I have a horseshoe pit in my back yard. The neigbors cat uses it as a litter box. Help!

Question

I don't want to cover it, need other alternatives

Answer 1

tell your neighbors to keep their cat out of your backyard, politley.  Or fence it up

Answer 2

OK that is FUNNY!!!!!! Does it have litter in it lol Tell your neibor to get an outside litterbox for their cat..... Wow that is funny

Answer 3

There are quite a lot of different things you can buy over the counter to keeps cats of your plants, grass and other out door things. Have a look on the shelves , it will be with things like slug and ant killer ect. it comes in small pellets or a powder form. For now try pepper or curry powder because cats are clean and like to cover what they have done but the pepper and curry powder gets up their nose when they snif and try and cover. This normally stops them

Answer 4

Suggest that the cats' people establish a similar arrangement in their yard.  It is to be hoped the cats will make the new horseshoe theirs.  

Please be patient and kind with the cats -- and with the people.  The people, however, can stand a little more assertiveness than you would show to the animals.

If you keep in mind that cats are tantamount to perennial three-year-olds, you'll resist legislating to them.  Save that for the people, please.  Thanks.

Answer 5

Some cats object to the smell of citrus and hot peppers, others ignore it completley.

Try a sprinkler with a motion sensor.  

Here are some ideas about keeping cats out of your yard completely.

http://landscaping.about.com/od/pestcont...

If you don't want to cover it, chances are, you'll need to get a good rake.  Cats can be persistent about a good sand pit.

Answer 6

Use an automatic sprinkler system.  Cats don't like being sprayed with water.