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Cats using my yard as cat box.
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A cat does pretty much what he wants to do. You got to catch them in the act. A garden hose will work well.
Ozark_Sophist
Senior Member
Trap and take them to the humane society. Ok, I have a bias against bird killers.
rjordan392
Member
Just write a letter to the offenders owner stating the damage to your lawn and garden and would they please put a harness on their pets to keep them on their own property or keep them indoors.
Do not add any words that may sound threatining. If the owner don't comply, then put out a trap with some milk. when you trap one, take it for long ride and release it into the woods somewhere and hope it does not find its way back.
The local spca would probally frown on you for dropping cats off and may not take them.
The local enforcement may not want to get involved with this and basically you are on your own. But you also have the right to protect your property; so I would not fear about breaking the law in trapping domestic animals. If someone complains; thats about as far as it will probally go as you can show the damage their animals are causing. Pet owners can be held liable for damage their pets are causing if you want to pursue it. They do not have the right to let their animals run loose.
Do not add any words that may sound threatining. If the owner don't comply, then put out a trap with some milk. when you trap one, take it for long ride and release it into the woods somewhere and hope it does not find its way back.
The local spca would probally frown on you for dropping cats off and may not take them.
The local enforcement may not want to get involved with this and basically you are on your own. But you also have the right to protect your property; so I would not fear about breaking the law in trapping domestic animals. If someone complains; thats about as far as it will probally go as you can show the damage their animals are causing. Pet owners can be held liable for damage their pets are causing if you want to pursue it. They do not have the right to let their animals run loose.
GulfBreeze
Member
no different than wild birds usingyour tree as their house. cats are known to wander yard to yard. maybe some buckshot would do the trick....FETA might take offense to that though. Get a large dog and see if that helps....lol
GulfBreeze
Member
btw, how much urine and poop can 3 cats do even if your yard was the only one they preferred to relieve themselves in? Frankly, i have better things to do with my time then to be standing watch over my yard for possible intruders (the feline variety).
rjordan392
Member
On the other hand, others got even better things to do like maintaining a beautiful lawn and garden thats threaten by cats and dogs mostly. Obviously, you don't care about how your property looks. But I do and 20% of my lawn (new sod) has been destroyed by cats.
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brentnjill
Junior Member
Harness a cat?!
How about instead of looking at the so-called damage these cats are doing to your yard, try looking at the positives! The keep your beds fertilized and they may be keeping your house and yard free of mice and rats. Do you complain when you see a squirrel run up your tree, too?
Ozark_Sophist
Senior Member
How about looking at the numbers of dead cats and dogs because owners neglected them by running them loose? In most places I have lived, it is illegal and neglectful to let a cat roam loose. Lease laws apply to cats as well. I trap cats and take them to the Humane Society for a number of reasons, including the fact I prefer songbirds to cats, I prefer rabbits to cats, I prefer to leave the rats and rabbits to hawks and snakes (natural predators), I prefer not to expose myself or my family to the diseases spread by domestic cat waste in flower beds, etc.
CourtClerk
Senior Member
Isn't there some stuff you can lay down and it will burn their butts if they try to use the restroom on your lawn?
I happen to be severly allergic to cat dander and there are a couple of cats that wander into my patio and up to my door. A thrown shoe at the door usually works, but that garden hose is a doozy!
I vote for the garden hose.
I happen to be severly allergic to cat dander and there are a couple of cats that wander into my patio and up to my door. A thrown shoe at the door usually works, but that garden hose is a doozy!
I vote for the garden hose.
rjordan392
Member
A little education on cats & Dogs and fertilizer is needed here.
Cat and dog feces and urine on your lawn and garden is like putting down pure 100% pure nitrogen fertilizer. In this instance, it is too much and will burn your lawn and garden plants. Most fertilizers are bagged with the ingrediants listed as a percent of the contents. The bags should indicate and some don't, just how much by weight to use, based on the square footage of your garden or lawn. The recommended application of pure nitrogen fertilizer is 3.5 lbs. per 1000 square feet over the season. For a 250 square area, the application would be 3.5/1000 = .0035 times 250 = 0.88 lbs. You must not put it all down in one application but spread it out over at least 4 applications.
But the fertilizer most people buy is not pure nitrogen. So one has to multiply the weight of a new bag by the percentage listed on nitrogen content and this give you the nitrogen content. With this information, you can determine how much fertilizer by weight to use to provide the the needs of the lawn for 4 applications totaling 0.88 lbs per season based on a 250 square foot area.
So people who like to maintain a great looking lawn want to keep animals off it as much as possible. In my neighborhood cats are a much bigger problem and I plan to set a trap.
The offending owner was delivered a letter advising them of the damage being caused her cat and I have seen this cat a few times using my lawn. The owner still has not taken the hint to keep the cat harnessed or kept indoors.
It is also not the healthist attitude to take about cat and dog remains because their mess attracts flies and would you know where that fly (thats on your food) was before you ate it.
Cat and dog feces and urine on your lawn and garden is like putting down pure 100% pure nitrogen fertilizer. In this instance, it is too much and will burn your lawn and garden plants. Most fertilizers are bagged with the ingrediants listed as a percent of the contents. The bags should indicate and some don't, just how much by weight to use, based on the square footage of your garden or lawn. The recommended application of pure nitrogen fertilizer is 3.5 lbs. per 1000 square feet over the season. For a 250 square area, the application would be 3.5/1000 = .0035 times 250 = 0.88 lbs. You must not put it all down in one application but spread it out over at least 4 applications.
But the fertilizer most people buy is not pure nitrogen. So one has to multiply the weight of a new bag by the percentage listed on nitrogen content and this give you the nitrogen content. With this information, you can determine how much fertilizer by weight to use to provide the the needs of the lawn for 4 applications totaling 0.88 lbs per season based on a 250 square foot area.
So people who like to maintain a great looking lawn want to keep animals off it as much as possible. In my neighborhood cats are a much bigger problem and I plan to set a trap.
The offending owner was delivered a letter advising them of the damage being caused her cat and I have seen this cat a few times using my lawn. The owner still has not taken the hint to keep the cat harnessed or kept indoors.
It is also not the healthist attitude to take about cat and dog remains because their mess attracts flies and would you know where that fly (thats on your food) was before you ate it.
Ozark_Sophist
Senior Member
If I lived in town, I would vote for the motion activated sprinkler.
A motion activated sprinkler is a great and humane idea. There are probably cat-repellant sprays that you can get at your local pet store. The cats' owners should pay for it, of course, if you are willing to put it around the area where the cats are going. Talk to them - the owners, not the cats. Actually, you could talk to the cats, too. They really don't recognize human boundaries like fences or property lines.
GulfBreeze
Member
Do cats really pee on grass? I have never seen one do that. They usually do it on dirt.
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