpen their claws....YEP....paw prints and cat scratches all over my new car...once they realize they are slipping off of it, out come the claws!!! I am def going to try the pepper, if it doesn't work, they will be put into a cat taxi and brought to the humane society! I hear that these cats belong to the neighbors...but, I have seen them outside all day and night for this entire year...even in the brutal winter months! If the owners don't care enough to get their animals inside when it's 10 degrees outside, I'm thinking they won't be missed when they are at the shelter!
I catch the cat and chop them up, compost the pieces and use it as fertilizer for my tomato plants.....very good source of organic fertilizer....the owners are next...
my nabors cat poos
My Co worker uses a trap. Once the cat is trapped he turns on a sprinkler and waters the kitty for about 8 hours and then once the cat is dry he spray paints race car numbers on the side of the cat or paints the tail. so far he has not had any repeat offenders.
Moira it is natural for me to "crap" too. But I don't do it in my neighbours yard.
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I have been picking up the offending material and delivering it to its rightful owner's yard. Leaving it on their walkway is fairly effective, too. Leaving it on their picnic table sends an even stronger message. So far, it has reduced the frequency of "gifts".
An air rifle works well, a few pumps gives them a good reminder. Problem is, you're not around 24/7. I'm using a combo of pepper and the rifle.
You guys are great, i need someone to come take these 5000000000 cats away, i put my dog up for adoption because i didn't want to have pets!!! Little did i know he was keeping the cats away, animal co trol won't come and neither will humane society, they're full!!!! I am not spending any money on catrepellents, i'm gonna start a movement in my neighborhood!!!
Great tips on getting the cats to stop using my garden as a litter box. I'll be trying the pepper flakes. Their habits are gross - some of them don't even bother to cover their crap up - turns my stomach!
I guess what I fail to understand is if these cat owners REALLY cared about their pets, they wouldn't let them run freely & risk getting diseases from stray cats, skunks, raccoons, etc. or the very real danger of getting hit by a car on the road. Chris, is this 'useful' for the outdoor variety?
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I posted earlier about picking up cat crap and delivering it to the cat's home. It worked for a while, but then the problem returned, so I went the cayenne pepper route. Just thought of another idea. Trap the cat, shave it, then turn it loose. I read on the net that it doesn't harm the cat if the owner keeps it indoors to keep it from getting sunburned.
You made me laugh!! That image of cat clawing out the pepper out of eyes and saying "this would solve the cat crap problem" was a good joke. Meow! :):):):):)
Cats are just animals, like pigs and cows and rats. A lot of people eat pigs and cows. A lot of people kill rats. What's so special about cats? One person's adorable ball of fluff is another's shit-depositing bird killer. Cats kept indoors I have no problem with. Anything else is just plain selfish.
you are talking about a living creature you cruel bunch of wankas
Loving the comments on various forms of cat torture! There is 1 keeps crapping outside our house and I am sick of it. If the red pepper hurts the little sod then I am gonna buy a tonne of it.......failing that.....I have a fabulous tree in my garden that it can hang from 4 sure......
What a disgusting person. This is animal abuse. You are the one who should be hanged from a noose
How about dogs crap,people walks dogs and they don't pickup after,what to use to kip of my front door.How the pepper work in dog case?
im allergic to furry animals however some the cats in the street seem to love using my backdoor step as a rest spot and front garden as a litter box.. my 2year old daughter is covered in flea bites and i cant open my doors or windows or the cat hair effects my eyes and sinuses,, these damn cats are ruining my life!!! it doesnt seem fair that i have to pay for repellents and flea bombs!!
there are alot of you that are cruel and complaining to much. its life. deal with it. i dont think cats r ruining ur life its ur dame allergies! its not the cats fault they got left behind, became wild or the person it lives with wont clean upits litter box!its also sad in away if the red pepper remedy could be dangerous to the cat. i dont think anyone wants to harm it, just get rid of the dame problem!
