"eggs" wrote in message ...
I know there has just been a thread about getting rid of cats that poop
in the yard, but I have a more difficult problem that I hope you can
help me solve. The neigbour's cat is pooping in the kids' sandpit.
Because the kids play in the sand, I can't use any hot pepper sprays, or
it will get the kids too. An additional problem is that I live in
Sydney, Australia, which is under strict water restrictions due to
drought, so spinkler systems are currently illegal. Beyond capturing
the cat and driving it many miles from home, I am stumped as to what to
do.

I'm thinking that I may need to attach some kind of physical deterrent
to the tops of my walls to prevent the cat entering my yard at all. I
have high (above head height) timber fences all around my yard. The cat
poops in my yard during the day (I cover the pit at night), but I can't
keep going out there and covering the pit every time one of the kids
comes inside to get a juice, or show me a boo boo or what the heck ever.
What to do?

Is there some kind of sticky substance I can put on top of the walls
that will hold the pepper, but won't come off if it rains? I don't want
to put spikes or anything up there that could be a hinderance to soemone
like the fire dept in an emergency.

Ideas, anyone?

eggs.


What you need to do is pour some household amonia on the wood
(provided it is wood) around the sand box. Otherwise, sprinkle the
amonmia around the ground near the edge. Cats hate this- it repels
them. THis can also be used in the flower beds etc. Blood meal can
have the same effect (get it at the garden store- its used as a
fertilizer and its inexpensive). I can almost guarantee the amonia
will work!

KB
Missouri, USA