How to keep cats from peeing on outdoor carpet?

[Orrex]

My small town neighborhood has a number of feral cats, and every one of them uses our yard as a litter box.

If anything soft or squishy is left within reach, they piss all over it. Shoes, boots, brooms, seat cushions, welcome mats, newspaper, bundled tarps, you name it.

Meanwhile our neighbors leave out cushions and whatnot, but the cats leave these alone. The neighbors have taken no steps to repel the cats, so what's the secret? What do I do to keep them away?

I'm planning to get an outdoor carpet for our 3/4 enclosed front porch, and I don't want it to become cat piss central.


Any suggestions?

[Effete Snob]

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[Orrex]

2. Thanks--I'll print that out and post it where they can see it.

[blm]

3. Lololol

😆

[Effete Snob]

4. Heh

[3auld6phart]

5. Hot chil

Peppers . Mywife uses red pepper an Chuli powder,cayenne pepper. Seems to help. Club size containers at Dollarama or similar stores.. worth a try not all that expensive. Cats are clean, dang hust use your own toilet an not the neighbours. good luck.

[3auld6phart]

6. Might work

[Bayard]

7. They're doing it because, yes--

Your house has become the neighborhood litter box. The smell draws them now, as well as, habit, plus they're marking territory.

Get some Nature's Miracle, and hit everything that won't get rained on. "The bacteria-based formula produces enzymes when it comes in contact with bio-based messes to target urine and freshens with a light fresh scent." It works. You may have to reapply occasionally.

Get a dog is actually the best defense, if you can. In lieu of that, you can get dehydrated coyote pee online. Cats smell where predators have been, and vamoose. Maybe you could borrow a dog to come pee around your house!

The other thing they hate is old-fashioned mothballs, if you can stand the smell yourself. The kind where the smell permeates the air. Just don't breathe it yourself.

Hope one of these helps.

[Orrex]

8. Can't get an actual dog, but the rest sounds promising.

We have a nature park a few miles from here, with what are purported to be Barbary lions. Maybe they'll let me borrow them for a weekend!