"Steve - www.ukspeedtraps.co.uk" wrote in message
...
We laid a new law about 2 months ago and we have had a few patches of dead
grass. The patches have a very strong ammonia smell, so strong that when
you
put your nose near the grass it almost blows your head off..
We have a Bitch, but she has been well trained and does not used the grass
she has her own area. She was ill a few weeks back and for some reason she
chose to wee on two areas of grass, I washed off then off very well but
the
grass still went brown so it was replaced, no problem. She has no access
to
the grass if we are not in the garden area so she cant be doing it while
we
are not looking.

Now I am very sure she did not use this area so I am looking for
other answers.
Could the dreaded cats in the area be a problem, ever since we put one
side
of the garden to a wildlife area we seem to get more cats, no surprise I
guess. (horrible things, but that's a hot topic as we know), can they
cause
such a smell.
We don't get foxes or other large mammals.

Any suggestions?

Many thanks
Steve

We have three cats- plus assorted free-loaders, coming in for food through
the cat flap- and I've never noticed an ammonia smell. We do notice the
'tom-cat' smell from other cats.