We have bobcats come by the house all the time, which are fun to watch. Probably because we have a backyard pond/waterfall.
The trouble is, now the darn things have decided a flush toilet is a great thing, so they’ve been pooping in the pond.
Is there anything (other than a 12 gauge) that would be good to repel these guys?
Oh, great. Now, I have Willie Nelson in my head, singing Bobcats Pooping Too Close To The Pond. :smack:
Sorry about that.
Are you saying if I get Willie to come over and sing, the bobcats will leave?
If you were to suspend Nixalite™ wire on uprights at cat-butt height, they might not care to back up thereto.
Well, guess what I’m hearing in my head now, to the tune of “jack frost nipping at your nose”?
I was going to suggest turning a hose on them, but these bobcats would probably just take that to be a bidet feature.
Felines in general are said not to like pepper or citrus scents. You might want to try a few grapefruit peels around your pond.
Watching real live bobcats would be so damn cool, I wouldn’t mind a bit of cat poop.But are you sure it isn’t racoons? I never heard of bobcats doing BM’s in water.
I would kill a whole family to have bobcats pooping in my pond, instead of raccoons trashing the loti and eating the koi.
They aren’t Nazi Bobcats are they? Haven’t we done this before?
Me too!
Not a band name, but a Country-Western Album Name!
So they’re French, migratory bobcats?
What’s a loti ?
Yes. They’re really tired from the long swim across the Atlantic, so after a quick meal, they’re looking for some digestive hygiene to feel comfortable prior to settling in.
Ah… hence the name bobcats.
You two think those are nasty earworms? What I ended up with was “Bobcats Keep Pooping in My Pond” to the tune of “Raindrops Keep Falling…” 
Bobcats pooping on an open fire,
Bobcats pooping on your nose,
Bobcats gaily flinging dung at a choir,
And bobcats who poop like Eskimos,
Every bobcat knows…
(with apologies to Mel Torme
It was a bobcat all right. I caught him once squatting down doing his business. I went out to yell at him and just got a WTF look, and he asked for some privacy.
It’s bad enough trying to keep algae out of the pond without having to look at cat turds.
I posted these pics of a juvenile bobcat reacting with my indoor cat through the window before, but for those who did not see them, it’s worth looking at.
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Go ahead.
Finish the song!
