To tell her to get lost?

Cats aren’t idiots they don’t go round people’s gardens chomping on rhododendron bushes.
They eat a bit of grass sometimes.
I have cats and avoid toxic houseplants and bouquets (eg Lillies) in the house because of proximity but there’s nothing you can do about what other people have in their gardens.

It's a running joke in our household that everything seems to be poisonous to cats. In practice, these plants only seem to be a problem if you have them as indoor pot plants, which invites bored cats mooching around indoors on a rainy day to poke and play with them. When cats are outside, they are far too busy being cats outside to methodically graze on daffodils and azaleas for no reason.

She doesn't need to worry; those cats won't ever nibble on that rhododendron!

Laughed out loud at the cheeky Fuckery ! Shared with oh he said tell them to get f***.
Incidentally my mum is a cat woman and a gardener and has never had a problem with beautiful azaleas and wonderful rhodis and cats.

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Lastly if she really is so concerned then ask her to buy you a big pretty pot with a lavender bush or a rose bush (cats hate these) or to go on Amazon and tell her to search ‘cat repellents’
ask her to invest in high secure fences and to cover up any holes /gaps in fences/ gates .. lots of gravel/pebbles act as good repellents too

As an animal foster carer and previous rehoming ‘checker’ and rescuer and working for many years with animals I’m sure she’s a lovely person to re home these wonderful cats (anyone who re homes an animal is an angel in my opinion 😸😻)

In saying that, she’s gone about this completely the wrong way.. I’m sure she means well and her heart is in the right place and she is getting organised for her new little furry mates 🐱 but she shouldn’t expect her neighbours to bend over backwards for her! She needs to keep them indoors first of all for a good few weeks in case they need injections/boosters and not to mention that it’s a new location for them and she doesn’t want them running off!

Please explain to her that cats are very clever and chances are they won’t even go near said plants and even if they do then they’re not silly! They won’t eat these plants!

I love cats so much but… she’s being so ridiculous. Do not remove your plants. Also I never knew lollies were poisonous to cats and mine have never went near my flowers.

You should make a post on the neighbourhood watch page warning neighbours to be vigilant that a batshit lady is going door to door demanding people alter their lives and property because she decided to get a pet

Now that made me laugh out loud after a hectic day at work. Thank you!! 🤣

I made my kids study a cat care book before we got our cats. First time I got flowers they were worrying about the lilies which are toxic to cats - apparently cats get drawn to the smell of a lily and of course lick themseves clean so could ingest the incredibly messy pollen. My Dad reassured me that the streets in Spain aren't full of dying cats despite vast quantities of lilies growing wild and cats running feral.

The cats won't eat them unless the cat is deranged or she trains them to eat them . Tell her to sling her hook.

I've had cats most of my life and the poisonous plants I have grown were never touched by the cats , humans maybe but not the cats . The cats ate my sweet corn and chard seedlings 🤬

Make sure you send her a letter pointing out if she touches your plants you will sue her

She doesn’t sound like she’s capable of looking after an animal. Poor cats! My cats are completely free range and have managed to avoid killing themselves by foliage! Or next door’s dogs.

Obviously cats know not to eat them, otherwise random suburban gardens would be littered with dead cats all the time.

I love cats but that is ridiculous. Tell her to fuck off.

When I brought my cat home as a kitten I lifted his basket in the direction of my next door neighbour's garden and said "now you must never go in there because Mrs next door loves her plants". He's 4 now and he doesn't. He goes across the road to the crazy cat lady and spends his time in her garden. He shits in mine!

Ditto everyone who’s said will she promise to follow her cats around and stop them using your garden as a toilet ? (Have to admit though she sounds as if she’s a caring owner and we need more of those)

I'd be writing her one bad saying she needs to ensure her cats don't enter your garden as you don't want them using it as a litter tray and potentially spreading toxoplasmosis... otherwise you will charge her every time you find a cat pooh in your soil

What a nutter.
Don't forget to add in your reply that if and when they soil in your garden, you will expect her to pick it up. (I live next door to six of the little shit machines and have a garden I can't grow veg in anymore because of them).

I would initially have thought this was a joke 😂 I can't believe anyone would be that entitled!! Yanbu

I wonder what she'll do when her cats go into a garden that already has a cat who objects to intruders, or when the other neighbourhood cats start going into her garden. Will she be telling everyone else to keep their cats indoors?

I’m a vet and cat owner and I have rhododendron in my garden! Cats don’t generally go out of their way to eat things like this. The only thing she needs to avoid is lilies as the pollen (as well as the plant) is poisonous and very dangerous when the cat grooms themselves.

I’m a real crazy cat lady, but I think she’s bonkers to ask/assume you will remove your plants!! YANBU!!! Her cats will stay away from them. Obviously I avoid buying any plants that are harmful to my cats, but I wouldn’t have a clue what plants my neighbour’s have; it’s not my business!

Obviously a very unreasonable request.

what I wonder is, what reputable cat charity would foster to someone who knows so little. Cats roam all over, they won’t stop in just the nearest gardens. We live next to a country park that is absolutely overgrown with rhododendrons, which happen to be a favourite haunt of the neighbourhood cats. None have been poisoned as far as I’m aware.

Like many other cat owners, I have plants in my garden that are poisonous to cats. My cats don't go near them. I've had lilies given to me and a poinsettia one Christmas - no issues. My old lady cat loves a bit of chocolate (she's 18) and our childhood cat liked fruit cake (also lived to a ripe old age). Ask your neighbour if she'll be knocking on all the doors locally asking about poisonous plants. Oh and make sure you tell her you'll post any cat shit in your garden through her letterbox 🙄

Say my name. Basically.

How does she think cats have managed to survive all these centuries? Ridiculous woman, feel sorry for the cats that are moving in with her, they will get no peace!