Update on YARD-CRAPPING CAT.

[UdoKier]

He STILL craps on my poor grass seedlings every day, digs them up and makes an overall mess.



I made him a litter box, I clean it out, but he won't use it. Spraying animal repellant didn't help at all. I'm at my wit's end.

I hate that stubborn cat.

[callous taoboy]

1. What did you do to piss him off?

:)

[one_true_leroy]

2. nothing can out-stubborn a cat!

maybe it's the grass species... there are some plants, not just cat-nip, that cat's get all yowl-y about.

[fwiff]

3. How about a motion detector sprinkler?

Did you try that, yet?

(Google 'scarecrow sprinkler') They're expensive, but it works.

[UdoKier]

9. Looks cool. $44.95 and up on eBay

I think I may go with the chicken wire. That's a bit pricey for my blood...

[skygazer]

4. Is it an outdoor litter box?

If not, maybe it should be. Seems he likes feeling the air on his toosh.

[UdoKier]

7. Yes, I set aside a corner of the yard with just dry sand.

I'm thinking of putting in gravel there, since the sand is hard to dig in when it's been rainy.

[realisticphish]

5. some cats just wont use litterboxes

we had that problem with ours. id say, put up chicken wire around the area you dont want crapped on...thats the only thing i can think of


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[Brewman_Jax]

6. Try pepper as repellant

red pepper powder, or black pepper. Definitely a smell that sensitive noses don't like, and it isn't toxic.

[Mallifica]

10. I've done this to my dog

to keep him from sniffing/scratching/digging in certain areas and it works like a charm. I use cheyenne pepper. It's never seemed to hurt him. I think he can smell it from far enough away not to get a noseful.

[Dukakis88]

8. One word: de-cat-pitation.

Put a little guillutine over the seedlings with a trigger wire under the dirt. You can buy all the supplies at Wal-Mart for under $10.