Cat poo and dog poo
Discussion
We seem to be having problems with the neighbour's cat pooing in our garden, as well as dog walkers thinking that the gateposts at the end of our drive make an excellent spot for their dog to leave a steaming turd. It's doubly annoying because it gets picked up on the car wheels when we drive in.
Anyway, to cut a crap story short, is there anything I can do to deter the neighbour's cat from poo'ing in our garden and also dogs from doing their business in the vicinity of our gates.
When we've pressure-washed the footpath it seems that using a higher concentrate of bleach seems to deter the dogs for at least a short period of time. Is it my imagination or does the chlorine affect them?
Thanks in advance for any advice
Anyway, to cut a crap story short, is there anything I can do to deter the neighbour's cat from poo'ing in our garden and also dogs from doing their business in the vicinity of our gates.
When we've pressure-washed the footpath it seems that using a higher concentrate of bleach seems to deter the dogs for at least a short period of time. Is it my imagination or does the chlorine affect them?
Thanks in advance for any advice
OtherBusiness said:
To deter the cats you can sprinkle chilli powder on the borders. Needs redoing after a lot of rain but they do gradually get the message. Buy in bulk from a cash and carry.
Cheers 
Plenty of chilli powder in the house so we'll give that a bash.To be honest the dogpoo is far more annoying. You'd think people would have the decency to either bag the stuff up or at least take them to do their business don a country lane somewhere.
OldGermanHeaps said:
Antifreeze for the cat and put on gloves and chase the dogs owner with the poo and rub it in their face should resolve the issue.
This advice will leave you facing criminal charges of animal cruelty. Antifreeze poisoning is one of the most unpleasant ways to kill a cat. Why not just use gin traps instead, or throw acid at them? Yeah, exactly.Spray the affected areas with citronella oil to deter the cats. You can also spray the plants with diluted jeyes fluid, the smell of that will make the cats scarper. Whilst jeyes fluid, like creosote, is toxic to cats and can be absorbed through the paws, it differs from antifreeze as cats hate the smell of jeyes fluid, antifreeze is like nectar and cats will readily ingest antifreeze before dying a slow, horrible and painful death.
There are other repellent sprays on the market. Try those as well. But the antifreeze comment does need to be addressed.
Wiccan of Darkness said:
This advice will leave you facing criminal charges of animal cruelty. Antifreeze poisoning is one of the most unpleasant ways to kill a cat. Why not just use gin traps instead, or throw acid at them? Yeah, exactly.
Spray the affected areas with citronella oil to deter the cats. You can also spray the plants with diluted jeyes fluid, the smell of that will make the cats scarper. Whilst jeyes fluid, like creosote, is toxic to cats and can be absorbed through the paws, it differs from antifreeze as cats hate the smell of jeyes fluid, antifreeze is like nectar and cats will readily ingest antifreeze before dying a slow, horrible and painful death.
There are other repellent sprays on the market. Try those as well. But the antifreeze comment does need to be addressed.
Well, every day's a school day. Not that i was intending on using antifreeze but I never knew they were attracted to it. Admittedly it does have a nice smell, like petrol.........anyway chilli powder seems to be the favorite option for the cat. Anybody got any (legal) suggestions for the dogs?Spray the affected areas with citronella oil to deter the cats. You can also spray the plants with diluted jeyes fluid, the smell of that will make the cats scarper. Whilst jeyes fluid, like creosote, is toxic to cats and can be absorbed through the paws, it differs from antifreeze as cats hate the smell of jeyes fluid, antifreeze is like nectar and cats will readily ingest antifreeze before dying a slow, horrible and painful death.
There are other repellent sprays on the market. Try those as well. But the antifreeze comment does need to be addressed.
Gaz. said:
A cheap CCTV camera focused on your gate post and a sign that any fouling will be uploaded to your local Facebook group. I have to say the naming and shaming of these sorts is impressively effective to combat dog fouling in our area. You see people climbing through brambles and everything with a little baggie...
Cats- save your money.
Good idea in principle but I'm not sure where I'd mount the CCTV. The gates are a fair way away from the house and there's no electric supply nearby.Cats- save your money.
