To be furious that some cat has sprayed our pushchair.

[WillYouDoTheDamnFanjo]

Left the pushchair folded on porch last night as weather has been good & our house is cluttered busy.

Just unfolded it to find that has been sprayed by some cat.

I have to take the whole thing apart and wash it in something antibacterial. It might not survive this.

I am sick to death of cats pooing in our garden & having to watch my kids every second in case they roll in it (or in toddler's case, give it the mouth test ), but this has tipped me over the edge, I am FUMING.

Honestly I might just start letting my son wander through the neighbours' front gardens with his nappy off, pissing and shitting at will.

I don't understand the appeal of cats at all, really I don't. If you are a cat owner and you don't know where your cat's effluent goes, then you need to have a fucking word with yourself because it's quite likely that someone, somewhere is having to deal with it for you.

Can anyone tell me how to dismantle and wash a Quinny Zapp and how to humanely keep cats away from my open-plan garden?

And help me to calm down

Sorry about the language. I am a leetle bit cross.

its a free world for animals to roam in tho......you left it out!!

yabu

Do you really think a Quinny zapp won't survive a bit of cat wee?

YABU. This is what happens when you leave stuff outside.

Just give it a wipe down with some antibacterial wipes and some Febreeze.

Belgo, it's not the wee do much as the taking it apart & washing it, it's a kind of structured thing.

Why on earth did you leave it outside?!

It's not just cats that spary and pee and shit, so do foxes, mice, rats, insects, hedgehogs... it is also not unknown to rain regularly and unexpectedly in britain.

Sorry, but it is your own fault!

No it's beyond wipe-down, the wee has soaked in and then been baked on in the morning sunshine. Plus I think it's spray rather than just wee.

Honestly, people need to just learn to live with cats! There's nothing you can do about it. Except not leave your stuff outside!

YABU

Porch is covered so rain wouldn't have hurt it.

True though, I hadn't thought that it might be another animal. I see cats squatting so often in our garden that I made an assumption.

Cats digs holes, poo then cover it up.

Why should people just learn to live with cats though, Tatty? They aren't my choice and they are all over my garden dumping their loads. Why should I learn to live with that?

Try and watch where the cats are getting in. In my garden, they were going under and over the gate so I put cat spikes (these are humane) on top of the gate and a plank to extend the gate right to the ground at the bottom. You can put cat spikes along the tops of fences as well (but might check with neighbours first).

Next time you need to leave the buggy out, perhaps you could leave it in your car boot if you have one?

The front and back of my house smells constantly of cats pee (neighbours cat). If I am foolish enough to leave the shed door open for five seconds he goes in and pisses on my bag of spuds.

Not in my garden, wahwahwah. A couple do, but a lot favour leaving them proudly in freshly turned flowerbeds and grass.

zapp covers come off,

just soak them in a bath.

I have 2 cats and aren't keen on them, haha

Might be cats, but we have problems with foxes spraying a tree in our garden and once our washing! I knwo its foxes as I have been inside the house and seen them do it. There is nothing we can do, but fox spray really really stinks.

I am laughing now as it has just occurred to me that cats everywhere can sense my dislike and are pooing in protest.

I have been a cat owner myself, as a kid & adult. When me & ex split up & he took the cat. I was almost as relieved about the cat as I was about the ex.

"Why should people just learn to live with cats though, Tatty? They aren't my choice and they are all over my garden dumping their loads. Why should I learn to live with that?"

Well, what's the alternative?

What do you plan to do? What does moaning about it achieve?

You sound like a spoiled child. Cats are part of suburban life. You can't stop them coming on your property, you can't harm them, they have rights, their owners have rights (the right to have a cat) and the cat has a right to roam.

Why should you learn to live with it? Because you'd have a lot less stress, by the sounds of it!

Maybe move to a flat or a house with no garden if you can't learn to live with it? Because I can't think of another way!

So it can be done easily, TotorosOcarina - thank you (I bet the Catbus never sprays anything!)

I'm with you on the cat peeing and shitting!! Annoy's the hell out of me too.. I wouldn't have let my dog wander into my neighbours garden and poo without having to clean it up so why should you have to clean up after other people's pets.

So what if you left your push chair out, that's up to you.. I'd be fuming too.

Not being unreasonable in my eyes

cats have as much right to roam as do birds,foxes whatever!!

why do you think they should be kept away from you? how would that work then?

Tatty, what's more spoiled, voicing an objection to pooing animals, or defending the right to own animals that poo unchecked where poo is not wanted?

I think it's a close race, TBH.

Ooooh, I'd be hopping mad too. I'm not a dog/cat lover.

We were in the park once, with all the DCs' fleeces/shoes etc in a big pile next to our picnic blanket, and a huge slobbering bulldog waddled over and cocked its leg over everything. The owner was right there and just giggled and said "whoops, sorry".

Gah!!

No further comment was needed after the first one, made by ILoveTIFFANY.

YABU.