To not want neighbours cats in my garden?

I didn’t do any gardening at all when pregnant as I didn’t want to touch the soil for any reason from snails to any animal poo. Honestly getting up and down when pregnant and gardening got impossible pretty quickly anyway so don’t think it is major issue for most pregnant women

No it’s worse. I can dodge dog crap on the street. But a load of cat turds I wasn’t aware of when I’m digging in the flowerbeds suddenly presenting themselves? Gross.

Genuine question: have any cat owners with pets that are being an ongoing nuisance actually offered to pay for all of these weird and wonderful supposed 'solutions' that are suggested to deter them (which may or may not work) for the neighbours to use in their gardens?

If not, isn't it remarkable arrogance to tell somebody to spend their own money - often a considerable amount - in order to try to deal with a problem caused by YOUR pet?

If your tree cam down in a storm and smashed your neighbour's conservatory roof, would you likewise recommend a good company whom they could pay to fix it?

If anybody has offered to pay, credit to them for at least caring enough to try to address the issue.

Thanks for the tip I will try that

It's up to you and your conscience, but if you wanted to throw things at them or otherwise harm or kill them, nobody is stopping you - as they don't have owners that want the rights of owning a pet but not the responsibilities.

Farmers shoot wild rabbits that are eating their crops, and they also accidentally kill loads of wild animals with their combine harvesters. Again, it's their prerogative; they don't have owners who merrily shrug when their animals are a huge nuisance to neighbours but then get angry if the neighbours decisively stop them from being able to continue doing so (and again, I am in no way condoning killing somebody's pet).

Have you thought of a door screen. They have them a lot in American houses.
The fresh air still comes in but bugs and in your case cats can’t.

I wanted to show the full quote history and , like you, I'm aghast that anyone would train their children to be cruel to animals.

Obviously you can’t stop the cats, but you could ask them to be decent cat owners and have a litter tray. I have one for my cat. It’s a pain for me, but my cat doesn’t crap in anyone’s garden. So no unhappy neighbours.

The only ones that we ever get are cats. Plus cats tend to strut around fearlessly like the lord of the manor, whereas wild animals are naturally timid and will flee at the slightest sign of a human/potential predator.

Also, how many wild animals tend to leave big, stinky poos? I suppose foxes would, if they came around; but bird poo and tiny animals' dry pellet poos disappear and disintegrate in no time.

Moreover, I am not defending it at all, but we all know how a lot of people will 'deal with' unwanted wild animals.

At any rate, it's a rather defeatist attitude to say that, because wild animals might also poo in your garden, that makes it OK for cats to do the same.

If my neighbour had hung her washing out to dry, I couldn't just drench it with a supersoaker or throw a bucket of water over it and say, "Well, it could start raining at any moment - you can't stop nature! - so it makes no difference if I deliberately soak all of your dry clothes too".

But that’s so sad. Humans have taken over the animals habitat. Why would anyone not want them in your garden? I love watching all the animals, even the foxes. There is one actually sleeping in next door’s garden right now. We get herons on the fence occasionally. I am shocked people try and keep all wildlife out of their gardens.

I find it annoying when birds shit in my garden over my furniture. And when they wake me up with all their racket.

I wonder if i can ask people like you to stop feeding and encouraging birds. And perhaps I can spray or throw things at them.

Concrete fence bases and blocking off a hole under with extra soil and one of my DC’s garden toys has prevented any foxes, hedgehogs, whoever else getting in from the back of my garden- they can’t scale 6 feet fence panels like I’ve watched cats do, so far, far easier to keep out. So much rarer they would enter a garden a poo in it anyway.

Yeah I wasn’t particularly happy scrubbing bird poo off my beautifully painted fence panels either- the difference being that’s been a handful of times over 15 years, it’s not in my garden daily. Nobody owns birds and they can fly- gardens can be adapted to keep cats in. My sister’s have always lived inside only and are thriving. Lucky neighbours!

Our neighbours cats used to come in to our house....they would eat leftovers, walk on the kitchen table, etc. I would shout at them, clap loudly, throw a ball in their direction, spray water at them outside, etc. They are clever and will learn. I haven't seen them here in ages now. I don't think you're being unreasonable at all.

Can’t you see the difference between wild animals and a domestic animal that is only there because of an inconsiderate neighbour?

And we have hedgehogs, deer, birds and badgers in our garden. No signs of any other animal waste- we’ve only ever had a problem with cat shit, and we know it’s cat shit because we see them doing it and we see them on our wildlife cam. No sign of foxes or dogs.

there are loads of animals that poo in your garden though- why just focus on the cats? How do you stop any wildlife entering and doing their business in your flowerbeds?

I presume they learn - just like they learn if a dog lives in a paticular garden and they avoid it - where there are no predators, and so no need to bother burying their poo.

How distressing for you 😂

I'd close the window in an empty room if local animals/wildlife had a habit of using it to gain entry. I would have thought most people would.

In the same way I don't leave our patio doors open unless someone is in the room. I've seen too many mice, rats and squirrels in the garden to risk any unwelcome visitors. My parents friend went out for hour and left a window open to air the house. They came home to a squirrel house party 😂

I’m stunned that cat owners think this is OK.
Perhaps I’ve just got different standards. I think cats walking over kitchen worktops is utterly disgusting. I also think that their shit, given they are carnivores, is completely different to any wildlife that comes to my garden; I’m in the UK so it’s basically the occasional sparrow!

We used this to actually keep our cats in our old garden, but more importantly for you it kept every other cat out. And not pricy.

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come and meet the ones that foul in my garden!

Even if cats did bury their poo every single time, how does that actually make it all fine?

It's nasty when you're gardening, tending your veg plots or flower beds and weeding, and you come across a nasty 'present' that a cat buried and assumed dealt with forever.

Would it be OK if I came and pooed in your garden - or if all the neighbourhood toddlers did - as long as I/their parents promise to shallow-bury all the poo in your flower beds or by churning over a corner of your lawn?

I initially misread 'wines' as 'wives' and did wonder what kind of disgraceful neighbourhood you lived in