To tell her to get lost?

News of Neighbour harassing people in the area demanding they remove and replace plants in their own gardens, re-house existing pets, keep their kids locked up and their cars off the street under the guise of preemptively protecting cats she doesn’t even have could make it to the neighbourhood WhatsApp group. Maybe linked to a GoFundMe page to get her the MH help she is demonstrably showing she needs.

She’s being ridiculous.

According to my vet, cat poisonings are actually quite uncommon, as unlike dogs they won’t just eat anything.

And - your point is??!

I’m a cat owning garden designer. Only thing which gives me the heebies is lily. Apart from that you’re grand. She’s bonkers.

This is proper madness. She must have a screw loose.
Good on you for not bowing down (at all) to her. I'd be fuming. And her cats will be fine...

Those plants are, in fact, toxic to cats, but cats seems to avoid them like the plague. If everything toxic to cats killed cats on a regular basis, there would be no stray/feral cats at all. They have excellent instincts for MOST of them. That said, lilies are SO toxic that a cat can die from walking through the pollen and then licking its paws. Just DO keep that one in mind, and don't plant lilies outdoors, or bring them into your house if you have cats.

How inconvenient that the plants in question have special sentimental value. What are the chances!

I’ve just had another thought about the strange passive-aggressive wording of her note - she’s assuming that the cats are going to go in your garden and that you’re okay with them shitting all over it! Entitled doesn’t even cover it. I’m a cat-lover by the way but this person’s attitude sucks.

I have cats, they are of the very dim kind, but even they aren't stupid enough to eat poisonous plants. Also, despite their distinct lack of sense, we have trained them to stay in our garden (they are easily won by a couple of Dreamies).

There are many plants that are not great for animals, but if out of doors they will avoid them.

I would offer to move them in the Autumn though to the other side of your garden if possible. This will allow the cats to stay away more easily, and show willing.

Yanbu

Ugh my old neighbours cat was forever jumping though my lillies. They were potted and I was forever moving them to try and keep the brighter safe but he's still jump through them.

Luckily he survived longer than they did.

“so you can remove them” ????!!!! Not even a request, but a demand! I would tell her I ignored it because I thought it was an April Fool thing and when she asks why I’d say it hadn’t occurred to me that somebody would just expect something like that without a discussion and without using the word please. And because it sounds like a fucking joke, but that might not go down too well!

Tell her if she comes knocking again with batshit requests, you'll uproot HER.
The absolute cheek of some people!

This.

WTF don't ALL cat owners have it if they're that concerned?

We fenced our garden off to keep our dogs safe. Also to avoid any potential problems with delivery people. Our girls have never been aggressive to anyone but they are animals and you can NEVER guarantee an animal's behaviour.

yaNbu. Unbelievable brass neck of her!

That is ridiculous - cats roam much further than the garden next door. They're going to have to take their chances in lots of gardens as do thousands of other cats (but at least they have an interesting life rather than being stuck indoors).

Protectapet is what she needs. No danger of them coming to any harm in anyone else’s garden.

I can't say I'm all that fussed. I have 2 cats and a veg bed. I occasionally find a poop or two in the freshly sown beds, but I doubt it's much worse than the squirrel/ mouse/ bird/ rat shit that probably is also in them.

I hope you don't grow any vegetables as the cats could use your beds as their litter tray. As a gardner and cat lover it can be difficult to deter them from going in lovely fresh soil.

Well if she’s threatening you with future vet bills I’d definitely be returning any cat poo that’s been left behind in your garden.
I think people have become extremely entitled over the last few years. As for telling a neighbour to keep his dog on a lead in his own back garden!!!! 😱 - I liked his response lol

This thread has reminded me that I need to re-home my pot of beautiful yellow lilies that my clever 12 year old lady can has never gone near. We re-homed a 2 year old male cat who is possibly the daftest thing on earth a couple months ago and given that he's managed to eat a hole in our heated throw and fallen down the stairs many times while chasing his tail/shadow, I'd put money on him poisoning himself with the lillies.

Presumably she’s shortened her full name and the OP has changed this to reflect her user name Sportycustard.

Wow she’s nuts and I love cats but that’s not your responsibility. Why does she call you sporty as well?

@Sportycustard, may sound weird but I'dolike to compliment your vocabulary. You used the word uninterested, with the meaning not interested. Most people wrongly use disinterested, which means impartial.