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    Posted: 15 April 2010 at 4:09am
We have a major issue with neighbourhood cats targetting and using our lawn as a toileting spot atm!

Anyone know of anything I can do to deter them from doing so? Perhaps something I could sprinkle over the lawn ...or something, anything to scare them away?

Totally at my wits end and sick of having to pick up cat poo, and DS ALWAYS manages to stand right in the damn stuff before I spot them ....
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I think Cayenne pepper sprinkled over might help. I have been told it so many times but have never tried it.
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some people use 2 litre coke bottles filled with water as a deterant


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Ive seen the coke bottle thing too - Im sure there are deterent powders or pellet things you can get too.

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Oh geez, i had same problem in my last house! Didn't help that our pathway looked like kitty litter, grrrr. I have heard that lemon rhinds can help.

I went out and brought some fancy stuff you put through your garden and grass but I think the cats just laughed at me and shat even more!

If all else fails buy a water gun


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Water bottles are a big myth. Maybe ask at a pet store?

Google says red pepper flakes, but I'd watch out with DS with that one or sprinklers & turn them on when you see a cat about. Or another one says moth balls.
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There is stuff you can buy. I've heard cats hate citrus. It's certainly true in the case of our cat.

Can't really help as we have a cat so no other cats poo in our garden.

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They had an interview not long ago with the guy who started the plastic bottle on the lawn thing. He said it with a joke on a radio show one day and it spread like wild fire, it is a complete hoax. I can't believe people actually believed it though, I mean how could it possibly work?

Citrus & Cayenne pepper both work but are a pain. The only way is to make the area unplesant for them basically. And they love grass.....
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I think having a sprinkler would be the best idea. They probably do it at night so you could just turn it on before u go to bed?

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Is the grass long? I find we only have a problem with cats doing it in the grass when its long, so we keep the grass really short and they stay off it and do it in the garden or on the bark path instead
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There are sprays you can get from the Garden Centre that deter cats and dogs.
Not sure on price or how kid-friendly they are but we used to sell a lot when I worked at one.
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