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to think it is totally reasonable for cat owners not to pick up poo

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PMDD · 02/12/2013 18:17

I mean how can they?

I have 2 cats and now 1 puppy. I watch my puppy when she is out and know where she is, I can see if she is pooing. If she disappears under a bush I check (with my sense of smell) and pick up if necessary. I carry poo bags everywhere.

However, my cats come and go as they please. When they were kittens I had a litter tray that they used, but as they started to go outside with a cat flap, they stopped using the litter tray.

My (ex) neighbour asked me to come and pick up after my cats, but as there are lots and lots of cats in the area, there was no knowing that it was my cats.

I am not a bad pet owner. But I think it is unreasonable to expect cat owners to have the same poo pick up responsibility as dog owners.

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AutumnStarOfWonder · 04/12/2013 23:08

I have just returned to this thread and laughed out loud. Not at blind children though.

MummytoMog · 04/12/2013 23:48

Would just like to jump back in to say that the adorable furry psychopath currently asleep on my feet does catch squirrels (she is a Serengeti and fucking fast), then eats all of them except the head, tail and back feet, which she leaves in a gruesome little pile for the toddlers to find. She also eats most of the pigeons. But the foxes get the bits she doesn't finish off so that's ok right?

Toddlers have once or twice tried to eat kitten poo. They are not blind though.

Toadinthehole · 05/12/2013 05:43

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LST · 05/12/2013 06:17

If you actually mean that toad, and I hope to god you're just being goady, buy if you actually mean it, you are a very very fucking sick individual and your work mate shouldn't be allowed to walk the streets.

Sparklingbrook · 05/12/2013 06:41

I would hate to sit next to someone like that Toad. Where on earth do you work?

2Tinsellytocare · 05/12/2013 07:02

If you'd said airgun I wouldve believed you Toad

vtechjazz · 05/12/2013 07:16

Since when did shooting vermin make you a sicko? Just like a weed is a plant in the wrong place, a vermin is an animal in the wrong place. As soon as your cat steps on my land, it is vermin to me and will be treated as such.

Sparklingbrook · 05/12/2013 07:20

'As soon as your cat steps onto my land'? So it's not even about the poo any more? Shooting domestic pets does indeed make you a sicko (amongst other things) I'm afraid.

vtechjazz · 05/12/2013 07:25

Its not my pet, just vermin. It would mean nothing more to me than using rat traps, or mole traps, or slug pellets. Its killing vermin, nothing more.

Sparklingbrook · 05/12/2013 07:25

Domestic cats are protected by law and it is an offence to trap, injure or kill them.

And a criminal. Wink

LST · 05/12/2013 07:34

Jazz you're vile. A vile, sick and twisted individual and I hope you haven't raised any children that will grow up and have views like yours. The world would be a better place without people like you.

LST · 05/12/2013 07:35

HTH Smile

vtechjazz · 05/12/2013 07:39

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Sparklingbrook · 05/12/2013 07:42

Well perhaps Toad can ask their lovely work colleague if he and his shotgun actually exist Vtech.

Remind me what you keep as a pet again.....

thebody · 05/12/2013 07:42

I think Jazz apart from being er well can't say the word is also very very young.

yes dear we all know people who boast about shooting cats in the head.

when you say work do you mean school? do please grow up.

patienceisvirtuous · 05/12/2013 07:43

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LST · 05/12/2013 07:43

It takes one massive cunt to just shoot an animal because it's on their land.

Sparklingbrook · 05/12/2013 07:44

Perhaps Toad works making mailbags in prison?

thebody · 05/12/2013 07:45

oh sorry got the idiots mixed up, it's toad who has the well hard cat shooting friend and Jazz wants to be hard too.

thebody · 05/12/2013 07:47

oh ignore them. I still think spotty goady teens.

they sound like that anyway so refuse to think they are adults.

Sparklingbrook · 05/12/2013 07:48

We need a spreadsheet thebody. Sad

patienceisvirtuous · 05/12/2013 07:48

And Toad (apt name)

LST · 05/12/2013 07:52

We do Sparkling!

thebody · 05/12/2013 07:53

Grin hard to type as my cat is sat on my chest in bed.

she has told me her opinion but it's unprintable.

suffice to say some posters need to watch out.

patienceisvirtuous · 05/12/2013 07:53

Sparkling great idea. I am going to start a spreadsheet for cat haters with a special column for those who advocate cruelty.