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Cat Forum / General Topics / November 2003Problem with neighbours cats
Is there any way to stop my neighbours cats from leaving their droppings in my back yard? I wouldn't normally mind if my back yard was bigger and my neighbours had a few less cats, but they have at least 5 cats(maybe more). Combine that with my tiny back yard and it's very very messy back there. It attracts flys and quite frankly it stinks. Is there any available product that keeps cats away from a certain area? Maybe some sort of odour that they don't like? > Is there any way to stop my neighbours cats from leaving their droppings in > my back yard? I wouldn't normally mind if my back yard was bigger and my [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Is there any available product that keeps cats away from a certain area? > Maybe some sort of odour that they don't like? Check with Home Depot or Lowe's .I know there are products for deer and rabbits ,so I think there would be for cats also. You didn't mention if you had talked with your neighbor about the problem. I say to try communications first then go from there. Rich > > Is there any way to stop my neighbours cats from leaving their droppings > in [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Check with Home Depot or Lowe's .I know there are products for deer and > rabbits ,so I think there would be for cats also. That's a good idea and hopefully the neighbor will be agreeable to address the problem. If the neighbor isn't willing to take on the responsibility of "curbing" the cats then the OP should (and rightfully so) explore the other options. Judy and Matilda - who buried her droppings in the neighbors yard until the neighbor mentioned this to Judy. Judy figured out a solution and everyone is happy. :c) > You didn't mention if you had talked with your neighbor about the problem. > I say to try communications first then go from there. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Check with Home Depot or Lowe's .I know there are products for deer and > > rabbits ,so I think there would be for cats also. You mention that your yard is small. You could suggest to your neighbour that he puts up a fence between his and your property (and have in mind that you would pay half of it if he would not agree). Good luck. Carola | You didn't mention if you had talked with your neighbor about the problem. | I say to try communications first then go from there. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] | > > neighbours had a few less cats, but they have at least 5 cats(maybe | more). > You mention that your yard is small. You could suggest to your neighbour > that he puts up a fence between his and your property (and have in mind that > you would pay half of it if he would not agree). Good luck. > > Carola A fence may not help unless it is "cat-proofed" (and, yes, there are methods for that -- but will add to the cost). I have an 8-foot cedar fence surrounding my backyard, but cats scale it with ease. That doesn't bother me (it provides privacy, which was its intended purpose), but it clearly would not stop cats. It would help if the "smooth" side (the side without horizontal boards) were to the outside, but even that would not help much if there are any nearby trees. There are methods of placing barriers at the top of such a fence, but the fence would need to surround the property. Merely placing a fence at one side (between the neighbors) would not help much, in my opinion. MaryL > Is there any way to stop my neighbours cats from leaving their droppings in > my back yard? I wouldn't normally mind if my back yard was bigger and my [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Is there any available product that keeps cats away from a certain area? > Maybe some sort of odour that they don't like? Have you looked into the Scarecrow motion-activated sprinker (sprayer). It is designed to spray water on intruders and can be set for direction and size of animal. I haven't tried it, but I have seen some good reports. Here is one location (and there are many others on the Internet that you could check for comparison pricing): http://www.biconet.com/critter/sprinkler.html. There are also cat-proof fencing kits available, but that would be much more expensive (and it seems a shame to think that someone needs to fence their yard to keep others out -- but it does sometimes come down to that). MaryL (take out the litter to reply) Photos of Duffy and Holly: >'o'< http://tinyurl.com/8y54 (Introducing Duffy to Holly) http://tinyurl.com/8y56 (Duffy and Holly "settle in") Sure, tell your neighbor that you don't like it and would rather they have there cats sh.t in there own yard. If they don't care. Trap the cat and take it to the pound. Bear trap works. Myra >Is there any way to stop my neighbours cats from leaving their droppings in >my back yard? I wouldn't normally mind if my back yard was bigger and my [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Is there any available product that keeps cats away from a certain area? >Maybe some sort of odour that they don't like? > Is there any way to stop my neighbours cats from leaving their droppings in > my back yard? I wouldn't normally mind if my back yard was bigger and my [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Is there any available product that keeps cats away from a certain area? > Maybe some sort of odour that they don't like? That sucks. I'll admit to having let my various cats out and not worrying about where they crap. Perhaps they sell some sort of ultrasonic device; I thought I've seen them advertised to drive away vermin like mice, roaches, etc. Perhaps it would work on cats too. I can't guarantee any of these work. http://cats.about.com/library/weekly/aa031501c.htm I particularly question the cayenne pepper, which sounds dangerous. Vinegar seems to be tremendously popular. Google at "Cat repel" yields about 35,000 hits, many commercial products. We have had 8 cats indoor/outdoor and 3 outside cats at one time. The droppings didn't seem to make much difference but the males spraying the bushes got pretty rancid. A quick wash with a hose turned everything nice again. On the other hand, our neighbors (before the 11 cats) had a sandbox that was a hit with every feline on the block. The kids couldn't play without sifting first. The best cat repellant I've found is a dog. | Is there any way to stop my neighbours cats from leaving their droppings in | my back yard? I wouldn't normally mind if my back yard was bigger and my [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] | Is there any available product that keeps cats away from a certain area? | Maybe some sort of odour that they don't like? That is so true. We have a dog that has her own area in the yard so she isn't even out in the main yard and with her just being there we have no problems with cats in our yard. Myra >I can't guarantee any of these work. > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >from a certain area? >| Maybe some sort of odour that they don't like? > I can't guarantee any of these work. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > popular. Google at "Cat repel" yields about 35,000 > hits, many commercial products. Cayenne and other peppers are perfectly safe. The ingredient that makes them hot, capsicum, simply produces an illusion of burning but causes no actual damage to tissues. This is why pepper spray is so popular as a defensive weapon. You might even try pepper spray rather than cayenne powder. |
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