To think defending your cat when it's crapping on my lawn is pathetic!!

[LegoComplex]

Not me but DP right now was washing up and saw the same massive fat cat start to take a dump in our front garden, bearing in mind this one cat always leaves massive dog size droppings where the kids play and a constant aroma of the stuff!

So he banged on the window but it didn't move so he opened the window and hissed at it, cue my neighbour comuing up and shouting at him that he threw something at it and she'd throw something back, he said what did i throw? she said she didn't know but kept having a go.

Are we supposed to watch the thing do that on our lawn?! we have our own cat and if i saw it doing that on someones front garden i'd shoo her away myself!

[FraggleHair]

Buy a Super Soaker and blast the fat moggy to oblivion. Give it something to really shit about!

[NobodyLivesHere]

I'd have kicked it up the arse.

And the cat.

[AdoraBell]

Put any kind of citrus peel sprinkled with eucalyptus oil around the edges of your garden. It'll deter cats and your niebghour's cat will choose to shit elsewhere. Also, as suggested, relocate any cat turds to the neighbour's garden as she's BU about it.

[EvaBee]

We've lived somewhere that no cats were allowed - it was lovely not to worry about cat shit in the garden.

[Butterflywings168]

Ugh it's just poo. It's not even that much, cats aren't that big. I don't get how people even notice...unless the cat haters are looking out for it.
Whoever told their kids to throw things at a defenceless animal - try that with my cat and you would be receiving the vet bill via solicitors.
It's outside. Your garden is not your disinfected with chemicals far more toxic than anything natural kitchen floor. Your ickle pfbs are going to step/ roll in poop from some animal or other at some point, if not in your garden in someone else's, the park, wherever ...if not cat, horse/ fox/ dog...Unless you want them to live in a bubble. (and I know someone with a medical condition that reduces their immunity who has pets. Stop being hysterical.

[Silverdaisy]

Does your cat only poo at home? I guess it must be an indoor cat, if you're annoyed by what other cats do.

[MayPolist]

I agree with butterfly how do you stop birds, foxes etc crapping in your garden?

[WhyCantIuseTheNameIWant]

Yes. Send it an apology gift. It's most recent turd, carefully wrapped in a sandwich bag.
Agree with the other posters about a water pistol. The cat will be annoyed, but not hurt. Should soon learn where not to leave its mess!

[mousmous]

I don't get how people even notice..

it bloody stinks?????

[Stealthpolarbear]

Surely if the op pits all the deterrents round in her garden she will deter her own cat?

[fastcarrot]

aaargh. Hate cats. Sick of crap in the garden. DS2 had toxoplasmosis and now has scars on his retina.:-(

[Jengnr]

Tell her to keep her animals indoors. Grim!

[Madeyemoodysmum]

I have to say it surprises me that these cats poo on the lawn. Most cats like to bury there poo in soil etc.
It is a very urban area with no soil beds?

[OwlsEscapade]

Cats poo stinks and it's disgusting if you accidently stand on it or get it on your hands.

I have a motion activated water jet device that's connected to a hose pipe. If it detects motion such as a cat walking across the garden it shoots a harmless jet of water at it. It works brilliantly.

I have Contech ones like the ones in the picturebut they don't seem to be available on Amazon at the moment. THIS is similar but I don't know if it's as good

[Sistedtwister]

My cats were litter trained and judging by the contents always came home to poo and Pee, I think most cats would and suspect the owners of other cats persuade them to go outdoors so they don't have the hassle of cleaning trays.

Bloody annoyed me that I had 3 cats 4 trays to clean and then other people's cats shitting in my garden YANBU. Squirt it and it's owner.

[LegoComplex]

oh my god owls that's bloody ingenious!

Butterfly you want to see the size of the craps this cat does they're huge! No i don't expect a germ free environment i was raised in the country but when it's right by your front door it does absolutely stink and it's not nice to step in it or worry about your children playing. I don't expect zero poo in the garden, the point was i'm not going to stand happily while i'm able to prevent it?! what's the loss there, I'm happy, one less crap and the cat just moves on somewhere else, it's only batshit cat woman going off on one!

[LegoComplex]

and no not an urban area at all right in the countryside, lots of dirt for the picking.

[LegoComplex]

*my cat rarely goes round the front of my house she just stays in my back garden pretty much so could use deterrents at front

[Pangurban]

You'd think she'd at least clear away its leavings, as everybody was looking at the cat doing it. There was no doubt whose poo it was.

[ProcrastinatorGeneral]

I have cats. When I moved here I went to the neighbours and explained that if my cats were pains they were welcome to douse them in water, and that if they started crapping in their gardens to just let me know and I'd sort it out.

Furry little fuckers :o

[Fatmomma99]

A million years ago, when I was a kid, poo bags were quite rare. My dad had a dedicated garden spade (he had another one for digging the garden) which he used to pick up our dogs' crap and dispose of it.

When next door's dog crapped on our drive, he used his special spade to sling it into their garden.

The NDNs soon stopped their dog.

Agree with water pistols. You don't have to put up with this.

[TheCatsMother99]

YANBU.

If my cat pooped on someone's lawn then I'd have no problem with them scaring him away or squirting him with water. I would also be embarrassed that my cat has no manners and didn't poop in a bush

Your neighbour needs to get a grip.

[NobodyLivesHere]

Cat shit is a health hazard. I'd send your solicitors letter back covered in cat poo.

[WhattodowithMum]

That's brilliant Owl.

Butterfly why do you think a cat's shit doesn't stink? Cat owners without litter trays apparently don't want to deal with a cat's poo; so they leave it for their neighbours to deal with, nice.

[DoughDoe]

"Ugh it's just poo. It's not even that much, cats aren't that big. I don't get how people even notice...unless the cat haters are looking out for it. sad "

Why do you think people hate cats?

The neighbours cats damage my car, damage my garden, and shit all over the place, and I'm supposed to just like it?

Dogs don't do that.