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YANBU generally. And I have a cat. I'd probably think twice in this cold weather though.

Nope, it won't hurt them. YANBU.

YANBU! If my cat comes home damp then I apologise for her refusal to use the perfectly good litter tray at home.
Try planting lavender and rosemary as they don't like the smell. You can get a get off type product. Or buy some lion pooh to scare it off!

It's only the cold weather would worry me in case cat is shut out all day. On a normal day, I wouldn't mind you doing this to my cat. But I'm not sure I'd be too happy today with 6" of snow in the garden. Bang a saucepan or hiss maybe?

Oh thank you Wolf I am not a cat lover, don't want them in my garden but don't want to hurt them either. Do they learn not to come back if they are squirted? I'll try your suggestions!

No snow here music but I get what you're saying. I tryed hissing and it looked up and carried on! Our neighbours have lots of cats and they seems to congregate in our back G. There were 6 once. I was

YANBU, it's only water

I have realised it is probably only us with half a foot of snow in the garden, so I think YWNBU.

I suspect if you squirt them enough they will learn to go somewhere more comfortable. But you may need to sit there for hours good chance to mumsnet with one eye on the garden, days even

YANBU unless the cats immediate escape route is to a main road. When startled they could run out and get run over. Otherwise it's a harmless deterrent!

YANBU at all. We own two of the things - both of which use our garden so I am occasionally tempted to invest in a SuperSoaker myself!

YANBU - invest in a good water pistol, or in the summer a hose pipe with a spray. it is quite effective!

Yanbu - also apparently sprinkling pepper round your garden helps (obviously not when it's raining a lot.

In my experience you don't need to squirt a lot.
A drop of water makes my cat jump and run off.

To be honest just walking up to it and whooshing your arms about will do the trick.

YANBU in the slightest. We lived next door to nine, 9, NINE of them. They never pood in their own garden, just ours it seems.
Fortunately, they were all different colors so we could pick out the ones that had been done with water (they were the cats that slunk along the back fence).
Last year we had two. we also had a well used litter tray. Once, one of them did their business next door. I went out with a bread bag and cleared up.

Jet wash or super soaker?

YANBU, it won't hurt them. A super soaker is a bit much though.

A Karcher should do the job.

YANBU, I have a cat who I'm very PFB about and I often say I'd much prefer a neighbour who didn't want him in their garden sprayed him with water rather than hit him or throw rocks etc.

I have a cat and wouldn't mind. In fact i once snook in to my neighbours garden to remove a big dump i had just caught my moggy doing . No need to soak though - most are afraid of the spraying sound do that alone would work without the water.

They're quite bright and will soon learn to vanish if they see you approaching with a water gun.

I used to spray my own cats with water (from a houseplant spray bottle thingy) when they went to scratch my sofas or jump on kitchen worktops as kittens. It worked, as they learned not to do it! YANBU

YANBU I have a cat, if you caught him crapping in your garden I'd have no problem with you spraying him with water.