have a word with neighbour re cat?

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my neighbours cat (i know its their cat because i've found his furballs around when cleaning up) has been pooing all over my front lawn for a while, i tried a sonic cat repeller but i think the cat is too old to hear it. now, the cat is not even bothering to cover it up in the dirt and when i looked online to find out any tips etc some people suggested that there may be something wrong with the cat and the best thing is to talk to the owner. have just done so, well it was just a quick minute to ask after the cat and explain my concern and she didn't look very happy. they are really lovely people and i wouldn't want to upset them but i'm getting a bit tired of cleaning it up now. was i being unreasonable?

I think a reasonable outcome would be for them to come round and clear it up actually - having a pet is a responsibility, and just because cats are considered free roamers doesn't preclude your neighbours from dealing with the results. Apart from anything, good neighbourliness dictates that they should do what they can to remedy a problem being caused by a member of their household.

citronella will work. You could try zesting some fruit and sprinkling that in your lawn? Cats don't like to be watched, you could install a security light so it's not dark?

Also white pepper works. Just sprinkle it about.

very strong chilli powder?

If it's an old cat, she may not be able to smell all that well either. But I agree that citrus is to cats as garlic is to vampires.

jkklpu chilli powder would make a cat very ill, likewise white pepper is so fine it would stick to the cats fur and make him ill, ground black pepper works better, as it smells stronger so cat wont go near enough to come to harm, i have cats and have told my neighbour if ashe sees one of my cats doing its business in her garden to just let me know and i go round and clear it up simples its my cats mess so i am responsible for it but if you cant get her to do that citronella or lemon juice works very well

Suggestion? for your neighbours? cheap grow bag , cats love peaty soil and they use it again and again.

Is the garden south facing? Get a clear plastic bottle (like cola), half fill with water, seal and leave on grass. The sun reflects in the water and makes the cats uneasy.

However if the cat is that old, it's sight could be impaired...

'Tis interesting.
If a dog were to poo on someone's lawn, there'd be uproar.
Even dog owners would be saying it's completely out of order to let the dog crap there, and the very least the owner should do is clean it up.

It's a cat. So a lot of the responses are 'I don't know what they are supposed to do about it.'

I know there are differences between cats and dogs (one should never be out unsupervised, should be well trained, the other 'has natural instincts' and cannot be managed in the same way) but it is interesting, the difference that the type of animal pooing generates in terms of the responses you get.

well - are you absolutely sure it's their cat? Are there any other cats in the area? Not unreasonable for them to clean up after their cat, but very tricky to prove it is their cat. Also, if it wasn't theirs - it would be someone else's, I'm afraid. Cats don't discriminate and unlike dogs, they are nigh on impossible to train.

Thing is, cats are possible to train.
It's just we don't tend to bother, or think it's worth it.
I've worked for years with a huge range of animals. You can actually train things like crocodiles even. So cats are more than possible.
It's more that as a society, we think of cats as the pets you get if you don't want to do the training and that we just need to accept that they poo where they like.
I don't know how you go about it (changing the attitude of society), but there's really no reason, to my mind, why I should have to put up with cat poo on my lawn (or a cat scaring off the birds I choose to feed) any more than anyone else should have to put up with my dog pooing on their lawn or running across their flowerbeds. Cat poo can contain some nasties just as much as dog poo, but there just isn't anywhere near the same mentality of owner responsibility.
I'd be asking them to clean it up, OP. Same as I clean up my dog poo.