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Old 10-07-2004, 06:10 PM
David W.E. Roberts
 
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Default Cat Dirt - urgghh


"Simon" wrote in message
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Hi all,

Can anybody recommend any products (non-harmful so no guns etc!!) to keep
cats from using my Lawn as a toilet.

Thanks in adavance
Simon


It seems most unusual for cats to use a lawn as a toilet - they much prefer
freshly turned earth so they can dig and bury.

The only time I have had problems with cat crap on the lawn is when the
grass is left long enough to completely cover the crap, and it is only
discovered much later when the long moist grass is cut - the soggy crap is
usually covered in mould as well :-(

So, to stop them using the lawn, provide a small area of freshly turned
earth or a bed of sand and they are likely to use this instead.

Not as daft as it first sounds, perhaps. If you provide a place which is
attractive for them to crap in and where you are happy to leave it
unplanted, just to turn it over now and then, you could avoid problems with
the rest of the garden :-)

HTH
Dave R