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New turf lawn with fox and cat problem!

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  • Kai_63Kai_63 Posts: 81
    Could it be something else, a mole? I am getting more frustrated now, if I can't work out what it is, there is no hope of stopping it!
  • Kai_63Kai_63 Posts: 81
    Thank you, I think they are too small for a bird like that from what I can tell online and the holes quite big in the lawn and under the fence although these might not be related. At this point in time, I'm tempted to deter every animal possible with a combination of things!
  • LeifUKLeifUK Posts: 573

    I had problems for years with animals, presumably cats, leaving large smelly poos on my lawn, especially in one corner. I bought some solar powered ultrasonic scarers, from Primrose:

    http://www.primrose.co.uk/-p-67763.html?adtype=pla&kwd=&showPLA=true&gclid=CKKbwJG_sscCFWXItAod-IkLEg

    I have three plus one with adjustable volume and frequency. I had two, but the animals just poo-ed elsewhere. Two have been in place for many months now, and not one poo in the areas in front of the scarers. No poos in the areas covered by the new scarers since installation a few weeks ago.

    I don't know what the animals are. I have see a cat poo-ing, but they are huge poos, and we do have badgers as well as cats, and maybe foxes.

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,139

    Small white poos on an urban lawn are usually from pigeons.  The white is the urea (birds' poo and pee is combined).

    Cat poos are much bigger - cat poos are as big as some dogs' poos. 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Kai_63Kai_63 Posts: 81
    It is closer to a cat poo than a pigeon poo. They are smaller than a fox poo from what I can tell.



    So, bigger than bird poo, smaller than fox poo!
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,139

    I think we need a picture of the poo, with a coin or something next to it for scale image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Kai_63Kai_63 Posts: 81
    I've seen that image online, the bigger image includes a human foot by way of comparison and it is smaller than what we have on our lawn, so I don't think believe it's a bird. It looks the same colour, but is a thicker and bigger size than the pic suggests.



    Thanks
  • Hedgehogs??   Though not ordinarily white.   But I'm thinking rather than "presenting" white that it's turning white after a while out in the open.

    Can you take a photo... sadly I can identify most wildlife poo.... I know... I need to get a lifeimage

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

    NL. have you thought of Britain's got Talent?

    Devon.
  • Kai_63Kai_63 Posts: 81
    It may have turned white, good point. Will try to take a pic but it is in the middle of the lawn and I can't get close to it as the turf is newly laid!



    Our neighbours said they saw foxes around the night before last which now makes me think the main damage was done by them and the poo was a cat's but has turned white somehow!
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