How do I keep cats from entering my property and using it as a toilet?

Question

I have a walled property that is visited by 1 or 2 cats each night.

Answer 1

Hi Sean...Common odours that are effective deterrents for cats are:

Citronella works best for cats as well as citrus scents such as orange or lemon (primarily towards cats), cayenne pepper, coffee grounds, pipe tobacco, lavender oil, lemon grass oil, citronella oil, peppermint oil, eucalyptus oil, and mustard oil.

"Havahart's Cat Repellent" uses capsaicin pepper and oil of mustard as its active ingredients. It repels by both taste and odor, has a lemon scent.

Every animal responds differently to each of these. Some will not be phased by them and others will be quite revolting.

For training purposes they are applied on items that are to encourage avoidance behaviours and not for use with a squirt bottle as they could harm the eyes or respiratory system. Test each substance and observe to see which works as a deterrent so that accidental injestion does not occur as some could then be fatal.

Coleus plants can be effective, but every cat responds differently so it is uncertain without experimenting.

Many people believe mothballs work, however they are considered toxic. Here's more information on this:
http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/ope/enotes/showarticle.cfm?id=89
MOTHBALLS are toxic to cats which contains the ingredient Naphthalene. Mothballs are approximately twice as toxic as paradichlorobenzene, and cats are especially sensitive to naphthalene. Signs of ingestion of naphthalene mothballs include emesis, weakness, lethargy, brown-colored mucous membranes and collapses. Paradichlorobenzene mothballs may cause GI upset, ataxia, disorientation, and depression. Elevations in liver serum biochemical values may occur within 72 hours of indigestion.

Answer 2

There is a variety of products u can find at petsmart. Wish I could remember what I used but I asked the people at the adoption place in the store.

Answer 3

They apparently hate the smell of pepper. U can buy cat repelling pepper powder to scatter on your garden from hardware stores.

Answer 4

call animal control and they will come and pick up the cats for you

Answer 5

I have shot them, poisoned them, and traped them. but if that is to extreme for you , you can try putting down some chicken wire on their path, they don't like walking on it.

Answer 6

12 gage shotgun

Answer 7

get a dog

Answer 8

keep one or two dogs