What can I do about my yard smelling like cat urine and cat p**p?

Question

Our new house is next to a lady that owns 5 or more cats, and there is tons of cat p**p piled up next to my house. I shoveled about a dozen piles of it and threw it back into their yard as I was saying hi to the neighbor guy. The dirt smelled like cat pee, and it made me feel sick since I am pregnant. What can I do to keep these cats away, and to make my yard smell better?. Any good plant suggestions would help also.

The cats like to p**p and pee right under my diningroom window where our only shade is, and where the kids like to play. The smell makes me depressed and mad!!! It's not right when people make their neighbors suffer so they can hord animals.

Answer 1

Rick M, that was mr. antifreezes intention!

I agree with Rick, it's true, thats considered a public menace since its on YOUR property!

Answer 2

First of all let your husband clean up the cat poo cause cats can carry bad stuff for pregnant women  and secondly there is stuff you can buy at the store that will make cats stay away. (Usually cats cover their poo.  You are sure there isn't a dog anywhere around who is loose? ) There is a spray and you can spray it on your plants.  Or you can soak a rag in ammonia and leave it around in spots where the cats are going. They won't go near a strong ammonia smell.   Also you can run water over your plants outside to dissipate the smell of the urine.   Anyway, yuck that is pretty gross.  I am sorry you have to put up with living next to the crazy cat lady.  In our area we have a rule that you can only own two cats and two dogs at one time.  You might check into that where you live.

Answer 3

Fill three bowls with antifreeze set them around your yard I guarantee the smell will just go away

Answer 4

Be extremely careful about touching or cleaning up cat poo while you are pregnant.  You can get a very serious infection/parasite from cat poo which could endanger your unborn baby.  Contact the Cat protection society and ask them for hints about what you can do about the neighbours cats.  Get cat repellent from your hardware and see if you can get an electronic repeller also. Good luck and be careful.

Answer 5

get rid of your cats

Answer 6

Unfortunately, your going to upset your neighbor. Keeping cats out of your yard is near impossible, but this will work. Go to your local Animal Control and they will issue you a cat trap. Every time you trap a cat, they will pick-up the animal and the trap can be reset. If you keep it stealthy...your neighbor won't know who is turning in her cats. But the Animal Control will notify her when her cats arrive to the shelter. After she pays the fines several times...she'll start being more responsible. I just read the othe advice about leaving out antifreeze...NO, that will kill them.

Answer 7

Be careful around the cat poo.  You could get toxoplasmosis which could cause birth defects.  Let someone else clean it up.