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Catproof surface
I've read the FAQ, I accept it's hard to reliably stop neighbours'
cats pooing in your garden. Cat's are like children, one's own are lovely, other people's.... Anyway, I want to redo the surface in part of our garden. When we moved in it was covered in bark chippings, which had become more poo than bark over the years. We shovelled that out, and put plastic tarps down as a temporary measure. Now, 4 years later, it might be time to do something! So are there any hardwearing soft surfaces that cats won't poo on? I was thinking of short astroturf, or maybe those rubber-mulch chippings made of old car tyres? Or maybe heavy flint gravel? I just don't want to go to a load of effort only to find next door's three- legged wonder has done his usual on it. Cheers, John |
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"aboleth" wrote in message ... I've read the FAQ, I accept it's hard to reliably stop neighbours' cats pooing in your garden. Cat's are like children, one's own are lovely, other people's.... Anyway, I want to redo the surface in part of our garden. When we moved in it was covered in bark chippings, which had become more poo than bark over the years. We shovelled that out, and put plastic tarps down as a temporary measure. Now, 4 years later, it might be time to do something! So are there any hardwearing soft surfaces that cats won't poo on? I was thinking of short astroturf, or maybe those rubber-mulch chippings made of old car tyres? Or maybe heavy flint gravel? I just don't want to go to a load of effort only to find next door's three- legged wonder has done his usual on it. Cheers, John |
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"aboleth" wrote in message ... I've read the FAQ, I accept it's hard to reliably stop neighbours' cats pooing in your garden. Cat's are like children, one's own are lovely, other people's.... Anyway, I want to redo the surface in part of our garden. When we moved in it was covered in bark chippings, which had become more poo than bark over the years. We shovelled that out, and put plastic tarps down as a temporary measure. Now, 4 years later, it might be time to do something! So are there any hardwearing soft surfaces that cats won't poo on? I was thinking of short astroturf, or maybe those rubber-mulch chippings made of old car tyres? Or maybe heavy flint gravel? I just don't want to go to a load of effort only to find next door's three- legged wonder has done his usual on it. Cheers, John The first thing to do is get rid of the cat's scent. A cat will always return to its own scent sites to re-mark, over-mark another cat's scent and, of course, to defecate. Getting rid of the scent is not easy where there are plants, but quite possible on your unplanted site. Try Jeye's Fluid; that should do the trick. However, this will be *very* harmful to the cat. If you are on speaking terms with your neighbour(!), tell them what you're doing and why, in as nice a way as possible. They will hopefully keep their cat in for a while. There are few soft, or relatively soft, surfaces that you can put down that will deter the cat. If it's a loose surface, the toileting will continue; if it's an entire soft surface, the cat may choose to sleep on it. The only advantage of the latter, is that the cat won't defecate on what it perceives as bedding. My best suggestions would be large sharp-edged stones, which will be too uncomfortable for the cat's paws, or an entire hard surface such as tarmac (or even paving stones), which will be easier to clean up and disinfect. It is just possible that the cat will refuse to toilet on this sheer hard surface. Cats usually like to bury their poo, which would be impossible on this surface. However, dominant cats *do* poo in the open. I doubt this 3-legged cat is dominant, but your garden could be taken over by another cat. Indeed, this may already be happening since you are finding cat poo on your tarpaulin surface. It is a difficult problem to resolve, but I hope the above will help in some way. Good luck, Spider |
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On 24 Aug, 13:27, aboleth wrote:
I've read the FAQ, I accept it's hard to reliably stop neighbours' cats pooing in your garden. Cat's are like children, one's own are lovely, other people's.... Anyway, I want to redo the surface in part of our garden. When we moved in it was covered in bark chippings, which had become more poo than bark over the years. We shovelled that out, and put plastic tarps down as a temporary measure. Now, 4 years later, it might be time to do something! So are there any hardwearing soft surfaces that cats won't poo on? I was thinking of short astroturf, or maybe those rubber-mulch chippings made of old car tyres? Or maybe heavy flint gravel? I just don't want to go to a load of effort only to find next door's three- legged wonder has done his usual on it. Cheers, John Our front garden is basically slate chippings (are they called chippings? they're irregular bits of slate about two or three inches in diameter). The local cats don't seem to want to crap on them. |
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There are lots of Greyhounds retired from the track seeking new homes!!
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Trouble is they are usually so timid and frightened of their own shadow they'd probably run if they saw a cat coming. :-)
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