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.

  • @[email protected]
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    110 months ago

    Ignoring strays, you do realise there is no practical way for a cat owner to control where their cat takes a shit?
    That is not negligence, it’s nature.

    You can’t tell a dog where to shit, the difference being you’ll pick it up where you can, and it probably can’t climb fences.

    • @[email protected]
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      1210 months ago

      There literally is. You can respect your neighbors by not letting your cat roam free, the same way I don’t let my dog roam free. I really do not understand why people have trouble with this very simple concept.

      • @tpyo
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        110 months ago

        Right? If you don’t want to keep your cat inside, don’t get a fucking cat

        There’s a ton of animals I’d love to own, but I couldn’t give them the proper accommodations. So I don’t get a fucking skunk

    • FiveMacs
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      610 months ago

      Yeah…keep it inside and give it a box of whatever to shit in. This also isn’t just about their shit but the utter disrespect for the animal to allow it to roam free, unsupervised and the disrespect to the other humans who are forced to live with the animal you chose to set free