How to get rid of neighbor's cats on the property or in the entrance, what to do, how to scare them away

Cats in apartment buildings

Flocks of stray cats can be found in almost every courtyard of an apartment building. Moreover, such a neighborhood often causes a lot of inconvenience to apartment owners, ranging from an unpleasant odor to various diseases (lichen, toxoplasmosis, etc.), which are carried by representatives of the cat family.

Thus, the appearance of homeless animals at the entrance often becomes a problem, which is sometimes not so easy to get rid of.

How to get rid of neighbor cats that shit under the door or on the landing

As noted above, cats living in the courtyard of an apartment building bring a lot of trouble to its residents. At the same time, the main problem is related to the spread of an unpleasant odor and contamination of the landing with the waste products of these animals. In this regard, many apartment owners are wondering - what to do to get rid of uninvited guests who have bothered all the residents?

So, the following recommendations will help you ward off abandoned cats forever:

First of all, it is necessary to remove any source of food - you should understand that until compassionate neighbors stop feeding the cats, they will still live near the house and regularly go for food.
You can inform a specialized service for catching stray animals, which will be required to respond to the signal.
Another measure is to block all paths through which an animal can enter an apartment building. This is mainly the entrance door to the entrance (it should always be kept closed), windows on the stairs on the first floors (bars can be placed on them), etc.

In practice, another situation occurs when a neighbor’s cat regularly comes to a specific flight of stairs or under the door and relieves itself there.

There are several options to solve this problem:

First of all, you need to talk with the owners of the animal and ask them to resolve this issue.
If the cat's owners do not take any action in such a situation, you can write a complaint to the organization that performs the functions of managing the high-rise building (MC, HOA, etc.).
Another option would be to file a lawsuit. The basis in this case will be the creation of unsanitary conditions (Article 6.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation), as well as violation of the rights of owners of other apartments (Article 304 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation).
You can try to stop your cat from shitting in the wrong places on your own. For example, treat the area in front of the entrance to the apartment with bleach, buy special products at the pet store and apply them to the landing.

How to attract a neighbor for feeding cats

Currently, feeding stray animals, including cats, is not prohibited at the federal level. However, such a ban applies on the territory of some constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Moreover, in case of failure to comply with this requirement, an administrative fine will be collected from the violator.

For example, in accordance with clause 3.5 of the “Rules for keeping pets on the territory of the Ochersky urban settlement,” citizens are prohibited from feeding stray animals. A similar restriction also applies in the city of Verkhnyaya Pyshma, where it is not allowed to feed animals in common areas of apartment buildings (on the platform near the stairs or elevators, in basements, etc.).

In order to punish a neighbor who regularly feeds cats, you must act as follows:

First, you need to make sure that such an action is prohibited in a particular region of the Russian Federation.
Send a complaint to the city administration.
After considering the received complaint, appropriate measures will be taken against the violator.

If you can’t catch your neighbor for feeding stray cats (due to the absence of such an offense in a particular region), then you can write a complaint against her about the creation of unsanitary conditions (cats shit on the stairs, shed, etc.).

According to Art. 6.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation for violation of sanitary and epidemiological standards provides for a warning or a fine of 100-500 rubles (for citizens).

Another option is to file a claim in court for violation of the owner’s rights.

Why does a cat shit near the door?

Often, neighbor cats living in nearby areas, or stray pets living in the entrance, mark the doors of a stranger. If you do not deal with the problem in time, a persistent smell of ammonia will soon appear. Also, behavioral disruptions are not uncommon among pets who constantly went to the litter box, and then suddenly started peeing on the front door. The situation is especially aggravated during estrus. Similarly, a cat exhibits sexual instincts and is unable to understand that it is doing something wrong. It is useless to scold and punish a pet during sexual activity; the only effective solution to the problem is castration or sterilization. Other factors can influence whether neighbors or a domestic cat marks the door:

Severe stress.
Pathological disorders: impaired kidney function;
urolithiasis disease;
cystitis;
diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and others.

