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My cats and cat poo in neighbours' gardens

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Blahdeblah1 · 12/07/2015 08:52

I moved into my house a year ago and have three cats. My neighbours are all quite elderly and have lived there for decades, they are all keen gardeners and very proud of their gardens.

Several months ago my next door neighbour started complaining to me about my cats pooing on his drive, so every time I go round and clear it up. Although to be honest I'm not convinced that the poo is from my cats.

Anyway, I'm now having complaints about cat poo from people who live way down the street, that my cats are pooing in their garden, although they admitted they hadn't actually seen the cat that did it. I live on a large suburban housing estate where there are loads of cats.

AIBU for thinking that cats are cats and I shouldn't be expected to be picking up any cat poo really, and to tell my neighbours to deal with it themselves and stop complaining to me? I can't control where my cats poo, they are not dogs.

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Teabagbeforemilk · 12/07/2015 18:04

Lashes and goblin firstly birds are wild animals, as are hedgehogs. No one decided to buy them and bring them into the area. Cats are pets and therefore belong to someone.

IFodern plumbing wasn't available I am pretty sure I wouldn't shot in the neighbours hole in the ground. I would shit in my own.

But yes of course we should be grateful that our kids can't play out before we inspect the garden everytime, because we are so lucky that the neighbour has provided the neighbour with the wonder that is cats.

I am getting those option sensor water jets. As privileged as I should feel that a cat loves to shit where my kids play, I can't help being a ungrateful fucker.

Showing dh this thread. He will be on board with getting a dog. Never had thins problem when I had a cocker spaniel.

Floggingmolly · 12/07/2015 18:11

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Sparklingbrook · 12/07/2015 18:15

Predictable cat poo in the garden thread. We need a Cat Poo topic really.

alrayyan · 12/07/2015 18:19

Can be bothered to read all of this, guessing.its the usual. Have people.been on yet to say they poison/let their dogs kill cats yet? I'm with lashes really. It's just a fact of life. And only on MN do people think cats should be banned. I guess everyone else is too busy living their lives.

PosterEh · 12/07/2015 18:22

Our neighbours cat leaves small dog sized shits right out on our lawn. She told me it must be a fox and I believed her until I caught it in the act.

It is just hilarious to clean cat poo from my 18month old's trousers Hmm Angry

elfycat · 12/07/2015 18:25

Can I complain about the muntjac deer poo in the garden? Perhaps the descendants of the people who imported them can come round and clear it up... also replace my raspberry shrubs.

I live in the centre of a town FGS. Someone should be responsible for non-native wildlife. Perhaps we should make the Italians reponsible for rabbit damage and poo obvioulsy

LashesandLipstick · 12/07/2015 18:26

Flogging and then I'd file a legal complaint against you for harassment and assault, so see how far that gets you :)

AmIthatsummery · 12/07/2015 18:27

Have we had the hand wringing posts yet from those who embellish and cry about cats being impailed on cocktails sticks, shot, poisoned, kicked up the arse? Then Maybe get onto questioning the MH of those who object to picking up someone else's cat shit.

Oh, and the poster who thinks we are making it up, because cats always cover their shit.

Good old MN

LashesandLipstick · 12/07/2015 18:28

And only on MN do people think cats should be banned. I guess everyone else is too busy living their lives.

Exactly lol. Never seen this attitude anywhere else

AmIthatsummery · 12/07/2015 18:29

And I'm with Flogging, Lashes. Laugh at me and I would return it to you in some way, shape or form.

Sparklingbrook · 12/07/2015 18:29

I haven't either Lashes. i won't bother even saying how I feel because there's no point any more.

prorsum · 12/07/2015 18:30

If it was your cats poo being put through letterbox, what would be wrong with that?

LashesandLipstick · 12/07/2015 18:31

AmIThatSummery then I direct you to my post where I outlined that if it were me you did that to I'd take legal action.

LashesandLipstick · 12/07/2015 18:32

It's ridiculous sparkling I don't understand the vendetta against cats. It's just a turd.

Sparklingbrook · 12/07/2015 18:35

I own a cat, I volunteer for a cat rescue, and I live in a street where there are quite a few cats. And yet I have never in RL ever discussed cat poo in the garden with anybody, ever.

I have a fully functioning doorbell should the neighbours want to discuss any cat poo. Grin

LashesandLipstick · 12/07/2015 18:37

sparkling me neither! I have 3, they go outside shock horror and never has anyone even mentioned it.

Yet here it's a controversial issue...

PosterEh · 12/07/2015 18:38

Aside from one passing comment (where she said it must be a fox I haven't mentioned it to my neighbour because I like her and realistically what is she going to do?
Doesn't make it any less disgusting though.

LashesandLipstick · 12/07/2015 18:40

How is it any more disgusting than wildlife shitting in the garden? If your argument is its gross, I question why you have a garden at all with all the shit, flies and other crap out there

Yarp · 12/07/2015 18:41

Tell your neighbours that you are happy for them to chase the cats away and to use a water pistol to deter them (buy them a water pistol)

Yarp · 12/07/2015 18:41

Me either Sparkling

AmIthatsummery · 12/07/2015 18:41

Prorsum, strange that, eh?

Grin

I would await your letter with relish, Lashes. Not sure what the crime would be, I would only be returning your property.

One of my other neighbours has recently put down one of those fake cat thingies. Obviously the chilli powder, lemon rind, and spray that I was using has chased the dirty little fucker onto someone else's grass.

PosterEh · 12/07/2015 18:44

No other animals do massive craps on my lawn lashes.

Wouldn't you find picking up a dog sized crap off your lawn pretty much every day a bit tiresome?

AmIthatsummery · 12/07/2015 18:44

Hey Yarp, do you fancy coming round to mine while I'm at work and watching out with pistol in hand.

I caught the local shitter in the act the other week, just as I was leaving for work and had an eyeball standoff with it, once it had finished of course.

But I can't be there all the time

Incidentally, where I live, there is no other wildlife that leaves piles of stinking shit in the middle of the grass

Teabagbeforemilk · 12/07/2015 18:47

Tell me who exactly owns and is responsible for moving the wildlife in and I will complain to them. Except there are no heggehogs or birds shitting in my garden because it's usually full of cats. So they don't go come imo the garden. Wildlife are quite intelligent.

LashesandLipstick · 12/07/2015 18:48

AmIThatSummery

Harassment and damage to property. Smearing faeces on someone's door is vandalism.

Poster honestly it wouldn't bother me, it takes 5 seconds and doesn't really impact my day