My neighbour has asked me to pick up my cat's poo from their garden. Literally she wants to be able to call on me to come and pick it up on an as and when basis.

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I have 2 cats. They have only just started going outside, about 1 month so far. I still have a litter tray at home and they do use it but they are also beginning to 'go' outside too.

My view is that cats should not be locked in doors. I had to keep them indoors for the first 6th months because I was told by the shelter that they needed their injections, be neutered and micro chipped before they could venture outside and all that wasn't done till they were 6 months old.

I keep my cats up to date with their injections and worm/flee ointment - well they are only 7 months old at the moment, but I fully intend to keep them up to date.

There are other cats in the area. The house behind mine has 2 big cats and we are in a rural area with foxes. Also, my neighbours have a dog. Nice dog, sometimes it barks but it isn't really a problem if I'm honest. I like dogs as much as cats, I'm not anti dogs or anything.

Am I legally obliged to pick up my cats poo?

I've spoken to my mother and she has told me that I should pick up my cat's poo if the neighbour asks. The thing is, I may have to go round there each day or two to do it.

Poisoning your cat,how fucking evil is that statement?
Your cat shits,so does my dog,I clean it up it does not warrant it being poisoned you horrible heartless wanker

IMO your neighbour lost any possible sympathy when she called you thick, complained that your children made a noise whilst playing in their garden and started pointing it out everytime your SN dc had a tantrum. If it wasn't the cat poo it would be something else.

As a person with a dog she must be cleaning up dog shit from her garden ALL THE TIME, yet she complains to you about your cats allegedly doing (and not burying?!) poo in her garden! I am surprised your cats even go into her garden seeing as she has a dog! What better deterrent is there?

It wouldn't surprised me that once she found out you had a cat she spent her time looking out for poos to blame on them, she sounds that type.

I still stand by hiring someone else to clean up the poos once a week rather then yourself (if at all) and making a toilet in your own garden, although like you have said you already have a litter tray!

Rockerchic It wasn't me!

It's good neighbour-manners to clear up your cats' poo. My garden is full of poo from my neighbours and we had to do the clearing up - not nice.

Nothing but admiration for the woman- sorry...

lockets why does it surprise you that the same people give the same responses?

Because it the same people having the same rant over and over again! It's hardly even a different thread!

I know it wasn't meercat, I was merely addressing what you said there are idiots on here that would say poison the cat.

I think if you know that your cat has pooed in their garden you should pick it up. I either end up putting my hand in it when I'm gardening or have to yell at the dogs to stop them eating it. The difficulty is knowing that it is def your cats.

I have dogs and can spot their poo a mile off plus I always know where they are. I don't know what the solution is sorry.

Maybe she could get those plants that cats are not supposed to like the smell of or one of those sonic things?

YABVU OP, your cats shit in your garden you'd pick it up, if it does it in your neighbours you should clear it up. Piss poor argument that you only got a cat as you couldn't be arsed to pick up it's shit, lazy and ignorant.

I hope she puts it on your doorstep or throws it into your garden as I sure as hell would.

We don't have to find a solution - the cat owner does.

It's no use them saying "oh but cats will do that" they should have thought of that before getting one.

And as for people making the same complaint over and over that will continue until the cat owners learn some manners and common decency.

Dogs I wasn't having a go, just pointing out .

Maybe the cats could have a tracking device fitted, and a poo sensor, and at the end of the day you can go round the 200 gardens they have visited, search them, do a quick DNA test on each poo found and take them home with you.

weimy You put your hand in it? Don't you wear gardening gloves?

Let's look at the basic problem here: The OP feels her neighbour is being unreasonable to want her to clear up her cats' shit from her garden. Her further thoughts on the matter - "people have cats because they don't want the responsibility of a dog, which includes cleaning up their poo" makes her sound like the most utterly lazy, ignorant and antisocial person I have come across in a long time. Then she mentions that she and her neighbour have disagreements on other aspects of their lives. That's all a red herring. The fact is that the OP feels it is a perfectly acceptable proposition to buy and keep animals fully in the expectation that she will let them shit on someone else's property, and that that's OK. It's not - it is downright fucking antisocial. I have a legal clause attached to my property allowing me to turn sheep out legally on the local main road. I don't do that though, because it would be insane.

Quite why cat owners think that non-cat owners should be happy to accept cat shit in their garden without complaint is beyond me. My neighbour's cats shit in my vegetable beds, rendering this years' carefully tended crops of strawberries and salad leaves completely unusable, because cat shit does contain toxoplasmosis. In all the years I have been gardening I have never found dog or fox shit in my vegetable beds.

Take a little bit of responsibility for your actions - if you are going to get cats, just have a think about where they will shit. Train them a bit, give them somewhere it is acceptable to go. Otherwise, if you keep pushing it, you will find unpleasant threats being made. Not by me, but there are enough people out there who really REALLY hate cats, cat shits and lazy fucking cat owners that eventually, ask enough people, and you will get an answer from a more radical one. And when you do, don't complain about how unreasonable they are - it's YOUR CAT SHIT at the end of the day.

By the way, I know which neighbour it is, because I live deep in the middle of a 9000 acre forest with only one other neighbour. And they have two cats. You don't need to be a detective.

I agree I have cats but their indoor I lob next doors cats poo over her fence

No don't use gloves to wash the dishes either it seems a bit weird to me, but TBH I now garden from the back door and just tell my husband what to do :)

I wonder if a many posters are confusing fox poo for cat poo?

I have NEVER seen a cat just poo anywhere...they are very clean creatures and bury it -that whole performance.

I am sure this is the case in some of these stories!

I have spoken with family and responses from this thread. I have decided, when she asks, which she will, to say:

"If you see my cat pooing in your garden, come and get me and I will clear it up there and then. I know that there are lots of other cats around here and foxes, so I will not clear up poo that is not 'fresh', 'moist' or whatever else makes it clear it just happened. I do not legally need to do anything but for neighbourly relations I will do this, with a smile. However, if I am not in, there is nothing I can do. This is only what I will do, if only my husband is in, he will not do this, sorry but I can't make him. His view is 'such is life' cats are everywhere. I hope this is a compromise you can live with."

JoySzasz Probably.

I think that is fair enough pingu as you don't want to be clearing up the poo of every cat/fox/hedgehog in a 5 mile radius!

Good for her, I'm sick of other peoples cats shitting in my garden