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tips on stopping cat pooing!!!
Hi,
I have a cat that comes into my front garden and poo's on either the front lawn, or the front flower bed. I have tried everything the garden centre has to offer - Pellets, lion dung, spray, gel. I have also bought a sonic sound thing (which kept it away for a day or so, then it did a poo right in front of it). I have tried pepper, cocktail sticks and jeyes fluid buried underneath the compost. Has anyone got any ideas. I'm going out of my mind!!! Please don't suggets getting a dog, the wife wouldn't have it. Who'd have a sodding cat anyway. I suppose it doesn't poo in the owners garden though. Cheers |
tips on stopping cat pooing!!!
On Apr 16, 7:29*am, Bashy wrote:
Hi, I have a cat that comes into my front garden and poo's on either the front lawn, or the front flower bed. I have tried everything the garden centre has to offer - Pellets, lion dung, spray, gel. I have also bought a sonic sound thing (which kept it away for a day or so, then it did a poo right in front of it). I have tried pepper, cocktail sticks and jeyes fluid buried underneath the compost. Has anyone got any ideas. I'm going out of my mind!!! Please don't suggets getting a dog, the wife wouldn't have it. Who'd have a sodding cat anyway. I suppose it doesn't poo in the owners garden though. Cheers -- Bashy A well placed cork? But seriously... there are a number of cat deterrents available from garden centres. My personal favourite - not because I have ever used it, I haven't needed to - is lion poo. I am not joking. It is variously called ZooPoo, or Silent Roar, or such. I have no idea how expensive it is, or how much you need, but here is somewhere to start your research. http://www.cat-repellant.info/html/silent-roar.htm Cat(h) |
tips on stopping cat pooing!!!
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:29:54 +0100, Bashy wrote:
I have a cat that comes into my front garden and poo's on either the front lawn, or the front flower bed. If you have the time to sit in wait with a good "soaker" water pistol that is supposed to deter them after a while. -- Cheers Dave. |
tips on stopping cat pooing!!!
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:29:54 +0100, Bashy
wrote: Hi, I have a cat that comes into my front garden and poo's on either the front lawn, or the front flower bed. I have tried everything the garden centre has to offer - Pellets, lion dung, spray, gel. I have also bought a sonic sound thing (which kept it away for a day or so, then it did a poo right in front of it). I have tried pepper, cocktail sticks and jeyes fluid buried underneath the compost. Has anyone got any ideas. I'm going out of my mind!!! Please don't suggets getting a dog, the wife wouldn't have it. Who'd have a sodding cat anyway. I suppose it doesn't poo in the owners garden though. Because they don't make lovely well dug beds in their own gardens? You could try digging a flower bed for your neighbour. The cat would have less far to walk. Cheers -- http://www.orderonlinepickupinstore.co.uk Ah fetch it yourself if you can't wait for delivery http://www.freedeliveryuk.co.uk http://www.holidayunder100.co.uk |
tips on stopping cat pooing!!!
On Apr 16, 7:29 am, Bashy wrote:
Hi, I have a cat that comes into my front garden and poo's on either the front lawn, or the front flower bed. I have tried everything the garden centre has to offer - Pellets, lion dung, spray, gel. I have also bought a sonic sound thing (which kept it away for a day or so, then it did a poo right in front of it). I have tried pepper, cocktail sticks and jeyes fluid buried underneath the compost. Has anyone got any ideas. I'm going out of my mind!!! Please don't suggets getting a dog, the wife wouldn't have it. Who'd have a sodding cat anyway. I suppose it doesn't poo in the owners garden though. Cheers -- Bashy Moth balls, break with a hammer into a few pieces and sprinkle around their usual haunts, they do not like it. Judith |
tips on stopping cat pooing!!!
"Bashy" wrote in message ... Hi, I have a cat that comes into my front garden and poo's on either the front lawn, or the front flower bed. I have tried everything the garden centre has to offer - Pellets, lion dung, spray, gel. I have also bought a sonic sound thing (which kept it away for a day or so, then it did a poo right in front of it). I have tried pepper, cocktail sticks and jeyes fluid buried underneath the compost. Has anyone got any ideas. I'm going out of my mind!!! Please don't suggets getting a dog, the wife wouldn't have it. Who'd have a sodding cat anyway. I suppose it doesn't poo in the owners garden though. Cheers -- Bashy Shoot Skin Eat They taste like Rabbit Bon Appetite Mike -- www.rneba.org.uk. The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association. 'THE' Association to find your ex-Greenie mess mates. |
tips on stopping cat pooing!!!
