How to stop cats coming in my yard.

[Anonymous]

If your dog can't get under your mudroom, set out antifreeze in dishes. Rat bait may work also. If you are feeling sweet, use a havahart trap with tuna, drag the offending cats to animal control.

If you love your cat, keep it home. Damned if I know why people scream blue murder about dog poop, when cat piss stinks and never goes away. At least the dog shits in the middle of the yard, not the vegetables I'm growing for dinner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your dog can't get under your mudroom, set out antifreeze in dishes. Rat bait may work also. If you are feeling sweet, use a havahart trap with tuna, drag the offending cats to animal control.

If you love your cat, keep it home. Damned if I know why people scream blue murder about dog poop, when cat piss stinks and never goes away. At least the dog shits in the middle of the yard, not the vegetables I'm growing for dinner.

Sometimes cats get out on accident, even if they are indoor only cats. Do you really want to poison an innocent animal that doesn't even have any street smarts and will have enough of a problem dealing with things like other outdoor (feral) cats? You should be shot for the fun of it, and then see how that feels like as it is basically what you are wanting to do to a cat, harm them when not needed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You don't know much about cats, do you? They aren't like dogs, needing to mark every territory they venture into. You can't really control them, so don't bother thinking about them. They aren't going to be leaving cat pee anywhere you will be able to identify.

Wrong. We have alley cats in my neigborhood and they go under the mudroom addition to my house and use it as a litter box. We recently got a dog and that hasn't stopped the little bastards either.

I've had success with pepper spray but you have to apply it pretty frequently. You spray it over the ground and then when they pee/scratch, it's unpleasant for them. (Cat lovers - I don't want to hear your sob stories about how this is cruel. My mudroom/backyard smelling like cat piss is cruel to me.) You can make your own by mixing Tabasco, water and a little dish soap (to help it stick). Good luck.

Actually, this is a very good tactic to help keep cats away and it is not cruel to them. The strong smells that the pepper spray and tabasco sauce have makes a good deterrent. They won't kill an animal if they ingest a bit, but the horrible strong taste will last and they won't forget their experience and will start to avoid that area. Much better idea than the stupid PP saying they will leave out antifreeze and rat bait.

[Anonymous]

You've never lived next to a crazy cat lady who "never" let her cats outside. I've had clothes ruined, cat shit in my vegetables, and my whole house reek when the windows were open.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You've never lived next to a crazy cat lady who "never" let her cats outside. I've had clothes ruined, cat shit in my vegetables, and my whole house reek when the windows were open.

No, but I've lived next to people with dogs that won't stop barking all day long, that kick up the flower beds in the front, that have jumped over my back fence (it's short) and tore up stuff in my backyard, and had them poop EVERYWHERE and haven't had the owner's clean it up because they are lazy. I have never once threatened to poison those dogs though.

[Anonymous]

NP here. I have a similar problem except it's not just an inconvenience. One of my dogs will absolutely chase and kill a cat if he can. Sadly he has done it in the past at our old house, in a much smaller fenced in yard than we currently have. There is one cat that doesn't seem to get the message and so far my dog hasn't caught it (he's not as young as he used to be) but he could at any time. I really don't want this to happen but as a PP said, I'm not going to prohibit my dog from running free in our OWN yard. The cat does have a tag that says "outdoor cat" with a phone number and I'm tempted to call, but what exactly could the person do? They're clearly not interested in keeping the cat in their house, and short of that how could they keep it out of our yard?

[Anonymous]

You have more money than I do: those carefully tended veggies were feeding us because I got seeds for cheap, not because I felt like eating organic. Antifreeze I had. I asked CCL multiple times to keep her cats indoors: surprise, when a few of them died, she did.

[Anonymous]

Instead of a hose, use a mister filled with water. We had to do that with our inside only cat because he kept jumping up on the stovetop to beg for food. He learned immediately to stay away. All I have to do is reach for the mister.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You have more money than I do: those carefully tended veggies were feeding us because I got seeds for cheap, not because I felt like eating organic. Antifreeze I had. I asked CCL multiple times to keep her cats indoors: surprise, when a few of them died, she did.

