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Next door cat keeps shitting on my drive

39 replies

Stargazingmummy · 04/06/2024 12:35

Just that really. We moved into a new home 2 years ago and have a relationship with our neighbours where we can say hi and bye to eachother.
However, the cat from next door is always shitting on our drive and garden. We are constantly picking it up from our property. We don't know what to do. My father in law has accidently stepped into it. My children play in the garden and obviously our cars sometimes go over it when driving on and off the drive. It's disgusting.
I know we can't control what the cat does and nor can the owners but what do we do?
Do I have a friendly chat with the neighbour about how regular it is and how the children have to be careful where they play?
AIBU?

OP posts:
DildoHarding · 04/06/2024 13:43

shockeditellyou · 04/06/2024 13:00

put a solution of Jeyes fluid on your drive. It’s harmless once dried and cats don’t like the smell. Only thing that works for us.

And if they walk over it before it's dried it will kill them Hmm solves the problem though?

Original poster
Stargazingmummy · 04/06/2024 13:20

CutthroatDruTheViolent · 04/06/2024 13:14

Get a super soaker and stake it out over a weekend.

😂 sounds like a plan

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CutthroatDruTheViolent · 04/06/2024 13:14

Get a super soaker and stake it out over a weekend.

TomeTome · 04/06/2024 13:11

Sprinklers?
orange oil?
lion dung?

shockeditellyou · 04/06/2024 13:00

put a solution of Jeyes fluid on your drive. It’s harmless once dried and cats don’t like the smell. Only thing that works for us.

Sago1 · 04/06/2024 12:58

We had the same problem Menthol Salts, about £4 a tub stopped it.
Most pharmacies sell them.

HScully · 04/06/2024 12:50

If my neighbours told me there was an issue, I would ask if they minded me checking each morning and removing it from their drive. Id rather my cats didnt do this, and generally cats bury their poo. They do sometimes leave it uncovered if they are unsettled

Original poster
Stargazingmummy · 04/06/2024 12:48

cavernclub · 04/06/2024 12:43

Are you sure it's their cat?
Could it be a dog or a fox?
Cats normally like gravel/ earth so they can bury it after

We were a little dubious too at first but we kept watching and the cat always likes to hang in our garden and drive. We thought it was unusual that it wasn't buried. It's like the cat knows what it's doing. We spoke with the previous owners and apparently they had the same issue with the cat.

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nutbrownhare15 · 04/06/2024 12:45

I would put up a camera to be sure. If it is the cat ask what they suggest. You could look into some kind of movement activated sprinkler system.

Beamur · 04/06/2024 12:45

Are you sure it's the cat? It's unusual for a cat not to bury poo but can happen if they're having a territorial dispute. Your drive being the boundary under dispute...

cavernclub · 04/06/2024 12:43

Are you sure it's their cat?
Could it be a dog or a fox?
Cats normally like gravel/ earth so they can bury it after

Wotcher · 04/06/2024 12:41

I’d be popping it back over the wall til they get the message.

AlaskaThunderfuckHiiiiiiiii · 04/06/2024 12:39

Your neighbour could control it by cat proofing her garden with a catio or other means of keeping it on her own property, I believe this should be the norm for any cat owners really

OhmygodDont · 04/06/2024 12:37

Unfortunately cats have the right to roam which means they shit where they shit. Sadly.

You can speak to your neighbour but I’m not sure how it will help unless your expecting them to come poo pick?