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

If the washing powder doesnt get rid of the smell, try some olbas oil in water. Not only does it get rid of the smell, cats hate it. We used to put it on our front door and porch when a stray cat went through a phase of spraying it - it was great.

belgo - so what if I don't know what a cat's nature is like? That is up to the cat's owner not me. It is enough to know that they like to shit in other people's gardens and that their 'caring owners' think non cat owners should shut up and put up. I aint an expert on rats or guinea pigs either - I don't need to be as I don't own one.

count yourself lucky. My DH came back from the pub recently, rather the worse for wear, and peed against the mountain buggy which was propped against the wall outside as it was covered in mud (we live in a farm house in the country). I didn't realise until i opened it the next day. It had soaked the lamb fleece buggy liner. That's what you get from drinking too much local cider.
Also, next doors cat comes into our utility room and poos in it behind the chest freezer which incenses me. Worst of all, on Saturday morning i found a poo on the velvet sofa in the Drawing room, and there was soot all over the place from where it had tried to climb up the chimney in the Inglenook. Horrid creature.

cotswold....lol at your,er,indulgant post there....in the 'inglenook' eh??!

?? Indulgent ??? how is it indulgent?
As for the smiley face, i can assure you, i didn't find it remotely amusing. It's a massive fireplace and this F*ing creature had attempted to get up it, dislodged a load of soot, and then proceeded to climb all over the furniture. We've only just had that room renovated. I was livid. You try getting crap out of velvet upholstery. The word indulgent was the last thing on my mind.

:o Tiffany I thought the same thing.

And me!

It was very look what i have got and the cats still piss on it!

where are you both coming from? How is it considered "indulgent" to have an inglenook fireplace? It's a 17th century farm house. Inglenooks are fairly run of the mill. I seriously think some of the people on this site are slightly simple.
Why else pick up on what is actually totally irrelevant to the point?
It's not indulgent, it's fact. Deal with it ffs.

no, it wasn't "very look what i have and the cats still piss on it." That is your own chippy, resentful take on it.
It's our best room, i am very house proud and i was sympathizing about how dirty cats can be. Don't put word in my mouth.
Clearly Mumsnet is not a friendly place if you have a large house, disposable income, and if god forbid, your child has a pony.
You shouldn't judge people on material possessions.
Try growing up. You might enjoy it.

cotswold....calm down !! nobody mentioned a pony

If you're around most of the day, get a giant water pistol, a really big one and keep it by the back door. When you see a cat come into your garden, PSSSHHHH! They hate it and learn pretty quickly to avoid your place like the plague. I own cats and would have no problem with someone doing this to get my cats our of their garden.

cotswold... don't be cross, your post about the cat, soot and velvet is very funny i would be trying to skin a cat like that alive myself were i in your shoes

i have a large house, disposable income, but ... no pony, i have had it with pets! :)

I must admit I really don't get the whole 'cats will always bury their shit' line - our neighbour has about 6 cats at the moment and whenever I've seen them taking a crap in my garden they finish their business and then bugger off... (and no they don't bugger off because I've disturbed them, after the last time this came on MN I stood and watched them from an upstairs window and this has happened a few times not just the once).

Now the light nights are here I'm back with my water spray in the living room so I can try to leap out and squirt them which everyone seems to think will work (but hasn't so far...)

I dread the day when I come outside to find a pony has crapped on my buggy.

sorry,got shot down in flames on another thread for mentioning the fact that my daughter has a pony (we're a very horsey family!).
Believe it or not, the pony (who is the size of a large dog), got into the kitchen a couple of weeks ago and pooed on the floor. She thinks shes a do - and you think cat pees bad... :-)

Hahahaha!! First a cat and soot, now a pooing pony. I feel for you CotswoldCountryMummy, but it is hilarious nonetheless.

But, Cotswold, why don't you keep your door shut?

As a general observation, there seems to be a lot of toilet action in inappropriate places round your way - your husband, the pony, the cat... maybe you should count yourself lucky your DH only weed on the lamb fleece mountain buggy liner and didn't crap in the inglenook fireplace?

the pony sounds sweet!!

If this happens with garden furniture, give it a blast with the hose, then dry underneath a patio heater if you've got one, or with a hairdryer if not.

Johnsons the drycleaners do a spray called 'urine eliminator'. It works fine.

Above technique could well work ok with a travel system, I reckon. Also it is quick and hands-off.

Chill if you can - kids produce even more vile emissions than some pets!

But horse/pony shit is quite benign IMO as they are vegetarians. Dog and cat on the other hand is beyond vile. Am with the OP you have my sympathies.

Ha ha - is Cotswold trying to be funny? Apologies if not; it reads as though you are deliberately trying to drop in as many things as possible that you see as posh. Am assuming this is parody!

olivetti......she is DEADLY serious. believe me!!

Reminds me of Hyacinth Bucket's sister with her 'room for a pony' boasts!

No way - it's like boastful bingo!
En route to the drawing room, I passed the utility room and paused to admire the chest freezer. The velvet sofa beckoned me...
Hee hee. We've got a "utility room". I can't bring myself to call it that!