How do you stop cats crapping in your garden?

dowie said:
Yes its absolutely terrible - just look at the cat he looks so distressed....
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It's quite hard to spot distress in cats, they can be pretty ill and not show a sign, you can in fact poison them with antifreeze and for them to not show any symptoms until it's almost too... ...wait, why am I telling you this, you already know, silly me :o

Anyway, a hunting animal on a lead, 10 minutes outside, that's never going to be healthy is it? Let's not use Americans as a guideline for sane behaviour,
I don't even put a lead on my dog.
 
Anyway, a hunting animal on a lead, 10 minutes outside, that's never going to be healthy is it? Let's not use Americans as a guideline for sane behaviour,
I don't even put a lead on my dog.
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erm a dog would be a 'hunting animal' too no? FWIW its generally a good idea to put a dog on a lead when not in a park etc... quite irresponsible to not do so regardless of any naive views you may have that your dog wouldn't do anything....
 
dowie said:
erm a dog would be a 'hunting animal' too no? FWIW its generally a good idea to put a dog on a lead when not in a park etc... quite irresponsible to not do so regardless of any naive views you may have that your dog wouldn't do anything....
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You can walk a dog for hours, cats stop when they get to the edge of their territory.
I live in the country, dog walks to heel, stops when I say so (and hides behind me if anyone approaches :o)

LOL @ being lectured by a freaky animal hater about animals :D
 
Serious post omg!!

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgu...a=X&ei=z3zYT_m5LeTE0QWArcWKBA&ved=0CBgQ9QEwAw

There are some photos in the thread of a system that has poles that roll so the cats can't grip them.
I am sure it would cost a few £ especially if you had large boundary, but I actually like the look wierdly and if it kept cats out (or in) then seems fine.

Now with a system such as this available for most owners they should be able to pen in their own cats to avoid the straying vermin. But I would bet my last $ that most would not, as cats are inherantly the animals selected by the lazy and/or selfish as they want a pet but not most of the upkeep.
 
Not sure if this has been mentioned before as not read entire thread...

A friend of mine had a similar problem and he decided that since cats are territorial he'd mark his own territory with his urine. Gathering a decent amount in a bottle and marking out a perimeter along with any areas where the cat likes to take a dump.

He swears this approach worked but I have no first hand evidence to back up his claim.

Possibly worth a shot? :D
 
pooey said:
Not sure if this has been mentioned before as not read entire thread...

A friend of mine had a similar problem and he decided that since cats are territorial he'd mark his own territory with his urine. Gathering a decent amount in a bottle and marking out a perimeter along with any areas where the cat likes to take a dump.

He swears this approach worked but I have no first hand evidence to back up his claim.

Possibly worth a shot? :D
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I think i pointed out earlier that it isn't just water that can be put into water bombs **use imagination**.

If you come up with the correct solution its a bit more direct than marking your borders ;)
 
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