"Bashy" wrote in message ... Hi, I have a cat that comes into my front garden and poo's on either the front lawn, or the front flower bed. I have tried everything the garden centre has to offer - Pellets, lion dung, spray, gel. I have also bought a sonic sound thing (which kept it away for a day or so, then it did a poo right in front of it). I have tried pepper, cocktail sticks and jeyes fluid buried underneath the compost. Has anyone got any ideas. I'm going out of my mind!!! Please don't suggets getting a dog, the wife wouldn't have it. Who'd have a sodding cat anyway. I suppose it doesn't poo in the owners garden though. Cheers -- Bashy This looks like a fun way to scare away cats, bit expensive at £54+vat tho. |
tips on stopping cat pooing!!!
"Mr X" wrote in message ... "Bashy" wrote in message ... Hi, I have a cat that comes into my front garden and poo's on either the front lawn, or the front flower bed. I have tried everything the garden centre has to offer - Pellets, lion dung, spray, gel. I have also bought a sonic sound thing (which kept it away for a day or so, then it did a poo right in front of it). I have tried pepper, cocktail sticks and jeyes fluid buried underneath the compost. Has anyone got any ideas. I'm going out of my mind!!! Please don't suggets getting a dog, the wife wouldn't have it. Who'd have a sodding cat anyway. I suppose it doesn't poo in the owners garden though. Cheers -- Bashy This looks like a fun way to scare away cats, bit expensive at £54+vat tho. Ooops forgot the link http://www.deteracat.co.uk/scarecrow_water_jet_pack.htm |
tips on stopping cat pooing!!!
Sacha wrote:
On 16/4/08 07:29, in article , "Bashy" wrote: Hi, I have a cat that comes into my front garden and poo's on either the front lawn, or the front flower bed. snip I think your best solution is to Google on the dozens of cat threads we have had on urg! One person enjoys suggesting cruel and vicious remedies because then he stirs up all the cat-lovers. Others introduce such a thread just to get some form of trolling attention. But in amongst the dross and the idiots are some personal experiences that might help you. I'd suggest a water pistol or an always ready hose. But I believe there is now an automated water jet that goes on when the cat strolls past it. Of course you'd need to remember to turn it off before you take a turn round the garden yourself! Cats are bone idle. They even crap in their own gardens if the weather is bad. What they can't resist is freshly turned soil so, if you're prepared to maintain a small patch of soft crumbly soil, it can save the other parts of the garden. Who knows, it might even be a good fertiliser |
tips on stopping cat pooing!!!
"Judith in France" wrote in message ... Moth balls, break with a hammer into a few pieces and sprinkle around their usual haunts, they do not like it. Judith Can you still buy them? I thought they were forbidden now ... Mary |
tips on stopping cat pooing!!!
Hi Bashy
I know exactly what you're going through! :) I wouldn't mind hearing what eventually works for you (and anybody else) if you eventually beat the moggy! In the meantime, keeping the grass cut short and splashing ordinary brown vinegar about (not on the grass itself or it'll scorch it!) seems to work pretty well for me. It's not 100% but it's pretty close and you only really need to slosh it about every couple of days. It even *appears* to survive rainshowers. The only downsides are the cost of the vinegar (cheaper than many solutions though!) and the fact that your garden will smell like a chipshop. I did try throwing a mix of Harpic and warm water on the grass and that worked quite well, but I found I needed to throw it on every day and it didn't appear to survive rain showers. Pepper Dust obviously survives rain even less well, but that appeared to work. Scattering chopped citrus peel didn't work for me. Silent Roar also didn't work; thinking about it, if the point of the exercise is to stop the garden smelling like an animals' toilet, then this is definitely not going to work. I also tried Get Off! but that didn't seem to work either. I've never tried soaking teabags in Jeyes fluid, water jets or standing clear plastic bottles of water about etc. Cheers, Chris |
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Also, it only seems to come into the garden in the night time. The garden is clear in the day and in the morning he has left me a little present. otherwise yes, a soaker would seem the best solution. I'd love to think that one day I will soak the little bleeder!!! I will try the mothballs though. Thanks everyone again. |
tips on stopping cat pooing!!!
