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To feel guilty about getting anti cat stuff for garden?

31 replies

pukkapoon · 09/06/2026 22:17

Firstly I love animals and have owned several cats in the past.

My NDN has several cats which tend to poo in my garden quite a lot.
I have toddlers so I am concerned about the health risks and plus it's disgusting that I have to pick it up each time it happens.
They have even done it by the kitchen door in the past.
Its non stop now and I haven't got the time/desire to keep picking it up each time.

I have now had bird spikes installed on the top of the fencing and garden gate.
These are not those awful metal spikes, these are the plastic ones.

I hope a cat dosent get hurt on these but importantly my kids health comes first.

AIBU to have got the bird spikes?

AIBU

OP posts:
ohwhatthehelly · 09/06/2026 22:22

Spikes?! I thought you were going to say audible cat scarers or something but spikes will injure a cat so YABU

RaininSummer · 09/06/2026 22:21

Don't blame you. The furry bastards are pooping in my garden too and breaking my plants.

AlwaysSometimesNever · 09/06/2026 22:21

Not at all unreasonable.

ElvirRamcic · 09/06/2026 22:20

Not unreasonable at all.

MariaMagdalenaa · 09/06/2026 22:19

YABU to install anything that can hurt animals.

MasterBeth · 09/06/2026 22:18

Cats that shit in your garden are unreasonable.

YANBU.

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