Dealing with neighbourhood cats?

[Rangerscott]

Let your dogs out at night.

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by RACER X

trap them and take them to animal control.

I did this with my neighbor's cat. The problem was only resolved by her moving away. :/

[defector]

A mixture of white vinegar and cayenne pepper sprayed wherever they are shitting should do the trick. This is what my neighbor says (pest control guy).

[askmrjesus]

Hey, maybe Tommymac can hook you up...

JC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RuUh...eature=related

[OneSickPsycho]

Trap and release across town...

[AquaPython]

plants can work.

If you have stray cats in the area, the first step should be preventing more from moving in. If someone in the area feeds the cats, you may want to ask them to stop, explaining that the stray cats are causing problems for all of the neighbors. This will discourage more animals from appearing. Any strays which are currently setting up camp in the area should be trapped, altered, and vaccinated; you may be able to find a local humane association which will trap and relocate the cats for you, or at least provide grant money for altering the cats so that they will not breed.
There are also some steps which you can take to keep stray cats out of your yard and garden; these steps will also discourage neighborhood pets who may be making a nuisance of themselves as well. One way to do this is to make your garden hostile to cats, with no spaces to lounge or go to the bathroom.


You can plant things to discourage cats, such as geranium, pennyroyal, rue, lavender, garlic, lemon thyme, lemon verbena, and other strongly scented plants. You can also lay chicken wire in your flower beds, as cats dislike like walking on wire. In addition to chicken wire, you can use pine cones, nut shells, and short stakes to discourage cats from walking in your yard; cats also don't like walking on coffee grounds and eggshells, both of which happen to make great fertilizer.

[askmrjesus]

Then again...

JC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEZMc...eature=related

[derf]

Trap, then just go pity and check the trap every other week.

Or, a while ago someone posted up an automatic paintball gun that uses motion detection to target its victim

[the chi]

Hmmm, put up a sign in your yard for a few days, maybe a week. On it I'd say something like:

ATTN CAT OWNERS

I will begin trapping and relocating any cats found defecating and destroying my lawn. If you have cats, please consider keeping them inside to avoid any confusion/missing cats.

if you are on friendly terms with any of your neighbors, Id give them a personal heads up, but you are well within your rights to do whatever you want on your property and you've given the cat owners fair warning. If you trap and remove their cat, it becomes their fault for not obeying the laws. Most places leash laws pertain to cats too and they are in violation by not restricting their cats. If they pee on your car, I'd recommend electrifying the rims and metal pieces.

Problems like yours are the reason I dont believe in having outside cats in a city. At this point Im considering antifreeze and prime rib for the neighbors dogs...however they sleep later than I do so I am finding that letting my girls out at 5am is almost as disruptive to them as their dogs barking all day, evening and after Im already in bed trying to sleep.

[pauldun170]

Similar to Aquapython (pepper, orange peels.. simple stuff and it works)
http://www.cat-repellant.info/html/d...deterrents.htm

what also help is to find someone you dont like on the next block and spray chuck catnip pellets over their lawn.
Make the cats hate your property and love someone else's