"Bashy" wrote in message ... Hi, I have a cat that comes into my front garden and poo's on either the front lawn, or the front flower bed. I have tried everything the garden centre has to offer - Pellets, lion dung, spray, gel. I have also bought a sonic sound thing (which kept it away for a day or so, then it did a poo right in front of it). I have tried pepper, cocktail sticks and jeyes fluid buried underneath the compost. Has anyone got any ideas. I'm going out of my mind!!! Please don't suggets getting a dog, the wife wouldn't have it. Who'd have a sodding cat anyway. I suppose it doesn't poo in the owners garden though. Well, the same people who made the Foxwatch gadget I've been trying out recently - successfully, so far - also make a Ca****ch: http://www.conceptresearch.co.uk/cats_2.htm A bit pricey from them - a bit cheaper on Ebay, where I bought my Foxwatch unit, but of course never quite sure of the warranty issues if you don't think it works or it goes wrong: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ca****ch-Cat-D...QQcmdZViewItem Mark |
tips on stopping cat pooing!!!
Had this problem and tried numerous ideas from enticing the fella with a
squeaky toy and bashing the bugger with a spade. Also tried pouring boiling water on it! Then I decided to feed it. First chicken and wallpaper stripper without effect. Beef and warfarin did the job, though! -- Baal I smile and go off waving (Amiably) - for that's my way http://www.helden.org.uk "Bashy" wrote in message ... Hi, I have a cat that comes into my front garden and poo's on either the front lawn, or the front flower bed. I have tried everything the garden centre has to offer - Pellets, lion dung, spray, gel. I have also bought a sonic sound thing (which kept it away for a day or so, then it did a poo right in front of it). I have tried pepper, cocktail sticks and jeyes fluid buried underneath the compost. Has anyone got any ideas. I'm going out of my mind!!! Please don't suggets getting a dog, the wife wouldn't have it. Who'd have a sodding cat anyway. I suppose it doesn't poo in the owners garden though. Cheers -- Bashy ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** |
tips on stopping cat pooing!!!
Sacha wrote:
On 16/4/08 07:29, in article , "Bashy" wrote: Hi, I have a cat that comes into my front garden and poo's on either the front lawn, or the front flower bed. snip I think your best solution is to Google on the dozens of cat threads we have had on urg! One person enjoys suggesting cruel and vicious remedies because then he stirs up all the cat-lovers. Others introduce such a thread just to get some form of trolling attention. But in amongst the dross and the idiots are some personal experiences that might help you. I'd suggest a water pistol or an always ready hose. But I believe there is now an automated water jet that goes on when the cat strolls past it. Of course you'd need to remember to turn it off before you take a turn round the garden yourself! Yep, as you say, and Mr X said..........a water jet. These are sold by pond places, mainly to scare off Herons. -- Pete C London UK |
tips on stopping cat pooing!!!
On Apr 16, 2:57 pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
"Judith in France wrote in ... Moth balls, break with a hammer into a few pieces and sprinkle around their usual haunts, they do not like it. Judith Can you still buy them? I thought they were forbidden now ... Mary I didn't know that Mary, I last bought them at the Co-Op at Norwich but it was some time ago. Camphor wasn 't it???? Judith |
tips on stopping cat pooing!!!
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:59:59 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France wrote:
Can you still buy them? I thought they were forbidden now ... I didn't know that Mary, I last bought them at the Co-Op at Norwich but it was some time ago. Camphor wasn 't it???? I thought it was naphthalene, yep: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naphthalene Though camphor can be used as repellent: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camphor Naphthalene is not very nice stuff but a google on "naphthalene moth" produces a few places where you can buy on line. -- Cheers Dave. |
cats can be a nightmare -I know mine can be aright pain. I keep a corner with some cat litter sprinkled on it to make sure my cat goes in our garden and doesnt bother others but I know not everyone does this!
So - water pistol is your fail safe - 3 times or more and the cat will avoid your garden - failing that, get some thread and small sticks and criss cross the thread in small squares or triangles and leave them - it doesn't disturb your pants and the cat will hate it! Doesn't hurt you or the kitty either. Oh, and the cat scarers only work for about a week, then the cat realises it wont be hurt and will come back so I wouldn't waste your money!!! Good luck! |
tips on stopping cat pooing!!!
"Bashy" wrote in message ... Hi, I have a cat that comes into my front garden and poo's on either the front lawn, or the front flower bed. I have tried everything the garden centre has to offer - Pellets, lion dung, spray, gel. I have also bought a sonic sound thing (which kept it away for a day or so, then it did a poo right in front of it). I have tried pepper, cocktail sticks and jeyes fluid buried underneath the compost. Has anyone got any ideas. I'm going out of my mind!!! Please don't suggets getting a dog, the wife wouldn't have it. Who'd have a sodding cat anyway. I suppose it doesn't poo in the owners garden though. Cheers Can't you rent a cat trap from your local humane society? They can then keep it until the owner collects it or spay/neuter it and put it up for adoption. |
tips on stopping cat pooing!!!
