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To chuck cat poo on my neighbours path

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Ahhhtetley · 14/05/2012 16:27

OK, I'm hoping this won't turn into a bun fight but I'm fuming at my neighbour.

We get on well, chat, help each other out and i've nothing against her cat.

But she's taken to keeping the litter tray outside so it's mostly full of water. Which means her cat has now taken to crapping in our garden. I've done the 'nice' thing and collected it and thrown it in her bin (in a bag I might add). I've spoken to her about sorting the litter tray our so it doesn't shit in my garden and her response was, 'it's not my fault that she prefers your garden' and then nothing happens. A couple of weeks later and several shovels full of shit I've asked her to come and remove the cat poo from my garden a couple of times a week following my 4 yr old DD and then my DH standing in said cat shit, and nothing has happened. I've asked her to do this on two separate occasions now and she's not bothered.

I've now just started to throw it on her path outside her front door! Am I being petty (yes probably) but i'm fed up with my garden stinking and shit being all over my flower beds, lawn and now my strawberry plants (which now stink of cat piss)

What else can I do?

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Ahhhtetley · 14/05/2012 16:58

Just to make it clear I don't have an issue with the cat, what annoys me is my neighbour not taking reasonable actions to stop it crapping in my garden, or cleaning up after it. She's acting as though its fine for me to either live with a poo filled garden or spend my spare time and money on her cat.

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LaurieFairyCake · 14/05/2012 16:58

ProfCox - you mean lion poo not urine

no one's following a lion around waiting for it to pee in a cup ........

headfairy · 14/05/2012 16:58

Oh dear NicNoc apologies there... I'm vicariously eating biscuits with you because this is day one of my diet and failing on day one is only something I do all the time very rarely.

anyway, back to the cat poo... I would be chucking the poo I'm afraid, but possibly not on her path because I'm a coward and don't like confrontation. Chuck it in to a flower bed.

pictish · 14/05/2012 16:58

I really would not appreciate my kids getting a neighbour's cat's crap all over their shoes while playing in my garden. As I said - cat shit is fucking dire!

SusanneLinder · 14/05/2012 16:59

So get cat repellant stuff-honestly. This really ISN'T worth fightin over.Seriously.

AThingInYourLife · 14/05/2012 17:02

"no one's following a lion around waiting for it to pee in a cup ........"

No, they wait until a lion is in her 2ww. Then she voluntarily pisses into a cup about 6 times a day.

pictish · 14/05/2012 17:02

Oh - I certainly wouldn't fall out with the neighbours over it...no way! However, that cat would be getting soaked every time it appeared in my garden!

Ithinkitsjustme · 14/05/2012 17:06

It is perfectly possible to train a cat where it should shit so why don't people just do it? I have no time whatever for my SIL but if she can do it then so can other people. Just leaving them to shit everywhere is irresponsible and incredibly selfish. I think the contents of my babies nappy might be joining the cat poo on the garden path

headfairy · 14/05/2012 17:07

PMSL @ aThinginYourLife

Glittertwins · 14/05/2012 17:10

Just go for a super soaker or holly leaves. Cats dont like baring their bottoms on holly leaves!
We have two cats and a covered litter tray. Even I don't like them pooing on our own lawn so I'm not about to encourage them to go on anyone else's lawn.

clippityclop · 14/05/2012 17:10

You're lucky to have a decent neighbour, don't spoil it by being petty. Water pistol, washing up liquid full of water or both aimed at cat a few times should do the trick, or get yourself your own kitten. Lots of fun and will keep the other bugger away in time.

MrsJREwing · 14/05/2012 17:11

Treat the cat poo shit like you would fox shit, bird shit or moles in your garden, they are wild animals that can't be controlled, take preventative measures. Dogs can be controlled and have huge lumps of shit, they have to be kept on a lead or have the company of their owner at all times they are out and about, so a dog owner will be fully aware of their dog shits, it is only right the dog owner picks the shit up. Cats can roam free and can't be controlled, owners would not have a clue what the cat was up to, so would not be expected to.

YABU get a plastic bottle of tap water as has been recomended, that is not that expencive.

WorraLiberty · 14/05/2012 17:13

Nope I still cant get fussed about this

Because if I didn't have a dog to clean up after, I'd still have foxes to clean up after and I'd still be cleaning the bird shit off the fence and garden furniture/slide etc.

