cat poo in garden

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got it sussed. sprinkle a jar of schwartz ceyenne and chilli pepper over lawn or garden, it works. been poo free for a couple of months now.

'If a cat ingests something which does it harm, then that is an unfortunate consequence of its owner's failure to ensure it is not fouling someone's property.' again can I jsut point out that cats owners are not legally required to prevent tyheir cat entering or fouling in someones garden. Home owners are legally required not to poison their neighbour's pets.

The legal position is all very well, but what about the moral position, DooinMeCleanin?

I'm not setting out to deliberately poison a cat, but I dont have a duty of care to the animals of nighbours, either.

maybe but your the one that will end up with a criminal record not the cat owner

Have any of you ever talked to your neighbours about their cats? Morally I would suggest that would be a good start.

Besides which the moral argument is not really relevent, your neighbours would be the ones with legal discourse if they found out who harmed their cat. People who cause harm to animals tend to get found out, because they think they are big and clever and brag to all and sundry about it.

Much like you are all doing now over the internet.

Yes cat shit is a pain in the arse. I understand that point entirely, trust me my cat has IBS, I know how much it stinks. I know it is not nice, but there are ways of keeping the cats away that do not involve putting down substances which are harmful to them. And barely takes any time at all. I would imagine scattering a few lion poo pellets takes less time and is less expensive than covering your entire garden with cayenne pepper (which is also harmfull to your dc and birds)

I'm sure no one on here has ever done anything where their actions have had consequences for other people. . You are only bothered when it affects you.

If cat owners (which I aren't by the way) didn't own cats then who would. They would all end up wild, reproducing and not only shitting in your garden but also rooting through your rubbish etc.

As I said earlier, I hate bird shit but have never thought of killing any of the birds that sit in my garden.

There is a lot of people who think that humans own the world when this isn't the case at all.

And btw, toxoplasmosis only causes problems to fetuses of mum's who haven't previously had it. It does not cause children to go blind and doesn't actually make them ill unless they have a weakened immune system. Dog poo however can cause partial blindness if a child (or adult) comes into contact with dog poo from a dog that has not been wormed.

When cats poo in my garden I just remove it. When pg I wore gloves to garden and my DD would point to anything disgusting in the garden when she was only 18 months old. And I would always cover her sand pit.

Pmsl at someone saying owners of cats should be reported to the RSPCA as it's cruel to own cats. You do know the RSPCA rehome them to people don't you?

I think sprinkling a bit of pepper and cat repellant on my lawn is unlikely to land me with a criminal record. As I said, I am not going to deliberately poison a cat.

Prosecutions for that sort of thing involve the disgruntled home owner luring the car onto their land to deliberately feed them something loaded with sonething poisonous to cats (I recall a bloke who soaked digestives in antifreeze and killed 14 local moggies).

I do not condone that sort of deliberate harm, but can well understand the irritation that drove someone to do it.

Using cat repellant and other products to deter cats from fouling property is NOT the same as poisoning a neighbour's pet. The former is an entirely legal position, the latter a crime.

cat, not car. typing one handed with baby on knee.

Strong peppers are dangerous to cats. Regular pepper and over the couter cat repellents are fine. As a cat owner I would have no problem with that.

I think there would be less posters bleating on about the rights of cats if you had done my job. several years ago I nursed a patient who had a still born son, she died a horrible death as it was too late for her to be treated effectively. I guess you lot would blame the lady for not washing her hands properly rather than blaming the cat owners for not cleaning up after their cats.

One of my neighbors has 4 cats, 3 of which use my garden. We have asked the owners to clean the area they use every morning, apparently they don't have time. I have also asked for them to reimburse the money spent on various repellents , they refused. DH is planning to save it up and return to sender!

What rubbish so a cat killed a lady and her baby? is that what you are saying?

Funny, I dont remember that on the news

Quite frankly, all the cat hating on here is driving me mad. Its quite simple, dont roll around on the grass when you are pregnant and im sure you will be fine.

If you hate it that much, get a tom cat, they wont come anymore.

There are more important things in life.

Our garden is a communal litter tray for all the cats in the neighbourhood.
(The joys of living in a terrace with back to back gardens.)
I dream of the day I can just let my 4yr old DS out of the back door to play in the garden without having to clean up a sack of cat shit first.
EVERY sodding day we have to do it. I have to buy poo bags specifically to clean up other people's cat shit.
I am seriously considering pooling the crap, then dividing it up and delivering it BACK to all the cat owners in the street on a weekly basis.

Anyone thought about sending their male partners out there to 'mark territory' with wee? Works for keeping foxes out.

G1nger - Does it have to be grown up bloke wee or will little boy wee do as well? Not sure if encouraging DS to slash all over the garden is the wisest of moves.

Cayenne pepper you say ?

Righty!

I've just sprinkled the cayenne (and it was Schwarz as well!) and will send DH out to pee tonight

The garlic stuff is awful, the only thing it repelled was us

i have both cats and dogs i dont find it a problem to do a poo check everyday before letting my children out to play in our garden (my cats are an indoor breed though as i breed ragdolls) and because there is an obvious dangerous health risk to dcs & there are about 4 cats that frequent my back garden that belong to neighbours it seems the most sensible albeit a bit time consuming thing to do.

ive tom cats in the cattery outside in the garden it doesnt stop other cats and neither does the two dogs btw but a bottle 2 lit coke refilled with water is supposed to work they dont like the reflections apparently but i dont fancy bottles in my garden flower bed so not tried it

lubberlich - I don't know. I had assumed mine would be a good idea too, but my partner thinks that female hormones will just encourage them! :) Try it with your son - you can always ask him to wee into a bottle and you spread it about a few times.

actually it is dangerous to children too if injested ie your dc puts their fingers on mouth after touching it as well as a risk to pregnant women hence as a cat breeder i wear rubber gloves when cleaning the litter tray and picking it up after other owners including the bozo who thinks its great to let there rather large pooch poo on my lawn and leave it there

I used to go to toddler group with a lady who had a stillborn daughter at 34 weeks due to toxoplasmosis,it was awful and I admit I am paranoid and was when I was pregnant about cats .

I fit my cats with little gauze cat-masks, and breathing apparatus

if youse anti-cat poo fanatics think a little cayenne or chille flakes will keep us out
hahhhahaha

we'll be plopping in your garden tonight

"Funny, I dont remember that on the news"

Do you think every avoidable death is reported on the news?

Please go on mumsnet miscarriage board and ask if they think there are more important things in life. There are ladies on there who have had late losses due to toxoplasmosis.

Did I say that miscarriage was not important?

NO.

There are more important things in life than hanging out the window with your binoculars and spreadsheet of what cat shit in your garden and when, which is what alot of people on here seem to do.

"Ooohh, Dave, that Ginger from next door has just shat in the bushes again!!"

"Really Maud, oh god, write it down quick!! We'll get them!"

That is what some of you sound like.

I hate having to clean cat shit out of my garden daily and I begrudge the hundreds of pounds I've spent of repellents over the last year.

Totally different point if view from the cat lovers / owners but fuck it, it strong pepper stops me from having to throw away my home grown veg or feeling sick as I'm shovelling your cats shit out of my flower beds then I'll be buying in the bucket load. Lots cheaper than lion dung which only lasts until rain or sonic repellers which don't work.

I'f you won't deter your cat then don't get snitty when I do.