How the hell do you know that ANYONE has more money than you do? I don't eat organic unless it is just as cheap as the other stuff that is not. I live off of very little money each month. It sucks that your neighbor was not interested in working with you to try and deal with her cats going into your yard, but killing them is never the answer. I hope you walk out into the street one day and get hit by a random car and die. I would wish for a bus, but your family would then get the money after your death and who knows what kind of things you have taught your children about killing animals when it suits you. So random car, hit and run, you die.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You have more money than I do: those carefully tended veggies were feeding us because I got seeds for cheap, not because I felt like eating organic. Antifreeze I had. I asked CCL multiple times to keep her cats indoors: surprise, when a few of them died, she did.

How the hell do you know that ANYONE has more money than you do? I don't eat organic unless it is just as cheap as the other stuff that is not. I live off of very little money each month. It sucks that your neighbor was not interested in working with you to try and deal with her cats going into your yard, but killing them is never the answer. I hope you walk out into the street one day and get hit by a random car and die. I would wish for a bus, but your family would then get the money after your death and who knows what kind of things you have taught your children about killing animals when it suits you. So random car, hit and run, you die.

Actually, I wouldn't mind dying by a random hit and run. In the meantime, my kids are fed. The cats now stay inside, and life is good. Hope you receive yourself what you wish for others---ill wishing harms the wished far more than anything.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You have more money than I do: those carefully tended veggies were feeding us because I got seeds for cheap, not because I felt like eating organic. Antifreeze I had. I asked CCL multiple times to keep her cats indoors: surprise, when a few of them died, she did.

How the hell do you know that ANYONE has more money than you do? I don't eat organic unless it is just as cheap as the other stuff that is not. I live off of very little money each month. It sucks that your neighbor was not interested in working with you to try and deal with her cats going into your yard, but killing them is never the answer. I hope you walk out into the street one day and get hit by a random car and die. I would wish for a bus, but your family would then get the money after your death and who knows what kind of things you have taught your children about killing animals when it suits you. So random car, hit and run, you die.

Actually, I wouldn't mind dying by a random hit and run. In the meantime, my kids are fed. The cats now stay inside, and life is good. Hope you receive yourself what you wish for others---ill wishing harms the wished far more than anything.

No, I'm just wishing for Karma to bite you in your ass.

[Anonymous]

I love the pro-animal people wishing people would die instead. It is a cat, idiot. A random cat that will die within a year-----I'll bet you are all anti-welfare AND abortion, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Peeing on the grill- that sounds very much like a feral cat thing. A cat will pee on something that already smells kind of funky. If the grill was dirty and "pungent" that could have been an attractant. WHy does the grill not have cover? I mean, insects and birdpoop, this you are ok with? Put a cover on it. Unless it DID have a plastic cover? In which case I will say that cats do like to pee on plastic, for reasons unknown.

If I had my druthers, my cats would be indoor cats, to protect them from dogs, cars and ignorant hate filled humans! Luckily my cats are homebodies and love being in our own yard.

You dumbshit – the OP said TWICE that it was a grill COVER. What do you mean if you had your ‘druthers’ your cats would be indoor cats? Why do you have to let them out? It’s people like you that piss us off. Your cat does NOT need to go outside. It would be safer and everyone would be happier.

[Anonymous]

How about set up a sprinkler with a motion detector, when the cat comes by, it will turn on and spray it. I have heard that works for cats and deer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Water sprinkler with a motion sensor.

Otherwise, I'd set out poison.

Good way to go straight to jail for animal cruelty.

that's not cruelty also it is irresponsible for cat owners to let their house cats roam free and also dangerous because they will bring in diseases to the indoors. It should be illegal to have outdoor unattended cats.

Purposely poisoning ANY domestic animal is animal cruelty! Someone should poison you.

Stupid feral cats carry rabies and aren't anyone's pet. If it is your pet, keep the damn thing inside. Otherwise, if I happen to spill antifreeze or set out rat bait, well.....