AIBU to think that as I don't own a cat I shouldn't have to clear up cat sh*t from my garden every other day??

[Magicpaintbrush]

I choose not to own a cat, and yet once again I find myself this morning in my front garden shovelling up big smelly piles of cat poo. If it was my own pet I wouldn't mind, but I'm really getting the hump with being up to my elbows in sh*t because someone else's pet thinks my garden is a toilet. I love animals -usually - but it's so gross, so stinky and really unhygenic. It was cat diarrhea on my rock plants at the weekend just as we were expecting visitors, just caught the little sod squatting on my plants despite me banging on the window in a rage. Does anybody have any suggestions of cat deterrants that actually work? We've tried all sorts but they just ignore it. We even had a deterrant containing lion scent called Silent Roar (!!!!) which is supposed to make them think a big hungry predator is nearby - they didn't give a toss. Ideas anybody...?

That the words are goady fuckers.

Did you make a bat call?

Ha love the pic!

Yes surprising the note about animal abuse from mn was glossed over....

It wasn't. They probably don't have time to go into a full on essay though..

You have lost me completely.

Maybe you've not been on MN very long, sorry.

Ha M I love this tactic. I do it to when people piss me off!

I wasn't on about Mn im very glad they actually said something.

Sorry you lost me. Me too! Hopefully we can all go to bed happy now!

Today 20:46 TheOnlyOliviaMumsnet

Thankyou olivia

Yes thank you

I've put chicken wire down on my flowerbeds with the purpose that it would be difficult for next doors cat to dig her little hole. The plants are happily growing through, the wire is disguised and haven't seen a poo for weeks.

Op if only cats and dogs can do this!!!

For anyone interested, LC has now been banned by MNHQ.

shat on her fireworks

ODFOD Imagine joining up after you've been banned just for one last comment.

How strange that animals get people so wound up!
Cats roam free- you can't expect anything else. They will go to the toilet wherever they like. They are just facts- a little annoying, but that is what they do. It is nothing like owning a dog. (I don't have any pets).

I think the problem comes when people, knowing this, unilaterally choose to introduce a cat to their local environment.

I think I'm laid back about my neighbours cat but then I come across some of their shit and I turn into a raving loon. I love my garden, I love wildlife and am ok to deal with wild animals shits but cat shit is disgusting.

My mum has always managed to train her cats to use a tray even though they are outside a lot. Don't know if my mums just been lucky with her cats or if it's that other people don't try hard enough.

Recently a cat crapped in the middle of a big beautiful ornamental grass plant that I have. I know it was a cat because I saw it. It was a revolting sticky stinking mess, goodness know what the cat had been eating. I had to tease the shit out of the plant. It was next to a spot where I sit outside so I couldn't ignore it.

I use the motion activated water jets as mention previously and generally find they work well. Although I keep accidentally squirting myself, I think I'm a slow learner

Oh, I missed it. What a shame.

What??