Cats using my yard as cat box.

[alligatorob]

We had a similar problem with a neighbor's cat. One day I caught it with a fish net and then sprayed it down real well and did a few other non destructive but terrorizing things to the cat and turned it loose. Never saw that cat again. Not only was it effective but there was something therapeutic about it for me, my anger seemed to go away with the cat.

 

[Ohiogal]

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?

Oh give me a break. If it were a dog would your answer be the same? Legally pet owners are responsible for the actions of their pets. Legally any damage a pet does, the owners are responsible for reimbursing the person who suffered said damage. If you own a cat you are responsible for it. Cats do not have an excuse to wander into other's yards just because their owners refuse to corral them.

 

[GulfBreeze]

We had a similar problem with a neighbor's cat. One day I caught it with a fish net and then sprayed it down real well and did a few other non destructive but terrorizing things to the cat and turned it loose. Never saw that cat again. Not only was it effective but there was something therapeutic about it for me, my anger seemed to go away with the cat.

I am not a cat lover but wow...hate to see how you disciplined your kids....

 

[CourtClerk]

We had a similar problem with a neighbor's cat. One day I caught it with a fish net and then sprayed it down real well and did a few other non destructive but terrorizing things to the cat and turned it loose. Never saw that cat again. Not only was it effective but there was something therapeutic about it for me, my anger seemed to go away with the cat.

ROTFLMAOOOOOOOOO Just after posting this, I walked downstairs and found one of the cats sitting on my livingroom floor, so not only are they walking around my patio, one is criminal trespassing.

I'm going to buy a fish net.

 

[GulfBreeze]

ROTFLMAOOOOOOOOO

I'm going to buy a fish net.

Wouldn't it be cheaper to just keep your screendoor/doors closed?

 

[msiron]

A number of years ago I had 2 cats constantly from my neighborhood doing this in my yard and spraying my deck door and corvette aluminum wheels in the driveway, (2 vettes) EVERY DAY, EVERY DAMN DAY. I would get out there on my hands and knees in the early morning cleaning, in tears and screaming at nobody, I was so mad. Then they mysteriously disappeared never to return.

Now that I have 2 dogs I still have cats that have the nerve to come in my yard but at least they're not sprayers.

Last fall my husband was walking my big female dog and this nasty tom cat followed my husband & dog home growling, attacking my husband & dog 3 times on the way home. He finally managed to pickup the dog and dropped kicked the cat who wouldn't give up. Then I watched that nasty tom, on-and-off from a window, sit in my yard growling and waiting for 3.5 hours. We were amazed at how long that tom sat in our yard.

 

[rjordan392]

It was not a personel attack. Your responce just shows your lack of understanding of how much work is involved in maintaining a beautiful lawn. There's a lot more to it then watering and throwing down fertilizer. Even if one does not have a lawn and cats still use the property to relieve themselves, then the offended party should not have to complain to the owner of the cat or have to purchase repellants for domestic animals because these owners know the law about letting their animals run loose. They let them run loose because they feel everybody else is doing it.

 

[poohluvr]

We currently have a family of cats that are using my mulch in the front flower beds as a litterbox. We can no longer sit out in front of our house because of the smell. It is not always about the beauty of a yard. I will now have to take the time and expense to change things out there.
Some cats will go out of their way to annoy you also. At our old house we had cats everywhere. I left my window down in my car and one got in and peed on a first aid box so we we were lucky that smell didn't stay in the car. A few months later I goofed and left a window open again. This time they pooped on a sack we had kid toys in. I never left a window open again. They got me again though by vomiting on top of the car......
I have never understood the logic some people use that a cat's nature is to wander and they don't have a leash law and should be allowed to wander. Last I knew dogs love to wander also, yet they have a law on them and you can be ticketed.
So I wonder what will happen the day my dog gets hold of one of them in my fenced in back yard. He does not like cats. He will tolerate our pet cat, but that is the only cat he will tolerate.
Btw, my cat stays in the house unless we are with her outside with her, and she has to stay in our yard.