"Bashy" wrote in message ... Hi, I have a cat that comes into my front garden and poo's on either the front lawn, or the front flower bed. I have tried everything the garden centre has to offer - Pellets, lion dung, spray, gel. I have also bought a sonic sound thing (which kept it away for a day or so, then it did a poo right in front of it). I have tried pepper, cocktail sticks and jeyes fluid buried underneath the compost. Has anyone got any ideas. I'm going out of my mind!!! Please don't suggets getting a dog, the wife wouldn't have it. Who'd have a sodding cat anyway. I suppose it doesn't poo in the owners garden though. Cheers -- Bashy We have two of the blighters locally, our Staffy keeps them out of the back garden, the only way I have found of keeping them off the front is squirting them with water, tokk 5-6 hits before they stopped coming though, but its certainley worked for now. |
tips on stopping cat pooing!!!
"Stuart Noble" wrote in message ... Sacha wrote: On 16/4/08 07:29, in article , "Bashy" wrote: Hi, I have a cat that comes into my front garden and poo's on either the front lawn, or the front flower bed. snip I think your best solution is to Google on the dozens of cat threads we have had on urg! One person enjoys suggesting cruel and vicious remedies because then he stirs up all the cat-lovers. Others introduce such a thread just to get some form of trolling attention. But in amongst the dross and the idiots are some personal experiences that might help you. I'd suggest a water pistol or an always ready hose. But I believe there is now an automated water jet that goes on when the cat strolls past it. Of course you'd need to remember to turn it off before you take a turn round the garden yourself! Cats are bone idle. They even crap in their own gardens if the weather is bad. What they can't resist is freshly turned soil so, if you're prepared to maintain a small patch of soft crumbly soil, it can save the other parts of the garden. Who knows, it might even be a good fertiliser I doubt it is a good fertilizer. I have four cats and I know two of them crap in their own garden. one of them does her business right on top of a magnolia bush. so far this year, although it has buds it has not produced any flowers. |
tips on stopping cat pooing!!!
On 16 Apr, 07:29, Bashy wrote:
Has anyone got any ideas. I'm going out of my mind!!! Please don't suggets getting a dog, the wife wouldn't have it. We have a FAQ on that: http://home.clara.net/tmac/urgring/faqcats1.htm I can recommend the use of one of those high-pressure pump up water pistol rifles. Not only is it effective, it is great fun. |
tips on stopping cat pooing!!!
"Judith in France" wrote in message ... On Apr 16, 2:57 pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote: "Judith in France wrote in ... Moth balls, break with a hammer into a few pieces and sprinkle around their usual haunts, they do not like it. Judith Can you still buy them? I thought they were forbidden now ... Mary I didn't know that Mary, I last bought them at the Co-Op at Norwich but it was some time ago. Camphor wasn 't it???? Judith No, naphthalene, we used to use it to prevent wax moth in beehives (when they were empty of course) but it was withdrawn, I thought. I could be wrong - it has been known :-) Mary |
tips on stopping cat pooing!!!
"Stuart Noble" wrote in message ... Sacha wrote: On 16/4/08 07:29, in article , "Bashy" wrote: Hi, I have a cat that comes into my front garden and poo's on either the front lawn, or the front flower bed. snip I think your best solution is to Google on the dozens of cat threads we have had on urg! One person enjoys suggesting cruel and vicious remedies because then he stirs up all the cat-lovers. Others introduce such a thread just to get some form of trolling attention. But in amongst the dross and the idiots are some personal experiences that might help you. I'd suggest a water pistol or an always ready hose. But I believe there is now an automated water jet that goes on when the cat strolls past it. Of course you'd need to remember to turn it off before you take a turn round the garden yourself! Cats are bone idle. They even crap in their own gardens if the weather is bad. What they can't resist is freshly turned soil so, if you're prepared to maintain a small patch of soft crumbly soil, it can save the other parts of the garden. Who knows, it might even be a good fertiliser Well there's a patch outside our garden wall which is strictly the Council's responsibility but they take none so most householders plant the strips themselves. I have a lot of small bulbs and recently a local cat has dug them up. I re-plant and they dig them up again - I've seen it happen a few times recently. So at least one of our local cats seems to be happy with freshly turned earth. The whole strip has been turned every few days anyway (by me) to rid persistent weedlings. Mary |
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