So really, it's just an extra couple of turds.

headfairy · 14/05/2012 17:15

If you're in a hosepipe area, you know you can use the hosepipe if it's to clear animal droppings, take it as an opportunity to water your garden at the same time :o

Mind you, right now that feels a bit lame

headfairy · 14/05/2012 17:15

oops, hosepipe ban area.

LulaPalooza · 14/05/2012 17:17

There are some great ideas on this thread... you could connect some of them...

E.g. fill a super soaker with lion wee!

I'm a cat person, I flippin' love cats but their shit is RANK. I would be very apologetic if I had a cat which kept crapping in a neighbour's garden and would try to address the problem.

Sounds like you're on the verge of starting all out war, though, by chucking her cat poo in her garden. Do you want to end up in a full blown neighbour dispute?

NicNocJnr · 14/05/2012 17:17

Hah DH went to the shop! Hurrah. Headfairy - good luck, I hate the first few days because I'm so freakin rubbish feel free to visualise me looking sadly at my fat flap of biscuit baby belly and please do feel a bit smug because you're doing so much better than me hope it helps. If you're having a really tough time I can offer judgement on my thighs - they can make grown men weep in horror [lol]

I want to volunteer someone to follow a lion and catch it's pee in a cup.

Back to the point - I have 3 cats and 2 dogs amongst other pets. The thing is I have them. Not my neighbours, not the woman down the street, me. I don't expect them to help with breakfast or walks etc so why should I expect the mto deal with their poo? It's not a reasonable decision to make on anyone elses behalf.
My dogs poo in 'the pit' which is a made place for them, I made use of substrate preference when they were younger. They don't get to stop to randomly shit on a walk, they get to go on the grass, out of the way if they need to, they aren't allowed to pee up people's bins, walls or gates etc. They are not running with the town pack, they have no need to mark anywhere but in the woods. They can pee/poo in their own garden. We extended the aviary roof so the cats don't get out and go wandering - they don't shit elswhere, they don't get run over, I don't have to worry about the sick fuckers that would kill a cat.

I just dislike people's attitude that your pets are anyine elses business to deal with. I wouldn't let my kids shit on your path (unless you were really rude) and my dogs are no different. The cats don't have to have access to other's gardens in a town environment. If you live in the woods it's different but still. Each to their own usually but I hate the flack I get because other people are selfish.

AThingInYourLife · 14/05/2012 17:18

If cat owners don't make more of an effort to stop their pets shitting all over other people's gardens, councils will be inundated with complaints.

Then we'll be talking about by-laws that mean cats must be kept indoors. That's how it is in New York. If your cat is on the street it will be picked up by wardens and destroyed.

Being a nice neighbour is smart as well as nice.

headfairy · 14/05/2012 17:20

at NicNoc's biscuits. I might have to go and sniff a few biscuits and I definitely won't lick them and then put them back in the tin, oh no siree Bob!

TheSecondComing · 14/05/2012 17:22

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NicNocJnr · 14/05/2012 17:26

Lol HF - I'm sorry . Virtuous thoughts! I have shut the biccys in the tin and am looking thoughfully at a banana. I should take my own advice and ot spoil my dinner!

complexnumber · 14/05/2012 17:27

Thank you for that post NicNocJnr

Responsibility and empathy, I'm sure that's all non-pet owners ask for.

I bet you're a great neighbour.

BobblyGussets · 14/05/2012 17:31

I am all for chucking a bit of shit too. I like cats and dogs, just not their owners some of the time.

You have asked her nicely and she isn't making enough effort. It is faeces ffs! She is basically saying "It's fine for my cat to shit in your garden even though I can do something about it". Get chucking that shite op.

We have a very bad dog poo problem round ours so I am rather emotionally invested in this issue. If I ever see the fucker who lets their dog crap outside the house, I will fucking punch them.

gafhyb · 14/05/2012 17:31

I would deter the cat, as others have said, by squirting with a water pistol and getting a sonic thing.

Fotunately, I don't have to deal with this problem because my cat craps in my garden.

If a neighbour had a problem with my cat, I would definitely deal with it

BobblyGussets · 14/05/2012 17:32

BTW, those of you on this thread having chocolate biscuits: aren't you put off by all the poo talk?

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