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tell me your idea's and hopefully they'll be one that we've not used yet.
tiger poo.
Tarmac it.
lion poo, or peeing in it yourself apparently... or yes tarmac I suppose 😈
kill all the cats.
The neighbours black cats used to crap all over my slate chip driveway.
I raked a load of bleach through it and I've not seen them on their since.
Orange peel worked for me. I just threw some down, but you could make a spray if you don't want bits of peel lying around the garden
Get a big Supersoaker and wait for them to try.
tiger [s] poo[/s].
I reckon it's only a matter of weeks before my cat could take on a tiger.
It devoured a mouse, two rabbits and a partridge last week.
I have a sprinkler connected to a motion detector. Bit like a security light but with a sprinkler head instead of the light.
Any vermin comes in for a dump and it gets sprayed. I moved it to a different position every couple of days just to keep 'em guessing. After a few weeks the local sh1t machines learnt not to come into my garden and I was poo free for the rest of the summer. I got mine on amazon.
Just remember to turn the water off before you walk down the garden in the morning yourself 🙄
It's also good fun to turn it on the kids on a sunny day 🙂
put its favourite food out for it every day.
reverse psychology.
get a dog.
Get your own cat.
We used to be overrun with the little furry ****ers until we adopted a stray. Ours has at least half-a-dozen ambush locations within the garden its ability to search and destroy is most entertaining esp when the fat ginger tom settles down to take a dump and is violently attacked by a couple of kg of striped fur and 18 razor-sharp claws 🙂
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I have a sprinkler connected to a motion detector. Bit like a security light but with a sprinkler head instead of the light.
Any vermin comes in for a dump and it gets sprayed. I moved it to a different position every couple of days just to keep 'em guessing. After a few weeks the local sh1t machines learnt not to come into my garden and I was poo free for the rest of the summer. I got mine on amazon.Just remember to turn the water off before you walk down the garden in the morning yourself
It's also good fun to turn it on the kids on a sunny day
I like the sound of that. I'm getting sick of having to pick up cat crap before I can let my kids out into the garden.
My Dad had problems with this, and the options were http://www.amazon.co.uk/STV-Big-Cheese-STV414-Repeller/dp/B003TLA4FS
or get a dog, he got a dog and after a few warnings cats don't go into his garden.
Plastic bottles worked for me - see above link
Tried an electric fence from a garden centre?
Land mines
easy...
[b]white pepper[/b], they will come back, but keep applying it 3 or 4 times and they will stop.
Ignore it, it's only cat poo in an inconspicous location.
Ignore it, it's only cat poo in an inconspicous location
It's not when your 2 year old carries a handful of it indoors saying "Look what I found in the garden dad"
The only thing you can do is remove the flowerbed. or put down drawing pics affixed through tape whilst keeping your son out of the garden for a period of time. This WONT hurt the cat as they aren't stupid. It'll touch, then relearn its routine IMO.
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Ignore it, it's only cat poo in an inconspicous location.
As the OP points out, it's not unreasonable that a child should be able to play in the garden without getting covered in cat poo.
can you hire that woman that got busted putting a cat in a wheelie bin
kimbers jr was given a gardening set but i dont want him raking through all the cat eggs layed by our local wildlife menaces
im with chris packham on this one
we have far too many cats in this country
Yeah but his GF keeps lions, which must be devastating the local sparrow population.
12 bore!
It's not when your 2 year old carries a handful of it indoors saying "Look what I found in the garden dad"
It's called a life lesson and part of learning what you do and don't pick up. Maybe it was just me who had these things forseen and told to me before I was left loose to walk about picking up poo? And since it's in a flower bed it's not as problematic as if it was on the lawn.
#firstworldproblems (not feeling overly sympathetic today I must admit)
It's called a life lesson and part of learning what you do and don't pick up. Maybe it was just me who had these things forseen and told to me before I was left loose to walk about picking up poo? And since it's in a flower bed it's not as problematic as if it was on the lawn.
