How to Stop the Cat ****ing on The New Lawn
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Just had a new lawn laid at vast expense and already its getting ruined by the cat pissing on it. Dead brown circles all over it. Any ideas how to make the lawn a less attractive toilet than elsewhere. And before anyone suggests it, having it put down is already not an option.
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Edited by Spydaman on Tuesday 28th June 07:14
Cat's just doing what comes naturally. If you kill it (a) there will nothing to sit on your lap and purr when it's dark and you can't see the lawn anyway, (b) something else will knacker the lawn.
How about trying to attract it away with a nice are of freshly dug soil? They love a bit of tilth for their filth
Another option is to nip out and hose the area copiously with water as soon as possible; then the nitrogen/hormones etc are diluted safely.
How about trying to attract it away with a nice are of freshly dug soil? They love a bit of tilth for their filth
Another option is to nip out and hose the area copiously with water as soon as possible; then the nitrogen/hormones etc are diluted safely.
This afternoon I popped into my local Garden Centre to buy something to prevent next-door's moggy from using my rose bed as her loo. I bought some sort of pepper thing, which I then spread all round the roses. Half an hour later the cat turned up. Looked at me, had a purr, then went straight to the roses and did her business. 
nitsypee said:
This afternoon I popped into my local Garden Centre to buy something to prevent next-door's moggy from using my rose bed as her loo. I bought some sort of pepper thing, which I then spread all round the roses. Half an hour later the cat turned up. Looked at me, had a purr, then went straight to the roses and did her business.
When you prune the roses, spread the clippings out over the rose bed. I had the same issue with neighbours' cats in my flower bed (then lawn) and it was the only thing I found to work. I tried putting bark down, they just dug into that, then I put green chicken wire down and they just went on top of that for a bit then they started digging up the lawn! Even the lion poo stuff doesn't work if they can smell existing cat poo in the area.I also scare any cats out of the garden if I see any in there, even if they're just passing through.
Guess that's not much help for your own cat though!
Enclose the garden with a wire mesh fence including the top
KrazyIvan said:
Just use a water pistol, it does no lasting damage to the moggy and it will soon get the idea after 3 or 4 days of it.
Won't make any difference, have been using a water pistol on our cats for nearly 3 years now. 3 or 4 days lol
Bit of an update. We got a storage box, filled it with earth and put it outside by the back door. The cat used a couple of time but preferred the grass. Changed the earth for kitty litter and it's used it again. The plan now is to put it by the back door but indoors and hopefully it'll prefer to use it all the time. A pain but the cat is getting old so it wont be for too long.
Touching.We have two cats. One will only go in the flower beds, so he needs to be let out every time he needs to go. The other will only go in the litter tray, so always needs to be let in when she needs to go. Both need to go in the middle of the night if they are nowhere near their preferred toilet.
I don't even like cats.
I don't even like cats.
nomisesor said:
That'd frighten the bejeebuz out of me, I can't even begin to imagine the things it'd to do a cat.
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