How do I stop my neighbours cat

Question

We have a stretch of dirt right where the car gets parked in the driveway and our neighbours cat keeps pooping and peeing on the dirt and their is always a gross smell from it everytime I get in and out of my car. Is their a way I can stop the cat from going to the toilet there??

Answer 1

I love cats, so I won't suggest anything mean. There are things which Cats hate... eg. Chili power, garlic.  First remove the dirt which is there, a cat always goes back to where it smells it's wee / poo. So clean up the area first, then sprinkle Chili powder or something strong smelling. Otherwise speak to the neighbour and tell them to keep it inside for a while until the pattern stops.

Good luck, I know how much it stinks and you shouldn't have to put up with it.  

Answer 2

There is a product you can buy from the pet shop which is a spray deterrant to stop cats from urinating in your garden.

I have also heard that some shavings of lemon rind scattered around the area will put off cats.

Answer 3

Another thing that works is to lay a piece of chicken wire on top of the area, weighted down of course so it doesn't shift.  The cats cannot bury their waste then and will move onto somewhere else since it is instinctive to hide their scent.

Answer 4

Dirt is a cats favorite toilet. I would suggest putting cobblestone on this area, It looks nice and the cats won't and can't use it.

Answer 5

Motion sensor detectors are relatively inexpensive and work well in keeping unwanted cat visitors away, by either emitting a high frequency sound or by squirting a spray of water. See the link below for more details.

http://www.martleyelectronics.co.uk/cat_...

Answer 6

You can buy a product called "KEEP OFF" that is available from the supermarket. It's not very expensive and you just sprinkle it around and it keeps the dogs and cats away. I had a problem with dogs 'doing their business' on our front lawn and it kept the dogs away for about 4/5 months.  Good luck.

Answer 7

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/...

* amonia soaked (corncobs, etc)

* aluminum foil

* bamboo skewers

* black pepper

* blood meal fertilizer

* bramble cuttings

* Carefresh - "recycled" wood pulp

* catnip - donated into your neighbor's yards (so they'll stay in their own yards)

* cedar compost

* chicken wire (metal or plastic)

* cinnamon

* citrus peels

* citrus spray

* cocoa bean shells

* coffee grounds -fresh & unbrewed, not just a light sprinkling (highly recommended by MANY Gardenwebbers!)

* dogs

* electric fence for animals

* essence of orange. essence of lemon, lime (citrus essential oils)

* fresh manure(ditto)

* garlic cloves

* gumballs from the Sweet Gum Tree

* gutter covers

* hardware cloth

* heavy bark mulch

* holly leaves

* keep the area damp, they like dry soil

* lavender

* liquid manure (good for your garden too)

* motion sensor sprinkler

* pennyroyal

* pinecones

* pipe tobacco

* plastic forks

* predator urine

* red wine vinegar

* river rocks over the exposed soil

* rocks, crushed

* rose bush clippings

* rue, an herb (Ruta graveolens) (highly recommended in plant form only)

* short twigs throughout the planted area about 6" apart

* six-inch bamboo skewers (pointy side up)

* Spray on your leaves (not the cat): fill a spray bottle with 1/2 t chili powder, 1/2 t cayenne pepper, 1 t dish soap and water

* squirt gun with water

* talk to your neighbors

* tansy

* thorny berry, lilac, hawthorn, rose clippings

* toothpicks

* upside down vinyl carpet

* vinegar sprayed on areas where they roam

* water bottle on "stream"

NOT RECOMMENDED:

*** chili powder, red crushed pepper, cayenne pepper (NOT recommended), it gets on the cat's paws then they wash themselves and they get it in their eyes, beware cats have literally scratched their eyes out because of this. Even if it's one cat out of 500 infected in this way, that's one too many for me.

*** Don't ever use mothballs or flakes. Those little toxic waste pellets destroy cats' kidney function, could seriously harm people who handle them, and yes, contaminate your own garden soil. Their packaging even warns against using them this way.

Answer 8

You provided a perfect pee spot for the cat.  Adding gravel to the area would reduce it to just pee, which isn't going to smell much at all.  You can also get a bag of lime and dust that over the p**p, which will control odor from that.  Or get a trowel and clean up any 'solids' and dump them in the garbage bin.

Answer 9

Yes--there's this stuff (I forget the name of it right now--sorry!) that has the pheromones from jungle cats--scares domestic cats away immediately (I used it to keep my cats from peeing on an indoor tree and it definitely scared them away--I had to reapply it every few days for a week or two but then their habits changed enough not to come back).