In other words, let someone else deal with the problems your pet causes.
Nice bit of victim blaming there.
[s]Dr[/s] Gillian Mckeith grew up in a shit free garden, and look at the result.
I did a powerpoint presentation explaining to my 2 year old what cat poo looks like, it's inherent risks and how to avoid it, I even had her sign a training form so no-one could deny she wasn't fully informed of the facts.
But I don't think she really took it all in.
I learnt a life lesson though, and that was to keep cats out of my garden! (and cat sh1t stinks)
Wring it's neck, hit it over the head with a shovel or whatever. Then chuck the body in the road to be run over a few times. The owners will just think it was run over. They may get a new cat but most lose their enthusiasm after two or three have been squished.
Dead cats don't shit.
We tried everything in our old house.
Cat repellent - did nothing
Tea bags soaked in lemon juice - no luck there, plus there were now tea bags in the flower beds
Spikes to discourage cats from using the area - that worked, but made the flowerbed look like a minature tribute to Vlad Tepes.
Never got around to trying the cayenne pepper. Moved house, got a dog. I love cats, but I think it's irresponsible not to litter train them. Their poop stinks to high hell, especially when you go over it with a lawn mower. 🙁
poison the cat, and leave the body out in the garden. With any luck, you'll take a dog out too.
"Dead cats don't shit."
Brilliant title for a song. Or a film!
We've had some success with one of those ultrasonic repellers, but it's not perfect. Still, should my daughter get toxoplasmosis, she'll have learnt a valuable life lesson.
In other words, let someone else deal with the problems your pet causes.
Oh no, i'm not suggesting it's their fault, just that they don't have to just sit and whine about it, just teach the kid not to pick up poo and get on ,with life if it as there is little chance you can do anything else. Point being education is better than reaction. But it you want all victims to be immune from any sort of self responsibility then crack on. (and yes parents assume responsibility for kids). Just being pragmatic.
Just being pragmatic.
Did you miss the bit about the kid being 2 years old? How about a crawling baby - how do you suggest teaching them to not pick up cat poo?
You also seem to have missed the OP - which asked for advice on how to stop the cat pooing in the garden, rather than "whinin" as you put it.
If anyone has had any success in training a 2yr old, can they let me in on the secret, cos mine don't listen to a word I say.
Ta
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Grow [url= http://the-plant-directory.co.uk/perennials/coleus-canina-scardy-cat-plant-10cm ]this [/url]in your garden.
They don't survive the winter so you will need to plant them each year, but relatively cheap...
why should anyone have to live around someone elses pet dumping in their garden?
if it was a dog and they did it in the street they would get fined, actually we have a nerf gun at home next time i see one of the cats.... 😈
my son is 15 months old how do i explain to him what cat poo looks like?
If anyone has had any success in training a 2yr old, can they let me in on the secret, cos mine don't listen to a word I say.
Is it actually your child going around pooping in people's gardens?
Get your own cat
+1 Rocketman. As soon as we got our cat from the rescue centre...no cat poo in our garden. Seems counter intuitive but our cat scares other cats off from pooing in our garden and yet he poops somewhere else as well! Result (for us anyway!)
Funny you should say that MrsToast, my eldest did an emergency poo in our garden t'other day. I don't know if my missus "stuck and flicked" it into next doors or if it's lurking somewhere for me to find. 😈
Funny you should say that MrsToast, my eldest did an emergency poo in our garden t'other day. I don't know if my missus "stuck and flicked" it into next doors or if it's lurking somewhere for me to find.
Maybe it's been bagged and hung on a tree? 😛
The previous owner of our house built a rubber chip play area for the climbing frame and swings in our garden which cats love and disguises cat eggs brilliantly. You really do have to look for them.
Still if junior doesn’t end up blinded by toxoplasmosis he might have a shining career as a mine sweeper ahead of him.
