| User | Comment |
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bill   | | posted 22-May-2006 12:36pm |
Get rid of the planters, at least for a few months. Or, put them in a place that would be hard for the cat to get to, higher up maybe? |
| mve17 | | posted 22-May-2006 12:38pm |
I'd shoot the little fudgeer |
| gsummers | | posted 22-May-2006 1:13pm |
Oh sweet little kittys.. I loves 'em.. so you're right, terminating the little pest shouldnt be an option! This might be a long shot.. but what about if you put another cats pee in there - ( Dont ask me where you would get another cats pee sample from.. I mean its not like you can ask them to pee in a cup.. ) but if they smell another animals pee, then maybe they will find somewhere else to go.. Don't cats mark their territory as well?... I really dont know what to tell you.. Cereal Killer has many cats and is a cat lover too, maybe he has some helpful tips.. |
Enheduanna  | | posted 22-May-2006 1:29pm |
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Iseult  | | posted 22-May-2006 1:48pm |
First, I'd go and talk to my neighbour. If they're decent and co-operative and are doing everything to stop their cat from crapting everywhere, maybe forgive the kitty. If, however, the neighbour was an asswipe, then... well, let's not talk about it. |
Melf   | | posted 22-May-2006 2:04pm |
"I'm afraid I have no experience in the "cat poop" department." |
| romkey | | posted 22-May-2006 2:32pm |
If you're seriously interested in dealing with this problem, you need to start thinking like a cat and understand that the cat pooping in your porch planters has nothing to do with whether you've mistreated it. The cat isn't trying to 'punish' you. The cat doesn't recognize whether or not you keep your animals out of its yard. It doesn't recognize human boundaries.
You can easily talk to a vet or a pet shop manager for some recommendations on how to keep the cat away. Or perhaps even talk to your neighbor?
If your neighbor's cat's poop is killing your plants, that's very strange. Poop is fertilizer. Unless you mean that the cat is digging up your plants.
Cats are territorial animals. They mark their territory. The cat will likely keep coming back unless it thinks that some bigger, badder carnivore has taken over its territory. First I would talk to my neighbor about the problem. Then I would buy some coyote urine or similar substance from the local pet shop or agriculture store and sprinkle it liberally in the planter bed. |
| romkey |
That's a great idea! I'd forgotten how cats dislike citrus. |
| Enigma | | posted 22-May-2006 2:34pm |
You don't need to mistreat the cat for it to treat your porch like it's own personal crapter. It's not like a cat's brain works anything like a humans. You can do any of the following depending on how much you care about your neighbour or his cat.
1. watch for the cat and turn your hose on it full blast, water won't hurt it and once may be all it takes if not, do it the next time you see it there
2. gather up the festering bug infested poop and dump in on your neighbours porch with a note that you believe his cat left something at your house the last time he visited *hopefully you have spoken to the guy and it did no good before you came to us
3. set a humane trap or grab the cat and bring it to the local SPCA, he'll get the cat back along with a fine for letting the thing roam, if it's not licensed he'll have to pay for that too - perhaps then he'll start being more responsible
What this comes down to is that your neighbour is an ignorant pet owner. He probably thinks cats somehow have a god given right to roam the earth crapting wherever they want. If he kept the cat inside where it belongs or on a leash, it wouldn't be happening. In case you're wondering why I am so vicious about this, a neighbourhood black and white cat (I don't know who owned it) treated my garden as his toilet, Can't tell you how I loved finding my hands in cat crap and seeing my flowers wilt because of it's piss. So, I'm in the garden one day, this cat comes up, meows a greeting, and proceeds to crap in my garden about two feet from me! I picked up the hose and turned it on him full blast. Practically blew him into the wall. Never saw that damn cat again. You should have seen the hurt look on his wet little face. Probably thought I was being damn inhospitable myself. |
| Enigma | | (reply to romkey) posted 22-May-2006 2:48pm |
> If your neighbor's cat's poop is killing your plants, that's very
> strange. Poop is fertilizer. Unless you mean that the cat is digging
> up your plants.
