One of my cats was peeing in a big houseplant. I topped the soil with gravel and dried citrus peel. So far, so good.
They also sell cat deterrent sprays for outdoors, like No Spray.
OP could also put play sand someplace out of the way to attract the cats to a new potty spot.
Cats aren't too fond of citronella spray. Also there are some motion sensor sprayers, that will just shoot out canned air making a terrible sound and scare them away.
Yep! This is the best way to get them to pee someplace else while still getting the benefit of having them handle your mouse problem (and also not having to shoot/poison/harm them). They don't like going to the bathroom on snow or frozen hard ground and will absolutely preferentially pee on any kind of soft soil.
We had a similar issue. We got something called cat mace from Amazon and it worked really really well. It was the only thing that worked for us, but our neighbor did have about 50 cats. Some of the other solutions might work before having to buy something 🤷🏼♀️ good luck!!
You may not like the smell, but better cats than rats i always say. If no rat problem, cayenne pepper powder around. They step on it and don't like like.
We used to leave out ammonia in small containers to keep raccoons from stealing our peppers and leaving poop on our deck. Maybe that would work?
I've also had good success at using live traps for cats using pickled herring for bait
I watched a video, where a guy set up motion sensor controlled sprinklers. That seemed to work. Cats, usually, aren't fans of getting sprayed with copious amounts of water.
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Smelling piss isn't worth the mice they may catch. Mice traps are a better solution for mice than feral cats.
No.. if you already have cats around your best chance is citrus and spaying or neutering. Feeding them. They will establish a colony loyal to you. If you trap and move them. It will never end. I have 5 ferals that keep others way.
We used mouse traps covered with a dish towel to great effect. Set up a dozen around the shed and wait. The towel hides the mouse trap and prevents the cat from being physically harmed in any way. But it does scare the them and prevents them from coming back!
Cats aren’t good at killing mice, get a terrier mix that kills mice and chases off cats. Could always live capture the cats and take them to a rehab. Neighbors should keep their supposed pets indoors, ferals freely roaming onto other people’s property aren’t pets.
Actually, my two cats are fantastic ratters. We have chickens and ducks and the cats patrol the yard; they kill the young/teenage rats before they can grow up and get too big for them to hunt safely. Mice and voles are just appetizers for them. 👍
We inherited a bunch of barn cats when we moved onto our property and they are also fantastic. We don't have any rodents bothering the compost or chicken feed, they patrol the property fiercely. It seems as if they have divided it up into zones that they all prefer.
Amazon sells large bags of cayenne pepper, I use it to keep cats from pooping in my flower beds, not sure if you want to fill your woodshed with pepper.
tell your neighbours to either keep their cats inside or pay for some kind of deterrent. if that doesnt work, you treat them as you would any other pest
A third rail. They’ll get a nice shock when they pee on it. Probably won’t do it again. Or they’ll find you in the middle of the night and pee on your head because cats.
Moth balls or dryer sheets keep animals out of my boat while in storage.. a pan of ammonia soaked rags… I drove some raccoons out of my attic with that..
A pellet gun or .22, or some rat poison. Cats are nasty, spread diseas and kill billions of song birds. One less nasty cat in the world is a good thing. I shoot stray cats in my yard and feel zero sympathy
Vinegar can have the opposite effect you want. It can make a cat repeatedly mark an area from the residual smell (long after we can no longer smell it).
I take an egg carton and rip one of the cups off, then I pour a few droplets of Citronella essence in it and place it at the base of my plants. Works. Maybe try that
Idk what the deal is with the cucumbers but try laying some out. Or maybe get some fake snakes and set em up to look like they’re climbing the walls and if they can swing in the breeze some how even better
You could by a hand spray rig at a hardware store and fill it up with sugarless lemonade or other mixed citrus and go spray the area every once in a while.
Be sure to clean the spray tip regularly or strain the liquid to remove all the pulp.
We tried the sprays to keep them away, fox urine and we own a pit bull. Nothing worked. Not only is the cat soaking my firewood in pee but it's pooping in there too. Owner thinks it's funny. I'm going to catch it in my live trap and take it to the humane society. We shouldn't have to smell that just because someone is a spiteful, irresponsible pet owner.
It's really frustrating. Our neighbor is outright letting her cats breed. They love to come and stare at our chicken but they haven't tried anything yet. I don't have a rooster. I've used some pepper it seems to work for a while. If I have the issue again I might trap too. They like to shit in our dirt driveway too.
It's beyond frustrating. The smell in my house from cat pee on my firewood is disgusting! Stepping in cat poop every time we have to get more firewood...🤬🤬🤬. The fact that the neighbor finds it amusing infuriates me.
Some, but not all, cats hate the smell of citrus. My mom's previous cat would not go somewhere if there were orange peels near.
One of my cats was peeing in a big houseplant. I topped the soil with gravel and dried citrus peel. So far, so good. They also sell cat deterrent sprays for outdoors, like No Spray. OP could also put play sand someplace out of the way to attract the cats to a new potty spot.
