Any recommendations for cat repellant?

[snowman]

Recently I had three stumps ground in my yard, and have filled in the holes with new topsoil. There are a few cats in the neighborhood, and I believe that at least one is discovering that it is much easier to dig his/her latrines in the new soil than elsewhere. I'm wondering if any of you has had success with any product(s) which would discourage cats from making their restroom facilities where you don't want them. Walmart has about half a dozen choices of course, and I'm sure there are other possibilities too. Any experience to share?

As always, I'm grateful for your help.
Andy

 

[Doug627]

A big dog.

 

[Bozz10mm]

Some kind of mesh wire or grated metal buried an inch or so under the soil will discourage them from digging and allow the grass to grow up through it eventually. Maybe even chain link fencing would work.

 

[Targets Guy]

Ours love to lay on newly sowed grass patches. Now that I have mowed them twice the cats have lost interest. (mowed the grass patches not the cats)

 

[harleyvato]

I've never tried it but have heard pouring some ammonia on an area can keep them away.

 

[Jim R]

Mothballs work great. We have been using them for years. They also work to keep out deer.

 

[rburg]

Try people tuna, like Starkist.

 

[Bro. Dave]

After living in the country and dealing with feral cats, I'm embarrassed to say my first thought was a suppressed .22 subsonic. Sounds about like a pellet gun; the neighbors undisturbed.

Sorry, but unrepentant.

Edited to add: I absolutely do not endorse killing your neighbor's pets!

 

[venomballistics]

Kids ... age 9 months to 5 years.
Cats can't get away fast enough if they can get away at all.

 

[Arik]

Water

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[lrrifleman]

I use a product called "Shake Away". It is a shaker dispenser type product. The one to keep cats away is a coyote/fox urine granule. It is supposed to make cats think that predators are in the area. I found that it does work.

If my father was still alive, he would suggest a fine mesh wire connected to a Model A coil (I think any coil would work) over the bare spot. Works on drunks taking an unwanted leak, also!

 

[Onomea]

We used a product called Critter Ridder to discourage neighborhood cats. Not cheap, but seems to work.

 

[Rpg]

Try setting a few mousetraps on the area.

The cat won't be back after tripping one.

 

[M E Morrison]

Recently I had three stumps ground in my yard, and have filled in the holes with new topsoil. There are a few cats in the neighborhood, and I believe that at least one is discovering that it is much easier to dig his/her latrines in the new soil than elsewhere. I'm wondering if any of you has had success with any product(s) which would discourage cats from making their restroom facilities where you don't want them. Walmart has about half a dozen choices of course, and I'm sure there are other possibilities too. Any experience to share?

As always, I'm grateful for your help.
Andy

22LR hollow points?

 

[BigCityChief]

Fox urine - available in suburban/rural garden centers.


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[Biggfoot44]

Dog with attitude.

 

[okiegtrider]

https://www.rodentsheriff.com/

Because we know varmints would never dare to cross a line of green blobs sprayed on the ground.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

CCI "quiets"??????

 

[the ringo kid]

Recently I had three stumps ground in my yard, and have filled in the holes with new topsoil. There are a few cats in the neighborhood, and I believe that at least one is discovering that it is much easier to dig his/her latrines in the new soil than elsewhere. I'm wondering if any of you has had success with any product(s) which would discourage cats from making their restroom facilities where you don't want them. Walmart has about half a dozen choices of course, and I'm sure there are other possibilities too. Any experience to share?

As always, I'm grateful for your help.
Andy

Dogs are a great Cat repellant.

Problem solved.

 

[Doug627]

A slingshot. The ultimate quiet solution.

 

[the ringo kid]

I've never tried it but have heard pouring some ammonia on an area can keep them away.

That works and I have heard that that will permanently mess up their smelling capability. Dunno if true or not? but is what ive heard.

 

[inspcalahan]

Don't even need those expensive hollow points. Good old ball ammo works just fine...Gotta run quiet..don't want to disturb the neighbors.

 

[snowman]

Thanks for the suggestions. One of the cats in the area I call The Landlady. I think she owns 5 or 6 properties in this corner of town -takes siestas on porches, inspects flower beds, gives birth under shrubs, etc. If she is using my old stump sites and I keep her away, I may receive an eviction notice.

Andy

 

[ParadiseRoad]

 

[M E Morrison]

Now that's an EVIL Elmer.......
The sight ought to scare everything off your lawn - even more so than Clint Eastwood and his M1.

 

[RobertJ.]

After living in the country and dealing with feral cats, I'm embarrassed to say my first thought was a suppressed .22 subsonic. Sounds about like a pellet gun; the neighbors undisturbed.

Sorry, but unrepentant.

Edited to add: I absolutely do not endorse killing your neighbor's pets!

I must be a country boy too, because, even though I certainly don't recommend it in this case, my first thought was a .22!

I love animals, but a pest is a pest.

My dad would have said, "They make a pill for cats like that. A .22 bullet."

Again, though, that's probably not the way you'd want to handle this problem.

 

[EugeneNine]

https://hackaday.com/2016/07/08/neural-network-targets-cats-with-a-sprinkler-system/

 

[soFlaNative]

I keep a Crossman .177 pump handy a BB with 2-3 pumps depending on the range is discouraging. Pretty much the equivalent of a finger flick I won't take the shot unless I can hit them in the flank.

I went to the dollar store and found cheap cayenne powder, chili powder and red pepper flakes and sprinkled a bit around their hidey holes and paths through the yard. Worked well, I can walk outside in the morning and not smell cat spray.

 

[Sevens]

All these replies but the FIRST one I've seen that has a really friendly and low-impact, low-cost and benign suggestion is the one directly above my post.

It's the chili powder.

Spread a slew of it all over the area and any/every cat that enters that spot will get chili powder on his feet. No way out of it.

And the same cat will bathe itself shortly after getting any of it on their feet. And during that process, the cat will quickly put 2 & 2 together and never set foot on that spot again, for fear of chili powder on their feet.

Nobody has to get shot, nobody ends up with an MWAG call, no cats have to be physically harmed, and it's extremely low cost and doesn't require monitoring and elaborate planning.

 

[JayFramer]

You need a big 'ol dawg to run out them cats. Mm hm.