Posted by Tony on March 15, 2009, 10:26 am
I dont have cats (or dogs) yet I spent over an hour yesterday picking up
hundreds of their poop all
over my yard. This morning, there is a nice big pile of SH*T. I sprinkled an
entire of can of Riddix
over the area. It smelled like black pepper. Obviously, it had no effect. How
can I stop this? I
dont see them do it. They must come at night.
Tony
Posted by Don Phillipson on March 15, 2009, 1:34 pm
> I dont have cats (or dogs) yet I spent over an hour yesterday picking up
hundreds of their poop all
> over my yard. This morning, there is a nice big pile of SH*T. I sprinkled
an entire of can of Riddix
> over the area. It smelled like black pepper. Obviously, it had no effect.
How can I stop this? I
> dont see them do it. They must come at night.
Cats bury their poop while dogs do not: so this is probably dog
poop. (We assume you are familiar with the identifying characteristics
of raccoon poop or other varieties: if not, consult the library) You
can booby-trap with electricity a post or other object that you
suspect is sprinkled regularly by dogs, as is their habit.
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
Posted by Tony on March 17, 2009, 10:20 pm
wrote:
>> I dont have cats (or dogs) yet I spent over an hour yesterday picking up
>hundreds of their poop all
>> over my yard. This morning, there is a nice big pile of SH*T. I sprinkled
>an entire of can of Riddix
>> over the area. It smelled like black pepper. Obviously, it had no effect.
>How can I stop this? I
>> dont see them do it. They must come at night.
>Cats bury their poop while dogs do not: so this is probably dog
>poop. (We assume you are familiar with the identifying characteristics
>of raccoon poop or other varieties: if not, consult the library) You
>can booby-trap with electricity a post or other object that you
>suspect is sprinkled regularly by dogs, as is their habit.
It is definitely cat poop, not dog poop. I catch two or three cats in my yard
every day and I can
also see their paw prints in the dirt. My next door neighbor has plenty of cats
that they take in. I
dont want to start anything with them because we are very friendly with them. I
live on Long Island
and it definitely is not raccoon or other poop. I used an entire can of Critter
Ridder and there was
a pile of crap the very next morning, so it had no effect whatsoever.
Tony
Posted by Stan Brown on March 18, 2009, 8:45 am
Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:34:44 -0500 from Don Phillipson <e925
@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca>:
> Cats bury their poop while dogs do not: so this is probably dog
> poop.
Cats *usually* bury their poop. A cat that is trying to establish
territory and dominance may leave its poop unburied.
But if there's a lot of it, as OP says, then I agree that it's most
likely dogs and/or wild animals.
--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...
Posted by GregS on March 19, 2009, 12:31 pm
>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:34:44 -0500 from Don Phillipson <e925
>@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca>:
>> Cats bury their poop while dogs do not: so this is probably dog
>> poop.
>Cats *usually* bury their poop. A cat that is trying to establish
>territory and dominance may leave its poop unburied.
>But if there's a lot of it, as OP says, then I agree that it's most
>likely dogs and/or wild animals.
Cats can't bury it if the ground is hard.
All that might happen is a few shreds of grass covering.
Cats don't like strange smells......
greg
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