Don't get me wrong, it's not like I don't like cats. I love them. I even used to be a cat person, and owned a cat for 12 years, before little princess Lulu came into our life. But now I have a major cat problem, or more correctly cat poop problem.
A little over a moth ago, my husband and I made a move from an apartment that we loved to a beautiful house with a back yard. The main reason for this move was Lulu. We wanted her to have more space, and a yard to play in. But very shortly after we've moved in we discovered that the yard is problematic. Part of the yard is covered with grass and plants. The other half is covered with gravel. And the gravel is filled with cat poop. The neighborhood cats come to our yard, and use the gravel (and sometimes the grass) as a litter box. To add insult on injury, one of the people in the neighborhood rescues cats. They have over 14 cats, and some of them are feral.
When we let Lulu play in the yard for the first time, we realized that all she wants to do is go into the gravel and dig in for "poop gold". She goes to the grass sometimes, and chews on it too, but it mainly the cat poop that attracts her. it makes her mad, and she acts like an addict... LOL
We decided to take action: cleaned the poop out to eliminate the smell; we bought some garlic powder crystals that are supposed to help with keeping cats off the yard; and we even got wolf poop from our groomer and strategically placed it around the yard to let the cats know there are dangerous animals here — but to no avail. The cats are back, and they're pooping with a vengeance.
I don't wanna use cayenne pepper and things like that because it's dangerous to cats. I wanna find a humane solution, but something that will keep 'em away — permanently!!!!
I really don't know what to do anymore.
If you have ever had a problem like this and found a solution, please let me know. We are desperate here....
Hoping you guys have a good advice....
Thanks in advance,
Nadezda & Princess Lulu