I dont think its fair to hurt the cat. I will try the pepper flakes as a deterrent. The real offense here is the CAT OWNER who does not offer an innocent animal the care it needs and deserves (i.e. a litter box and protection from predators)cats actually do more damage environmentally when they destroy birds and rodents. Plenty of birds of prey to take care of rodents, not to mention foxes. My problem is that either a stray or neglected cat keeps crapping in my garden area where I grow a substantial amount of food for my family, and have since being laid-off for 4 years now. Its how we make ends meet. I have no health insurance and if I did I would not risk the serious illnesses that can be contracted from cat urine/feces. Please! if you love your animal care for them as you should.
I’m so pleased that the pepper worked for you. I don’t think tying a noose around a cat’s neck would be much fun! :-) It’s a pity cat lovers don’t see the sense in your suggestion to them, but it was worth trying...
LION POO, cats cant stand the stuff..thats my tip : )
Get a gun. Once the neighbors are dead, you can focus more on the cats.
hey man i love this post mainly bcoz i share ur view on these bloody cats...but u c the problem is i cnt use chilly powder bcoz i have a baby who loves to play in the sand ...it will hurt him...do u have any other idea...thnks....
your link for crushed red pepper doesn't work.
Trap them and deliver them to a local Asian restaurant. Problem solved.
Tried the crushed red pepper and the cat dug it aside and crapped in ther same spot again. how much do I need to use?
this is disgusting. I put the cat poop in my neighbors bar-b-q. See how they like it in their yard instead of mine....
Wolf poo is what they use in zoos to stop the big cats from going in a certain area!
Reading through these comments has made my day they are so funny. I love the person who just said "My neighbours cat poos" lol
My mother in law has a fairly small garden surounded by a 6ft fence and she bought this spikey stuff that you screw to the top of your fence to keep the cats out. Seems to work pretty well but then she is the type of person that speeds up for a cat crossing the road.
Great post and Love the sarcasm, although true. Cat people think that it is okay for cats to roam 'it's their nature'. I am so tired of hearing that when you talk to them about the damage the cats do. It's a dogs nature to chase and kill cats but we can't let them to that without getting hauled into court by a cat owner.
I spent yesterday moving my bird feeders cuz the neighbors cats lay in wait, like I set up a banquet table for them. I resent that I should have to pay to keep the cats out of my yard. Like dogs and other animals, if you want them then be responsible and watch them. If I wanted cats I would have my own... As for the person that thinks they are a benefit... what about fleas and disease that they carry..
We also have a guy feeding feral cats and now have a new batch of kittens. All night they are crawling around my patio furniture. I will trap and call animal control to pick them up.
For anyone that likes the pepper idea, they are easy to grow and then you lay them out to dry and run thru a food processor (outside the fumes can be overwhelming)
For any cat people that think the pepper is cruel then keep your cats out of my yard..I have a right to enjoy my space without having to deal with your cats and the mess they leave behind ..
I'm a cat lover, however mine are indoors only cats. I can understand your frustration and there are SO MANY irresponsible cat owners. But, you would really kill someone's pet? They don't do it to spite you, they're just doing what's natural. Have you talked to your neighbors? My cats have escaped twice, and I would hate to think of them hanging from a tree because someone is sick of cat poop. I don't think pepper is cruel, I'm glad you found a method that works. I don't believe cats should ever be free to roam as they please.
And most cats are hygienic animals as far as strays go. But most cats are not stays anyway, just stupid people buying a cute kitten, then letting it loose on the streets because they don't want to clean up after it. I'd recommend a very blunt message in the letterbox of your neighbors before resorting to killing an animal that's just doing what's natural. It's a living being, after all. It's narrow-sighted to think otherwise.
here's another solution, if the red pepper don't work, try muse/rat poison. powder or small bits put them at the edge of the fences in a small bowl and VOILA they might come and eat them but won't ever see them again
There is nothing worse than trying to enjoy your back yard with your kids only to have them step into a freshly laid piles of cat crap!! IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD! One dozen piles of cat crap this week!
You can say that I'm now a "cat fancier".... I fancy the cats DEAD!!! They are VERMIN!
I didn't even think I would find info on this topic; I was just pissed off at yet another attack on the grass and on the cement driveway. When this first happened, I stepped in the crap at night. I did the doggy thing and urinated in the spot (at night) - gross I know - but like I said, I was pissed off. One "application" seemed to work until the latest heavy rain. Now, its back!
