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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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to object to neighbour's cat...

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clam · 18/01/2011 10:47

..shitting on my lawn?
I've just been and counted 15 separate piles of it!! Have only really noticed it since the snow when, I guess, it couldn't find the flower beds to dig a hole. But it's

The thing is, I haven't identified which cat it is, therefore which neighbour to speak to. And what do I say? What can they do about it anyway? well, offer to come and remove it, for a start. I really do not want to have to do it myself as, to be blunt, it's all wet and sloppy after the rain.

Grr..

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BluddyMoFo · 18/01/2011 11:07

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Scuttlebutter · 18/01/2011 11:08

It's not silly. I know a lady who miscarried due to Toxocara (spe?) caught after handling cat poo. It's vile.

I would recommend a super soaker water pistol - a few squirts and cats very quickly get the message, and tend to avoid your garden. We tried all the various pellets, powders etc but often they would be washed away quickly.

If there is anything you can do to make fencing higher/less cat friendly that can help too to minimise encroachments.

You have my sympathy. This is now why I always garden in gloves.

BluddyMoFo · 18/01/2011 11:09

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BibiBlocksberg · 18/01/2011 11:09

I hate it when mine go and use the neighbours garden, lawns etc to do their business.

All my neighbours know my cats and have been told to let me know if they see them fouling on their property.

I'd also be straight round with a bag to pick it up.

Have told the neighbours to throw water on them as well if they;re being naughty and tried to nose into someone elses house etc.

All part of being a pet owner imo.

IvantaOuiOui · 18/01/2011 11:39

My cat poos on the lawn and in the borders and never makes the slightest attempt to bury it. Most annoying.

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clam · 18/01/2011 11:52

I don't wish to be judgmental against this one particular cat (from number 5), but it's a mangy old thing who doesn't look as if personal hygiene is his thing. Does that make it more likely to be him?

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PaisleyLeaf · 18/01/2011 12:00

Lion poo!
I think the point is that clam doesn't want cat poo in her garden.

BornToFolk · 18/01/2011 12:41

It's not actual poo though, it's pellets soaked in the essence of poo,
see?

PaisleyLeaf · 18/01/2011 12:50

Oh I see. They're "pellets soaked in real essence of lion dung". ..and they smell.

Why pay money to spread cat poo around your garden yourself? That's what I don't get.

Punkatheart · 18/01/2011 12:51

If you can bear it, look at the poo. If it is dark, spindly shaped and with bits of fur in it - it is a fox.

We have used a cat and fox deterrent that you spray around - and it does work....

PaisleyLeaf · 18/01/2011 12:55

Oh that's made me laugh so much!

The OP's posted because she doesn't like the poo.
And now as well as spreading lion poo around, she's to poke and check the poo (up close) for fur.

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clam · 18/01/2011 12:58

This is what I love about MN!

But, from a distance, with wrinkled nose and distasteful expression, it's a beige colour. That's as much detail as I'm prepared to forage for!

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LadyWellian · 18/01/2011 12:59

Also if there are any cherry trees around you'll be able to tell in a couple of months. I wasn't sure 'who' was leaving the piles of poo around our house (on the outside, obv!) as we have a cat ourselves, neighbours have 3 and there are plenty of foxes. However, when it started being full of cherry stones, I had my answer. I've never seen a cat eat a cherry!

Dakiara · 18/01/2011 12:59

OP I sympathise - I too live near a lawn dumper cat (and I see him doing it too, so definitely the cat). Only thing that has worked so far (am not fast enough with a super soaker) is chasing said cat when seen in the act (and yes, I check for cars on the road first so it doesn't get hurt). :)

Only problem is I may have looked a little like a loon in my monkey slippers the other week, sliding around on the ice and waving my arms as the cat legged it. Worked though, so far. :o

Not sure if the monkey slippers helped with the solution...

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clam · 18/01/2011 13:00

Oh, so now I have to poke around for cherry stones?!

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LadyWellian · 18/01/2011 13:01

Nah, you can see 'em

SerenaJoy · 18/01/2011 13:04

I've heard that the lion/tiger dung thing does work - if you don't want to buy the pellets apparently some zoos also sell it/give it away.

And I suspect some dried dung (which is really just fertiliser by another name), discretely sprinkled on the lawn, would be preferable to the OP than looking at/standing in lumps of fresh cat shit.

It might even make your lawn look better

pinkstarlight · 18/01/2011 13:06

your wasting your time even if you identified which cat it was cats just cannot be controled like dogs,cats are protected by law that they are able to roam free.

pinkhebe · 18/01/2011 13:06

we used the sonic thing that mofo suggested and it was fab - no problems with cats anymore

ashamedandconfused · 18/01/2011 13:09

I have a friend who gets her DH to wee in the garden (after dark, LOL) to keep the neighbours cats away - she claims it works

our cats used to crap happily on the lawn if the grass was not kept really really short - maybe thats it?

Beamur · 18/01/2011 13:09

Our next door neighbours cat used to poo on our lawn, he was very old - I tried to shoo him away but he just crouched a bit and ignored me!
Some cats don't dig holes and will poo on lawns etc.
I've used one of those sonic devices and they work pretty well (unless cat very old and deaf)
and other smelly repellants.
You need to wash away the smell of the previous soiling though as cats will come back to the same place - use detergent rather than disinfectant.

fannyfoghorn · 18/01/2011 13:11

Squirt the cat with a super soaker water pistol! Our neighbours have 5 cats and we had real problems with this. A few squirts and even 1.5 years later the cats avoid our garden like the plague. And as an added bonus my next door neighbours no longer speak to us! Which, if you knew them, you too would regard as a bonus!

pranma · 18/01/2011 13:45

If it is on the lawn surface then it probably isnt a cat-they usually dig a little hollow,poo,then cover it up.However if it is a very old or ill cat then either a water pistol or a sharp word to owner suggesting a litter tray.My cats use our border or a litter tray but would soon skedaddle if squirted.
If its always the same spot they hate standing on coarse sandpaper...

PatFig · 18/01/2011 13:48

When the neighbours cat shits on our lawn I throw it back over into their garden

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clam · 18/01/2011 13:49

If I saw ashamedandconfused's friend's DH peeing in my garden after dark (or at any time, come to that) I'd use the supersoaker on him.

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