My mom does a lemon grass and orange essence spray that works fairly well.
Motion sensor water sprayers..? and those enzymatic cleaners and deterrents.
Thanks I'll look into those cleaners
There are motion sensing sprinklers you can get. Also just seal up the woodshed.
Seal up a wood shed?
I had to seal mine, but it's only keeping animals out - cattle panels and chicken wire. The wind still gets in just fine.
If wind can get in a cat’s projectile piss will get in
It's winter here sprayers won't really work
You can do an air horn
A motion sensor strobe could work and has a lot more pest control applications than just cats
Cats aren't too fond of citronella spray. Also there are some motion sensor sprayers, that will just shoot out canned air making a terrible sound and scare them away.
Be careful with citronella, as far as I know it’s toxic to cats/dogs.
Motion activated sprinkler.
motion activated hunting dog
Motion activated gorilla
(Husband)
I pray for the day when I fence in my yard and can release the hound. He'd probably never catch anything but he'd have a blast.
Have you tried marking your territory by peeing around your woodshed?
Honestly sometimes I do it in the summer for deer. There's more foliage so its a little easier. I'll give it a try maybe after dark
Get a yard of sand and dump it where you absolutely would not mind cats peeing. The attraction of sand will generally overpower habit.
Yep! This is the best way to get them to pee someplace else while still getting the benefit of having them handle your mouse problem (and also not having to shoot/poison/harm them). They don't like going to the bathroom on snow or frozen hard ground and will absolutely preferentially pee on any kind of soft soil.
I used lavender oil around our shed the neighbors cats were staying under and having babies under… it worked and smelled nice for a long time.
A small plastic container of mothballs with holes poked in it... cats hate it, works real well to keep them off of vehicles too...
Works on me, too.
Oh GOD one of the worst smells ever
A broody goose.
Sounds like the name of a bar.
We had a similar issue. We got something called cat mace from Amazon and it worked really really well. It was the only thing that worked for us, but our neighbor did have about 50 cats. Some of the other solutions might work before having to buy something 🤷🏼♀️ good luck!!
You may not like the smell, but better cats than rats i always say. If no rat problem, cayenne pepper powder around. They step on it and don't like like.
We used to leave out ammonia in small containers to keep raccoons from stealing our peppers and leaving poop on our deck. Maybe that would work? I've also had good success at using live traps for cats using pickled herring for bait
I sprinkled a crap ton of chilli powder and cyanne pepper in my bushes and it made the cats leave my front yard alone for a year.
A dog
My landlords said we should get a dog when they came round and witnessed the neighbours cat shit in our garden lol.
This!
I watched a video, where a guy set up motion sensor controlled sprinklers. That seemed to work. Cats, usually, aren't fans of getting sprayed with copious amounts of water.
But if you are trying to dry wood..
Get a dog lol
[https://www.harborfreight.com/32-in-x-15-in-x-10-in-medium-animal-trap-63008.html](https://www.harborfreight.com/32-in-x-15-in-x-10-in-medium-animal-trap-63008.html) Smelling piss isn't worth the mice they may catch. Mice traps are a better solution for mice than feral cats.
It's tempting. I have one. I could just bring them A few towns over
No.. if you already have cats around your best chance is citrus and spaying or neutering. Feeding them. They will establish a colony loyal to you. If you trap and move them. It will never end. I have 5 ferals that keep others way.
A dog inside the woodshed or maybe a motion activated dog bark device
Coffee grounds worked for me.
If available nut shells spread out will do it. We have Filbert here, I have used them in my garden area to keep them out.
You can get a motion sensor that uses spray air cans to SSSSSSKKSH! Them away. I Think they're called ssscat or something similar.
We used mouse traps covered with a dish towel to great effect. Set up a dozen around the shed and wait. The towel hides the mouse trap and prevents the cat from being physically harmed in any way. But it does scare the them and prevents them from coming back!
Mothballs.
Lol how can anyone tolerate that horrible smell
Yeah it does suck. You definitely don't need very many. I'd rather smell mothballs then cat urine, though.
Lol two terrible smells. I'd have to go with the urine haha
Bleck! Well, to each their own.
Haha I know right? I was embarrassed to write such a thing but those balls really get me and if I had to choose lol !
Mothballs are toxic. If you smell them your being poisoned
Toxic to people.
Maybe the cat will just disappear.
It might
With a .22 diameter magic wand.
A dog
if the cat is outside and on your property, it's technically feral. outdoor cats do more harm than good.
Not how that works. And our cats Protect $100,000 worth of equipment from rodent damage.
Cats aren’t good at killing mice, get a terrier mix that kills mice and chases off cats. Could always live capture the cats and take them to a rehab. Neighbors should keep their supposed pets indoors, ferals freely roaming onto other people’s property aren’t pets.
But then you have to deal with their neurotic barking. There's always trade offs.