 

[berlyn]

Hubby thinks I am nuts when we go to our weekend place. He loads up the dog and I load up the cat. Not only does kitty have his own crate, he has his own leash and harness. He does quite well on it. We just always wonder what the sightseers think when they drive by and we are all outside.

Now if only our neighbors would control their 3 loose dogs (2 being pit bull), who use our yard as a litterbox. That includes the sidewalks and concrete slabs

Cats learn quickly with the motion activated sprinkler or any water spray. If you include the fish net option they will never come back.

 

[brentnjill]

Do cats really pee on grass? I have never seen one do that. They usually do it on dirt.

I second that. Never in my life have I seen a cat pee in the grass. I was a little confused, as well, as to how these cats can be doing so much damage to all of these people's "newly sodded" lawns.

 

[berlyn]

I second that. Never in my life have I seen a cat pee in the grass. I was a little confused, as well, as to how these cats can be doing so much damage to all of these people's "newly sodded" lawns.

Mine do pee on/in the grass.
They dig/claw their "little hole", take care of business and cover it up or at least try too. Hence, why it's ruining the newly laid sod.

 

[ryefko]

Animal Cruelty

Whoever the A** was that suggested you trap them and drop them off in the woods...you should have your a** whipped. DON'T TRAP THEM!! OR TAKE TO HUMANE SOCIETY...THEY WILL KILL THEM, plus they are somebody's pets. Don't terrify these animals, just deter them. You can buy "Cat Away" spray. Spray it on paper towels and lay in the garden. They hate it and they will go elsewhere. You can also spray it on the plants. Don't be cruel to the animals. No lawn is worth terrorizing an animal.

 

[rjordan392]

Surely you jest.
If not, then the only alternative is to trap people like you and whip them instead.

 

[Ozark_Sophist]

Whoever the A** was that suggested you trap them and drop them off in the woods...you should have your a** whipped. DON'T TRAP THEM!! OR TAKE TO HUMANE SOCIETY...THEY WILL KILL THEM, plus they are somebody's pets. Don't terrify these animals, just deter them. You can buy "Cat Away" spray. Spray it on paper towels and lay in the garden. They hate it and they will go elsewhere. You can also spray it on the plants. Don't be cruel to the animals. No lawn is worth terrorizing an animal.

Trap them and take them to the Humane Society. If you know who the owner is, drop them a note. It many areas, it is unlawful to let the cat roam. It is cruel to let the animal roam freely because it exposes them to predation from dogs and birds of prey (yes, I have an indoor cat who is terrified of hawks--if an animal show is on and a bird calls out, the cat will jump and hide). It is also cruel to the millions of song birds, birds, rabbits, snakes, frogs, mice, etc that the cat kills (often just to kill). And also the four wheel cat killers.

A four-year old cousin (who is scared of all animals) was distraught because a house cat was killed by a car near her house. The cat lay beside the road for a week. Each time they drove by to the store or day care, she remarked the animal was still dead. Finally my aunt had enought and told my uncle to take a shovel and at least put the cat in the bushes. The next time they drove by, my cousin noticed the cat was gone and said, "Look mommy! The cat finally went to heaven!"

 

[ryefko]

Trapping is NOT the Answer

By the time the owner gets the "note", chances are the cat will be killed by the "Humane" Society. Talk with the neighbor, use the "Cat Away", but don't terrorize and traumatize these animals. They don't know any better. This is a definate "communicate with the owner", before that type of drastic action is taken. Drastic meaning having them hauled off to be killed.

Oh, and R.Jordan, perhaps you should be "dropped off in the woods" and I could watch you become disoriented, terrified and drop weight from lack of food and water until you die. Yes, that sounds entertaining. I will send you a box to have yourself dumped and hauled away in (to a remote, undisclosed location to you or your family).