I also have raccoons and possums in the neighborhood (urban Los Angeles)and they could be guilty as well.
I just bought some crushed red pepper, but I'm gonna use some left over packets from domino's pizza. Might just spray the area again for good measure. :D
Listen up, I do not dislike cats. I DO dislike the majority of cat owners. Please keep kitty inside, have them spayed or neutered and declawing is up to you. I am fairly sick of the heaps of cat poo in my garden! I have 3 dogs and the cats still come in my FENCED yard and crap.
I am going to remedy the issue next spring by planting grass and seeing about plants cats hate as border plantings for my yard. One of my dogs got a cat last year and took all 9 lives in about 30 seconds. I was not worried about kitty,or should I say the EX kitty. I was worried I was going to have to beat the shit out of a whiny cat owner who would turn up at my door bitching about their cat.
And I have ZERO issue with folks killing lose cats, especially feral ones. And for your information MR effeminate cat owner, these shelters you praise kill far more cats every year than you can imagine. It is time for the shit head cat owners to stand up and police their own ranks. It is the cat owners that cause this problem. It is the idiots who let cats roam that cause this problem. it is the idiots who buy cats and then turn them loose that cause this problem.
A bullet is a wonderful thing, it stops cats and cat owners in their tracks....
Keep up the fight against free roaming cats!! I love reading all of your comments. We have spent a lot of time and money installing a lovely garden for everyone to enjoy on our street only to constantly have the neighbors cats crap in it and try to kill the hummingbirds in our yard. In OUR yard. Not public property (although that would be icky too). How dare these idiot owners? I have actually heard people say that "oh, my sweet little Fluffy doesn't leave our yard" Get a f'ing clue cat owners!!
I can't believe this post on how crewel and inhuman people are .
First of all cats don't become Ferrel due to there choice they become Ferrel do to peoples choice by throwing them out to tend to them self's so in reality its you cat haters who create the problem and then you cat haters want to kill them .
I hope all you cat haters gets over runned by rats and squirrels and snakes and possum's because that is what Ferrel cats protect us from so when one of your kids gets bitten by a snake,rat or possum then think back of what and why your kid got bitten.
Now if you are God faring people then read the bible because it does say that all creatures have the right to live and if you are crewel to animals you will surely go to Hell !
u bunch of sickos. agreeing that any inhumane treatment to animals is ok is wrong. so what a cat poops in ur garden, it does break down etc, not like the cigi butts everyone throws everywhere. Get a life and pick on something that can actually fight back,
Cat poop takes a long time to break down. cat poop can spread disease and cats ruin gardens..it is not fair to me that someone elses cat uses my yard as a toilet. Just as it it is not fair for my neighbors to have to deal with my dogs going in their yards. So I have a fenced yard and my dogs are NEVER alone when outside. Can 90% of the cat owners say they are as diligent? (or 90% of dog owners for that matter.) Which goes right back to what "Screw you cat owners" said. It is the cat owners fault for the problem, no one else! Also, feral cats cause FAR more damage than they do good. Sure they may kill an odd pest or two but they kill just as many beneficial animals. If you don't believe me, ask any Humane society of look it up online.
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I am going to try the pepper thing on my front porch. I really hope it works because while I like cats these cats have started pissing me off. If the pepper does not work then I am going to borrow my brothers paintball gun and start unloading it on the little furry menaces, I have not been able to get an uninterrupted nights sleep for weeks my wife is pregnant and I have a 4 years old that love to play outside. To all of you cat owners and lovers that let your precious fluffy terrors run amok all I can say is you reap what you sow and your cats are sowing a whole bunch of shit so don't be surprised when is comes back on them and on you. Plus why is it such a big friggin deal about killing a cat, people all around the world kill cats everyday either because they are going to be used as food (and yes I have eaten cat before in Korea and it was damn tasty) or because they are a pest animal that is destroying the local ecosystem (Australia) if you really wan to do something to save your darling little fuzzy shit factories then either keep them inside, or move to the country side where you and they have more room but please for the love of all that is good in the world get the little buggers fixed. Like it or not the cat owner is responsible (by law no less) for the actions of there pets and that includes them over populating an area and wiping out other local wild life.