Cat and dog crap are not fertilizer any more than human excrement would be because of the protein. Sheep, cow and horse manure are good because these animals aren't carnivores... well, except for what they do to cow feed sometimes but lets not get into that now. (gross) |
| Amanda | | posted 22-May-2006 3:03pm |
I have no idea. If it were me, I'd talk to the neighbor. Let them know what's going on and ask them to do something. |
| Enheduanna | | (reply to romkey) posted 22-May-2006 3:51pm |
My mom always used to put orange peels in her garden to keep cats away. It works pretty well, although I bet those spiky rubber mats work even better. Adam used to put tin foil in his houseplants because Carlos developed a pesky habit of using them as his litter box. That worked pretty well, too, but it's much less attractive. |
| llamamama | | (reply to mve17) posted 22-May-2006 4:06pm |
hahahahaha I was thinking that! |
| RGirl | | posted 22-May-2006 4:09pm |
We had a similar problem. At our front door was a tiny patch of dirt with plants. Neighborhood cat/cats would poop there. Our dogs could smell it and when we opened the door they would dart out fighting to get to it first. Pretty gross. We didn't know which cat was doing it and we didn't know where some of them lived, if they did live with humans. I only remember it stopping, I don't remember if we did anything.
If you know which cat and who owns the cat talk to them first. It is usually illegal for pets, even cats, to roam around outside anyway. |
| Lahdee | | posted 22-May-2006 5:45pm |
Scoop it up with something like a dustpan and put it on the neighbors sidewalk or path where they walk. |
| romkey |
Carlos has a lot of litterbox issues, I think. |
| Enheduanna | | (reply to romkey) posted 22-May-2006 7:38pm |
He certainly used to! |
| cabinfever | | posted 22-May-2006 7:51pm |
If your planter is only one-inch by one-inch by five-and-a-half inches, it must be a small cat. Have you spoken to the cat's owner yet? Do you see this happening? If you catch the cat in the planter, a squirt gun full of water mixed with lemon juice and a spray in the face will be a great deterrent, and it is temporarily painful. Have you tried the pet-deterrent powders from your local pet store? The only problem with those is if you have a lot of rain. The only suggestion I have left is to sprinkle chili and cayenne powders into the planter as a deterrent. OR... you could scoop up these crapballs and deposit them on your neighbor's porch as a gift... that's what I would do if other measures didn't work!! My grandpa did that to a neighbor who had a dog that would go crap in everyone's yard. The dog didn't come back. |
| they | | posted 22-May-2006 7:51pm |
I'm excited to read the responses to this one.  |
| caviartaste | | posted 22-May-2006 7:55pm |
I don't want to be mean to my neighbor...they live really close to me....like they can SEE into my windows...and I'm pretty sure my neighbor is into black magic. It is a black cat....creeps me out a little....and yes I am serious. I want the cat to like me. But I want it to lose the crapper!! |
| caviartaste |
> If your planter is only one-inch by one-inch by five-and-a-half inches,
> it must be a small cat.
 !!! I didn't notice I did that!!! |
| Zang | | posted 22-May-2006 8:33pm |
This reminds me of that "Stonehenge" gag on Spinal Tap!  |
cloudhugger  | | posted 22-May-2006 11:49pm |
Cats don't like sticky. Maybe fly strips or duc tape rolled with the sticky on the outside in the planter. |
| ultamate | | posted 22-May-2006 11:58pm |
I have heard that if a cat or dog goes in the house that they will continue going in that spot as long as the smell is there. I don't know how this could help being that it would (I guess) kill your plants. Ammonia supposedly will keep then from going where they would normally go. I've also heard of a spray that is supposed to keep cats/dogs off furniture but again I don't know how that would work out side. This is really mean and I don’t think I could do it. A little hot sauce on that cats butt hole and it would think twice about coming for a visit to your house again. |
| Bilateralkitty | | posted 23-May-2006 12:17am |
Powdered garlic and/or onion flakes. Get yourself a couple bottles of the cheap onion and garlic powder and sprinkle in the area and object that the feral cat uses as his/her toilet. Works most of the time. Alternative is to mix habenero pepper in water in a spray bottle for a few days. Spray the homemade "pepper juice" on the object you want to keep free of stray dogs and/or cats. CAUTION: Use extreme care with the habenero pepper water spray! Spray downwind from you only! If this stuff goes into you eyes it will burn like hell and perhaps necessitate a trip to the ER. Handle this stuff like it's radioactive. (note this stuff makes a great improvised pepper spray for use against bad people and drunks also) |
| ausfox | | posted 23-May-2006 1:59am |
I'd try speaking to the neighbours first to get THEM to think of some ideas to make the cat stop using my porch as a toilet. |
| Cain | | posted 23-May-2006 5:51am |
You can get little things that make horrible high pitched noises that are inaudible to humans but awful for cats, I think they're designed specifically for the purpose of keeping animals out of your garden.
