Cat spikes around garden

I know. Madness right? My cats roam but 💩 in their litter trays at home. There are lots of cats and foxes around. Most of the 💩 visible on the grass is 🦊 💩.
i would go mental if my neighbours started to throw random poo over the fence. They’d have to show me cctv if my cat being the culprit.

No Google isn’t always your friend. Clearly no one actually keeps statistics on this. Cats who roam don’t live on average 3 years. You are making things up as you go along here.

Surely nobody ever actually throws cat poo over the fence to their neighbours? How can you prove it was their cat? There’s loads in an area. If my neighbour did that, I would fling it straight back over and aim for their furniture and windows. Some people are disgusting.

Try it OP but it may not work unfortunately. I have a cat and I put up cat spikes, both to keep my cat in and to keep other cats out. It didn't work at all, the cats were deterred for less than one day. After that both my cat and the neighbours cats just walked/jumped right on without being bothered.

Google is your friend 🙄

The very fact you live in a quiet area with lots of gardens around might give you a clue as to why your cats don’t pass earlier.

I think it depends where you live. I live on a quiet road with huge gardens around for them to play with (and poo in😀)

This is actually quite a crunch of it.
2 random map screenshots.
If 30% households have cats in each of these areas, one is fucked, second is fine.
I lived in both type of set ups and it makes such a massive difference. Especially when your garden is interesting so it becomes a territory fight (which I think has happened to OP as well because it soumds like what I had when I lived in area like image 1). Totally different experiences.

Where did you get this statistic from? Did you make it up? 😆

I have had cat my whole life and they have all roamed and lived a long and very happy life. Yes I know the risk of letting my cats roam, but I much prefer them to have a fun and active life chasing butterflies in the garden. I think it depends where you live. I live on a quiet road with huge gardens around for them to play with (and poo in😀)

Youre disgusting.

Not that I need to explain anything to you but I live in a huge house, she’s a pedigree and I live very close to a busy road and tram stop.

Cats who are allowed to roam live, on average, 3 years. Cats who don’t live, on average, 15 years.

I’m more than happy to keep her a prisoner.

I used to do that too.

Cat proof your garden , as I said earlier it is as effective at keeping cats out as it is at keeping them in . You may get the odd one but most will be foiled . The ones you catch can then be dropped at the local vets as ‘stray’ if you really want to inconvenience the owners .

Get a greyhound.

I have the same problem with cats. I tried everything, nothing worked.
Now, i stopped planting.
If a deterrent is found please tell us.

I'm a cat lover too (though mine stays inside) but no argument from me if what you are doing is legal and humane. The trouble is that people have too many cats (and dogs) in built-up areas. Cats need their own territory and expecting four to confine themselves to one small garden just isnt going to happen.

I'm sure the police will be right on it. 😂😂😂

And poison a hedgehog, or a fox, or any kind of Bird. Don’t encourage the batshit crazy poisoner (who I have encouraged the police to look into)

At least cats tend to poo in a border. Dogs shit in the middle of a lawn, and a pavement or a public footpath. Dog shit is the nemesis of our times. As are dogs. Bloody everywhere, yapping in cafés, barking for no reason

Is it? I clean up my cats turds from the litter tray everyday. It doesnt bother me in the slightest. Id sooner do that than clean up a babys dirty bottom for three years and put their non biodegrabable nappies in landfill to rot for 100s of years.

Well remember there are plenty of people who have reached the end of their tether with fouling cats and have poison down, when you next make the decision to let them out. On your head be it.

I’m a cat owner and YANBU at all!!!!

Can’t believe some suggested the neighbour comes round twice a week to clean up. They should be there every single day!
I have a cat. If she did this and wouldn’t stop she’d become a house cat. If I found out she’d pooed in someone’s garden I’d be round to clear it up straight away.
you deffo should be flinging it over their fence. I know some folk hate cats but the vermin we would have without them would be horrid.

Twice a week?!? Really, so they can't use their own garden's and have to play cat shit hopscotch FIVE days a week because of your selfish entitlement. Really. Unbelievable

Good for you. It's bizarre how arsey cat owners get when they have to deal with their own pets turds.

I think it’s fair enough, cats have the rights to roam but property owners have the right to protect their property from roaming cats surely.

Otherwise where does it end? Should you have to leave the windows open so they get first go at dinner too?

I’m sure the neighbours aren’t happy as you are changing the status quo to their detriment. They haven’t cared about your detriment for years though so I’d take a leaf out of their book and develop a thicker skin about it all. If they approach I’d make sympathetic noises and say things like “I’m sure they will adjust to the new regime quickly” and “would you like take some dirt from the flowerbed as it might help them establish their ow n cat poo area”

I've just cleared our garden to put in a patio. Unfortunately cats seem to think this is now a giant toilet. My old cat used to delicately bury its poo. My new cat only has three legs and doesn't know how to bury it either. However... The poo in the cleared space isn't hers! I'm getting random cats pooing in my garden! I'm not sure why this seems to be so much more of a problem now.