It's just an animal. Yes, dealing with crap is horrible but they are animals and I don't understand why they should be kept inside. It is like keeping birds in a cage and I don't know why the hell people do that. Instead of getting angry and willing to do nasty stuff to poor animals, why don't you just go and call ANIMAL RESCUE, so that these animals can crap somewhere else. Why is this torture instead of trying to help them out?? If they have owners, why don't you just go them and tell them to train their cats? Is it too difficult to do that??? Or if his cat poops, the owner has to clean up the mess. It IS NOT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY!
Thinking of these cruel things just make me think that you are not an animal person, I doubt it that you are a people one. I assume you pepperspray your neighbours who put their garbage closer to your house instead of asking them nicely to put their rubbish further away.
Anyhow, it is not about what kind of sad person you are. but animals. PLEASE CALL ANIMAL RESCUE IN YOUR CITY!
"If they have owners, why don't you just go them and tell them to train their cats? Is it too difficult to do that??? Or if his cat poops, the owner has to clean up the mess. It IS NOT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY!"
Dream on! All cat owners care about is their cats and the "right" to roam. I have tried to talk to my neighbours, all they said was that their cat would die if it was kept inside. I couldn't reply quick enough - it is obvious they put animals over people and hold the latter in contempt, even if it means I haven't been able to use my garden for years, and have to clear up piles of cat crap every day, which is a serious health hazard. Have had intestinal parasites three times now(worms!!) and have given up gardening although it was my hobby. just can't face it any more; the garden is a mess. Live in Germany, there are no laws, illegal to trap etc. Absolutely sick of the whole thing and livid that I cannot use my property as I wish and am instead subjected to this misery.
I notice that no one has said any thing about dogs craping in your yard I have two dog and 4 cats my amimals are fenced in animals my cats jump the fence once in awile but are mostly contain in the back yard but cat cover up there poop and pee you might check out and see if you are blaming something on the cat when it might be a bunch of dog craping in your yard we have a leash law and our dogs are supose to be on leash and the owner is supose to pick up after if they poo i have to pick up after my dogs and clean litter pans every day but to hear some of you say that you would do things we you all have problems and need help i feel sory for your neighbors next thing one of thier kids will do something and you will want to trap them or hang them from a tree
You just don't get it, do you? This is not a question of live and let live, this vermin has ruined my and other people's gardens. The catshi!t stinks and makes me want to throw up. Plus the health hazard. Plus the cats kill birds. And damage property, and seedlings (although I don't garden any more because of the selfish neighbours' cats). Am an unwilling poo expert, it's definitely cats, with the occasional hedgehog. I have even witnessed the cats myself on many occasions. And I also have dogs crap on the bike path in front of the house as well. Thanks to all pet owners. Have spent a small fortune and a lot of time and effort trying out various deterrents, you can't talk to these people they are ignorant (see my comment above).
lets be a bit humane and caring, please, take precautions but do not harm these felines that are only trying to survive in a very hostile environment. Feed them, give them water and you will feel better at the end of the day. ITS ALL ABOUT SURVIVAL, THE SAME THING WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS. ????????
i have a cat, he has no balls, he roams and he poops all ova the drive way. today my dad came over and stood in it! it smells but i have a partner and he deals with the crap.... i told him about the vinegar =)
don't b a dick & hurt animals!!! pawjustice
yes i hate cats, had enough of their crap in my garden. it makes me heave to try and clear it up. i cannot cut the grass as too much crap and then i can't stand the smell and my little girl can't play in the garden while the owners of the cat who lives next doorn can let their 2 litle girls out to play in theirs. then i have to listen to their yappy dog at the fence and see and smell the dog shit too in their garden. 4 years i had no probs with cats then when i got new neighbours i am absolutely plagued with it and i have tried all sorts of stuff to keep them away... to no avail. So i have all over my grass in garden and on stones on front garden and all over bark chippings up the side of my house too. Outside of my front door too smells. Housing won't do nowt so i wonder !!!.... what can i do. It brings me to tears everytime i go to my shed and see it and smell it and try not to tread in it....had enough, can't stand anymore. Mum had thi sproblem too a few years ago where she was living and she had to move as had in front gbarden and back and going to the front door was horrendous with the smell.