But if you have animals of your own it's probably not a viable option. |
| kitti723 | | posted 23-May-2006 1:20pm |
I believe there is a certain plant that cats avoid. you might look into that and add that to your garden. |
| MiniMary |
I am sure your goal is to keep peace in the neighborhood and cats are not restricted by gates, like dogs are. I would bring it to your neighbors attention. Maybe their cats would have to be house cats or maybe more outside area in your neigbours yard for the cat yo poop. He/She could supply liter boxes for their own yard...hoping the cats would get the idea. Maybe placing the liter boxes near their food and water. I do not think you should have to disrupt your home to suit your neighbors cat. |
| RGirl | | (reply to MiniMary) posted 23-May-2006 6:51pm |
I'm not sure about putting their litter boxes near their food. Don't most animals avoid doing their business where they eat? |
| cerealkiller | | posted 24-May-2006 3:22am |
cayenne pepper |
| MiniMary | | (reply to RGirl) posted 24-May-2006 11:31am |
Well, in the same general area so the cats would know it is their area. Maybe some toys with catnip.I've had cats and if you take time to supply a real place for them...they may stay in that area and not stray. Of course, these are only tips. |
gambler  | | posted 24-May-2006 6:47pm |
What about some kind of netting over the porch planters? |
| ultamate |
Did you find anything that works to keep the cat away? I seen at Wal Mart in the garden center two products that repels animales (cats too) that might work. One is called Ro Pel for $8.62. The other is called Bio Defend for $8.73. |
| caviartaste | | (reply to ultamate) posted 30-May-2006 8:36pm |
aaahh!! cool!! actually - my parents have been researching as well because they have rabbits in their garden so they have been having very similar experiences....and from what we've read alot of the same things will work for both. Thanks for the info! i may go buy some of that and try it!! do you know how long it lasts like through rain and all? I had trouble with moth balls because rain would melt them away.... |
| caviartaste |
> cayenne pepper
awesome idea....don't know why i didn't just ask you first!! 
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| ultamate |
I think it was the Ro Pel that said you had to reapply it every 24 hours. That kind of sucks I know. The Bio Defend I didn't read anything on it. I would think though, once the cat decides she doesn’t like what you have in your flower beds that she would find someone else flowers to poop on. Then again cats can be stubborn little creatures so I don't know. If you do find something that happens to work please let us know. |
| caviartaste | | (reply to ultamate) posted 31-May-2006 7:36am |
will do! |
| Xcentrique | | posted 21-Aug-2006 10:35pm |
Get a dog!..lol |
| donn | | posted 17-Sep-2006 5:38am |
put pepper down. |
| bunnyvicious | | posted 19-Sep-2006 12:34pm |
I realize this post is older, but this is an ongoing issue I have researched for awhile! Pepper of any kind has to be replaced FREQUENTLY, orange peels lose their citrus quickly as well, but they do work longer than the pepper. I've read that motion detector sprinklers (called Scarecrow) are great ($70.00 - $100.00) if you need to de - foul an area that isn't used for sitting or a walkway, cats detest being wet. Bathe one, you'll see!! My problem area was under my porch, lots of soft, leafy soil. After weeks of processing orange peels, I read somewhere about sticking plastic forks prong side up in the area. Imagine sitting on one of those, OUCH! I also found a product from another site, called CatSkat, mats with prongs on them that cover and area with uncomfortable toilet paper. This wasn't ideal for under my porch, to large of an area. Plastic forks are cheap, $0.99 for 100 - 150. I was putting them in an area where no one could see, so beauty wasn't an issue. It was time consuming, but the kids had fun. I threw a few rose bush clippings in the mix as well incase we left a few good poop spots. So far, so good! If you're going for beauty, I've heard that lavender repels them as well. Hope this helps someone! |
