Why should I have to put up with your cats pooing on my lovely lawn and ripping apart my rubbish bags. What do YOU suggest I do to prevent them? I'm not considering anything nasty, but they really are testing me.
2006-10-10 21:30:40 · 40 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Cats
No. It couldn't possibly be dogs unless they are flying dogs.
2006-10-11 02:01:07 · update #1
Hi Monkey
what i think you should do is to go to the owner of this cat and asked them to lift it, I have a cat and a dog but i lift there poop myself in a poop bag. Now i am in a wheelchair and if i can do it so can they.
I know your not downing the animals as they don't know any better, but my dog is a westie and she stays in my garden, as for my cat i wouldn't mind if someone ask me to clean up his mess
2006-10-10 21:39:42 · answer #1 · answered by chass_lee 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I've never heard of cats defacating right on a lawn as they usually bury it unless there are multiple cats around and they really want to make a statement. If it's such a problem that it upsets you so, you can buy some stuff at the pet store that will repel cats and other animals. Cats also scare easily. If you see a cat in your yard and shew it a way a few times, or squirt it with a squirt gun, chances are, it won't want to come back. You can also try talking to the cat's owner. Last, you could get a cat of your own. I once had a cat who claimed the entire street and no other cat would dare come around!
As for tearing up your trash bags, you really ought to keep them in a closed bin as there are probably other animals around, such as racoons, or foxes and the likes, that can become problematic if they think they can get to something edible in your yard.
P.S. It is illegal to kill or try to poison cats in most places, not to mention a horrible thing to do, so I would not use mothballs.
2006-10-10 21:49:19 · answer #2 · answered by minuteblue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a proud owner to 3 kitties, and they are inside. However, I have never heard of a kitty pooing on a lawn. Cats are normally very clean and tidy and they cover their poo in dirt, they at least have to cover it. It may be foxes or something or possibly a dog, unless you know for sure it's a cat.
As for the trash.....I would try to get trash bins with a lid. You can use all sorts of things like ammonia, I know they do have some deter spray that you can get and I also know that cats don't like anything citrus.
2006-10-10 22:43:34 · answer #3 · answered by ♥Sweetness572♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trying scattering orange or lemon peel on your lawn. Cats dislike citrus smells. Put your rubbish in a proper bin rather than just bags. I live in a coastal town and seagulls used to be experts at ripping rubbish bags apart until the council gave us all wheelie bins which stopped the problem overnight. I have indoor cats but completely understand your problem as my next door neighbours cat poos constantly on my drive. There's not a lot I can do apart from get a pooper scooper out on a regular basis.
2006-10-10 21:44:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
You can get sprays etc from pet stores that are suppose to deter animals from your garden.
Are you sure you're not getting foxes though? foxes are more likely to poo in the middle of a lawn, (cats usually try to bury theirs) and foxes are more likely to rip open rubbish bags too.
If you know for sure it is cats, try and trace their owners and have a word with them. Even if all they can do is clean up the mess for you it should make you feel a bit better about it!
2006-10-10 21:45:20 · answer #5 · answered by libbyft 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, it's a shame that anyone should have to put up with that. IF the cats belong to someone they should be better cared for. IF they are strays they are, unfortunately doing something that comes naturally.
Some ideas: IF the cats belong to someone, and you know the owner. Tell them that you are not happy with the situation AND it is dangerous for their animal. You can't guarantee that there won't be something harmful to the pet in your trash.
If that doesn't work, warn them if the cat enters your yard again, you will catch it in a humane trap and take it to the nearest animal shelter.
IF the cats are strays. You can get a humane trap from the local pet shelter. You can trap the cats and take them to the shelter for care, and hopefully adoption by a caring person.
Good luck.
2006-10-11 01:29:37 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cats are wonder full animals! Unfortunately the are not easy to keep in one´s own garden like a dog. I have a cat who does not go to poo on other people´s lawn because has lots of places to go in my own garden. The other cats used to come and fight with mine so I got a dog now I have no problem. You might try to get a one from your local Dag pool.
2006-10-10 22:06:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have a word with the Cat owners, my cats only go out after they have done their business in their cat litter tray, and they only stay in the garden (they prefer to be in the house), and I have never caught one of my cats ripping up any bin bag, not even my own.
Hopefully if you have a word with the owners of the cat's in question, they will keep an eye on the cat when it leaves the house and make sure that it doesn't do any business on your lawn.
2006-10-10 21:34:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
1) Get a trash bin with a tight-fitting lid and keep the lid on it.
2) Get an animal-repellant spray from the vet and use it liberally. The cheap ones from the pet store don't work, and stink worse than urine.
3) Cats always bury their faeces, it's dogs that just leave it, so that's not a cat problem...it's a dog problem. I have seen people in my neighbourhood with their dogs on leads, allowing the dogs to defecate on other people's lawns while they looked elsewhere. Obviously there's a dog owner in your area who doesn't want the faeces on their own lawn!
I suggest you do a little close observation, esp. at nightfall, and see whose dog it is, and speak to them.
There are also foxes and badgers who are not averse to rubbish bags, and who defecate wherever the mood takes them.
2006-10-10 21:42:22 · answer #9 · answered by anna 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Cats do not generally sit out in the open on flat grass and crap. They like to be against a fence or under a hedge hidden. There is every chance that the cat shaped poo in the middle of your lawn is actually hedgehog poo. As for ripping your bin bags apart, that could be cats, or dogs, or foxes, badgers, hedgehogs. Don't put them out until the day they are removed.
It seems to be fashionable at the moment to decry cats and complain about everything they do even if it isn't actually them doing it. One neighbour even complained about my cats crapping in his shed a couple of years ago and when he showed me the evidence, it was rat poo!!
2006-10-11 00:30:01 · answer #10 · answered by fenlandfowl 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As far as pooping on your lawn I don't know - but the trash bags I think I have an answer for
Get a spray bottle and put 1 part ammonia to 5 parts water - when you set the trash out lightly spray the bag with this and the smell should repel them - if it doesn't work - slowly add more ammonia to the mixture till it does
2006-10-10 21:45:39 · answer #11 · answered by kim 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