To not want neighbours cats in my garden?

As of this afternoon he has now been spraying the actual cat. They’ve come back twice for two more sprays so it hasn’t deterred yet but we shall live in hope. We are in discussions about how much we can actually invest in other cat proofing measures as with two young kids and maternity leave on the horizon means money has to be managed carefully.

I had a cat, it never left my garden. I catproofed my fence and it could not jump on to the top of the fence. It is doable, and it is the responsibility of the cat owner.

I've taught my children (have 4) to throw rocks at the cats that come in our garden. It's a made a difference. It's something I wouldn't have dreamt of doing in the past but the amount of cat poo was becoming a health hazard. My sons have a good aim. Having an animal that defecates in your neighbours gardens makes you a real lowlife IMO but strangely it's normalised in the UK.

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I've taught my children (have 4) to throw rocks at the cats that come in our garden. It's a made a difference. It's something I wouldn't have dreamt of doing in the past but the amount of cat poo was becoming a health hazard. My sons have a good aim. Having an animal that defecates in your neighbours gardens makes you a real lowlife IMO but strangely it's normalised in the UK.

They don’t wear collars. I am thinking a bell on the collar might deter them killing the birds? They have caught a couple of small bluetits.

So would you personally be happy to pick up cat poo daily in your private garden if you had chosen not to own an animal? I think not.

Yeah, see all the things people are being told to build to and add to keep cats out, just do all that, but in reverse to keep em in!

If it's simple to keep cats out it'll be simple to keep em in right?

All cats are rescues. But they're also all strays.

None are bred or chosen as kittens which increases cat populations.

All scat is foxes

All cat homes are simultaneously too small to be converted in any way for indoor cat enrichment, and also farms cause rescues says they all gotta be outdoor cats..

Duh...

You are absolutely not being unreasonable. Unfortunately people have a very selfish attitude towards pets in general and cats in particular. They want their interactive fluffy toys and everyone else can go and fuck themselves. This is unlikely to end anytime soon so you are correct, you just have to put up with it.

In Freemantle, Australia, cat owners are fined if their cats are found outside. Fingers crossed, that may be introduced into the UK sometime in the future:

In Fremantle, Western Australia, cats are effectively banned from roaming freely in public areas. According to Sky News, the city council has implemented changes to its cat management laws, designating all city-owned land, including roads, verges, and bushland, as cat prohibited areas. This means cats must be kept indoors or on a leash when outdoors.

Key points about Fremantle's cat laws:
Prohibited Areas: All public areas owned or managed by the City of Fremantle are cat prohibited areas, including roads, verges, footpaths, and car parks.

Wildlife Protection: The primary reason for these laws is to protect native wildlife from being preyed upon by domestic cats.

Responsible Pet Ownership: The aim is not to ban cats entirely, but to encourage responsible pet ownership by keeping cats contained, either indoors or in secure outdoor enclosures like a catio.

Fines for Violations: Owners who allow their cats to roam in prohibited areas may face fines.

Leash Policy: Cats can be walked outdoors if they are on a lead.

Formal Ratification: The amended local law requires formal ratification by the State Government before it comes into effect.

Hang on hang on...

We were told that cat owners gardens are to SMALL for catios...

Now we have leaped to rural farm cats (which nobody complained about and isn't relevant to any of the examples stated this far in the threat...

The cats that rescues are only rehoming on farms... Cannot in the same breath be the same cats that cannot be CRUELLY contained in owners teeny urban gardens, if they even have gardens at all!,

Stop their cats getting out of the garden by catproofing. Like any considerate neighbours.

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So you want mass abandonment and mass cull of all cats? That's highly disgusting! I adopt rescues! Do you want them all dead? Fuck me your mindset is beyond help! Thing is that cat rescues take strays and ferals of the street, they get neutered and become pets that like mine barely leave our property, you want people to stop owning cats, that means the rescues can no longer take them off the street if they can't home them, if they can't take them off the street and you would just have lots of roaming strays and ferals that breed like hell and kill wildlife to survive. Your comment is pretty silly isn't it?

It was a long time ago, so I cannot remember, but it was quite a substantial amount. We had a very large flat roof on a kitchen extension, covered in white gravel chippings, (which on old asphalt style roofs was supposed to protect them) and one day a local cat decided this was the perfect giant litterbox!! The stench wafted into the house, we went on the roof and removed all the poop, then over a course of a couple of months tried every anti-cat product sold in the local hardware stores and garden centres. None of them worked, we were still removing poop frequently, one smelt almost as bad as the poop (I think that was the garlic one). We never saw the cat, or I woukd have tried a water pistol, it must have been a nocturnal pooper. In the end we simply swept all the chippings off and washed the roof with a very strong solution of Flash, and it finally stopped.

Hyperbole alert!!!

So you want mass abandonment and mass cull of all cats? That's highly disgusting! I adopt rescues! Do you want them all dead? Fuck me your mindset is beyond help! Thing is that cat rescues take strays and ferals of the street, they get neutered and become pets that like mine barely leave our property, you want people to stop owning cats, that means the rescues can no longer take them off the street if they can't home them, if they can't take them off the street and you would just have lots of roaming strays and ferals that breed like hell and kill wildlife to survive. Your comment is pretty silly isn't it?

So you want mass abandonment and mass cull of all cats? That's highly disgusting! I adopt rescues! Do you want them all dead? Fuck me your mindset is beyond help! Thing is that cat rescues take strays and ferals of the street, they get neutered and become pets that like mine barely leave our property, you want people to stop owning cats, that means the rescues can no longer take them off the street if they can't home them, if they can't take them off the street and you would just have lots of roaming strays and ferals that breed like hell and kill wildlife to survive. Your comment is pretty silly isn't it?