How do you stop cats from pooping and peeing in my yard?

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Hi there.Common odours that are effective deterrents for cats are:

Citronella works best for cats as well as citrus scents such as orange or lemon (primarily towards cats), cayenne pepper, coffee grounds, pipe tobacco, lavender oil, lemon grass oil, citronella oil, peppermint oil, eucalyptus oil, and mustard oil.

"Havahart's Cat Repellent" uses capsaicin pepper and oil of mustard as its active ingredients. It repels by both taste and odor, has a lemon scent.

Every animal responds differently to each of these. Some will not be phased by them and others will be quite revolting.

For training purposes they are applied on items that are to encourage avoidance behaviours and not for use with a squirt bottle as they could harm the eyes or respiratory system. Test each substance and observe to see which works as a deterrent so that accidental injestion does not occur as some could then be fatal.

Coleus plants can be effective, but every cat responds differently so it is uncertain without experimenting.

Many people believe mothballs work, however they are considered toxic. Here's more information on this:
http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/ope/enotes/showa.
MOTHBALLS are toxic to cats which contains the ingredient Naphthalene. Mothballs are approximately twice as toxic as paradichlorobenzene, and cats are especially sensitive to naphthalene. Signs of ingestion of naphthalene mothballs include emesis, weakness, lethargy, brown-colored mucous membranes and collapses. Paradichlorobenzene mothballs may cause GI upset, ataxia, disorientation, and depression. Elevations in liver serum biochemical values may occur within 72 hours of indigestion.

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u can put garlic and or cayenne pepper all around but u'll have to replace it every time it rains. there is also a product u can get at the pet stores but u still have to replace it when it gets wet.

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spray vinegar where they go .or cajun pepper

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wow. thats like inpoiple to stop i will try to look on the net 4 u but mayb if u sprinkeled sumthin they dont like on yur lawn they will stop srry i cant reall help

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I'd try mothballs. It seems to work to keep the wild animals out of my yard. (racoons and the like)

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Keep a clean litter box in a dry area for them. Or put a cork in it--Ha Ha

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cats hate water so if you see where a cat pees or poops .just soak the area down as they do not like to get their feet wet ,or you can use cayanne pepper but that can get expensive.

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1)Get a big dog that hates cats.2) stand out side with a spade tip shovel 3) stand out side all night with a water bottle or 4) refer back to #1. you could try and put Cayenne pepper all over the place or ammonia but cats love using other people's yards to do their thing in.Asking your neighbores to keep their cats in as well as asking animal control to help wont help either so..if all else fails, fall back on #1. Good luck 2 U :)

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if they are yours, get them neutered and spayed to solve the problem. if not, ask your neighbors to keep them inside or put a fence up. ask your vet for some more tips