About 5 years ago we got a female rescue cat who is now 10. She is as good as gold and uses the cat flap in the back door to come and go as she pleases. Last summer we started noticing piles of cat poo outside the back door, always in the same place. After watching our cat we decided it wasn't her as she always uses an area of gravel in the garden as her toilet, which is ideal as we can clean up after her.
The piles of cat poo continued, every single night, even if we cleared then up. We have ended up barricading the area where the poo appears - if we fail to do so for the night you can guarantee the poo will be there in the morning. Barricading this area is an utter pain as it means we have to remove all this before we can use our front gate, and I can no longer directly access my little greenhouse I have by the gate.
However, the problem has now got worse, and this other cat (or maybe cats) is consistently pissing everywhere around the back door and gate. DH jet washed it at the weekend to get rid of the smell, but I've just been out there and it reeks again. It smells like a urinal outside and it's driving me insane.
Please any suggestions? I can't barricade the area totally so this other cat can't access it as it means my cat won't be able to get through.
Is my female cat drawing this unwanted attention? She has been neutered, not sure if that makes a difference.
Any suggestions for anything I can put down to deter the peeing cat would be so gratefully received!
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handbagsatdawn · 12/03/2013 13:23
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