my wife is a cat lover however i am not they are worse then rats shoot they eat em cats are a pest from any angle cat lovers need to get beat along with them i wish i could take em out but i cant from what i heard is they love antifreeze i have not yet put this to test because i married a cat lover:,/ lol but ive been trying to get together and in caliber it cost a refundable 60 dollers 6 neighbors 10 each 12 5 and u get ur cash back but idk why pepz cry over those nasty thing idk just so frustrating but aspca needs to handle them so this whole problem could be avoid stupid cat lover
Really feel sorry for "had enough". I know this feeling so well, I do sympathize. I don't think that people who don't have this problem (the cat owners themselves) can imagine how awful it is. Never knowing where you are going find this revolting stuff next and then having to deal with it. Year after year in your own garden. Because the animal owners take no responsibility and let their filthy dirty untrained animals out. It is outrageous that people have to suffer this, even to the point of giving up their gardens or having to move. My garden has been ruined for years, simply cannot understand why cats shouldn't be made to stay inside if people want to keep them as pets? Also no longer mow lawn - ventured outside at weekend to see crocuses poking up through cat-sh!t, found old poo on the rhubarb (bon appetit, don't do vegetables any more either), two piles covered with flies, two in the flower beds and two in the herb patch. Also have the dog problem - have to sleep with windows closed at night because of barking (although I am a fresh air fanatic) and they crap in the front garden and on the bike path. No wonder dog and cat owners are so unpopular, it's absolutely disgusting and anti-social behaviour. Why aren't there any laws?
This is ridiculous and most of you people need psychiatric help. cmc12...having to move because a cat goes to the washroom in your yard? Over-reacting much? Maybe if you hopeless bunch had more respect for every living creature, people might start to have a shred of respect for you. Idiots.
I love the smell of cat pee and the sensation of warm cat poo between my toes.
To: "Baffled". Yours is a typical ignorant reaction, assuming other people are "over-reacting", resorting to insults and name-calling. You find it over-reacting to not want to grow vegetables any more because the neighbour's cats leave piles of worm-ridden faeces on them? No wonder you are baffled. And maybe you need help with your reading. It was "had enough"'s mother who was forced to move. It's types like you along with cat-owners (or are you both?) who actually haven't got any respect for fellow living creatures and are part of the problem.
I'm sick and tired of brain dead cat owners who allow their cats to crap on other people's yards. We've cordially approached our neighbor three times regarding their cat crapping in our yard and all three times they had excuses. "It's not our cat it has a broken leg and can not jump on the wall." Guess again, it was their cat and we have pictures of it on the wall along with pictures of the fresh crap in our yard. We've explained to them that we found cat hair on our patio furniture (not to mention one cushion is scratched to hell) and our two kids are extremely allergic ... the two nut jobs could care less. Cat owners need their effing heads checked if they think cats have rights over humans!
I am a cat owner of 4 and have not let my cat out unless they are being held, in a carrier, or on leash (that's right). And no, they are not allowed to litter outside. I can understand the frustration a lot of you had with cat litters in your backyard, because I am currently experiencing this as well. I left comments because I'm not one of your irresponsible owners who cannot understand how annoying it is. Lately, a outdoor/stray black cat comes to our backyard and spray every now and then to mark his territory. And our cats are NOT happy, at all. One got into a frenzy defense mode screaming at the stray cat, and attacked two other cats. All four cats of mine are neutered male, but they have the instinct of protecting their domain. So, when that stray cat urinate, our cat does the same, indoors. On top of what I may find in my backyard (urine, poop, etc), my cats started to get really aggressive towards each other.
My husband is very upset with the stray, because he got into a fight with my cat. They fought with a screen door between them, and as a result, the screen door was destroyed. This is a rental unit, so we have to pay for replacing the screen door. I will be very angry if that black cat was not a stray, but instead a outdoor cat owned by someone else.
