Cat repellant

[zoom-zoom]

Call your landlord.

Yep. This should not be your issue to deal with. Plus your neighbor is a pig. We have 4 cats, but we don't let them outdoors. #1 it's not safe for the cats and #2 any roaming pet is somebody else's nuisance.

[Irulan]

Yep. This should not be your issue to deal with. Plus your neighbor is a pig. We have 4 cats, but we don't let them outdoors. #1 it's not safe for the cats and #2 any roaming pet is somebody else's nuisance.

I sure wish more cat owners had your attitude.

If the talking to the landlord doesn't work I'd contact your local animal control and find out what exactly your right are. Maybe you can put out a humane trap and turn them into animal control where they'll have to be ransomed out.

/oops, you said they WATCH their cats do it? That might not work. I"d bag the poo up and hand ti to them in a brown paper bag and say, "I think you forgot something". Disgusting pigs.

[badger]

as much as it may attract what you're trying to deter, I do like the idea of giving them a sand box or a patch of area where they can dig (that's if they're really made by cats). Repelling won't work, so might as well lure them to a spot where they'll keep their goodies away from your feet!! And when it's full, like others said, scoop them up in a bag and hand them to the owner.

[Irulan]

as much as it may attract what you're trying to deter, I do like the idea of giving them a sand box or a patch of area where they can dig (that's if they're really made by cats). Repelling won't work, so might as well lure them to a spot where they'll keep their goodies away from your feet!! And when it's full, like others said, scoop them up in a bag and hand them to the owner.

I really don't get why one would enable these people. That is so being a doormat to the situation.

OP refers to feral cats, also. That is definitely a situation where you should be able to either call in the animal control people to, or get a humane trap from them. I am a huge fan of supporting animal control laws, and my rights as citizen/taxpayer to not have unlicensed, unsupervised roaming "pets" in my yard.

[zoom-zoom]

I sure wish more cat owners had your attitude.

As do I. We have more than a few roamers in our neighborhood...they like to spray around our doors and under our windows, which agitates our indoor cats, then they feel the need to retaliate to protect their territory. Years ago it was really bad. There were at least a dozen cats wandering around, including a mama and her feral kittens. We have a neighbor a few blocks away who has a "free kittens" sign in their yard at least 2x/year, every year. I want to kick these people where it hurts most.

[deeaimond]

wow. That was alot of posts, looks like i am not the only one who has problems with cats. in response to some ideas

landlord - no landlord. This is the land of public housing (80% nationally i think) apartments are owner occupied mostly.

'my' yard - we don't actually have a yard. We just happen to be on the ground floor so there is a patch of grass in front of my door. It's state property. So no fencing. We just put plants there so it feels like there is some greenery.

why i don't call the pest control people - because ultimately i still need to live next to these people, and they do love their cats, they're just not very educated about keeping them as pets. Same way i don't want the AVA (agro-vet authorities) to come take away my dog coz people say she barks and runs out without a leash sometimes (we do have a dog license but if we break the laws and people complain they can take her away.) And i will feel bad for the cats, they don't do anything wrong.

The point about the soil makes sense i didn't really think of that before, the cat **** smell got stronger only in recent months even though the cats have been here for ages. they used to do it in the flowerpots, but we put thorny branches in them. The two trees in front got really big and the grass in the middle areas has gotten really bare, maybe its the patches of bare soil that the cats are using. (and then the ones I step on must be the kind parcels left by some people walking their dogs - i know who these people are but we can't stop them)

I read something on the internet about a citrus spray I can make from peels, and maybe i'll try a chilli and garlic spray, like the cayenne pepper just around the perimeter or the exposed parts. Maybe call the town council to trim the trees so the grass will start growing again.

just one more thing so today on my way back to my place i saw the neighbour lady come out and so i tried to strike up a conversation with her and i was successful, so i kinda told her about her cats doing it in my patch and how i stepped on two turds that morning, and she kinda tried to deny it, but eventually she said she was sorry about it. I guess i'll see if she tries to keep her cats out of my patch from now on. (and maybe she won't get so indignant when my dog runs out occasionally when we open the gate since same like her cats doing it all over I 'can't really help it')

[lph]

hey, good news on the neighbour interaction! Unless you create such a ruckus that you get them kicked out, you do have to live next to these people somehow.