Neighborhood cats shit right in the middle of my lawn. It stinks and the robot lawn mover makes it even worse.
I do NOT like cats, and this is not helping.
What works to keep them from shitting on my lawn?
The votes have spoken. Some people are cat lovers; thanks for the great advice from the rest of you! I will not go out of my way to accommodate other people’s pets that aren’t welcome on my property. My first weapon of choice will be chili because it’s simple and cheap. Other ideas have been noted.
Cats are territorial, you have to take a bigger shit on top of theirs to show dominance.
This guy dominates.
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Robot lawnmower… Damn
It’s like an outdoor Roomba. Very common in Europe, nothing special at all.
“nothing special at all” he says…
I grew up using a push mower.
So did I. Now I am old, and will enjoy the modern world.
Until the robot hits a cat turd you could have seen.
I mean, good for you and your good luck in finances. This isn’t something we can all afford, though. A lot of my neighbors used rusty reel mowers growing up. Even the gas variants were out of reach.
My daughter has two reel mowers. (She had one, and I gave her mine.)
They don’t get used much though, it’s more for nostalgia along with my scythe.
I feel like this can’t possibly be true… The cheapest one I can find is $650. Like, these are not affordable for most folks.
You say that like Europe isn’t comprised of like 50 countries and near a billion people
I’m from the UK and I’ve never seen an automatic lawnmower unless it was on tv
But all the EU countries got one for christm… Oh…
Lawn mover!
Sprinkle catnip all over a neighbor you don’t like (the owner?) yard.
Maybe that’s what the neighbour did to op lol
All these psychopaths saying kill the cat or catch it and relocate it are fucking deranged. Talk to the owners if you know who it is… firstly, I’m sure they would at least be receptive to the problem and if they’re not then maybe look into legal outlets. If you’ve gone out of your way to post on lemmy you’re technically savvy enough to look up local laws. people have also posted actual remediation methods that aren’t terrible and could actually improve your lawn in some scenarios as well so maybe try those out if you’re into them.
I’m positive that no one wants to lose a pet in any capacity. Just some simple communication with the owners could solve this, and if not, there are other options.
Sorry you’re going through this though, shit sucks. Pun intended.
I can 100% guarantee you that the owners will just be extremely confused about the idea that people might not want other people’s “pets” in their yard. I can 100% guarantee you that the response will just be “well it’s a cat.”
And it means that if something ever happens to this small animal, OP will get blamed for it if he says anything to the neighbors.
100%?
Yeah, I’ve dealt with this situation before. People who let cats roam free like this seem to live in a world where there is precisely one socially acceptable exception to otherwise generally accepted neighborly decorum - cats. Suggesting that you don’t want their cat on your property makes you the asshole in their eyes, because they literally cannot comprehend any solution to the problem. Obviously the sky is blue, and cats are allowed to shit wherever they want. Thus spake the toxoplasmosis.
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Cats hate citrus peels and red pepper/chili powder or flakes. They will stay away.
I’m sure a lawn mower wouldn’t turn that into a war crime. I’m sure their neighbors would have no problem with this.
Accept that animals shit outside.
Cool, Imma just let a dog shit on your lawn and when you get annoyed you can just accept that dogs shit outside.
I’ve already accepted that animals shit outside. Why would it upset me?
Doubt it. You’d 100% be telling someone to clean up their dog shit.
Also, the shit is only a small aspect of the disrespect and neglect people push on their outdoor cats.
I cannot fathom the low intelligence required when it comes to people not understanding why you should have cats unmonitored, unleashed and roaming free.
Oh the shock and horror, the animal that hasn’t been fully domesticated yet likes to be outside. Just because you let your cat go outside doesn’t mean you’re neglecting it.
There are 5 basic welfare needs: suitable environment, suitable diet, need to be housed with or without other animals (species specific), need to be protected from suffering/disease and the need to show natural behaviours. Sure most of them can be met indoors but you can’t provide a suitable environment or let them show natural behaviours unless you allow them to go outside when they need to or you live in a mansion that’s big enough for a cat to fill it’s territorial range.
Cool, so they are not domesticated so we should consider them pests and have the population culled because it’s an invasive species. Thanks
So all non domesticated animals are pests now? What about geese? Or deer? Are they all pests? They’re invasive species in certain countries too.
Doubt it. You’d 100% be telling someone to clean up their dog shit.
I’m glad you and the fictional version of me you’ve constructed can carry on this conversation without my continued involvement.
Don’t need your involvement to know you’re full of shit and that if your lawn was covered in dogshit from your neighbours that you wouldn’t be pissed off.
I don’t care if an animal shits on my lawn. I’m not rolling round on it, and I’m not super precious about my bougie lawnmower like OP.
Are you incapable of imagining that there are people out there who aren’t joyless karens?
Tf are you talking about joyless…there is no joy in someone being careless with their ‘pet’ and neglecting them while letting them roam because look how cute fluffy is.
motion detection water sprinkler?
- might be the most harmless and probably affordable
That seems like the way to go for sure. On top of being affordable, it’s quick to set up, safe, should work quickly, and can quickly be taken down to return the lawn to normal. Or quickly put back in place if necessary.
This is the one. If you’re tech-savvy you could probably find a way to activate a cheap wifi valve based on motion detection from your camera. Otherwise, there’s this: https://www.orbitonline.com/products/yard-enforcer-motion-activated-sprinkler
Get a dog
There was an old woman who purchased a dog.
Plant some lemongrass.
When that shows to only be partially effective, accept the fact that you can’t control the ongoings of the world in every fashion.
Don’t some varieties of Lemon Grass kill cats? Something about shutting down their liver if eaten.
Go with it, not against it. Make a small sandbox. Cat would favour that as a toilet over anything else.
Go with what…continuing to allow people to have strays? No thanks… relocate the cat or give it to the SPCA to be sold to someone who ACTUALLY cares about the animals wellbeing.
Don’t cater to neglectful owners by providing places for them to shit in the wild. Disgusting
We bought a couple of plants that have a smell that allegedly repels cats and other animals and had good results planting them around our patches. But we also left the dog in the garden more often which might have helped even more. The plants are called plectranthus ornatus … but there are others which might also work: https://horticulture.co.uk/cat-deterrent-plants/
Find the owner and tell them the cat is shitting on your property. If they tell you to pound sand, call city/county animal control to see what your options are. Alternatively, pick the shit up before your robot lawnmower runs it over.
Plant non toxic cat repellant plants:
Look up ultrasonic animal repeller. I’ve never used one, but it may work for you. It makes a high pitch noise that should stop cats and other animals from wandering into your yard.
Hypersonic deterrence have never been proven to work.
I’m skeptical about how well those things work. There are a few houses with them on our walking route, and they definitely bother me much more than my dog. He couldn’t care less about the noise, while it gives me a headache. Maybe cats would be more sensitive to the noise than my dog, but like I said, I’m skeptical.
I’m the same as you, I find them really painful, I think people don’t realise how much these can affect humans.
My neighbors across the street got those as a deer repellent for their garden.
Although it was pointed out of the garden toward the street. So whenever it triggered we could definitely hear it in our living room. They ended up taking down after I talked with them and it wasn’t really keeping the deer away anyway.
Yeah, I saw pictures of how Roomba smeared dog shit all over the floor once, so I can imagine how a robot lawn mower could make it worse
