Cat keeps pooing on our doormat

[Jungle Jane]

Ant powder has warnings to keep away from pets,it’s unsafe if they get it on them & lick it off. Black pepper does work I used it years ago out the front near my mat (now I’ve got my own cat,he stands guard other cats don’t come here like they used to) garlic smells strong but doesn’t make you sneeze a hundred times,garlic I can’t see how that would work at all.

[mothhawk]

Didn't know that JJ. Must confess I haven't read the small print on the container. But evidently my problem cat knew to stay away from it

[roitelet]

Citrus will deter cats so perhaps lemon juice would work.

[Squingy]

At last house old solved my garden cat problem by boiling then grinding up citrus peels in the blender, (some dried out some fresh) and throwing it around the perimeter of the garden.
(we eat loads of citrus.)
Also I cut can tops into a swirly spike and stick in soil
In new house I tossed dried sticks over the poo area, larger arched ones so cats butt can't contact the ground never did it's thing again.

Not sure as it's the front door but maybe ideas on here can be modified somehow?

[Nicos]

I still think it's a fox!
They like to poo on top of stones etc.
Cats like to attempt to cover their poop so tend to go on soft surfaces...
I may be wrong...but you really need to think 'outside the box' Marb

[Aberdeenplotter]

Fresh cat poo on top of the frozen soil in my plot today so that kind of poo poos the theory that they only do their stuff on soft ground. I'm not going to get upset with the hairy beasty at this time of year though as we have a probem with mice just now, my plot neighbour had 4 in his traps today and I had two. Any wiliing recruit who is likely to help thin the mice out is most welcome

[Dynamite]

How out set up a camera to record what is doing it? Like one of those motion activated wildlife cams?

Kind Regards.............Rob

[Nicos]

^^^^have you seen the cost of those things????

[Nicos]

Phew!..the first one I saw was over £4,000...but then I spotted others at under £100.

[Marb67]

I can absolutely tell that it is a cat 100% because we have caught it a couple of times squatting before we shooed it away. Other cats have also been seen on it also.

Ant powder it is then but will sprinkle under the mat so the animal doesn't get any on it's paws. As much as it is a pain in the backside, I love cats and wouldn't want to harm any animal.

[Jimmy]

How out set up a camera to record what is doing it? Like one of those motion activated wildlife cams?

Kind Regards.............Rob

There are guranteed methods to deter what are effectivly vermin.
However you would no doubt get banned from the forum.

As for a camera how about
https://mynaturewatch.net/daylight-camera-instructions
Jimmy

[veggiechicken]

Cats are not "vermin" and, as you know, Jimmy, any suggestions of cruelty will see the poster banned and the thread closed.
Its happened before and we have no wish for it to happen again.

[Marb67]

Agreed. Cats have their downside but on the whole they are adorable creatures.

[Jimmy]

Lets not persue this.
As for the nature cam I built one and it worked well.
Mainly captured segulls.
Jimmy

[1Bee]

Bless you for that, Marb.