What about training your children to pop into the cat owners garden and do their number 2's on their patio? You could even cut a handy kid flap in the fence. Neighbour might take a hint on pet responsibility and no poopy nappies for you. Win win situation
I have a cat, and seemingly the only lawned garden in a 50 mile radius. There are loads of cats around....but none of the sh1t in the garden, mainly because our own feline vermin lays monsterturds that intimidate the rest away ("if it's @rsehole's that big think how big it's claws must be - hmmm i'm going to go an lay my own cable on the concrete....").
This really doesn't solve the problem of sh!t in the garden though. I'm thinking of taking Mrs Toast's Vlad Tepes reference and running with it - starting with our own cat and then any other moggy merde machine that comes over the garden fence.
[more of a dog person really....}
I hate cats with a passion, managed to catch them at it and threw a bucket of water haha. Although if you know who the cats belongs to then go and shit on their garden!!!!!!!!!!
Often I venture into the garden to find Tiddles from next door has laid some pipe for my children to stand in. This is almost as unacceptable as me dropping a small nugget of Tiddles finest down the heater air intake of its owners car.
We are dedicated missile throwers stones gravel apples from our trees all are effective and fun when you get a catseye as it were . The cats still pass through the garden but rarely stay long enough to poo now .
Having a child blinded by some one else's cat's poo would be quite a big problem and given the germ stays in the soil not one solved by training the child not to pick up brown eggs . So cat hunting or accept that a pet owners right to own an animal trumps your right to use your garden .
attacked by a couple of kg of striped fur and 18 razor-sharp claws
By my maths thats 4.5 claws per paw?
Sounds like a bit of a odd cat
If it's a secure garden, buy your son a rabbit, a male one with all it's bits intact and let it roam the garden in the day. They don't like it up 'em them pussy wussies.
attacked by a couple of kg of striped fur and 18 razor-sharp claws
By my maths thats 4.5 claws per paw?
Sounds like a bit of a odd cat
Your average cat has 4 at the back and 5 at the front - therefore 18 in total.
Not sure about the rabbit idea - my sister in law's cat used to bring back rabbits on a daily basis - and a chicken once. Ours brought in a seagull and a Koi Carp. She prefers to crap indoors so not all evil!
if it was a dog and they did it in the street they would get fined
Ahahahahaha! Oh god that's a good one! Aaaaaaahahahahah... Brilliant. 😐
Not sure about the rabbit idea - my sister in law's cat used to bring back rabbits on a daily basis
Hopefully Samuri will be along soon to tell us about Stumpy (RIP). Stumpy was a male rabbit with a scary libido that would shag anything from dropped laundry to, yes you guessed it, passing cats. I don't believe they had a problem with cat shit.
At the last place we lived we were plagued by the numerous cats that lived in the street. We were one of the only houses/flats that had a garden but no cat so all the other cats would use our garden as their toilet. We tried everything bar getting our own cat, dog and/or rabbit. The only thing that worked consistently was my wee. Once or twice a week I would take my first morning slash into a clean plastic milk bottle and dribble it about the garden, focusing on the access points, fences that they would walk along and where they would dump most often. Goodbye cat poop.
I gave in and bought one of these;
Its been in the garden months, we had one deposit shortly after sticking it in the garden, and one when it fell over. Apart from that, nothing. Must have been out at least four months and its still on the first set of batteries.
As a plus, when one of our rabbits sets it off, he jumps a foot in the air and then goes right up to it to investigate/chew it 🙂
This will sort it, [url= http://abcnews.go.com/US/video?id=5266687 ]cat remover[/url]
All this talk of automatic sprinklers reminds me of...
And this guy sells them
(please note no cats were harmed in the making of these videos)
Have 3 Siamese, two of which crap in the flower beds as the soil is turned weekly, just bury the crap and it'll get broken down, not really a big deal. My kids are well versed in what cat poo looks like.