I think I'm going to give it a try with the crushed pepper to replace whatever spray I'm using (also contains pepper) to at least get it out of my backyard. I'm also thinking about trying the sensor light/sprinkler/sonic thing to see if it works. Hopefully one will.
i bought a rifle, tried tuna and antifreeze, but a cat needs a lot of killing, they are well hard. will try the red pepper thing. can we get a thing going to extermiate the bastereds. i hate them so much. i love my veg. patch, and i am sick of trying to get rid od of them. and the problem does not stop there, in a couple of weeks time from now, they will be on top of my fucking car.
Antifreeze may be reformulated in your area to a less toxic variety and may also have bitterants added to it so animals won't drink much of it.
Acetominophen is very toxic to cats but not dogs or people. Cats also tend to swallow their food and not chew it much so if you have Extra Strength Tylenol laying around, you definitely don't want to hide it in pieces of KFC because cats love KFC and will get poisoned.
I have tried for 3 years running them off, putting out moth balls, and vinegar, and a few other things but I still have cats around my house. O and I called animal control and since I live in the country they don't even act like they care about cats getting around my house and leaving there scent all around. They tell me to use vinger. I don't think it should be up to me to keep someone else cats away from my house. I also don't feel I should have to pay money out of my pocket to buy more vinger and keep taking time out of my day to spray the vinger around over and over and still end up with these cats hanging around. So, I have decided to put out my traps and relocate them to a new area. So far I relocated 7 of them. And still have many more to go, and the one's that don't go into the trap but I just catch in my yard O' Yea! I have a 22LR with there name on it. I hate to do it this way but the owners in my area just do not take care of there animals. They do not spay or neuter them so they just keep breading. No more! I have had enough! If you cat people love your cats so much keep them in your house and your yard! Or I will relocate (a new area or even cat heaven) them for you!!!!!
cmc12, i can completely sympathise with you. Im completely fed up of it all! Having to clear up after selfish idiots cats year after year. The owners just dont care! Im fed up of the same old excuses and arrogant smug attitude, sick of it! Most of the deterrents dont work and i dont see why i should spend my money on keeping others pets away. And yes, they are pets! Why should they be allowed to roam free making peoples lives a misery, putting serious health hazards and needlessly killing wildlife who actually belong outside! A cat owners argument is that its a cats instinct, but dogs also have the same instinct to hunt but are not allowed and have to be kept under control! Why are there no laws in the UK with this?
Go down to your gun shop buy a air gun problem fixed for (GOOD) price $70-150
Thumbs up to ANON! I so agree w/you! That's right... the hell w/irresponsible neighbors!! Well said Anon! ;)
Thumbs up to ANON! I so agree w/you! That's right... the hell w/irresponsible neighbors!! Well said Anon! ;)
Lol!!!!! FREE!!! DONT SPEND YOUR MONEY!!! Lol I just went to my pantry & had lots of extra CRUSHED RED CHILLI PEPPERS from Pizza hut, Little Caesars, Dominos Pizza, etc... Great stuff hope it works! :D Now we all know what to do w/our extra chilli peppers packets from the pizza place! Very convenient & Free! Lol Thx! :D
After god knows how many times, I had to pick up cat crap out of my garden,I finally thought this is it payback time.so I went and shit on my neighbors door step and did so till she stopped her cat from doing the same thing in my garden.ha ha it worked
My neighbor has at least 12 cats that she let's loose at night to roam the neighborhood, my yard, and the roof/hood/trunk of my 40000 car. Im so over it. How can anyone find this to be ok? Great post. I won't be spending my money to keep her cats where they dont belong. Liking the hanging method personally. To the cat owners that have no respect for other peoples property, you're asking for it!
hanging cats means you are a murderer. murders deserve to die. can i do the honors?
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hanging cats means you are a murderer. murders deserve to die. can i do the honors?"
YOU must be one of those irresponsible cat owners, that let their cats roam.Its not a human life, it a cat thats roaming/destroying OUR properties!!! If you dont like it keep the cats home where they belong!!!!
See what my name is that's what you lot are!
livelonger Level 6 Commenter 5 years ago
this is great stuff!
how often do you have to "refresh" the crushed red pepper?
the reason i ask is that we have an ant problem, and black pepper works for a day or two (even thought it's messy) but then I guess the odor goes away and the ants come back.