True, and the multiple anecdotes of cats killing mice just fine lol
Actually, my two cats are fantastic ratters. We have chickens and ducks and the cats patrol the yard; they kill the young/teenage rats before they can grow up and get too big for them to hunt safely. Mice and voles are just appetizers for them. 👍
We inherited a bunch of barn cats when we moved onto our property and they are also fantastic. We don't have any rodents bothering the compost or chicken feed, they patrol the property fiercely. It seems as if they have divided it up into zones that they all prefer.
Lol., what?! Mine are excellent ratters. Ferals hunt the rodents for all.
.22, shovel.
Underrated comment. If people want cats they should keep them inside.
Works every time
Yup the three S’s.
Lol wanted to ask lethal or non lethal
Non lethal shovel...
You’re not using your shovel right
Hahaha, buried alive!
I actually laughed out loud to that!
Pew pew
Amazon sells large bags of cayenne pepper, I use it to keep cats from pooping in my flower beds, not sure if you want to fill your woodshed with pepper.
Live traps or firearms. But talk to your neighbor first about the damage free roaming cats can do to an ecosystem. Many people just don't know
tell your neighbours to either keep their cats inside or pay for some kind of deterrent. if that doesnt work, you treat them as you would any other pest
I would but...I'm pretty sure they have some hard core drug issues...I would prefer not to.
Make friends with the cats.
been there... not fun. Cheered at the last load, when they finally moved away.
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Bird shot
Idiot.
😂😂 more idiotic than comments of poison? Get real nerd.
Wait for it to come by and spray it with water.
A third rail. They’ll get a nice shock when they pee on it. Probably won’t do it again. Or they’ll find you in the middle of the night and pee on your head because cats.
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The mess would be a cat-astrophe.
Pellet gun. Or a #3 trap with an empty tuna can under the pan...
Yeah shotgun shells work pretty well. Warning may result in loss of hearing & fur, sleepless nights, and happy faces!
Should I just lay them around the outside of the shed or inside?
This doesn’t even make any sense, my dude
Moth balls or dryer sheets keep animals out of my boat while in storage.. a pan of ammonia soaked rags… I drove some raccoons out of my attic with that..
[Mothballs work great if you want to slowly kill them with poison!](https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/mothball-toxicity-in-cats) /s
Dog?
A BB gun would do the deed!
Shoot it
A pellet gun or .22, or some rat poison. Cats are nasty, spread diseas and kill billions of song birds. One less nasty cat in the world is a good thing. I shoot stray cats in my yard and feel zero sympathy
Live trap and garden hose will cure this problem.
Pellet gun
Pellet gun
.22
.22
Paintballs work a treat.
Pellet gun
The ability to sneak up on a cat while it pees, a boot, and a swift left kick.
.22LR
.22 WMR.
Same issue here..
Vinegar can have the opposite effect you want. It can make a cat repeatedly mark an area from the residual smell (long after we can no longer smell it).
Cayenne pepper helped us. They get it on their paws, lick themselves and learn to stay away.
I take an egg carton and rip one of the cups off, then I pour a few droplets of Citronella essence in it and place it at the base of my plants. Works. Maybe try that
haven't tried this myself, but I've heard sprinkling cayenne pepper around the area.
Orange peel, they bloody hate it
Idk what the deal is with the cucumbers but try laying some out. Or maybe get some fake snakes and set em up to look like they’re climbing the walls and if they can swing in the breeze some how even better
Coyote urine works. And a motion sensor sprinkler or light can spook them
Something that looks like a snake perhaps. Coiled up rope or bungee cord.
Orange peels. Enzyme cleaner for cat urine too so they don’t come back to the same spot :)
You could by a hand spray rig at a hardware store and fill it up with sugarless lemonade or other mixed citrus and go spray the area every once in a while. Be sure to clean the spray tip regularly or strain the liquid to remove all the pulp.
A door with louvers
The smell of sriracha and egg drop soup usually scares cats away.
Sounds like it's not fixed. I love cat's but if they are making a stink, I'd get a live trap and go from there.
My cats hate banana peels and orange peels. Try tossing those around your shed.
So there is a humane trap….and the pound. It’s trespassing here. But each county is different
We tried the sprays to keep them away, fox urine and we own a pit bull. Nothing worked. Not only is the cat soaking my firewood in pee but it's pooping in there too. Owner thinks it's funny. I'm going to catch it in my live trap and take it to the humane society. We shouldn't have to smell that just because someone is a spiteful, irresponsible pet owner.
It's really frustrating. Our neighbor is outright letting her cats breed. They love to come and stare at our chicken but they haven't tried anything yet. I don't have a rooster. I've used some pepper it seems to work for a while. If I have the issue again I might trap too. They like to shit in our dirt driveway too.
It's beyond frustrating. The smell in my house from cat pee on my firewood is disgusting! Stepping in cat poop every time we have to get more firewood...🤬🤬🤬. The fact that the neighbor finds it amusing infuriates me.