Neighborhood cats shit right in the middle of my lawn. It stinks and the robot lawn mover makes it even worse.

I do NOT like cats, and this is not helping.

What works to keep them from shitting on my lawn?


The votes have spoken. Some people are cat lovers; thanks for the great advice from the rest of you! I will not go out of my way to accommodate other people’s pets that aren’t welcome on my property. My first weapon of choice will be chili because it’s simple and cheap. Other ideas have been noted.

        • @[email protected]
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          210 months ago

          I mean, good for you and your good luck in finances. This isn’t something we can all afford, though. A lot of my neighbors used rusty reel mowers growing up. Even the gas variants were out of reach.

          • Jay
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            210 months ago

            My daughter has two reel mowers. (She had one, and I gave her mine.)

            They don’t get used much though, it’s more for nostalgia along with my scythe.

            • @[email protected]
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              310 months ago

              I’m imagining that you have a grim reaper outfit to go along with that scythe. And that you do your lawns at night.

          • ijeff
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            210 months ago

            Where are you from? Gas and electric mowers are the standard everywhere I’ve lived here in Canada.

      • @[email protected]
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        210 months ago

        Special if it works, the damn wire needs to be redone completely each spring because it somehow breaks somewhere.

    • @[email protected]
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      1510 months ago

      I feel like this can’t possibly be true… The cheapest one I can find is $650. Like, these are not affordable for most folks.

      • @a_statistician
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        110 months ago

        Calculate out how much time you spend mowing. Even at a pathetic minimum wage like 7.50/h, it’s still pretty easy to make the calculation make sense.

      • @BitsOfBeard
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        510 months ago

        But all the EU countries got one for christm… Oh…