Maybe I'll just put the sign up and hope that does the trick
It's an unfortunate fact of life that cats s
t in other people's gardens and dogs bark disturbing neighbours.
I don't have dogs but have 2 cats that could st for Britain if it was an olympic sport. I've told my neighbours that if they find any cat turds in their garden, my cats or not, let me know and I'll clear it.
So far, they've never asked but it stopped them complaining.
Citrus fruit peel helps keep them away as well as a regular squirt with a hose pipe.
t in other people's gardens and dogs bark disturbing neighbours. I don't have dogs but have 2 cats that could s
t for Britain if it was an olympic sport. I've told my neighbours that if they find any cat turds in their garden, my cats or not, let me know and I'll clear it. So far, they've never asked but it stopped them complaining.
Citrus fruit peel helps keep them away as well as a regular squirt with a hose pipe.
Countdown said:
The cat does its business around the edge of the lawn / under the hedge so I'm assuming that antifreeze won't do the begonias any good?
1. Your being jailed
2. Your being beaten up rather badly by a local cat owner
3. Your being hounded out of your house by people who know you are a to**er and having to live somewhere else
Jasandjules said:
This could lead to three things:
1. Your being jailed
2. Your being beaten up rather badly by a local cat owner
3. Your being hounded out of your house by people who know you are a to**er and having to live somewhere else
Instead of jumping so fast to such an arsey response maybe you should have read the whole thread?1. Your being jailed
2. Your being beaten up rather badly by a local cat owner
3. Your being hounded out of your house by people who know you are a to**er and having to live somewhere else
1. I didn’t suggest using the anti-freeze.
2. I wasn’t going to use the anti-freeze.
3. I didn’t realise that anti-freeze had such a negative effect on cats (and my thanks to WoD for educating me).
Fwiw the cat belongs to our 80 year old neighbour Derek who is one of the nicest people you could meet and we’ve never mentioned to him about what his cat does, simply because we know how upset he would be.
The anti freeze thing seems to come up every time this problem is mentioned on the internets, sometimes jokily other times, not.
Ingestion of anti freeze by a cat (or a dog) causes the animal to have liver failure unfortunately they appear to like the taste. The animal will become ill and die a long and painful death in the arms of its owner. Bringing it up deserves the reception given on here. I believe it was used to poison one of my dogs. Just keep the "hilarious" jokes to yourselves.
Oh and squirting cats with lemon or any citrus fruit juices can be dangerous too. Not good for them. Better to get a bitter cherry flavour (I believe it is available on line) Cats do like nice finely tilled soil so that they can dump and bury, try putting down wood/bark chippings, this will mulch down naturally over time and will also stop weeds growing.
Also, don't use bleach or disinfectant to deter dogs it will more likely attract then with the smell of ammonia. Dogs will tend to foul where they think other dogs have "been". Best to use a solution of "biological" washing powder to clean down.
Ingestion of anti freeze by a cat (or a dog) causes the animal to have liver failure unfortunately they appear to like the taste. The animal will become ill and die a long and painful death in the arms of its owner. Bringing it up deserves the reception given on here. I believe it was used to poison one of my dogs. Just keep the "hilarious" jokes to yourselves.
Oh and squirting cats with lemon or any citrus fruit juices can be dangerous too. Not good for them. Better to get a bitter cherry flavour (I believe it is available on line) Cats do like nice finely tilled soil so that they can dump and bury, try putting down wood/bark chippings, this will mulch down naturally over time and will also stop weeds growing.
Also, don't use bleach or disinfectant to deter dogs it will more likely attract then with the smell of ammonia. Dogs will tend to foul where they think other dogs have "been". Best to use a solution of "biological" washing powder to clean down.
Mothersruin said:
To qualify, I did not specify squirting cats with anything. Just boundarys with watered down juice, which is perfectly fine.
So, OP, what's working?
Had to bleach the footpath again last night, that normally deters the dogs for a few days. I'm not sure if Mrs C has tried the chilli powder yet, will update as and when.So, OP, what's working?
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