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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.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Place a box with sand near the area you want to protect. Move it further away a feet or so by day. In 10 days that cat will be shitting wherever you guided it to. Leave the box and or the sand. Done.

Low cost. Low effort. No animal cruelty. No dealing with neighbor. Effective.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Using this method, OP could guide the cat poop in the owner's yard.

[โ€“] EnmaAi22 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Zeozulu 5 points 1 year ago

They're basically explaining how to adopt a cat without the extra fees.