To want to super soak the neighbours bloody cat, who keeps pooping in our garden

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No really what do I do?, paranoid mum here about the kids playing in the garden and having to clean up this poo all the time feel like leaving the cats owners a present but I wouldn't but fed up with it.aibu.

YANBU Do it!

Do it. I would.

Do it. I have a cat and I wouldn't mind. It does work

No, this technique is recommended by the RSPCA, they actually suggest water pistols.

I would recommend super soaking (irresponsible) cat owners who think that once the cat has left their house it's not their problem. I used to live next door to one with 2 cats.

There are several good cat repellants you can buy or make. When I was little my mum would half bury old pop-bottles fileed with water, and it did seem to keep them away.
My Oh's mum has a metal cat statue with marble eyes she says keeps them away. Save waiting out all day with the super-soaker

I would do it

I hate cats

And every other animal

In fact i dont like people much either

You could just leave a few drops of olbas oil sprinkled here and there on the soil, grass, paving etc but NOT DIRECTLY ON THE PLANTS.

Much kinder, very effective and won't get you in trouble with the neighbours because I have to say, dreadful as I can imagine that must be if someone was to douse my cat all hell would break loose!!

Go for it
Fortunately our cat loving neighbours have gone now, but i was quite happy to return any unwanted presents over the garden fence.

LOL Cyb!

Yes do it. Cats are territorial, and your garden is probably this cat's territory now.

We have the same problem except our garden seems to be the no-mans-land where they all come to have fights, and poo. We even have to keep the door shut otherwise they all try and get in the house....I came down the other day and one was looking at me from the tea bag box! (it had snuck in at night)

An alternative would be to get your own cat... a big tough fighty one that would chase all the others off, but then you would be smelling your own cat's poo....

Do it

(and I 'm a cat lover)

You don't have to keep doing it, IME, for the cats to get the message

Lauries thanks for the tip im looking for the olbas oil now, I personally was only joking but from my point of view it would be no laughing matter if my children became blind and I would be very peeved.
Defiantly not getting a cat no thanks great idea but do not want pets not even a goldfish ha ha.

I've heard that orange and lemon peel scattered about the perimiter of your garden helps repel them? Something to do with them not liking citrusy smells. No idea if it works or not, but it's a nice environmentally friendly solution if it does!

Do you own a power washer? Buggers won't come back if you get them with one of those!

I would do it, they'll learn very quickly!

I'd say go for it - I wouldn't mind if my neighbours did this to my cats, I'd reckon it would teach them a lesson.

I wouldn'y mind if someone used a super soaker on our cat - it's not going to hurt him, and we spray him with a spray bottle when he pees in the house!

As for 'I would recommend super soaking (irresponsible) cat owners who think that once the cat has left their house it's not their problem', HOW am I supposed to monitor his movements every moment of every day, when I have a 15 month old to look after? I apologise to my neighbours if he uses their gardens, but there is really very little I can DO. Does this make me irresponsible?

My cats hate nail polish remover! Most cats don't like strong smells so I would recommend a few cotton balls about soak in it.
Have to say that we have an area in our garden where the cats do their business as I hate the thought of upsetting neighbours.

I had lot sof trouble in a previous house where the neighbours actually put broken glass down to cut my cats paws to stop them going on their bit of the shared garden (thoguh they didn't even know if it was mine). I was so upset that somebody would do that. It was worse as there were loads of young kids that used to walk along the wall of the garden and if they had fallen into the garden they would have been cut badly.
So if you can use humane methods it's much much better.

Really, do it. I say that as a cat owner, but my garden smells of OTHER CATS' shit, which annoys me so much. MY cat uses her litter tray.

I have 2 cats and YADNBU-use a water pistol every time you see it in your garden[your dc might like to join in]It wont hurt the cat and it will soon learn not to come in.

YANBU. We have this problem and I really like the neighbours plus their DS is friendly with ours, but cleaning up crap is not a fun job.

Water spray is fine, as long as it is just water, in fact my neighbours told me they were going to squirt my cat sometimes and I said it was fine. I have had my cat since April and while he was confined to the house he was using the litter tray, all very well. When I started letting him out he has gradually stopped using the tray and won't go anywhere near it now so I'm not sure there is much I can do about where he is pooing. The best solution in fact is to get a cat .

Another tip - don't have areas of loose soil in your garden as that is where they like to go so plant it all up. Don't have 'ornamental bark' under any circumstances.

get out the hose!
Our neighbours cat soon learned not to come in our garden after a few soakings.

YANBU. I used to use water pistols on my own cats to get them to leave particular plants alone. It doesn't hurt them, they just have to groom themselves head to toe which keeps them out of mischief for a while. I also used in on local cats to keep them out of my garden - both my cats were complete wooses, as well as being tiny compared to the local bruisers. It didn't take long for the other cats to consider it my my cats' territory.

Do it!

I have two cats myself and did it to other neighbourhood cats that would pop round to ours at night.

It's the element of surprise they don't like and a little bit of water won't do them any harm - they'll soon learn!

Poison the fuckers