Child friendly means of stopping neighbour's cat from crapping on our lawn?

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Apart from shooting it.

for the second time in a week, ds2 has come in with cat shit on his hands.

lol

I don't dislike cats (had 3 myself at one time), but this is REALLY PISSING ME OFF!!!!

Buy him a football.....

you can get a spray to deter them but i can't remember what it's called 'cataway' or something

he has several

it's night time crapping, when we are all in bed methinks

will investigate astra

the last time I had to buy stuff I didn't need to worry about children touching it

Look up "cat deterrents' on internet - there are lots. We got some that emit a high-frequency noise when a cat goes past (humans can't hear it) - worked on Hungarian cats anyway!

You can use strong citrus smells to deter them as their noses are very sensitive and it hurts them. Sprinkling lemon/orange/lime etc juice on the garden should help.

You can also use disinfectant but not sure that would really be child friendly.

we have the same problem and our local branch of eilkinsons had some pepper poder stuff that you sprinkle on the garden and it does work as long as it doesnt rain and wash it off! thats child friendly.

great ideas everyone - thank you .

Keeping the hosepipe handy, and squirting it whenever it comes into your garden. Our cat used to go in our neighbour's garden, and this was the advice I gave her. It doesn't hurt the cat, but they soon learn to avoid the area IME.

There's a product called lion poo pellets or maybe it has a pocher name than that, which you sprinkly on the soil. They are quite pricey but deter cats for about 3 months before you need a new set. I think I saw them in the Stoves of (somewhere?) catalogue which does lovely furniture and garden stuff. I'm sure an internet search would find it. Sorry I can't be more specific but my mum tried it and it worked.

My friend had problem with cats in her garden. She bought some skunk poo online. You put it in a few places in the garden. She hasn't had a cat in the garden since. She really recommends it. Not sure which web site she got it from though - sorry!!

My friend had problem with cats in her garden. She bought some skunk poo online. You put it in a few places in the garden. She hasn't had a cat in the garden since. She really recommends it. Not sure which web site she got it from though - sorry!!

My friend had problem with cats in her garden. She bought some skunk poo online. You put it in a few places in the garden. She hasn't had a cat in the garden since. She really recommends it. Not sure which web site she got it from though - sorry!!

There isn't one

The best I've found is an animal deterrent spray from Homebase .. plus going out on a lawn check before you let your kids out .. nappy sacks are good for this

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Olbas oil sprinkled on old teabags is supposed to work.

What if you water the lawn just before bedtime, wouldn't most cats avoid a wet lawn? and the least water will evaporate away so env. friendly, too. Throw the left-over washing up water out there.

I was going to say "water pistols" otherwise.

Spinning toys that are planted in the grass - don't know the actual name for them!

We have some different shapes - a bee with wings that spin in the wind, a flower with turning petals... Put them near where the cat craps or it's entry into the garden. Has worked for us although we do need to keep moving them arround.

you sure it's cat poo?

cats normally do it on earth and cover it up

fox maybe?

you may think this unbelivable! but if you sprinkle white pepper all over the garden the cat will come along sniff it,painfull only the once!, an crap eleswhere
a large pot of cheap white pepper from somewhere like iceland-tesco should do it,an it wont hurt the soil an other plants and it wont dissolve in the rain,should just stay mixed up in the soil!
if that fails!! from zoos you can buy in pots lion spor..yes thats lion crap! tiddles comes along sniffs the garden and gets a huge intake of something he recognises... an its a bloody damm size bigger than him!!

hosepipe sprayed directly at cat ,doesnt hurt them and if you do it a few times and get a direct hit ,it will probably choose another garden to poo in

Kick it's ar$e. Either the cat or the neighbour, it's your choice

How is skunk poo better on the childs hands than cat poo?

I terrified the fur off any cat that came into our garden by very suddenly rushing at them, shouting. Sometimes turned on the hose and shouted. They don't come in any more. I think I made them think it was my territory. Cats are very territorial, aren't they?