to have just thrown water over my neighbour's cat?

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I usually miss but got him this time.
I have a cat and wouldn't mind someone squirting him out of their garden but I just used a saucepan full and swore at him too.
Cat poo is so yukky. I have put up a fence to stop mine getting into my neighbour's garden after they complained and totally see where they're coming from as they grow a lot of food.
I'm on both sides of this arguement!

That's a bit cruel.

Water is harmless.

YANBU. It wont harm the cat but will hopefully stop him coming into your garden again.

I agree with you both.
This cat will not run away if hissed at.

As long as it's just water, go for it.

YANBU. Water won't harm a cat. They're surprisingly waterproof. (I used to have a cat that always jumped in the bath).

I have a cat that loves water, too. Slides into baths, paddling pools, etc.

Nah, I have a fat ginger lean, mean crapping machine bastard cat.

Soak away, in fact i'll buy you a nerf gun and some giant car sponges, it might teach the ginger fucker if he has someone else hopping up and down like evil Edna and shaking their fist

water throwing is def the way to go....... I have offered to buy my neighbours a water pistol for use on my cats but they declined (I think they have a soft spot for them!) I have also offered to go around and clear up after them but they've never taken me up on that offer either!

Fortunately one of them def uses the litter tray 99% of the time.

In fact, keep a load chilled in the fridge for such occasions

Yanbu. I too have a cat and am quite happy to throw cups of water at interlopers in our garden and would expect the neighbours to do the same to mine. In fact I'd prefer it to the man several doors away who screamed F off you little Fer or I'll ring your F*ing neck at her.

Nah, go for it. Won't hurt it and its a nice, humane way to deter cats. Bet you don't see him again soon!

YABU

Water might not harm the cat but it would have got a fright.

I have a young cat, who has access to a litter tray at all times.
If she was trying to 'go' in someones garden i would be happy for them to do this.

I've got a cat. I love her dearly. Feel free to chuck water if she craps in your garden though. She's a tough old boot.

A fright was my intention.

My dad uses a water pistol and shouts shoo at the local cats who like to use his veg patch as a toilet When dd2 now sees a cat she runs after then with pretend gun going shooshooshoo

Anyway, , it won't hurt it.

Madam where did your mum get that gun? DP wants one!!

As a cat owner i often tell people who are complaining about their neighbourhood cats (not necessarily mine i hasten to add!) to spray them, i would not mind at all if someone did it to mine.
In fact i'm sure they have been sprayed, that or fallen in a pond somewhere...

I would be cross if someone chucked a saucepan full of water on my cat.

But then I am quite soppy when it comes to felines, and have never had to deal with cat shit in the garden. I thought most cats bury it, anyway?

YANBU

We spray ours to teach her to stop jumping on the table, and I've chucked water at our local cat gang after two weeks of their little caterwauling parties in the middle of the night outside our bedroom window. They chose a new venue immediately :D

YANBU. I chuck water at neighbours cats who terrorise one of my cats and fight terribly with the other. If they are fighting I chuck water over them (including my cat) to stop them. It doesn't harm them - it's just water.