Comments on: Is There A Humane Way To Keep Neighborhood Cats Out Of Your Yard?

By: ironically, Cat

ironically, Cat — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:52:37 +0000

we have feral(stray) and neighbors’ cats that come and do business in our yard. We bought a live trap and have caught all ferals and a couple of the neighbors’ cats. one of cats TWiCE!

The problem once you catch a neighbor’s cat is what to DO about it. We opted to teach a lesson by calling animal control who actually came to pick it up since it was in our trap. One had tags and collar and for the owner was a “free” pickup with a lecture about keeping their cat indoors. It was out the next day.
The other time it happened the cat didn’t have tags (‘they fell off just that day, wouldn’tyou know?’) and it cost the owner $60 to pick up the cat who then also contracted a respiratory infection in the pound. THAT cat is back out roaming the neighborhood (and our yard) still to this day.

All this to say: traps don’t work on domesticated cats. Use them to take care of ferals (and the occasional coon which are the roof-walkers in our ‘hood), but for the neighbors’ cats? I think we’re going to try the motion-detecting sprinkler next!

By: DB

DB — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:09:33 +0000

Glock .45 will work

By: toote

toote — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:13:33 +0000

My new neighbor moved in and bought 2 cats for their children. Their cats came over to my property doing business daily. I talked the husband and wive 3 times, but they did not take care anything at all.
I kept cleaning up their cat poops a whole year and really frustrating of the cats owner.
I stop talking to them more than a year….and seeming become a stranger (a cold war)because of the cats.
I bought the animal trap and trying to catch them in my property, but no successful.
I use all kind of different peppers to spray their routine spots…but it lasted only one week, then their cats coming back again…even they move around to bombard different spots.

I hope someone could help me out.
I don’t know what to do at this point.
It’s very frustrating of this no-class people.

Your advice is great appreciated!

Best Regards

By: toote

toote — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:53:41 +0000

My new neighbor moved in and bought 2 cats for their children. Their cats came over to my property doing business daily. I talked the husband and wive them 3 times, but they did not take care anything at all.
I kept cleaning their cat poops a whole year and really frustrating of the cat owner.
I stop talking to them more than a year….and seeming become an enemy because of the cats.
I bought the trap laying in my property, but no successful.
I use all kind of different peppers to spray their routine spots…but it lasted only one week, then their cats coming back again….even they move around to different spots.

I hope someone could help me out.
I don’t know what to do at this point.

Best Regards

By: nancy

nancy — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:57:28 +0000

I like cats and i don’t really mind them coming around the yard but my hubby hates them. when he see our neighbor two cats in our yards he’ll run outside like a crazy maniac and chase the cats away. what my hubby hates most is that the cat only peeing in our yard and not in their yard.
so if anyone know an easy and cheap way to get rid of the cats please let me know too.
thanks..

By: Marlie

Marlie — Sat, 28 May 2011 20:40:28 +0000

I have a number of cat owners in my neighbourhood that feel that it is cruel to keep their cats inside but they appreciate the fact that my dog is in her yard and that I pick up after her when we are out walking. My poor old girl has been attacked twice in her own yard by cats but luckily they have missed her eyes. I have had to build a chicken wire fence around my vegi garden to keep them out but they still pee around all my doors and it stinks. I use to like cats. But I am with Jennifer and Ray why do I have to spend $100 per sprinkler to keep cats out of my yard or out of my carport. My dog is not allowed by law to roam and disturb other people but cats are allowed more rights than I am. They kill birds, ruin gardens, harass other animals with no consequence

By: Lorraine

Lorraine — Thu, 12 May 2011 19:14:28 +0000

I have a problem a bit different from all that I read above. I have a little dog, an old cat and a kitten. I want the kitten to stay in my fenced yard but she jumps over the fence and visits the neighbors. The second problem is that one of my neighbor’s cats jumps over the fence and comes through the pet door and sleeps here as if he is my cat.

How do I keep my kitten in and keep my neighbor’s cat out? I have to have the pet door for my dog so removing that is NOT an option.

I love all animals and I’m a very responsible pet owner. My three pets get their shots, meds, grooming, etc. I ACTUALLY WANT MY KITTEN TO STAY IN OUR YARD!!! I think lots of cat owners feel the same way, but cats being cats, they escape. Right now, my kitten is somewhere in the mobile home park and my neighbor’s cat is sleeping on the couch. I put him out once but he returned. His owner kept him inside for several days and he cried continuously. WHAT DO WE DO???

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 05 May 2011 15:55:50 +0000

I forgot to mention, that once my dog dug out under our fence to chase the cat down. And that cat scratched the *$(% out of my dog’s face. We approached the neighbors to pay for the vet bill, but they said our dog was in their yard… you gotta be kidding me! Where do you think your cat spends nearly all of it’s time???? MY YARD!

So far I’ve spent about $100 replacing plants/bushes that the cat has killed from peeing on them and replanting dead grass. I’ve got my dog an electric fence combined with the regular fence so that he can’t dig out of it again in pursuit of the cat. Maybe I will acidentally spill some anti-freeze. I can’t afford this much longer as the economy stinks, I just took a pay cut and my wife is laid off.

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 05 May 2011 15:50:38 +0000

I am about ready to try everything short of poisioning my neighbor’s cats. They have 5 cats but one “just can’t stand being inside” so they have an outdoor house for him and he doesn’t go inside. We have a dog who just goes berzerk everytime the cat teases him walking around the fence. So far the cat has dug up nearly all the mulch around my trees, killed some myrtle by my front door, and peed on several bushes that have died as a result. I pick up cat poop on a daily basis. I’m awoken almost nightly because my dog or the neighbor’s dog is outside barking through the fence at the cat who has clearly figured out the dog can’t escape the fence.

My neighbor’s have a dog and the cat pees all over their front yard too. You can SMELL the cat pee odor, and it is not pleasant. Often at 3AM or 4AM my dog and/or the neigbhor’s dog will go outside and bark for 10-20 minutes. I used to run outside and make my dog come back in, but it’s too frequent now to bother. I’m sure that the neighbor’s think our dog is obnoxious, but if the cat would stay away he wouldn’t have to go bark his head off at it at all hours of the night.

I came home late last weekend- nearly midnight, and the stupid thing was laying in my driveway. I can’t beep at it because it’s midnight and really considered running it over- but I didn’t awnt to dispose of the evidence. If that happened no the street, there’d be cat roadkill.

People who own outdoor cats are completely inconsiderate. Cats are devils. There has GOT to be a law soon that bans this practice, or I’m going to get my gun and take care of this problem once and for all in my neighborhood.

If that cat goes anywhere near my garden I will throw it down the sewer manhole in front of my house.

By: Jaqi

Jaqi — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:21:08 +0000

Hey guys, I love the catnip idea. Also heard that cats don’t like mint. I have cats, love cats, but not in my flower beds, around the pool where the kids play and certainly not where my little dog can munch on some “kittie crunchies” Yes, dogs will eat it. So I will try some of the above mentioned ideas. Can’t we all just get along?