Revenge on the owner. Many cats are vindictive, and if their owner once scolded them or used physical punishment, they may start peeing at the front door.

Insufficient hygiene maintenance in the tray. If the owner does not change the litter in the cat litter in a timely manner and a bad smell emanates from it, then the cat shits in the wrong places, including near the door threshold.

Permitted number of cats in an apartment according to the law

The current Russian legislation does not define a specific number of cats that a citizen has the right to keep in his apartment.

At the same time, in paragraph 3 of Art. 13 of the Law of the Russian Federation dated December 27, 2018 No. 498-FZ states that the maximum number of pets must be calculated in such a way that the owner can provide them with adequate living conditions. In this case, we are talking about compliance with veterinary standards and sanitary and epidemiological rules.

A neighbor breeds cats and sells it illegally

In practice, sometimes there are situations where people illegally breed purebred cats at home or on the balcony, and then sell them to others. In this regard, the Law of the Russian Federation dated December 27, 2018 No. 498-FZ contains the following rules:

Pets are prohibited from being used for business activities (except in certain cases).
Trade in pets must take place in specially designated areas.

In addition, neighbors who breed cats in their apartment for sale can be held accountable for engaging in illegal business activities. (Article 171 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation). In this case, she faces one of the following penalties:

Fine up to 300,000 rubles.
Mandatory work (up to 480 hours).
Imprisonment (up to 6 months).

How I stopped my cat from shitting under the door

How I stopped my cat from shitting under the door . The method turned out to be very simple and effective, but the path to it was long and painful. It took a year and a half to do everything. During this time, the cat grew up and matured, and had no intention of giving up his habit. Still would! It’s so convenient to choose a moment when the owners are not looking and have time to make a huge puddle right in front of the front door, and then hide and listen to all the epithets addressed to you. Probably, this has its own drive, which the hostess will never understand. It's like doing a little dirty trick on your enemy and enjoying the result from a cozy nook.

And it all started very well. One day we went out with the dog for a walk, and under the neighbor’s loggia two cute fluffy kittens were hiding and trembling. The kittens were well-groomed and scared to death. Apparently someone solved their problems of placing unwanted kittens in exactly this way. They threw him out onto the street and that was it.

I brought the kittens home and put them in an empty flower box in the toilet. Why in the toilet? Because they are already scared, and there are also a bunch of our cats and a dog. It turned out that they were brother and sister. The cat is a real Siberian, and the cat is a Kurilian Bobtail. We named them Lorik and Fenechka. The kittens turned out to be very talkative. They accompany each of their movements with different cat sounds.

For a whole week, the kittens didn’t even try to leave the toilet until I brought them into the room. They even played in the toilet there, jumping from the washing machine onto the laundry basket.

The kittens were surprisingly quiet and smart. They immediately understood where to go to the toilet and didn’t go anywhere.

Six months later, I had to pick up Kuzya from work, whom I cured of terrible scabies. The cat was already an adult and not litter box trained, so he began to relieve himself right next to the front door. And Lorik decided that he should do the same thing - go to the toilet under the door. For the most part, he went wherever he needed to, but for the little ones, he only went to the door.

After a year and a half, Kuzya himself began to go to the litter box, but Lorik did not. What we didn't do. And they placed the tray near the door, and scared him (although he is already timid), nothing helped. And you probably know what the smell of cat urine is. Everything would have been fine, but Lorik managed to manage his affairs when everyone was getting ready for work, and one of us was sure to step into a puddle.

So they endured it until it finally occurred to me to scatter fresh tangerine skins near the door. And the cat stopped coming under the door. But tangerines are not always in our diet, and the skins dry quickly and stop smelling.

Then my daughter suggested smearing the threshold with citrus oil. It helped, but it was expensive. And then I decided to smear the floor at the threshold with camphor oil. Our cats really don't like this smell. This is how we finally trained all our cats to use the litter box.

