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

746 replies

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.

OP posts:
AutumnStarOfWonder · 05/12/2013 09:02

They fire a jetstream of molten shit into their eyes, LST. To blind them. Then bite their ankles. Vicious bastards.

HootShoot · 05/12/2013 09:06

Errrmmm, I think safaris are for viewing animals, not shooting them vtech. You're getting tourists, poachers and "normal" people confused again. Easy mistake to make.

vtechjazz · 05/12/2013 09:10

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamekeeper for those who have never left suburbia.

My cat hunting safari includes a free lunch, made on clean shit free worktops too!

FelineExtraStrong · 05/12/2013 09:11

Smile Waves to Autumn

LST · 05/12/2013 09:14

The shit free worktops have put me off. I would miss my normal cat owner covered in shit worktops.

And of course autumn! Grin Poor babe never saw it coming!

vtechjazz · 05/12/2013 09:15

www.luxuryhunts.com oh look! A hunting safari. It seems as well ad never leaving suburbia you lot aren't very worldly wise.

LST · 05/12/2013 09:20

No we just don't like shooting animals for fun.

vtechjazz · 05/12/2013 09:24

Not even for a shit-free lunch?? Might be your only chance.....I'll even throw in a cup of fur-free tea????

HootShoot · 05/12/2013 09:25

Hands up - I got it wrong. I bow to your superior hunting knowledge vtech. Although I agree, lunch sounds rubbish without a shitty anus. Will the blinded children be there too?

Now, what were those livestock being wiped out by the nasty cats?

LST · 05/12/2013 09:27

You have avoided that question rather well jazz...??

D0oinMeCleanin · 05/12/2013 09:30

It was a moth farm and it was my cat what did it Sad Sorry Jazz. If it's any consolation he didn't decimate them, I attacked them all with Flash with bleach when he released them live in my living room.

They died smelling lovely and fresh. I didn't laugh though, not at the moths and definitely not at blind children [contrite]

Binkyridesagain · 05/12/2013 09:32

Have you never seen a pack of domestic cats hanging off an Aberdeen angus?

The cats work in a similar manner to orcas, they head towards the cow in waves, clawing at the ground under it, attempting to undermine the firm footing, eventually the ground gives way causing it to tumble, at this point the cats move in and as a team bat it across the land until it gives up.

vtechjazz · 05/12/2013 09:34

Oh dear god, did you not read the game keeper link? Did the picture of a pheasant not give you a clue? Pheasant chicks are often attacked by cats. Are you honestly that.....words fail me, who doesn't know what a fucking gamekeeper does!!??

D0oinMeCleanin · 05/12/2013 09:37

It's true, cats hunt live stock Shock

Poor Buffalo didn't stand a chance Sad

Theodorous · 05/12/2013 09:42

Cats do smother babies. Al the time. I am surprised you haven't heard about it, usually their mothers are the people who made a face and the wind changed, making them stuck like that. Obviously the reason this happened is because they put new shoes on the table and spilt the salt.

Bloody hell, there are seriously people who still spout this ignorant tripe???
This thread is hilarious, sad and sinister.
I hope all of the knobs get eaten by cats who then poo them out on their own lawns.

HootShoot · 05/12/2013 09:43

Gamekeeper, there's more to game than pheasants. Gamekeepers manage land and stocks with all sorts including deer and fish, as your link shows. Apologies for not being a mind reader and knowing you were referring to pheasants.

D0oinMeCleanin · 05/12/2013 09:48

A pet cat killed a great, great, great Uncle of mine (true story)

I think that cat must've been their leader. We best be careful or his off spring will come for us next

Sparklingbrook · 05/12/2013 09:49

There is absolutely no connection between cats pooing on suburban lawns in the UK and a hunting safari in Africa. Confused

Binkyridesagain · 05/12/2013 09:49

But Pheasants want to die. That's why they run out in front of your car. Cats know this so are assisting them.

LST · 05/12/2013 09:51

Ahh but sparkling did you not realise that elephants are actually domestic cats in disguise!

Sparklingbrook · 05/12/2013 09:52
vtechjazz · 05/12/2013 10:01

Binky, cats often run out in front of my car. I guess I'll stop breaking, as they must want to die. Actually, their wish to die will make hunting them much easier, they will paint targets on their bums and shout 'coooeeee' when they see one of my clients.

Binkyridesagain · 05/12/2013 10:07

You have misunderstood the cat. As a hunter the cat needs to understand his prey, in order to outsmart it. A cat running out into the path of a car is not wishing to kill himself, he is attempting to understand why the pheasant would choose to do it.

thebody · 05/12/2013 10:10

weeping at these latest posts Grin

think there was a cat on the grassy knoll!!

also in one French tunnel!

I tell you cats are taking over the world, oh and farms and wiping out live stock up and down this country!

Binkyridesagain · 05/12/2013 10:13

Thebody its not fucking funny you know!

livestock is being harmed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!