Take note of this method. Maybe he will help you too.

Cats in the private sector

Often, residents of private households also experience inconvenience associated with the appearance of other people's cats, crapping in the garden or in the yard. In most cases, these animals shit in the beds, lie on the plantings, steal food located on the street, and also do many other dirty tricks.

How to keep your neighbor's cats away from your plot, dacha, garden bed

Unlike an apartment building, it is quite difficult to wean cats off the property. This is due to the fact that in a private house, even with the most careful sealing of all holes, there will always be a gap through which another animal can get through. Nevertheless, a number of recommendations can be identified that will help solve this problem:

It is necessary to get a large dog that would react extremely aggressively to cats. After a few encounters, the cats will become afraid and stop walking.
Uninvited guests should never be fed. Otherwise, they will occupy the territory for a long time. At the same time, it is necessary to ensure that no food remains are left in the yard, and that garbage cans (if any) are not overfilled.
Between the beds, as well as in the yard area, you can plant special plants whose smell repels cats (For example, fragrant rue, lemongrass, eucalyptus, etc.).
When a cat appears, you can unexpectedly spray it with water from a hose or a children's water pistol. Most representatives of the cat family are wildly afraid of water, so there is a chance that they will no longer appear in the country.

Radical method

To prevent cats from marking doors, you need to find out why they do it. Animals, especially street animals, are guided by instincts alone. For example, in a pack there must always be a leader, and only he has the right to mark territory . The other cats wait for the leader to weaken before they challenge him. A similar situation occurs with the door and with other people's cats.

Having marked this place once, they will constantly do their job, refreshing the smell or replacing it with their own.

The owner of an apartment or house must understand that poking an animal into its scent is pointless. A more strange, radical method will help here. Its essence is to talk with the offender in the “native” language. The algorithm of actions is as follows:

Catch the cat when he marks the door, tightly grasping him by the scruff of the neck.
Raise it in front of you to eye level. The animal will tuck its tail and paws.
Make sounds similar to hissing directly in the animal’s face.
Against the background of playing a menacing hissing sound, begin to sharply, but not very forcefully, slap the offender on the ears. This should be done one at a time and it is advisable to touch the nose a couple of times.
When the cat starts covering his face with his paws, hunching over, squeaking and trying to run away, he needs to be released.
You should make loud hissing sounds in pursuit of the intruder.
The door will have to be treated and “marked” with its smell.

The most important thing in this process is to remember to look into the animal’s eyes at all times. If you look away or do not perform your actions convincingly enough, the cat may not understand the essence of the process. In this case, he will continue to mark the door, thinking that he was just being played with.

Marking a place with your scent means throwing the owner’s sweat-smelling item there for a while, for example, a T-shirt after running or wearing socks. Girls can use their favorite perfume for this. A cat may come to the door, but it will not shit when it smells the person who humiliated it.

In most cases, one procedure is enough. If it was not carried out convincingly or there are several violators of the order, then the whole process will have to be repeated. Basically, the cat marks the disputed territory, but after identifying the “true” owner, he no longer encroaches on it. Sometimes even when you see an animal on the street, you can see the fear in its eyes, which indicates the correctness of the chosen method.

Scarecrow with cat sound, is it legal?

One of the modern ways to get rid of stray cats is to use a special scarecrow with sound. The operation of this device is based on ultrasonic waves, which are audible only to animals and cause them a feeling of anxiety.

The Law of the Russian Federation dated December 27, 218 No. 498-FZ does not indicate whether such repellers can be used against representatives of the animal world. In Art. 11 of this regulatory act only states that animals must be protected from cruelty. It should be noted that repellers are absolutely not harmful to the health of pets. In this regard, we can conclude that the use of such methods of dealing with stray cats is completely legal.

In conclusion, it is worth noting that any methods chosen to drive away stray cats must be humane. Otherwise, you may find yourself prosecuted for animal cruelty.